Show I 1 I Ii I I I I SMILES IN RHYMES J I I I wandered d down W a r road today today- a com common S mon country road And hopping down L the country road I saw an ugly toad S He had a lot of warts and things and ami L I glassy go goggle gle e eyes ejes es In fact I think for fox ugliness hed he'd win most any prize I looked at him and as I looked ed he winked ed his eye at me It wasn't just an accident as fir far as I could see He meant to wink and so I stopped to see what hn lie would do the while I thought You VU L silly fool this toad cant can't LS talk taUe to S you xou you What would yc jou ou have hae my good toad toia friend said ald I as he hopped up Perchance Perchance Per Per S chance you'd have me find for You vou a bug on which to sup Again he winked a but passed me up as I stood standing there Disdainful quite he had the al air lr of any millionaire Aha said I I pet get It now Ive I've TC-I TC wast ed all this time This toad is lik like lot of folks who haven't got a dime a They wink at you as though the they had hada a secret for yours ours ears cars and when You question them you find their mystery ig Is bunk I S 5 I 1 1 r V 1 T n JI 1 3 I I I I II I I S I 3 I t I I i I I back and walks oft off stiff without a word after all my trying to be agreeable I I didn't i know Know what to ta i-cx i make ui of It n. n Th Thai t t night I finds a a. note from Summers SUI who a d abeen I been away from town giving the address ad ad- dress of his camp I goes up to 1 hi his s shouse i house and has a good time old talk with 1 his folks And I tells Summers about t the actions of this coyote in the caffy carry and desires interpretation Oh says Summers he wasn wasn't t Intending in intending In- In tending to strike up a conversation with witt I you jou ou That's just the New York style Hed He'd seen you was a regular customer and he spoke a word or two just to show shot P you jou ou he lie appreciated your custom You Yot I oughtn't to ha have hae e followed it up That That's You s I about as far as we care to go with a a L stranger A word or so about the weather er may be ventured but we do dont don't t generally generally gen gen- make it the basis of an acquaintance acquaint a ance Billy sa says s 's I the weather and its I ramifications is a solemn subject wit with me Meteorology is one of my sore points No man can open up the question ques ques- tion of temperature or humidity or the glad sunshine with me and then turn tail on it without its leading to a a. fallI fall faU- I I ing barometer I rm Im m goin going down to to see that man again and give him a lesson in the art of continuous conversation You sa say New York etiquette allows him I two words and no answer Well Veil lies he's going to turn himself into a weather bureau and finish what he ho begun with me besides indulging in neighborly re reI remarks re- re marks on other subjects Summers talked agin It but I was irritated some sonic and I went on the tho street car back to that caff caffy The s same ame fellow was there yet walkIng walkIng walking walk- walk Ing round in a sOrt of back corral corrai where there was tables and chairs A few people was sitting around having drinks and sneering at one another I called that man to one side ana and herded him into a corner I unbuttoned enough to show him a thirty eight I carried stuck under my mj vest Pardner I 1 says says a brief space ago I was in here and you seized tIle the op opportunity op- op opportunity to say it was a nice day When I attempted to corroborate your weather signal you turned your back and walked off Now says I you hearted frog-hearted lanI lanI lan- lan I guage shy stiff necked cross between a Spitzbergen sea ccok and I a muzzled I ter you resume wn w Ie you left off i in your discourse on the th weather The fellow looks at me mo and tries to toI I I grin but he lie sees I dont don't and tie ile comes I around serious Vell Well ho he says eying the handle of my gun it was rather a nice day lay some warmish though Particulars you mealy mouthed I say saY lets lets have the fIll expatiate expatiate fill in the outlines When you start anything with me roe in shorthand its it's bound to turn o out t a storm signal Looked like rain ram yesterday the man but it cleared off oft fine says in the forenoon I hear the farmers ing rain are needing needing need need- right badly up State Shake the tho New the kind of a canter says us 1 I I. I York dust off your jour hoofs hoots and be a real agreeable kind taur You broke of a cen cen- en- en the ice you jou ou know and w were we're re getting better your minute oT ti family Seems tO m me 5 l I acquainted asked YOU about every all well t thanks anks We We-we We says he wo have a new piano I Now y youre you're coming It I 1 cold says This reserve is Ittle touch about breaking the piano up almost at nt last That I us brothers t makes make e What's the ts youn youngest kids kid's name I asks kS him Thomas sa says sa s 's he Hes well just getting from the ie measles I feel like Id I'd known sa says s 's I I. I Now there you jou always always' was Just one are e you vou more more- doing right now well wen with the carr caffy Prett Pretty well he sa says s S Im I'm awaa awa away a little money putting Glad to hear it sayS I. I Now Nob back to go your our work Keep heep jour your hands off and the get civilized less Iless joure youre weather unless un- un ready to follow it In up personal manner Its It's a a subject that naturally belongs to sociability and forming of new now tics ties and I hate the it handed out to see in like this small change in a town I 1 So So and the tho hits next Its da yI I rolls roIls up my my blank blankets blan blan- I the tho k trail away from York City New F For Tor r many miny minutes after Bud ceased talking then all aU we hands lingered began around the fire lire and anti to disperse for bed bedAs As I T was unrolling the iho pinkish-haired pinkish my bedding I heard Bud young joung man saying ot Bud with something like lIlie voice anxiety in his Ills As As I 1 sa say Mr r. r I Kingsbury there thero Is la something really beautiful about night about thu this thia Th Tho delightful breeze and the bright stars and the clear air all making it wonderfully wonderfully- attractive unite in Yes said Bud BUel its Its It's a nice night I 1 S |