Show EING to ir LIFE L I 1 with JOHN HENRY il 1 k 11 v john henry and the troupers troopers Troup ers F look rera close find IF on a map ot of the middle west its a railroad junction where careless le as travelers change cars and wait for the oilier train which Is always late A week ago I 1 happened to be ane it at those careless travelers marooned lit epla ashburg and having havling a wicked hour or two to kill I 1 strolled over to the commercial house steu slob stephens to Is tho the name of tho the head clerk at the Com commercio mercil 1 il hauae la in Splash burg steb has haa been throwing w keys at the wall for a long time and he knows how to burn the beef era ie lio played tho the big bic time once yos yes years ago lie he was a bell hop at tile the old willard wallard in washington and after that he jumped to Clife chicago ag ils as night porter at tho the old sherman bouso so what step know about the hotel busti business leas worth whimpering over steb gave me a brief outline of his liron history and was waa just starting in to tell mo me about the battlo battle of the civil war in which his father was and who shot him film when a feverish lull old party with persian rug trim ori thil the end of his chin squeezed u up and began to let a peep out about ault alie the pie ho he had eaten for din iner calm yourself said smiling steb a and nd tell me line where it bit you lilt met mel bit mot mol snarled tile the old ola party with the tapestry nothing of the kind sirl I 1 want you to know air that your plo pie nt fit to eat mirll cut it suggested steb cut it out sirl itow how can call I 1 cut it out when ive oaten it sir air its an in outrage and I 1 shall leave this hotel tomorrow ll 11 said omar khayyam with the exception of balanco balance duo due that will be about all from you lyou said steb ill see beg the proprietor said tho old party moving away with a face on ittin ailin like four dollars irk labad bad money we got get it good and plenty every da day i y aalde steb and just then something about six feet tall tail wearing a hati and a gilt gift rau mustache stacha ella against tile tho coun counter ter grabbed tile tha register and burled a stub pen in its pages after looking over the result I 1 de chad the strangers first nuat bo be spider because it joked like one on the register nath bath queried slob only during a hot wave said spider going to beith ie alth us long inquired say isay dub youre wearing medals M mum 4 Ro member those thoc nicu white doorknobs wo we ato ate for breakfast next morn ing inar for asking questions now aint you mattered answered spider you just push me into a stall an and d lock the gate im tired I 1 front show this gentleman to vald Steb to avoid punishment thon then sweet william the coy boy drummer ll rummer hopped into tho the ring for tho the next round willie peddles pickles for the tun fun he gets out of it it la Is willies Wll lles joy and delight to set get a gln ganger gerale alo bun on and recite joe when trained down to 05 flat tan got up and beat tho the clapper oft off curfew shall not ring tonight to night any mail inquired willie all the mall mail that Wille ever gets la Is il postal card from born tho the pickle factory factor y ary two deeks asking baking wa him it if tho the people along hla his route roule have all lost their appe appetites otes 1 no literature tor for you steb at an w aers we rs u str un go bald willie my lady friends are very arent they yon tt it looks like they were out to drope arop you behind the piano said otea willie tote tore oft off a short ra abbit laugh and then inquired what time the next amin left for fory axx york corfe the pickle factory expects willialmo Willi alto to idi ake n and t hd ile bogoro fleit so BO he tossed tho the train gag out just to shoO chow steb teb that aliat he knows theirl the s a place called now new york at over the D L Q said bald steb slob next inquired willie at 8 10 over the 11 II U B N stab bleb abow answered cred which gets there first willie baked asked tito tho engineer sighed steb oh you droll chap said bald the pickle pickie pusher give mo me some toothpicks then sweet william went over to the big window burrowed into a chair stuck his feet up on tho the brass rail ato ate toothpicks and thought lie ho was IT whon when I 1 got back to steb he was dealing out tho the cards to a lady from reading pa ila ifer her husband had been up tip in the air with a bum automobile nud hud when lie ho came down he was several sections shy she rho was traveling for hla his health aly room to Is immediately over tho the kitchen she eho informed steb slob the cook made a kick up to now steb went back at her sho she started a get back but her in dig nation choked her so BO she gave steb stall the society sting with boh eyes and flounced out steb bit the end oft off a penholder erand and said tho the rest internally just then a couple of troupers troopers troup ers trailed in they were with tho the bandits Dandl ta bride co and the way had been long and weary what have you got double asked tho villain of tho the piece two dollars doll arsand and cupl said stob better inquired low comedy llo he was making a crack but nobody caught him four dollars with bath steb stab suggested doard board asked the villain nothing but tile the sleeps and a fresh cake of soap said stob steb illig ring down low comedy put in why we lived a whole week la in pitts burg for or loss lose than that t you can turn tho the same trick here if you carry your own cake and sleep in tho the park said stob steb the name of 0 this mint montt asked the villain steb stab told him I 1 followed tha two troopers troupers troup ers out to tho the dinky barroom because it looked about eight to ono pull a few wheezes and adget a tow fow buffs the tha woods for foi oural this a bird of a place for a show to got get stranded ded groaned the low comic as he gave gava the reub bartender the high sign and the latter pushed forward two glasses and a black bottle 1 I tell you mike alike the juvenile went feht on im too delicate for this ono onci night stand gap gag im going to new york to build a theater what with sneered low com edy with a reporter I 1 know on ono one of 0 tho the the