Show could not r daftly battly what t the he other fellow meant have you rot a dictionary here he softly asked of a hotel clerk on grand river avenue yesterday says the detroit free press xo no sir 11 are you pretty well up on webster yourself pairly fairly so the trouble 1 I want a term defined A fellow just referred to me as a parsimonious and I 1 cant exactly catch on parsimonious means stingy and close 1 I know she does allus knowel that A must be a man who slinks seems that way to me but I 1 a slink link what were the circumstances why my I 1 went into a saloon after a glass of beer there was a stranger there and he came over to the bar I 1 asked him if he ever drauk drank and he said he did I 1 ordered beer for me and water for him and he atuck up his chin and called me a parsimonious stinker was the reference appropriate to the occasion well somewhat then its all ri right I 1 thought he had slipped cupped a cog co in his grammar ork doiy was addressing the bartender then he probably meant me all right all right yes Tes ile he must have meant me I 1 noticed lie drink the water and I 1 thought he said something some thing about knocking my eyebrows off sorry to have bothered you but I 1 was a little curious vou know good day dav |