| Show GOT IN HIS WORK The Thin Man Tried to be Friendly but I WaG Xo Use He looked so big and morose and gruff as he sat in the waiting room of the Pennsylvania vnnia depot across the river that all other passengers kept clear of him l but one I lie was a tall ttiin man with a piping voice and scant eyebrows and he carried I in his hand a thin cadaverous valise He sized the big man up from afar and then I walked over and stood straight up before I him and asked hm aked j ane Can you explain why the moon should I I influence the tides in the way it does Who are you talking toP demanded I the big man in a voice so deep that it seemed to have come out of the basement I To you of course Well you dust along I want nothing to do with youl1 You dont Thats singular I have always been looked upon as D companionable companion-able person by everybody Have you ever figured on what quantity of water is evaporated evap-orated from the Atlantic ocean each year Didnt I tell you to go growled the big man I dont want anybody to talk to me You dont wouldnt have believed it Perhaps you have met with a less death of some dear friend If so you have my heartfelt sympathy Speakins of death reminds me of the heavens and astronomy Do you know how long it would take i cannon ball speeding nt the rate of thirty three yards a second to reach the moon I Lookahcar old man Ill break yoq in two if you dont move on shouted th big > man as he sat up straight I declare I But you are the most touch j person Ive met in ten years You don seem to want to get acquainted I ainf mad however and I wanted to inquire i you had any idea of the strength an alli jators jaws Recent experiments mad jy a reliable naturalist have shown Hang it but Ill knock you through that wall savagely roared the big mans as ho hauled off to deliver a blow Oh well if yon dont want to be friendly friend-ly I shant humble myself replied tha bhin man as he dodged and retreated around a bench I did hope to find ia you a kindred spirit but I am disappointed disappoint-ed Your last observation is conclusive proof that you are not up on even natural philosophy EAred from a certain distance with an extra charge of powder a tallow candle may be driven through an oak plank but when you come to talk oC knocking a human body through a brick wall you betray your ignorance and give yourself away I should The big man rushed at him with uplifted fist but the thin man dodged again and went outside and stood by the door and made a mental computation of the number of snowflakes which fell on the soil of New Jersey in the course of the three winter months New York Sun |
