Show MODERN I By George Ade Ad Ada FABLES EABLES The Modern Fable of the Atlas Who Carried the World on His Shoulders r 0 11 NOE theN there In a Jim Crow Crew Town a glowing 0 OSCE Intellect wo who was Posted on all Issues 1 of Ilse th thon Day Some ome on one OM ted bad to keep beep doses cases c tha Q Qin w in a 1 i prevent the ue whole trap from tut out oat of ot x KV tr t f a and nd so go the tile Job fell tell to Mordecai F Quinsy Mr k y found that tut he be could give Ive his J 8 Time to i inK ill I the Washington Wu Game G because Mea bb Wife wf did 8 Sew w win in lug and it nd his hi daughter ter was w an Stenographer p tween them they the kept him supplied with good 5 11 rat nt It Segars can egara and aDd relieved his Mind Jad of all alt allIre t i wares Ire tres lie had bad nothing to worry MM hint except Affairs lit it C Chen Mate W When hen he be tackled a large hurt International he JIlt beK K do so with rib a keen active Brain that thai had bad hadi net bF i f n fagged out oat by any an cheap Exertion I suck muck M as try trying tryIng ing to locate the Winters Supply apply of Coal Mr r Quinsy Qui Met had the solemn II Plat of a nil Bearer and much meditation had ad corrugated th tM the Trout of the Dome Those who bo merely meret caught on onia ins Fayh ia ja h of ot him and aDd never looked up his hIa Record ant and anth h keti off oft his Pedigree thought t t be he was wu about due duet t to tol 1 t eak rak k lato the Senate nate To tell teU the cold and icy Truth Moide al could not have ban been elected Constable Co hut but jut just the same earn h he knew all aU about John Hays Bays Ha next n p 10 r o r and sometimes he be fretted a good deal for tot Petit Fear th t that ha it t John would make a Miscue K cue and permit himself t tl bt be h by bJ them foreign Diplomats Mr 1 r Quinsy Qui De could sit itt at on a Kit of Mackerel with s a Tui h of Keys K a Barlow Knife Kalte a Plug Phan of Pod Mt aH t fug JUR 11 Tobacco and ancl about M cents ta in ba Currency secreted in m his hi Jeans Jean and ancl he be could tell toil the Treasury Depart iii nt just haw to manage the ue next MSt IMO I t its of ot h Bonds One thing that worried Mr Quinsy a lot was the possibility that Teddy would make some come serious aou mis mistake mt mtH mistake take He Be H felt more or less leas le responsible for tor Teddy Tedd in Ia t as am he had formally him aba la front of ei Hardware Store as u feR hack ck a as lag 11 U tf he cupid could have bave been at Elbow all the time to whither Advice there would have been no JaG Chance for tor forthe forthe the Administration to get tret balled up But the Trouble was up lip at t Washington Wa and nd they could not DOt get to together getter gether to frame Crame up a policy Mr Quinsy was Wail a man of Regular Habits Habit and very Methodical He had bad so 80 much to do every eYer Day that he had bad to work on a close Schedule In the Morning after his Wife had arisen arleen and ad started the Fire and put on the Griddle G Mr Morde Molde Mordecal Mordecai eat cal F Quinsy would arise arll and take a few Observation tion of the Weather He was Wail a very able Pr Prognosticator cator and ancl one oae of his hi favorite Stunts Stunt was wu to jet get up upI ia is I the Morning and nd do a little Forecasting for tor the benefit of his Wife and Daughter Alta After breakfast he put on his h Overcoat pfd and ad up in a Comforter so eo a as not to Catch a lose Jose the tile use WIe of his Voice Voce If Mordecai F i r HA BUTTER I til i w 0 I i I II I 1 1 aD W ii it Mr r Quinsy Qui Would Sit on a Xit lit af rat H JIe He Would Go to the Station te Ii See Se He Xe Wanted to Rest Itt a Little While mils Mackerel Ito UTo fo 6 Go cao Through x Quinsy Qui had bad lost lit the use lie of hia bli Voice V this iIda o Country ry would have been in to a Bad Way Wa Mr Quinsy Qui knew a Druggist who took the tile Dally DWy Paper and aDd so as the first thing thine every Morning Moman h be went to the Drug Druc Store Stone to find hod out what Foul Fool Brisk Break had bad been made in Congress After reading the tile Paper he Mt at t by Ity the Steve Stove and laid out some Work for fot forthe forthe the Ways Way and Means Mans Committee After Atter which he went up to the e to Number Six go CO through After which he be went up to the PostOak oe to wait walt until the Ua Mall Mail had bad been distributed One Otte day in lilt lid Mordecai received a seed aeed catalogue and aid after that he was wu encouraged ed While waiting for tor his Malt Mr fro Quinsy said unida 4 a few ew plain Words Worda about tin tills Kiser r and stood up for tor the Monroe Doctrine About Abort II u every ever day Mr Quinsy acted as asK K Re Ja a Pool PoGI Game and then went over to the Barber B to look at the Illustrated Papers Metals contain containing taiBI lug ing I the tM Pictures of ot o Footlight Favorites and Noted Criminals Mr Quinsy Quiny being possessed Did ell of an Analytical Analytical ical leal Mind was deeply interested in all aU Murder Munier Mys Mysteries Mysteries II teries and for every Case he had a few Theories of his Own that would have been a treat great help to the Police Just at t 12 lE Mr Quinsy went home and ad ate atea a hearty Dinner after which he be returned to Main aln Street Smoking a Farm Hand Regalia and ancI gazing thoughtfully at the Ground trying to straighten out the Panama Canal Business B ineas In the Afternoon he hung hune around the Court House more or less lea Ie because he heo played a good pod Game of Check Checkers ers era and because he liked to tobe be on Oft hand band in la case cae the State needed the Services of an unprejudiced Juror Mr 1 Quinsy Quiny had bad a Weak W tak Back Baci which prevented him from splitting Wood but he be loved some kinds of Work and the Honest Roam Toil that suited him best beat was wu to sit it iton on a Jury in a Case involving Assault and Battery Batter If It there was wu nothing doing at lit the Court House HOWl Mr Quinsy usually went to a Real Estate Office and grappled with the Trust Tru t Problem He H had bad strop given Veil much Thought to the Matter aUr of legislating against in infamous infamous famous famon Combines and he was one of ot the first ant to dis dia discover discover cover cov that the Trusts were trying to whipsaw w the Working lanes Classes C CAbout C About the time Ume that he had solved the ue Trust Problem hem lem m be ht had to go over and see ee the tire Afternoon Train go 10 through and wait for his Mail aU once on more Late In the Day he usually dropped In at an Un Undertakers Shop where a Veterinary Surgeon and a retired Truck Farmer were collaborating on Oft a Foreign For Por Foreign eign elen Policy for tor the State Department He was Wall dead Mt set against t the Alliance and aDd believed in inthe inthe the Ute Annexation of ot Canada even If it it involved War At i he would purchase a Pound of Oyster Opter Crackers and have them charged Then he be would w go home to Tea and tell Mrs Mn Quinsy jut nr Daughter to fix up the ota SoCa for tor him as he le was wu suffering from fri i a Headache and aDd wanted to Rest for tor a little while MORAL What we need in America to Sa the Gospel pel of Relaxation Copyright 1903 by Robert Howard Russell |