Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-24 | Page 13 | Bring the Ends Together Section

1 the end oa 01 A certain colonel somewhere in the t conta no matter where wast in the habit of telling bams yams and greatly exaggerating agge rating lie had a servant who corroborated everything 1 bis master told one day the colonel bad gentlemen to dinner and they were enjoying some fine venison very much the colonel said yea I 1 went hunting the other day and baw a alne buck I 1 took a good sight at him and shot him through the bead and abo bullet went through bis hind leg the gentlemen looked at each other a little mystified the negro scratched his bead and at last said yes indeed gemmen just as massa raised the finn fi nn to shoot de buck be raise bis bind leg and scratch bis ear and the bullet went through the bead and right j through de hind leg the gentlemen looked more satisfied 4 after the guests had gone the negro I 1 said to bla master borry mighty mas next time you tell oab of acm yarns do get the ends croster I 1 i had hard work to make both ends meet new orleans times democrat