| Show WHY HE FELL FROM GRACE indians excuse for intoxication not altogether complimentary to ex president taft john had not been a as aa a total abstainer tiia aill ho he had given the indian agent agee in charge many promises of a better life finally adall a lall sentence of ten days a at t hard laboi labor had a wholesome effect the effect was not permanent cottonwood was brought in to the agent it if not red handed at least very red eyed 1 I am ashamed of you yon john how did it happen asked tha the agent havo have I 1 your permission to explain courteously inquired the prisoner at the bar in a musical voice go ahead it happened to me that my wife sent me to town with 75 cents she had bad earned washing that I 1 might buy some groceries well 1 I was waa walking down the street thinking how now I 1 was able to pass the bad place where liquor Is cold by the one eyed japanese at tho the back of the poolroom to in deans yes iahn I 1 arrived at the busy part of town I 1 saw great crowds I 1 hurried to find why tho the whole city had come out upon the streets I 1 came to the tha steps of tho the first national bank which were vere crowded I 1 saw a friend there standing I 1 asked of him why so many ware wre collected he explained that this was a feast day for the reason that jbf bF great father from washington president I 1 wl william allain H taft was to pass that way this day many had been asseri assembled since early morning I 1 was a happy man all rpy iny life had bad I 1 wished to see the great father I 1 joined I 1 the throng and waited all the da day y we waited it was very hot many automobiles passed the dust was like thick smoke in inthe the middle of the day came a great shouting the music of the bands was loud my heart stopped mopped my aly eyes were to see the great father an automobile came up then another in the second one was an awful bulk I 1 trembled wo no I 1 said to myself that shape chape can cannot not bo be a great rather father from washington but it was I 1 could not endure the pain I 1 felt the next thing I 1 knew was nothing I 1 am here 1 I have no more to say eay 11 sorrowfully concluded tho the culprit kansas hansas city star |
