Show the backwoodsman takes a bath say boss giaime a swim and give it to me quick give you what why a bath b a t h swim do you understand that the first speaker was a bad man from the west bottoms and the othor other was a delaware street barber Ys es sir air a man could tell what vou W wanted anted if you yon were deat deaf and dumb sam turn on the water in tub 5 0 11 soon the water could be heard into the zinc lined vessel and directly afterward the man from kan kansas sas disappeared but a person on the outside with an ordinarily acute ear could readily keep track of every move made by the desperate man first a boot came off and as the damp f foot rubbed against the leather a kind ol of whine was emitted over went the boot into a corner soon followed by its mate the suspenders were unbuttoned and in the recoil the good ote ingin rubber nearly knock knocked edthe the top of the bathers bead off atlant came the plunge and the half howl that came through the V albor or apprised the folks biks in ue the block that the tae water was bilin hot for the next halt an hour the barbers and the patrons of the shop were vastly amused by the splashing and splattering ering that came from the interior at last a dull thud on the flow floor one that shook the building from foundation to roof sounded out and a scramble was made for the towel rack comparative para tive silence reigned for tive live minutes then a weak voice piped out say boy these here are too arned small gamme auther armful the request was granted and when kansas came out he were a smile on his bis face a foot long he rubbed his bis chin complacently and actually looked ashamed of fats bis cleanliness suddenly sud denly a blank look came over his face and he darted back into the bath room matter muttering mattering ter inai SS S aa ay a y what dye think ol 01 0 me burned it if I 1 forget to wash my face an I 1 been cousing sousing around there for an hour A few minutes later he be emerged with his bis face shining like a new moon paid a id his garter quarter and walked out oat wap with t the be air 0 of seman aman who could aas easby balard y keep down the suspicions of ef the beard of health for fop six months |