OCR Text |
Show 1 Geronimo, the Apache chief, has gotten married mar-ried for the eighth time. "You are a brave man, Geronimo, to marry so often," a paleface said the other day to the old warrior. "Brave? Not at all," returned Geronimo. "The fact of the matter is that an Indian is master in his own house, and marriage hasn't any terror for him that it has for a white. "Whites and their wives!" Geronimo ohuclc- . led. "Why, once I wont to a tailor's shop in Washington with a congressman who wished to ' oxder a now suit. -. "The congressman selected the cloth and the 1 tailor measured him, calling out the dimensions I to a clerk with a book. After the measuring, the i:; tailor said: j '"Married or single, sir?' " 'Married,' replied the congressman. , "'One pocket concealed in lining of vest,' the I tailor bade the clerk." i |