Show I The Greater Grater the Truth the Grater Greater the te libel Proving That Our Friends Are Often Our Enemies I BY KENNETT KENNET HARRIS CARTERS suit sui EGBERT agin Dave FInney announce agn Abase Alonso Dunwoody between chuckles o of oglee glee gleo gle I lay In u aU cant guess wha what fur Well sir its is of Dave call caU callin caUIn callin in him a liar lir an sin a swindler at the bo boi bod He says hell hel make Davi Dav prove it itI I itI I reckon Dave wont have hae no trouble provin it i commented the storekeeper knows what Egbert is Why he skip ship Daves face if i h hi he wanted wante to do Hed have to get a chair to stand or on fust an by that time Dave would move away aWRY explained Ebor Eber Baxter Seems Sem like lk to me that Eg Egbert Egbert brt bert is foolish gettin worked up over a t a alte little thing like that that though It I being bing called cle them names namer name made him mad mad said sid Washington Han Hancock Hanck Hancock I cock ck Hes kind o 0 proud prud of his an The he pint is Js that tat Dave Daw no friend of his That makes all al the difference in the te world Some claims the greater the truth the grot great greater groter rent er or the libel but that aint so most gin gln rally rUy If It I I was wa to t call cl Rufe RuCe a robber robb r rhe he He take no offense otense of ol olit it i bein belu true tre but If he hr fond of said it I hed consider I insulted Insle an lay low for a chance i to skin him good go Some Sore o 0 the er times youl go a I little too to fur Wash said sid the store storekeeper storekeeper I keeper shaking his head hed threateningly I What Youl Stand from a Friend I what Almiron Smith said I when N Newt wt Tubbs a glass of licker in his it Is face an a then knocked him I down dow an jumped jump on him retorted Hancock Hancck But its 18 funny what a feller feler will wi take from a friend ho lie o went on Did you ever hear her about P J 1 St Sl ames up to t an his friend Hank I Well Wel that shows PJ P J owed oweda I a C f right smart to Hank Hank because if i Hank i tole him what a poor stick he was he ho m might nt have hl got to nell velI wel i of himself an got an swelled I up upI They used us to go to school together I an even eve then Hank uster pick on P J Jan Jan Jan an tell tel him about his In his hi freckles an his red re hair hall an his drunken father I know you y u to blame for them thorn last lat things P J hed say but youve got em cm jest jet the same an you git gi around it I Im Im sayin this for or your own good an cause you ou an ma Is friends but ut theres heres folks that will ivill wl hold it up u an I really rely blame em Your Tour pants p nt is all al wore through be behind behind hind P J hed say sa Fust thing you OU know therell therel be he a hole in em cm I 1 thought like to know why I t mentioned it I You cant turn tum a cart car I wheel your feets too big an youn youri oure too blame biame awkward Good enough for foi you You ought to have senni than to try tr to t scrap with Sam Pity PIt he bial k it mth eyes stid sUd o 0 thone th thi the theone thione one Any An fool might havo have known that limb was is rotten roten I reckon youl me another time P J Decides to Go to the City When they thoy got older Hank Hanl sti kep on bein hem a friend to P J He Ho IC tol tole him him that his bald haid was too thick for hiir him to t make a success at any thin but blat the hellers bellers for a ri in Iii a I dray or blowin 1 blacksmith an when P J talked aboul about gem g ln to the city ho he tried to get him to te tesee see that the city folks ud eat him brim up Fast Fust place pl you yoa smart enough P J 5 he lie says os You dont donl never lie le to but what they the find it I out Youre ornery enough for fora a liar but you got the Another thing you Jest jet look le like a hayseed an tn you ou 1 I got manners nor ner tell tel you that ho he says sas if you yon a friend of mine mineI I 1 your kindness Hank says sas P J Youre Youle welcome says Hank Hank It I I you ony spoke poke grammatical it I ud nd d be he says but hut you talk Ole Oe Sap No siree if I a feller feler goes goe to the city to work hes got to have of or sense an fingers at aint ai al Hes Hos got to be slick an smooth an move moe around u n sharp stick behind him What spose a bandy gorilla gorla like you ou ud ml do in the tle city elt No P J you stay st where the folks is used to your face tape Take a friends advice P J 3 He Soon Branched Out But P J 1 He lie packed his sack one la day clay an lit out for forthe forthe forthe the city First off of of he lie got a job in tray Cray Ca The nex nc tiring tiling he saved sayed his money an art bought a dray dry for or himself hl sel Inside of five fV years year a feller feler come back backwith backwith with wih the te news that P J had branched out into Ito the bus an baggage transfer line lne in partners with wih another feller feler an was ivan makin maltin money hand over flat fist flatA A fool lor br or luck says sas Hank Rank when he heard about it itHe i itHe He aint got gt the of boin a fool says the teller feller felor at the We news nEws The folks folk there dont know him like Uke I 1 do says SUS Hank Rank Him an me has been friends for nigh on to twenty years an I 1 say sy he lie aint got gotsens sens tense sense to pound sand If I hes lies got on Its ts luck buck done tione lont it it it not judgment more P J is s crooked says sy he he I aint sayin it to backbite him lie says Tm im Im Jest a statin Hes a friend o 0 mine mint an if i I could coul coull l say anything good o him Id Id be bo b right glad to todo ilo do it got sot bak to P J 5 and It tick t led him most to death Hank is a good friend frend o mine he says rYe Ive been his friendly talks for a aright aright aright right smart of a while an this seems like Uke ole times The Flunkey Brings in a Note Well VeI he bought his partner out soon after that an art got hold of a horse horac car ear line lne an the fust rust thing you know he was with wih Other her lines until the ony way a feller feler could keep from train money Into P Js pocket was to walk to wherever he wanted to togo togo togo go an trundle his trunk In a wheel barrer barer One day he was in his office with its Is solid silver sn cuspidors an inkstands when a flunkey funkey in silk sUt crawled in on Ot Othis his hans an knees es holdin a 0 note not in his mouth m uth P J took the note not an opened it an It I read like this Friend Frend P J JIm JIm 4 Im Im right here In this office o ot yours an Id l like right well to see you an tell tel you how proud all al your old bid ld friends a is of you for the way youve lUm ilUm d m up You de deserve deserve deserve serve serve to git to the tha front if I hustle an honesty an enterprise an gen ger behavior an brains count for any thin I tole tolo em that when you who it was oud let et me in and hope do so go Your faithful an youl friend HANK HANKIs HANK Is he in the next room P J auth the te 4 Yes flunkey yur lordship says the flun flunkey fun funkey key Then tell teU him I say hes a impostor Impo tor an kick him down the stairs says P J 3 Kick him hard to toAn too tooAn An what they done but when they come back an told P J 3 what w at the party had said eaid about him when he got gotto gotto flight of stairs P J bottom to the stirs cats If it says Why doggone my J i want my dear der ole friend Hank after all alli |