Show Ho Ma do tho Best ol II What luck Inquired the bookkeeper bookkeep-er of the big junior partner just back from the Flats V Fair Set the alarm for 330 yesterday yester-day morning It exploded at 110 Sounded just like a buzztsaW going through an old blackoak knot I pulled around aimlessly in a duckboat for two hours before I really came to lit a match looked at my watch and solemnly promised myself that I w6uld certainly drown that clock aa soon as I I laid my hands on it V What did you do then 1 Fell overboard Guess I must have gone to sleep but a cold souse beats all tho alarm clocks In creation Went head first to the bottom in thirtyfive feet of water and came up head first swearing thirtyfive to the second I always get wetter than any one else wlirn T fnll rworVinnrrl TToI fe i lrnnr > baling i the boat till I had 1 wrung kicked I and dripped a few barrels of water After this you can bet your sweet existence ex-istence that Ill carry a quart bottle Instead of a pint I never had a pint got back to the surface with me yet But what did you get Yell there was an old fellow fishing fifty feet from where I anchored and V he warned me oft when I tried to pull alongside of him and bo sociable I caught three black bass He caught wtentyelght I just sent six of them around the corner to be put In an icebox for you I have six for the old man six for Tim and a big mess for myself If ever you say a word Ill railroad rail-road you out of your job Give me ten and charge it to my account I threw that blanked clock half way to Canada Detroit Free PressV |