Show gallery S kc ± Landnn Lu < Ifr Downing all around Joshcr and heavy villain at baseball and football games was born sometime some-time In time dim and mlsry past and Is still living He Insists that he Is the agent of Limo Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad and assistant superintendent superin-tendent of the world Since coming Into our midst from a foreign shore some few years since Mr Downing has not mlssed a game of baseball 01 football a horse race chicken light or other religious gathering of similar nature na-ture exempt for time few weeks Immc dlalely following the llmo Mr i m Down int I failed lo be duly 1 humble when Joining a secret society here From boyhood Mr l Downing had been wising up on mysteries Ilo made a trip to India from Pike county In India Mr Downing studied Hindoo I mysteries all I the time After leaving India Mr Downing read an expose of time initla thou tortures nf a society he wished to Join llKiired for two weeks on a Herald Her-ald editorial finally got Its meaning and then announced himself as a candidate can-didate for Initiation into the society They gave him time sublime degree and allowed him half his expenses while he was laying off afterward Mr Downing had vociferously announced that ho would call the turn on every pass made and consequently when he showed up they were nil glad lo see him Just bcfnre Ihe first number on the programme was touched off Mr Downing took occasion to hand out a knowing wink About one second later he fetched up on his head in a spot thirty feet distant and winked both eyes not In a very knowing manner bill withal rapidly Several other things oicurred to Mr Downing thai t evening lie was carried home on a pass and time janitor had lo lake Mr Downlngs place at the ollice for a time This oe ourrenco Is a very painful memory lo Mr Downing |