juvenile Juven llo chuc chuckled fled say what was the name of that town wo played night before laste murphys Murp hys la it blike answered stranded hero herd ingallis in athla jay town tho the juvenile grabbed the black bottle and upset it agala again say mike alike what wo we need Is a guardian suan llan and while were at it lets lela tick out one with money so wire him for a little price to help us outon out on occasions like this tho the next manager that thai wins me away from the stockyards stock yards will have to wear a gold pla plated te d overcoat and stand in n the angs every night where he can throw ten dollar bills wine ar 0 o when I 1 make my exit no more wb slob ampro for mi mine with nothing la in their inside pockets but a date book and a hearty appetite same herel here low comedy nodded tito the next manager chrt tha picks mo me out win will havo have to his bank and let me pick ahls on the shelf ahelf before Y ill sign 11 good and hard here in the tall grass grasa tho the juvenile Juven llo complained again and not a cookie in the lunch baake basket bay it lias has me wining winging au all right ana no idle boott this to IB tho the third tro apa that blow out its mainspring for us ua thle this season and IM beginning to believe we ought to got get vaccina vaccinated ted how am I 1 going to do hamlet in now york this winter winter id like to cow eight weeks since sanca wo we left chicago three shows to the bad and still a thousand miles from the th great white way say bay allep at this rate ralo take about shows to get us to jersey city are you hep mike alko laughed its the old story my boy were a sad ead bunch of plow boys boya on this old farm of a world when we a laittre mazukna maluina in the vest pocket ive got a new bit ot of recitation spiel I 1 cooked up last night when I 1 sleep its called knock and the world knocks with you and ill put you jerry to it right now before it gets cold knock and the world knocks with you boost anil and you boost alone I 1 when you roast good and loud you will find that the he crowd ilan han a hammer as aa big its as our owal buy and the tha gang Is with will you and tho the games all oral oft for tho the lad with the thirst i will see you art first if you dont proceed to coughl lit he rich anil and tile the push will pral so you lie do poor and pass tho the ice youre a warm young guy euy 1 when hen you start to buy youre a slob elob when you lose the do da lush flush and your friends are many go clo broke and aaita tal a I 1 vaya while your bank account hums als you will get returns when its out you will get tile he list hat he do gay and tile the mob will chebi cheer you eliout while your wealth en dures show a tearful lamp and see them trump tramp and its back to the w wood for or youral yours 1 theres always a bunch to boost you while at your money they glance lance but find them all gone on that cold gray dawn when tile the fringe arrives on your pants I 1 youve got the game of life sled sized to a showdown was tho the juveniles Juven lloa comment at tats chis point jabs jabo the roub reub bartender pointed a freckled finger at rid 1 kill I 1 let a peep out of him about tin pit pic he hd had for onne dinner 01 mike alike and butted lit in with ft ath bayou Say Sa you jou be the fat cuss cusa that cut up with that tr trouble at tho opry lionso ilonse last night blent you no im the skeleton man with R circus mike bilks an answered sered and the bartender roared roared with delight 1 I was at the opry house alouse last night jabo jabe informed them and I 1 most laughed myself sick to tho the stomach at this yere fat cuss takla off that dutch police manha ba ha ha list hal jabe abe looked at tho the juvenile you was putty good too he admitted off that newspaper reporter and tho the girl from the burnia structure but you do no funny duniy tall fall and bust your cal luses like this fat cuss CUBS ha ha ha hat bat get him to unhook the laugh hes has a good steady listener whispered willoper ed the JIM and alk e started in pine fine town this mike alike began all the modern improvements oh cows cow wear nickel plated bells belle streets paved with grass and the river has running water ila iia ha ha ba hal jabe roared reminds mo me of a place wo we struck out in Allas missouri ourt last winter mike alike went vent on same stylo style of public archi jecture tec ture especially tho the town pump but tho the hotel thero there was vas the lift hit with us 11 I 1 was van called the declaration of inde inda pen pend dence enco because the proprietor had bad married an englishwoman and wanted to bo be revenged at supper time I 1 or dered a steak and they brought me a leather hinge covered with gravy so BO I 1 got up to add an amendment to the declaration of independence tho the head waiter was an ex pugilist so BO he put the boots boota to me and covered my amendment with bruises then he made mo me eat the leather hinge and for i two weeks I 1 felt like a garden gats gate and I 1 used to slam alam every time the wind blew 11 jabes laugh shook tile the building the proprietor of that hotel was so BO patriotic alike continued that he be number the rooms like an ordinary hotel every room was as named in honor of a president of the united states that evening there happened to bo be a rush while I 1 wag waa standing near tho the desk and I 1 heard tho the clerk say bay front show these gon lemon clemon up to john quincy adams and tell the porter to take that trunk out at 0 the alcomo in thomas jetterson vron aront go and put down that window in 16 rutherford D B clayes and here take this whisky up to abraham lincoln front all that racket la in james Duchan buchanann Buc hananT aul here take these cigars to U S grant and turn oft the gits la in teddy but blutt I 1 nearly fainted when he said 41 milt run a sofa into jambu adesa A and take taka this lady up tip to washing ton aon 1 when I 1 quit thorn them to take my train mike alike had worn wom finger marks on the side of the atack black bottle and jabo had si signed gneda n verbal contract to go on the stage agthe as the juveniles dresser all of which goes to prove that lent so bad provided you iou dont hive have to wait very long tot for f train out ii i i |