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Show CROPS MAY BE POOR AROUND SHERBROOK, BUT THE PEOPLE THERE DON'T CARE; THEY HAD HARRY THAW M W 4'4flw"rSSSL MOV LCMCb Vtva k SA'Jff WAS TUdO:pV a ias.TON Bmrc V r'"': s e s - r s L toa'n i maa " o v I I V .1 The crops may not be very good UP iiround Sherbrooke. Canada, but the people who live In that vicinity I don t car a hang No, sir! And If a real cyclone should tome along and tear the roof off the village postoT-lice postoT-lice and blow down all the lovely shade itpps they wouldn't mind It a bit Indetd no' Every body's happy in Sherbrooke wildly, deliriously hap py, and they're not jtolnft to M any little thing spoil their fun. Not for nothing does Sherbrooke strlck out its chest and say "Let come what will, we shall be JoyfUl and unafraid." Listen: Up until a certain memorable da last month was It about the 20th' Shertirooke never had been heard of outside of Its outskirts The big gest atlas the kind vou have to carry car-ry around on a dray hardly gave th town honorable mention The village boasted two railroads one goint east the other west, but there were those who said It was onl one Sometimes the car stopped there, but at other times, when there wasn t anvbod to get on or off, they Just whistled and went straight through The village constable, by heck' sbor craps In the back room of "Bills Place. ' and the London Times nver even mentioned it The town lawyers squabbled over line fence disputes and drew up deeds and mortgages, and the New York papers never gave th.n a line The village doctor sold pith In a humdrum a and cured bahic.-of bahic.-of the croup at $1 per visit Presto! Harry Kendall Thaw, erst while lunatic, but now In the full possession of all his faculties, bids B hurried adieu to Matteawan He heads straight for Sherbrooke Hid fortune ever smile more sweetlv on a sleeping lon1 The village constable Hops his game of craps and helps put Thaw into custody The news Is flashed all oer the world. He "as Just plain Constable Bill Sykes before; no-v be'l William Sykes. F.60, . an officer Of the- law The London Times pub llshes an Interview with him The village lawers decide to lei the lincrftnee Allputea go for a while. Thaw retains them A or of pho tographers take their pictures A hundred newspaper men seek Inter riewa. They suddenly find that they're "among the leading lawyers of Cana da The village doctor decides to let baby suffer a little longer with the croup and determine as to Tha sanity He feels of Harry s puis" runs his fingers through Harry's hair and gravely examines Harr a big toe through a microscope Then he announces an-nounces to the world that he finds Thaw "Intensely sane," or words to that effect He wakes up at 5 o clock the next morning and finds himself famous And so It goes. There Isn't a soul In Sherbrooke who doesn't think he stands a chance of getting his name and even his picture In every llr, up-to-date newspaper on earth, from Zambesi to Johannesburg At tho ver. least, all Sherbrookltes can feel that they're living In a lively town You can't walk down the street without stepping on the toes of noted alien Ists. famous lawyers, prominent physicians, phy-sicians, high up government officials and seasoned newspapermen. Another thing When It cornea tj spilling the coin In generous quanti ties whereer he happens to be. Harry Har-ry Thaw Is a regular fairy prin. Sherbrooke never before saw such a splendid meal ticket as he Is Thaw is B pending thousands, and a good share of that money never will get out of Sherbrooke Lone live Thaw''' cry the prop of Sherbrooke In ecstatic union, "and we don t care whether the buss eat up the potatoes or not'" |
