| Show HAPPENED IN CLEVELAND Story of a Banker an oan Excited Man Moan and a Party Named i Heres one Just as true as If I It were copied verbatim out ef of a spelling book true notwithstanding that the names were omitted owing to a fool foo promise that one was wall talked Into making before the story was wall narrated An AA man rushed Into the ono of a banker with his mouth full o of words or II Say he panted you remember we well enough that I was In here for two hours this morning dont you two hours hour I and a half haIt but two hours anyhow The banker nodded that he recalled that tha I fact tact Uh Ch huh went W nt en on the excited e man slightly relieved and those two hours or more Included the hour between 18 le l and am 11 they You rou remember I that dont your youre Ah Im glad you ou remember Now I Imy It if my wife wire calls colIs up and asks you If It I was I here right In sight every minute of ot the I time from 10 to 11 you ou could tell her no tO tOI truthfully enough youl you Good Goad What do you ou think YoU Yota know that fellow fel tel fellow I low 10 that lives right next door to tous tous tous us Always seemed like a nice bellow but what do you spose he did this morn morning morning ing mg On his way ay by the house he tells I my wife that Ive Just been arrested fo for tor insulting a 0 woman down on the public square Quare about 1030 IO and that I then go got into a fight with her husband who man managed mana managed aged a to punch my face for me before the Ule police pollee got there thero thought be a great Joke I Yeh Funny lunny one It And now my called caned me up and won wont believe there anything to It Says Sa the reports may have been exaggerated but surely something must have happened huppen J Im glad youre able to prove an alibi for me Well VeIl I must got along This things upset me so that Ice Ive had to let my work Just sort of or slide The banker waited for Cor the wife to call cal him up Intending to do everything e a in his power toward the tho acquittal of or his bis friend In about of or an hour the friend came rushing In again This time he was smiling and was less lt tS excited Its all nil right he sold said Heres how howIt It all aU happened My wife had bad an awful spell pell of or hiccoughing and ran mn over oer to the tho SmUts to see If they knew any nn way to stop atop it SmUt had heard that sudden fear fea or sudden consternation would stop atop It so sobe he be faked up tho the story about mo insulting the woman His HIa scheme worked too ox c pt that my wife believe him a at first when he told her that hed Just sold said It to stop hiccoughs Everything Is all allrIght allright al alright right now though Smitta terribly sorry som about It but bo ho meant well enough Cleveland Plain Deal Dealer r |
