Show c 0 THE ELECTRIC CLOCK at atour atour atour our house is probably one of the most unusual in the ter ter- We dont don't know quite how it manages but on those occasions when the electricity goes off this clock starts again by itself when the juice comes back runs rapidly up to the correct time and then goes back to normal Fascinating Can your clock do that WE HAVE HAD a long talk in the office about whether we should enter the name of My Lady Fair Louise in the Mrs Utah contest We had to give it up finally Our Mrs Utah can cook but doesn't have time She can keep a clean house but she cant can't get into several of the rooms to prove it She wont won't can fruit because the fruit jars are all full fun of her money Mostly pen pen- ides nies Were We're not sure that it m matters a t t e r s but s she h e probably doesn't go to the right church And she has bandy legs She doesn't seem to be too disappointed that we have given up on her Actually its it's me that's heart We V would get to stay at the Inn free and I could stand in the lobby and look at the magazines and stare at pretty girls For 24 hours Well things are tough All over IT IS BEGINNING to show in the up follow-up investigations that most of the looting which followed the riots in the big cities clUes was d done o n e by comparatively comparatively comparatively com com- nice people Even including a few policemen Which reminds me of the time I took part in such a spot of vandalism Theres There's something about mob action at such times which just carries one along When I was in high school a railway express car caron on the main mainline mainline line of the Burlington caught fire tire inside They shunted it onto a sidetrack in my home town sent for the fire re department and went away without it It was time night-time and the usual group followed the fire fire- truck A guard was posted over the car but he didn't care much In no time the fire was out with little damage and the looting began EVERYBODY GOT into the act There were even fist fistfights fights in the narrow pass passageway a as the leading citizens making up the volunteer fire department grabbed grabbed grabbed grab grab- bed and ran Most of the stuff was priced high-priced ready to wear-and wear it disappeared like magic Not to be outdone I got away with a double load arm-load of ladies' ladies hosiery For a few weeks I was the most popular high school boy in town The h hosiery had distinctive clocking at the heel and some of the girls were embarrassed to wear the hose gut Cut not for long What I started out to do was to prove that theres there's something catching about mob spirit I have never stolen anything since since and and I gave away everything everything every every- thing I took So now what did I Ido Ido Ido do here Did I go to confession or bear my testimony MY INABILITY to put faces and names together is getting more every day Saturday night it c could o u l d have hav been horrible I introduced to a very friendly gentleman as Mr Rog- Rog haar Fortunately I mumbled the name We chatted freely about school and the election and such and finally re remarked remarked remarked re- re marked that she was finally getting so she could spell his name Yes they still insist on putting an E in the middle he laughed You know like Tooele Investigation proved that it was Frank Toole and I do hope he will forgive me One of these days Im I'm going to introduce Glen Thurston as Sam Hopkin or vice versa Well see you around I hope hope Mac |