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Show ' "O, It's this gol darned blasted old hat. - It. won't stay on.' - Then he'd Jam It down over' his ear and amble down the street. Well, old Hank Herpselmer and hlfl non-wearable hat was th funniest fun-niest sight I have ever seen. Kansas City Times. , UD THAT WOULDN'T STAY Oil. ' "Old Hank ' Herpseimer, who used to live up In Iowa,", said a railroad man, telling storks to a group of friends, , ''had the moat peculiar affliction I ever saw. Kvery little while he would give his head a couple of jerks and off would go his hat. He used to ride up and down the road. ' No conductor ever asked him for a ticket. The trainmen used to treat him well always. but- most people laughed and made fun of him. That used to make Hank furious. He used to think his infirmity lay entirely In his hat. Often Of-ten I saw him walking along the street with his shirt collar pulled up across his chin to -hold his head -down. All of-a sudden he'd give a few Jerks and oft would go his hat backwards and roll In the mud. Then Hank would .get mad and pick up his hat, cursing under his preath. -n -1 i i - - - 1 - ii n ,i' 1 i y |