Gunnison Gazette | 1909-01-22 | Page 3 | Priam Explains

Priam Explains. The usual brilliant crowd of illustrious illustri-ous fighters was gathered at the Army and Navy club of Gehenna and upon this special occasion Napoleon Bonaparte Bona-parte and Priam of Troy held the floor. The topic under discussion was Priam's defeat. "There were several things about your little affair, lay dear Priam, that I never could understand," said Napoleon. Na-poleon. "Notably, how was it that when the Greeks presented you with that wooden horse you moved it into the city and failed utterly to hear the rattle of the troops inside? You were not deaf, were you?" "Simplest thing in the world, my dear Ronaparte," returned the Trojan king. "The fact is I was badly rattled myself at the time."