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Show Jottings From Froma _ FromJI JI 1/ 1 / 1a a Prodigal Sonr SonDear Son SonDear I r ' Dear BishTo BIShTo Bish BishTo To the fellow fellov . that ' ' goes goec ; roammg roaming roammgaround roamingaround roamingaround around the coi country cotmtry itry , , talking talkmg to the thehIgh thehigh thehigh hIgh , , the low , the street st.reet . bum and the the1ut.ch thehutch thehitch 1ut.ch 1utch hutch . hiker luker , , there are many thmgs things thmgsthat thingsthat thingsthat that one can leam learn from some of the thentr theriff tlienffraff ntr riff raff of humanity humarnty humamty tmown tluo\\n tluo n thiovvn \ \ out inthe in inthe inthe the \ world orld without a job or orc oreven oreven c\ c cen even \ en a pla place e to sleep Some Someof Someof Someof of them arc really high class in all alltheir alltheir alltheir their thoughts , but time has dealt to tothem tothem tothem them tne tIle the luck of adversiy adversly and poverty povertyduring povertyduring povertyduring during the past few years We make makea a mistake nustake whene when \ we \\e e think that every everyroad everyroad everyroad road walker is 15 a low down bum , it fit itfor fitfor ! fitfor for nothing nothmg e except .cept cept > . his p present sent JOb JObNot jobNot job"Not jobNot Not " sa very long ago , , I chanced hanced to toto toto toto to meet a fellow of this type I finmediately im- im imI fin- fin immedIately im immediately - - I mediately perceived percehed that he was a aclean aclean aclean clean cut felow with a good educationand educatIOn educationand I Iand and a talent for picking up thingsreally things thingsreally thingsreally really v . worthwhileDuring worthwhile worthwhileDuring orthwl le leDuring During a few moments ' ' conversatIon conversationon on thingsorth things \ - worth \\-orth orth while , he handed me mea mea mea a short poem asking if ' I'd Id ' like to read readIt readit readit It It \ v y ' as worn with use and , if I couldjudge could couldJudge couldjudge Judge lightly ilghtly , , he must have ha\e ha e \ read It Ituntil ituntil itJuntil until memoly memeiy had a place for it even even1f evenif evenif 1f if lost from the old pocket book ina inv in inwhich v a . which hich hick it was earned carried With you your ) 'om om ' ' ' permi ermi- ermi permi- ermiSSlon permianon permission - - ssion SSlon anon I II 1 gh git give e a it to 5 : > oui Oul our readers , , and let letthem letthem letthem them be the judge as to what it is isgood , good , bad or what not"Backward not not"Backard not"Backward notBackward "Back\\ard "Back Back ard "Backward Backward " \ , , turn backward backv.ard backvard . , oh time inyour Inyour in inyour your flIght flIghtGive flightGive flightGive Give us the maiden with skirts sklrts not sotight sotight so sotightGive tight tightGive , , GIve us a girl whose charms , , many orfew orfew or orfew few , Are not exposed by much peek peek-a-boo peek a boo peekabooGive peek-a-booGive peek a booGive a-boo a boo abooGive , - - - - Give us a maiden malden , , no matter what age ageWho , Who wont won t use the streets as : : at atvaud a'vaud avaud a ' vaudVllle vaud- vaud vaudville - ville Vllle vile stageGive stage , Give us a girl gll"l glll " not so shape shapely )1 1 ) intview in t l VIew viewDress , . Dress her in m skirts s1arts the sun \ won't wont on't ont ' ' shinethru shinethru4 shine shinethru iThen thru4Then thru4 thru i ; Then give us the dance of days longgone longgone long longgone gone Jby jbyWith , WIth plenty of clothes and steps notso notso not notso so hIgh highAnd , And t turkey tyrkey key trot capers and buttermilkglides buttermIlkglides buttermilk buttermilkglidesAnd glidesAnd glides glidesAnd glidesAnd And hurdy hurdyguray guIIy guray ' ; , twist and wiggletailslide wiggletail wIggleta wiggletailslideThen s1ide slide slide-Then slide Then - . Then let us feast