| Show easa go s old new year s resolution t by alra banning R EASY GO waa preparing tor bed on new yeara night ue had enjoyed the usual day with many calla upon friends jolly greetings and some small remembrances mem brances which did not excite him any because be expected them and got them every year there nothing especially thrilling in such a program pleasant as it sounds oh hum I 1 he dawned yawned thus the world wags I 1 wish something differ ent would pop api upi something different did pop up but nothing like what he was looking or there came a knock on the door and following the knock somebody entered it was such a strange somebody that he could not possibly bo described great caesar 1 exclaimed mr easy go jumping ap from his chair who are you dont you recognize met quavered an old voice with a crack in it youve known me for twenty years its a fanny thing if yon cant tell who I 1 am mr easy go regarded his visitor in some alarm lie was twisted and thin and gnarled and wind beaten he baa no particular shape or features 1 I have been your most intimate friend for a long time continued th cracked old voice 1 I did not always look like this I 1 was once young and straight and full of vim you starved met good heavens man I 1 never saw you before I 1 how could I 1 starve couf 1 I have lived with you twenty yeara I 1 know you better than your best friend I 1 am your old new years resola alon I 1 mr dropped his jaw things looked serious please explain he begged in a shak en voice twenty years ago you made me and for twenty years you ve broken me and forgot ten me and starved me 1 cannot u r v 1 v e another twelve months so I 1 have come to warn you with that the twisted old figur limped out 0 the room mr easy go sat staring a long time into his fire lies right be raid slowly that dear old resolution by george I 1 keep him this year or die in the attempt 1 perhaps he II 11 grow young and vigorous again alth that he got into bed next morning mr easy go started in on his old ew years resolution and made a faw new years resola alon not to forget it or a day ami more he accomplished aft western asson |
