| Show doloff gowe some shooting it once one 11 cost me fifty dollars to shoot at t myself 11 said baid prank frank E F blair to the story tellers club that was holdin holding an informal session on the sidewalk at a t the southern bouthern 1 I got into a baltimore hotel very late one night and very tired A thunderstorm was raging at the time and I 1 am as afraid of lightning as a sweet girl graduate of a mouse so 1 I turned off the light intending to disrobe in the darkness I 1 had taken my pistol out of my pocket to place it under my pillow when there was waa a blinding blindin flash fl mb of lightning I 1 caught sight of a villainous looking fellow not ten feet distant with a pistol inbi in bis hand shand lieras he was standing anding sl in a crouching expectant attitude and I 1 felt sure that his intention was to murder and rob me vv chos hols there I 1 called but got no reply I 1 grasped my pistol firmly and ad advanced a 1 step or two there was another flash of lightning and there was the villain almost within arms length gun in hand I 1 pulled the trigger twice there were two stunning reports and a crashing of glass then I 1 realized that I 1 had done it made an ass of myself I 1 sat sal down on the edge of the bed ashamed to turn on the light it was a full length mirror I 1 had shot my own shadow to smithereens had bad mistaken myself for a cutthroat st louis globe demo crat |