oui Oul tired tlIed optics oncemore oncemore once oncemoreOn moreOn more moreOn moreOn On a genuineoman genuine \ woman \\oman oman Homan as sweet as ofyore ofyore of ofyore yoreYes yoreYes yore yoreYes Yes , time , please turn backward backwardAnd backwardAnd backwardAnd And grant our request requestOf , or Of God Gods s richest blessing blessmg * But not one undressed " undressedAuthor -Author Author - Author unknown to meNovv me meNow NoJOU Now No\\ No Novv \ vou JOU you 1.rOB1Sh , . krow 1.rO\\ 1.rO krnw . \ , Bish B1Sh , if he had been beenan beenan beenan an old foggv fogg foggy ) like mvself mJself myself , , carrying carrymg a . a a-pcem a pcem - pcem poem of that kind kmd around , to read all by allby himself hl11lSelf , I vv \ would culd not have been sur sur- surprIsed sur- sur surprised surprised - - prised but a young fellow , made it all allthe allthe allthe the thatI more fantastic to me He saw that I was "as as aas " surprised , but he said I make makean makean makean an apology , because.IJdrmk becauseIJdrmk becauseidrrnk because.11 because11 . , ( drink in all that thatis thatis 15 is said in that poem , if 1f vou you ) ou can so call callIt callit callit callitMv It itMy whenI henI 1\r 1 r \ My Mv ) next surpiise surplise surprise came tame to mehen me \\hen hen when \ I dropped drcpped into mto a doctors doctor s office Offlce I took tookP 2 seat in an easy chair , . looked around aroundat aroundat aroundat at hangingon hangmgon theanou the \ various \anou anou framed mottos mJttos nijttos hangmg hanging on theaU the \ wall \\aU aU \ , , because I'was Iwas I . ' was v.as vas alone at the themoment themoment themoment moment the doctci doctCl being bemg busv busy bus ) in hisprivate hIs hIspnvate hisprivate pnvate private motto room with a patient pahent One mot mot- - - to struck me very forcibly forclbly It hung ill m illa ma ina a gilded frame in m a most conspicuous conspicuousplace place , and read as follows'God follows 'God God ' God and the Doc"cr Doccr Docfcr Doc " ' cr 'ae ae \ e alike ahke adore JUSt adoreJust beforeThe at the brink bnnk . of d danger ger , , not before , The danger \ p-ist p ist ty\st ty st past - , both alike are leqUlt- leqUlt iequit - lequit-ed lequit ed leqUlted ed , God is forget , and the doctor shghted slIghted ' I said sald . , Doch Doc , whv why \\h h \ the motto you have youhave on theall the \ wall \\all all \ in m such a COnsPICUOUS place conspicuousplace "Isn Isn "Ian Ian " fc t it lt true ? ' he said Well I told Itold him , . , it is neto new ne\ ne \ ' ; to me I never neer ne\ ne \ er saw sawan sawanything sawanything an anything : > thmg just like it lt before in all my lIfe mylife believe beheve It ma may ' be true but I can't cant ' ' be- be be - lieve heve that it is I am hoping hopmg that humanity hum hum- humanity humanity - anity are not all classed in m that cate cate- category category category - gory . . Then he said sald , "try try " being a doctor doctorand , and try to get your bills " So I saId saIdgooddav saidgoaddav saidgood-dav saidgood dav good-dav good dav goad-dav goad wantto antto - - andent and went \\ent ent w \ ent out 'Out ' I didn didnt t tant vv \ \\ant ant ant to fall into mto that class just at the mo- mo mo - moment ment mentAnd And now I guess gue.ss . it its s about time ' ' ' to quit toquit for to-day to day today - - Don Dont t know just how howthis howtlus tlus this happens will 1ill jvdll } : , , sound to you in case it hap hap- - pens to fall under your scrutinizing gaze scrutinizinggaze It the typist who gets it says- says - - itin it1n nothIng says-nothing says nothing saysnothIng to vou you : > ou you he might sneak it 1n in beto unknown to vou you : > ou , , ad nd then , who'd whod ' ' be to blame for it , he or 1 I ? " ' ' Guess it itwould it'would heregoes 'would would ' fall faU o 0 both of us equally , , so here goes . , You KnOMe Know KnO\\ KnO \ Me |