Show feathering Feather hig his nest 1 by WILLIAM 1 OSBORNE of ne Vi II 11 I 1 ird o 0 ie 14 un an unpatriotic on he lie rid nilta he lie ie is hinis it if lily giuly lit curne coine into the lime linie ollir old hopper died a r or 0 o ago and left two million doll 14 1 4 HP ile lift half halt hi is fortune to io hie 1114 euph anither man luau of he tile nuni ani 0 of I 1 r c johh oble und tin other half hi lit left I 1 i his ha 4 other lephe rn jhc hard ilard hill ahill hoi hof lit pir r Is culled call that flint ht bed got that kind of a hll shell or so I 1 11 1 seem it I 1 I 1 e tev to tor had bad this tills monc mono all cicily Itile sited in pa ing flu it P und and six 1 per wr lent ent for about a i afar ear the nian man their coupons and their tile war mum a in their midst and I latimer colb bub sub scribed to in sight mid and got his name la in the tile baiers pal ers und kept it there he ile must hinc lime glen up ne as much ns ai fifty thousand dollars out of ida ills million to th flip I 1 merty loan tin lied croom the cited triangle nod and other things that came clong hut but what I 1 really want to do paid raid latimer Lat lnier col b I 1 le Is to double or treble iny my butine then aln n III give pir cent of it nil all I 1 make to our interests in the tile nor nr lie ife looked about hlin him ho ile licked I 1 iclef out a good likely looking munitions stock if nione mone hod had to he lie made out of tho like war by concerns lie an uell all make taule some of it aa as he nid said he lie would turn around and agte a lot of it to he the war or aind get hia ills panic in tho the papers and kaep it there right along lie nas a patriot he knew he lie vw ua a patriot und and hr lie kept to lie was proud of I 1 it I 1 in fact kut but anthe he admitted that he lie wasn gasn t A friend of a who m he wae was goiner around sell 11 ing liberty bonds went eat to see hard ilard shell about buier sonic of the bonds now inow that a ft a allty I 1 ity groaned hardshell hopper I 1 but fact in ix sace just thi morning I 1 invested nested li iny illy whole pile in first class I 1 ain in t kot got a dollar left nott no it oud been around here esterday ct est erlay nex night stele hie ills friend come around again shook him earnestly c aar by ib tin baud aay liy har he arild I 1 y wre tre the biggest patriot in this tills town ajoue oue invested all nil your koneya money a million or more la in the liberty loan youre the biggest man luau etli e go goethe t t 11 e foremost of our pa hardshell hopper hook shook his ills head dont don t get off your trolley ste bacu nt 11 lie e raid 1 I ain mn t a pat biot ot M my cousin I 1 atliner atimer cobb he s i body bays so Buta but A blut t blesi ou on inin in in I 1 lie e only been feathering my ne neet V louve put one million dollar dollars into this I war mar mild said steve ive lye tucked one million away where its safe und bound dra drawled led Ilard hardshell shell hopper where here I 1 don t ha 0 to worry about it I 1 got a 0 security hat flint wont be taxed and as gilt edged ns As they make lem cm backed by about three hundred billion dollar dollare worth of asseem ond and for me but dont ou ell go calling me names I 1 dont deserie p I 1 aint no pa im I 1 in only fir for my u ty neat nest it if you want ant a patriot you go to my cousin I 1 li timer lies file boy for you 1 steve went sent around to see Ilard hardshell shell a cousin TA latimer tImer at any rate he said paid to latimer 1 I ran can sell some beads bonds to you latimer glow with patriotism steve he lie eald said 1 I promise ou on you 11 II be the boy III buy em of and I 1 m going to buy a lot hut t just now i got a dollar to illy name ive plunged on oil sonio some munitions lock stock thre tin rea been a hurry flurry it its gone lown on me and I 1 cant get out without a most tremendous loss all I 1 ran do Is to to hang jiang on ille grien death tut the minute that I 1 mako make a handsome crofit stee stele I 1 in ni youra tours there 5 no man tor for live hundred milea miles around thit th thiam it N got a wanner mariner feeling for the old lie flig dan latimer