| Show NOT MEANT FOR THE INSIDE indian departed from tribal custom in the use of paint an oklahoma indian Is saad to have made a painful mistake tho the other day in his hasto baste to quench a maddening thirst ho he drank a quart or two of paint supposing it to bo be his favorite liquor the indian of the aboriginal days frequently used paint but never on the inside ito ho had a preference for decorations that could bo be seen if lie took no delight in chromatic diaphragm he cared nothing for a sky blue inner consciousness perhaps it was owing to these facts that tho the indian who drank tho the paint almost immediately conveyed tho the impression that it did not harmonize with hla his y tone color he conveyed this impression by br seeking tho the tribal medicine man lie ho sought him with largo large horizontal leaps omitting highly colored yelps of anguish at every stride and blowing blowin g rainbow colored paint bubbles at each respiration no doubt tho the medicine man was surprised at tho the sufferers appearance ile ho way was still more more surprised when lie ho saw the patients tongue thero theio was nothing like that tongue in thu the entire medical library and when lie ho went deeper and caught sight of the patients throat lie ho felt like burning ills diploma and whooping to tile the woods nevertheless ho he rallied milled and grape grap 1 pled with tile caso case and separated the man from the landscape and removed the fresh paint sign and presently tile indian was in III a condition to return to ills his wigwam a baila 1 id ad wiser and rauch less deer u e anan plain deale |
