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Show - . - - - - - - - . - - _ I III Jottings F From Froma rom II IIa a Prodigal SonDear Son SonDear I ' Dear Bish ' Every E\ery E ery Eery \ timo time I sit down dov.n dovn . to todrop todrop myself , , 'here here 'heregoes ' 'heregoes heregoes ' heregoes drrp drop 3 iou 30U ou a n line I say to goes 3n another ther irritating initatlng letter to myoId myoIdfnend my old oldfnend oldfnend fnend I wondci wondcl if 1f he will wl11 take the thetime thetime thetime time to read it " ? Some day when time timehan timehangs timehangs han hangs s heavily and you have a Ii few fewmoments fewmoments fewmoments moments of leisure , , I ask you to dropme drop dropme dropme me a line hne and tell me not to continue continueI continuemy continuemy continuemy my wearisome We'Jrlsome WeJrlsome ' and uninteresting unlntcresting notesbecause notes , because time for fer cthci cthel ether things is far farmore farmore farmore I more precious Until then , I shall shal1 keep keepI keepererlastfngly keepeverlastingly I e\erlastfng-ly e erlastfng ly ererlastfngly \ - at it and take my chancesbecause chances chancesII chancesbecause bc.1.use bc1.use bc1use because ; . { : . , . perseverance pei pel severance always 31\\aY8 31 aY8 a1ays a1\ a1 ' \ \ \ ays conquers conquersOne conquersOne conquersOne II IIbc.1.use One day , not so very long ago I Ichanced Ichanced Ichanced chanced to be talking to a very dear dearI dearold dearold dearold old friend of mine mme mane He , by theay the , way \ay ay \ , , is isa isa isa I a splendid letter writer , having the theI thefaculty thefaculty I faculty of saying things thmgs , , and puttmg puttingon puttmgI puttmgon . on the finishing finlclung ; touch that makes makescorrespondence makescorrespondence makescorrespondence I correspondence veiy velY very interesting mterestmg and andcompellingly andcompelunglv . , compelling-Iv compelling Iv compellingly - attactive Then I pullec1 pulled pulledrut pulledrut rut of my pocket one of my letteis lettels letters I I'had Ihad Ihad 'had had ' had wiitten Mitten to you I said , "read read " this thisand thisand thisand and tell me just what vou YOU think of It it"He itHe " He took th tho " . time , read re < id it carefully carefullythen , then said to me "Let Let " me take thatletter that thatletter thatletter letter and ' I'll Ill ' see tfat t'lat tlat that } ' it is pUblished publishedin in " naming nammg the papci papel paper He slid s'ud sud ' "I I "Iknow "Iknow "Iknow Iknow " know the managing managmg editor personally personallyand , ' ' it . . 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I know he'll hell ' publish is It ' No , , I slid S1Id said , that is going gomg to an old oldfriend oldfriend oldfriend friend of mine 111me but 1 did not tell hml hint hmltht hintthat himtint th\t th t that ' \ it might see the light of print prtnt , in inone inone inone one of the best weekly papel papeis papers s m in the thestate thestate thestate state Now do not think that this thispuffed thispuffed thispuffed puffed ms m2 m . call < iU 11 up Bish . , because it did d'd dd didnt d'dnot d ' dnot nt not { ) n'3r n3r mr nor ' am I crowing as to what he hehappened hehappened hehappened happened to say to me I am too tCY . > old oldto oldto oldto to get all inflated mflated at my present r1ge age r1geThen ageThen ageThen Then I said , "Let Let " me take yours andI'll andIll and andI'll andI'll I'll Ill ' ' ' see that it is published in one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the daily dally papers in m our state " So he hepoUte1y hepolitely hepolitely poUte1y politely declined dec1ined , notwithstanding notWlthstandmg It Itfar itfar itfar far e exceeded ceeded mine mme m in every way And Andso Andso Andso so it is with human hwnan nature We are all allmore allmore allmore more 01 or less timid of criticism cntiClsm and of ofab ofability ofability ab ability hty , , even mediocre medlOcr : . , in this lifeTake life bfe bfeI I ' ( Take the open air , The more you take the bettel better bettelFollow , Follow Nature's Natures ' lawsTo laws lawsTo I ITo To the very letter letterLet letterGet letterLet letterI I Let Get the doctois doctors goTo goTo go goTo To the Bay of Biscay BiscayLet , I ILet Let alone the gin gm gun . , , The brandy brandYi , , and the whiskey whiskeyFreely whiskeyE'reely whiskeyFreely I Freely E'reely Ereely ' exercise , t r _ Keep your spirits cheerful , Let no dread of sIclrness sickness sIclrnessMa sicknesstisalfe sicknessMake Ma tisalfe e you ever fearful fearfulEat fearfulEat fearfulEat Eat the simplest food , Drink Drmk pure , cold v ; water watelThen atel , , Then you will be b well , Or at least you "oughter oughter " " We read seme acme s me very peculiar pecuhar thmgs things thmgsin thingsn thingsin in n the daily papers I know the most mostof mostf mostof of ) f your readersre readers ire \re re are ' \ up-to-d up to d up-to-date up to date - - - - on read readmg readng reading mostI I mg ng these items , so you will pardon me mefor meor mefor for or repeating repeatmg ' ) some ome items that seem so soerratic soerratic o oerratiC erratiC ' to me I think thmk the person mak- mak makng mak mak- makmg making - - ing mg ng such request must bs be "a a t 'a ' < ' " little looney looneyPlease looneylease looneyPlease Please ? lease note "A A " Trust Fund ProVIdes Provides$40583 Provides40583 $40 40 $ ; 40 583 for 18 cats ' 'Milwaukee Milwaukee ' , oct oct11th Octith Octllth 11th ith A $40,583 40583 $ , trust fund to care eae ; for for18 18 .8 8 . cats was set up under the \ will till \ III of an an8J anIs an8J 8J Is year old , woman \ oman , filed in the county court here to doy Aft.cr Aftcr After . the t e last cat catdies catdies emalnder iemainder of the estate goes goesto dies the I of the de- de deceased deceased - - to 11 neices and nephews nephewsQe lastde last lastcat ' that the ceased " I think I'd Id ' see Qe If I were one oneof oneof quicklY cat wed died mighty of the legatees legateesIt legateesnational It seems pretty eaJrlYI eatrly eaJrlYIfor i nationali for forpolitics national nationalpolitICS early before tne the theelection tneelection politICS to begm begin so than a year yearhence yearhence election somewhat somev . hat more the bend trend ana and some someharsh someharsh hence Yet such is saId abOut the thepresent thepresent harsh things Qrc ore btmg being adnunistration administration I note that thatone thatone present recent recentspeech recentspeech Heover Hoover m in a one fellow f llow said that chicken In Inever inevery forgot to mentIOn a speech gar- gar garage garage - - in every . autos ever every pot and two tv 0 It itwithout and run Wish I could get one , age felloW saId saidthat W1thout without e expense pcnse Then some aroundthe around aroundtho ' just Ho Hoover er prosperItYI prosperity prosperityw'a5 was w'a5 wa5 that ) \ corner cornerwas cornerwas that the for long , cornerd tho the cornel cornei so prospenty reached reachedIt d was v.orn vorn worn . out before ct ustl ustloo oo ) ) . have an orgy orgycant It Now v.e ve we Its too bad people peopleon cant can t live liveon livespending spending wouldn't wouldnt ' be beneeded beneeded then money on notlung nothing , needed neededYOU neededYOU YOU KNOW ME |
