| Show A token of esteem ao york sun As the train stopped at a elation station about thirty miles west of india we noticed an unusually large crowd on the depot platform and it WB woo evident that ing had been indulged in and that somebody of note was taking hia his departure we soon dicu vered that this person was a certain col blink who came into the car with a package under hia his arm arni and whose cheeks were wet with f fare are well tears ho ile called II 11 glood by 11 a score of times from the win window d W and as the train final finally rolled ried on he blew bis his nose wip wiped e yd his eyes and turned to us with gentlemen it touches the heart strings to part with old friends and neighbors you are saying farewell then 1 yes I 1 am going up lip to indianapolis to reside the field here is too limited as I 1 have dim discovered after ten years reni dence well it is certainly pleasant to part from friends the way you have indeed it 61 L over two hundred of the beat best people in town came down to 0 see me off and the dent of the bank made a beautiful speech ec b wishing me every success and all that and then handed me this as a token of respect and esteem estem ah ahl made you a present eh eb evidently something nice bound to be replied tha colonel one as retook betook he took a package from final the seat perhaps you dont want to reveal the contents here oh I 1 have no objections well undo it and see whit what they have given me he carefully untied the string and removed the several papers which wrapped the precious memento and lo 10 there was exposed to our gaza gaze a yes es sir a great big bath sponge which never cost less than a dollar we pressed forward to see it and the colonel turned red and white while by turns bit his lips and bobbed about on the seat and as we held our breaths he burst out with gentlemen heartstrings heart strings be blowell the onery sheaving thea ving loafing lying crowd hava gone and heaped a deadly insult upon me and the next two hundred and life shall be devoted to wading in human blood clear up to the top vest button |
