Show I BlTER DISAPPOINTMENT Followed the Colonels Thirsty Dose Iii a Dry Town I Cincinnati Enquirer The wust luck I ever had said the colonel with a droopIng moustache a Prince Albert coat and a broadhrim med felt hat was down In Alabama I was comln up from a hip to Orleans and the confounded train was delayed in a little village one hot Sunday after noonone of those afernoons when you dont want nuthin but a shady nook a palm leaf land and a mint julep or two Well my flask ran dry but my thirst never let up a bit and I was powerful uncomfortable A stingy cuss of a drummer wouldnt whack up for love or money and when I went to the village drugstore and the clerk said he was sorry but that I couldnt even buy cigars for 50 apiece on Sunday and as for w1islwywel it couldnt be I had for 1000 a pint Vei I got back to the train just in time to see a young feler putfn a big bottle Into a canvas can-vas trave1n bag and apparently get tin ready to leave the train 1 got into a conversation with him and he said he was a photographer 1 and lowed hed lay over in that village I and take a few pictures Say I said In a whisper Fit give you 5 for that bottle What bottle Oh wel I said not Ieern to argue ar-gue m or haggle about I l make It I Why he saId I aint got 10 license to sell stuff In this state Besides Ala baron las got an ironclad Sunday laW In full operation I Oh see here 1 insisted Ill malb i It 20 and stand good for any hue but 1 must have that bottle I ight Vel If you must have i all I gave him the 20 and he slipped thc I bottle In my hand Dontlet any one see it just now he said There are seine people In the car that know me J and they issiglit tall you know l gtW ro I I put the bottle in my pocket and shook hands with the chap as he left I the train Then I got Into the quietest corner 1 could find pulled out the bottle andswore I was labeled Amateurs Handy Dry Plate DeveloperReady flr Use SOME BREAKFASf REPARTEE Odd Things Some Folk Say Soon After They Rave Risen Life This coffees coM dear I IU1W you would say that You must have known It was cold thenYoud I Youd better make It yourself Nonsense When a thing Is mside over and over again every day It ought to IJc well done Am I responsible for what the servant did I dont nowI I guess not Oho You ought to have married a perfect woman My dear ont get huffy Huffy 1 hate that word The only thing you think oboist Is sour own comfort com-fort You ought to have married IL housekeeper house-keeper Selfish Come for heavens sake dear le up Selfsh Sh And overhearing Now now And finding fault all the time Look here What have 1 said I merely remarked that the coffee was cold coldThats enough I was thc way you sid I Ia 11 The way Have It raid If you want I Put It on lee Ill never mention It again you can bet onthat Of course not You martyr Well what do you want me to say Ill peace say anything you wanaiiything for Go away from me But my dear I never want to speak to you again |