Show IS 19 OLD AS HE FEELS AT EIGHTY FIVE bealts SE SENA NA we OR PETTUS DISGUSTED AT BEING CALLED AGED constituents idolize film but they are arc to hold an EleCt election IOD to decide on sorIn case lie he dies something unusual la is happening in alabama tile the people unanimously unanimous lv want edmund winston pettus to con to servo serve them in the united states senate as long as he lives yet they aro are preparing to hold an election to decide upon his bis successor tho the reason la is that when senator pettus bettua present term expires in 1909 he will be 88 years old and the elec election ilon la Is to be held because fear he ha will not live longer than that dut but grandpa 11 pettus la is indignant lie ile says lie ho Is as spry as ho he was at 60 and that he expects to live out the whole six elx years of another term lie he Is candidate tor for reelection election re on the platform A man mall la Is as young as he feels senator pettus had haa reached the time for chloroforming chloro forming according to the so called osler osier doctrine back in 63 about the time he was performing deeds of daring in defense of vicksburg fighting with tho the confederate army it seems that the situation had become desperate volunteers were called fora for a forlorn hope A brigade of reckless texans offered for the service and pettus offered to lead and he did lead led where fight was hottest and at the head of the column his six feet four looming large in front that protruding lower jaw set on taking those works at any cost where that tall figure rose and that black i straight mane waved those texans followed they loved him for his daring and when all was done and they learned that he was from alabama and not from texas they insisted on adopting him for their state and by one acclaim he was christened old texes pettus was a forty niner ile he rode from alabama to california on horseback with a company of 0 some forty of his neighbors aue casamere lad ad then of twenty eight but had already read had adventures in the mexican war in which he fought at eighty five his record Is said to be something like this enjoys a game of cards reads his bible loves flowers runs no bills carries a red bandana calls his wife sweetheart has a fund ot oc subtle humor and being a Sena senator torr 0 0 wl kg time to think whether tuo aw reaper Is twenty or only ten beare off that his friends believe Is a 0 good enough platform in itself |