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Show at the answers Bod five, and they laughed at Ame until he got mad and told them to ask the witness a few quest chions theirself if they thought they waa so blamed smart. But Cy and Eph said they hadn't any questions to ask and they didn't believe it would do any good if they had, being as they considered that the answers which Bad had give to the questchions Ame had give him showed that be was not only in possession pos-session of his mental f seal ties, but was also turrible smart with his answers for his age. While the committee was considering what to do Bud's mother arrived on the scene. Somebody had told her that they had saw Bud go into Lem's, so she busted bust-ed in there all ou ten breath and as mad as a wet hen and desired to know what three f rowed up man was doing with her affectionate son Bud cooped up in there. Cy and Eph told her to ask Ame. Ame he hemmed and hawed for a min-nit min-nit trying to think up something to tell her, but she wouldn't wait, so she grabbed up a broom from behind the door and belted Ame aeroat the head with it. nocking off his hat and driving him outen the room. Ame ran home and locked hisself in the house in disgust. Cy Hoskins and Postmaster Higgins also al-so run for their lives, and thus escaped injury. Then Mrs. Hinckley marched home leading Bud by the hand. When asked concerning the result of the investigashun concerning the loona-tick loona-tick commission into Bud's sanitary condition, Ame stated that the committee commit-tee had met. and dissolved without taking tak-ing any action. BudHink- ley May not Be Quite Rite in His Head, kit It's i Tumble Hard Matter to Prove It Fill Par-ticklers Par-ticklers as te Whit We Mian Below Bud Hinckley, who ain't suite right in his head, has went and got hisaelf in trouble again. Last Tuesday morning, aa Lrm Brown was going along Main st in front of the Towa Hall be seen smoke emanating from around the corner cor-ner back of the building, and going around who should he find there bat Bud Hinckley, who had got holt of some matches somewheres and had built a fire outen some old dead grass and sticks right up close to the Town Hall, which was gaining rapidly when I. em arrived. But was stooping over 1' fire warming his hands and didn't hear Lera come up behint until l.em give him a kirk and Bud run home crying. Then Lem tramped out the fire. Tf Lem had not arrived just when he did the fire world have spread and like as not cur Town Hall, of which we are all so proud, would be in ashes. Soon as the word got out what Bud had did people said he ought to be put into a asylum somewheres before he would burn up the town. Being as Bud ain't quite right in his head, he has always been more or less of a menace to this community. Bud don't seem to see no more difference between right snd wrong than between a couple of peas and he ain't safe to let run around loose. Finally the talk got so high that Sen Dewberry, our lion-hearted town eon-stubble, eon-stubble, decided to appoint a loonatick commission to inquire into Bud's condition, con-dition, and if it was found that Bud's reason was tottering on ber throne, as y. 1 might say, he would have him removed re-moved 10 the Town Farm. Seth ap lointed Ame Hillyer, our well known lawyer; Eph Higgins. P. M., and Cyrus M skins, one of our most respecktrd citizens, to examine into Bud's ment.il works, and instructed them to make the examinashun the first chance they got. Well, the chance come on Thursday. Ame een Bud on the sidewalk in front ot his office and raising the winder tol.1 him to come in and he would give him a stick of candy. Bud went right in and then Ame passed right out and locking bud in run for the members of "he committee, who returned with him. When they got bad; to Ame s office it was a awful reck. During hi absents Bod had tipped over tables and chairs and spilled ink on the floor and scattered scat-tered papers everywhere so that Ame ain't found some of them yet And he also did all sorts of damage too numerous numer-ous to menshun Ame Hillver said that he considered this was sufficient primy fnrhie evidence that Bud wasn't quite right without going any further, but Cy said ihey had hettr examine Bud an. I ,s' liim a tew questions, which wts done. "Bud Hinckley." says Ame. iery judi-rious. judi-rious. "if the President ..f the t S. would die who would get the job?' "The undertaker," says Bud, very r..mpt. ' What does a ma;' have to be in order or-der lo be buried ith military nonors?' asks Mm. ' A corpse." says Bud "Bud Hinckley, if you told your molh er to go dosvn cellar and get a pail of roal and she didn't do it. what nould you do?" "I'd get 11 myself or I'd get a allfired good lickin." says Bud. Cy and Eph waa moat tickled to deta |