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Show Drastic Action "Can you tlx up tbls yui clock go's it'll run?" Inquired Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "' reckon so," replied the Jeweler, examining the sadly dilapidated timepiece. time-piece. "How In the 8am Kill did it get In this condition?" "The presiding elder was at my house tuther night, and he said he'd read thai every time the clock ticked a baby was born and every third child was a Chinese. My least boy, Bearcat, Bear-cat, heered him and said by-gonh he'd stop that foolishness. He up with my pistol before I noticed he had it and poured the whole blame peven shots Into the bowels of that there clock." Kansas Clly Times. |