Show I An Appalled Guest This happened away in the backwoods of Arkansas A tourist going over the state on horseback topped for the night at one of the popular hotels of a certain locality The hotel happened to be a log and slab affair of three rooms and tho same number of beds while the proprietor proprie-tor was the proud parent of nine wild and woolly looking sons under 12 years of age After a supper of hog and homny the host said to one of the boys j Come Billy get the broom straws I Nine broom straws of unequal lengths were produced by Billy The father hid them in his hand in such a manner that only an end of each straw could be seen Then each boy drmia straw I Ha 1m said the merry parent jovially jovi-ally Bill you an Buck an Lige git the short ones I What does that mean asked tho amused guest wl > sc look of amusement faded away whcnhi3 host said lean Why thatll little way we I have o settlin which three of em shall sleep with any gent that happens to stopover stop-over night with us 1 spect youll find Buck and Bill and Ligo mighty lively bedfellers but dont you be afeerd to give em a Wiirniin up with your boot or a bed slat if they git to trainin too high Go long boys an pile in with this gent i and mind that you behaie yourselves Detroit Free Press I |