Show boys will be boys there were a couple ot old forty biners down in tombstone ariz said a tourist the other day who were great friends one of them was 80 years old and the other 81 they were taking their morning toddy one day and fell into a disagreement over the date of some pioneer occurrence each was insistent upon his own recollection of it and finally they got into a regular quarrel backing away from the bar they drew their guns and blazed away at each other but their sight was so dim and their hands so unsteady that all the bul lets went wide when their guns were emptied the barkeep emerged from beneath the counter and made them shake hands and make up the local paper the epitaph in describe ing the occurrence treated it in an indulgent vein and closed by saying well boys will be boys |