Show TIGER IN philosophical MOOD having suicide in mind meeting wa decidedly lucky A small dark coon wag walking one day in the desert for the sake of his appetite when he ran full tilt into a large and comparatively healthy tiger the coon realized instinctively that he would require to exert all his wit to keep things going on as terlly as usual and so he spoke up in a perfectly candid way good morning he said to the tiger who did not answer but looked at him roguishly the desert air Is alne this morn ing continued the coon and the tiger smiled in a humorous manner but I 1 derive no benefit from this alne air proceeded the coon tor I 1 yes I 1 have taken poison he went on cuth a feverish look in 1 deep brown eyes last night I 1 ate a of strong arsenic which I 1 mis took for whitewash my physician tells me that I 1 am so saturated with poison that it anything only just touches me nothing could postpone immediate death if you for instance touched me with your teeth only it would kill you instantaneously noth ing could postpone death why wish to postpone death said the tiger cheerily I 1 may tell you that I 1 consider this meeting sheer good luck for I 1 am tired of life and came out to commit suicide kindly stand still so while I 1 spring A little arther to the left please thanh punch |