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Show Kind but bareless. John P. Irish, the San Francisco orator and officeholder, was entertaining entertain-ing Joaquin Miller, the poet, one night Upon hearing a particularly funny story by the host the poet fell off his chair In a paroxysm of mirth. Irish thought the poet had a seizure of some kind and he rushed to the sideboard, took a bottle of whisky and stuck the top of It Into Miller's mouth, hoping to revive him. Presently Miller waved his hands feebly and Irish removed the bottle. "What is It?" asked Irish solicitously. solicitous-ly. "Remove the cork!" whispered the poet, hoarsely, "Remove the cork!" Saturday Evening Post. |