cobb I 1 can tell you those hut nut latimer I make a hand ionic profet he make any prout profit instead ore fine one morning ills his ehan of stock tur cd ed wor thle on an ills hands tho the concern whose block stock hed bought wall tta As ne as the mock us in a nan one day he lie found himself pennies penn Des he ile had to turn to and find earn corn his ills living hardshell Ilard shell hopper gave save him gi job that kept I 1 body codr and find boul together hut but one day i happened it must be remembered that r cobb like hie his colln hardshell lj hopper opper had reci 41 for one year at liast the income on thole dve five per cent that their deed dead uncle had invented n so go latimer Lat lnier cobb had hod had an or income and he be had find filed an income tax return ills in come bome bad been about fifty thu thiard thia tard cd for the year and the present income tar tax on gifty thoo iund dollar dollars ie is con ld erable hut latimer cobb the young pa patriot ariot triot hose intentions had been so good gow and find ho be was going to do BO so well by the tile govern gover nent mient found himself with out money to pay thie this tax IAL he ile wae was a patriot and he had had a large I 1 income but be he pay his income tar tax the govern government mert jailed hima him a very proper thing to do Ilar hardshell Harde lImbell hell hopper raised some money on his hi liberty bonds and went around end and got pt latimer cobb out of jail joll then he t took ook hira back to bis his office my ahlmer son aid said Ilard hardshell shell hopper taking a abeal of iund ont of bli safe here are ho the bond that your million dollars bought lour bondu vu moaned latimer bought alth M ath your million no returned liard shell llo iper bought by our million and they re aur urs but with nith a string attached J to them you plunged on 1 al all street tl ind went lent broke I 1 gnp knew you bould I 1 kne knew it had to be b 11 so it to it your money for you I 1 engineered that stock bedl that 30 oi tabled up ID in IOU see ceta lou latimer cubb cobb lit returned 1 I knew on 1 ret get o I 1 thought I 1 might ai adl ell ilo do lie the or 1 I did I 1 wentel to feather our nili for aou ou latimer so I 1 bought I 1 alberty boindi 1 with money that you lost bail and there theres a the bonde bonds all standing stan dint lne in your name named vou you bought Kitt fm em in my name noroel faIt tred cobb in our name echoed Ilard hardshell shell I 1 1 I per I 1 chiefly because I 1 couldn t get ant an thing bing better or solider to buy and then you wont have any trouble any more with that income tax 1 hut I 1 ut that ain aint t nil all latimer went ent on Ilard shell 1 I want rout to ask you bow how much it coats costs you now to alvel live youre paying raying roe me two thousand flud 4 cur emr paid cobb and yourt alln on it went on land and I 1 in living on un ant anither ther two to thom nind and anti yet our combined income fron theve bonda bonds it 11 come near to being seventy tc me thousand dollars a 3 ear 8 si 1 im m lili ing oil these bond ith the tile idea abat you oil nad bud roe me 11 keep on on our two thou th a year apiece and bo me reel reat of tho tile income wi ut 11 hand oter mer to the lied and the triangle rill and buy war savings sta cluin nips pa and fuch such not so you ran can notice it yelled latimer cubb cobb mine in 1 mine iob i ob well ell paid linni shelf hopper ll opper thrusting back tho the bonds into the safe soft aa as a matter of fact T put era in bour name they re only your s it 3 aull ull consent to what 1 flat I 1 sold well dually finally conceded latimer cubb cobb if boull a 11 put my name lo 10 ho the paper as a biff ble subscriber so tint that folk folks will know what kind of a good patriot I 1 a nm you sint in t a 4 patriot laumer aahl ll hopper opper oget get that th through ough your head bere vere iere only protecting our own on interests in loaning tills thi money to alip government Rovern ment were doing not dot a blamed I 1 it feathering our nests you can t knock that queer idea out of Ilard hardshell shell hoppert Hop 11 pere head |