Show V V < lNNOOENT 1 Found Guilty and Makes an Apology Friend tC Smiggins if the elasticity elas-ticity of my guterpercher waltzers Will allow I will rise and apoliglze but before proceeding will state owing to pircumstances over which I had no control I was compelled to allow what little bile remains to settle before replying Your atmos beric dose was a clincher for you I ara a lively antagonist and not so near a fossil as at first imagined I thought it premature on your part a stranger here to display my waltzers on the imaginative clothes line of the public 1 hope strangers do not do that way where you come from As to poetry brain eh I well say your brain is full of combs and cells enough to hold any amount of poetry no matter how difficult and I beg pardon if judged hastily It you are a tableau you are wonderfully animated but I think you are not I agree with youLong fellow and Tennyson poetry is simple sim-ple and so was my dancing It was no fault of mine that nature created me a kangaroo for we all have to take what nature gives us If the morning commences at 6 a m instead in-stead of the evening then my mornings morn-ings are well consumed for regardless regard-less of the evening the morning brings the regular hour You wonder just u little regarding the midnight dinner but I see you return in good shape The cold receipt wants like all good medicines medi-cines changing occasionally with polka etc Try it small doses raw preferable My friend remain with us a short time and watch our dances and you will be thoroughly convinced that sparking bees is the propppr term for in the ballroom is to be seen the most genuine hugging imaginable hand squeezing yielding pressure loving looks and harmony of movements move-ments and then the old folks can see what is going on although they may sigh and say that is better than when we were young I see you are familiar with the mysteries of the ball room Get up a revised Prompter Guide and you have one subscriber I will also endeavor to have them introduced no jesting It would take well and prove a profitable investment Being young and vigorous I forgot about the seats being for those of more mature years to enjoy a respite re-spite As to my costume it is perfectly per-fectly pliable to any position I may assume ns my movements plainly indicate Enjoy life whenever you can so beg pardon for mentioning men-tioning them Never jump until you see your way clear if you do it is sure to be the wrong way You must have misunderstood me in regard to the ladys playing the part of skittles being a newcomer new-comer as I supposed I merely mentioned the subject so beg pardon par-don No no my fair proud wallflower wall-flower should not bloom in a ballroom ball-room If a gentleman pays a dollar for admission and then has enough of them to take them there he should be gentleman enough not to let them ireeze to the wall as you suggest for one is liable to take cold If tickets say 730 is the appointed ap-pointed time to commence dancing that much time is lost l if persons arrive ar-rive at 9 pm If I do not get thereon there-on time I am out I beg pardon for saying you could wrestle with a chum for you need not unless circumstances cir-cumstances compel I plead guilty to being a little sp ndlelegged dasher but i think 1 am active enough for ordinary purposes Do not try the bucksaw for you do not need it is the conclusion I have arrived ar-rived at and the broomstick in small quantities etc etc and I will remain your penitent V INNOCENT |