Show THE THU RETIRED QUICKLY 0 it was because of the colonels collision with a nail while swimming a kansas city C y limes A most amusing thing happened in the swimming pool at excelsior springs on the dight of the third regiment ball which put to flight a score of ladies and caused a gallant colonel much discomfiture after the dance gov francis col breathitt railroad comm commissioner missioner iss i ioner col bull military inspector of the state wickham col A C dawes general P pas sanger agent of the chicago burlington lington and quincy mr fr mills of st louis and several other gentlemen went in bathing with a score of ladice all went gayly as a marriage bell and all being good swimmers a jolly time was being had but amid the noise of splash ing of water and screams of meri mer 9 as some luckless man was pushed off the platform into the water came a faint cry for help from col dawes up old man cried the governor come here a minute I 1 want you swim up here then cried half a dozen who were loth to leave the fun that was going on taking pity on oil the colonel I 1 who is aver a very demure fellow and well liked baff half a dozen ladies ran up to him and proffered their services which the colonel amid blushes that did him credit gently but firmly declined decline and he again called for the governor the governor not coming and the agonizing look on the colonels face being more than one of the ladies could bear she insisted that the colonel tell her what was the matter but by this thi g time tim 0 mr mills had arrived on the scene what is it old man what can I 1 do for you he i inquired u ired drawing mr air alss head toward him a whispered word was sufficient to explain the situation 1 can we help him Is he be hurt shall I 1 call a doctor formed a art of the hundred questions asked ehe eart y t the anxious ladies who were ar alarmed med at the aspect of col dacca sitting motionless III in water up to his big neck no ladies there is 6 no need of your calling a doctor though you might call a needle and thread but as it is I 1 think you had bad all better quietly retire to the further end of the hall ball while the colonel gets out of the water A nail in the platform has rip but by this time there was a stampede of the ladies for tha the dregs drees ing room whence for five minutes one long scream of laughter came by the aid of a fish pole the missing trunks w were 0 found and after ill threatening reat ening yc to issue a challenge in due form 03 soon as he be reached the hotel col dawes re rei tired to his room |