Show mr blacksnake makes plans for Sp splendid lendiA new wardrobe by THORNTON BURGESS i vanity and foolishness can tak think ot of S n naught au ah I 1 but their dress upon U p on their t he ir backs back in 1 bright bright array they always ivy put all they possess MR MB blacksnake lay basking in the sun now and then one ot 0 f his hi s neighbors beig abor would come along and call him unpleasant names but he mind that he li is so used to being called all kinds of bad names that he h e would hardly know what to make of it if someone was to say something pleasant and it kind ind so the bad names trouble him at all he just ran out his tongue from force of habit and continued to enjoy his sun bath now mr blacksnake is very independent he honestly care what people think of him he has had such a bad reputation so long on 9 that he Is rather proud of it you know it gets that way sometimes some people actually take pride in being thought a lot worse than they are iliae the worse they think I 1 am the more they will be afraid 0 of f me and the more afraid of me they are the more they will leave me alone mr blacksnake would say so he the more afraid of me they are the more they will leave me alone jimr mr blacksnake would say y would do things just to make his neighbors think the very worst possible of him but like most people he has one great weakness has mr blacksnake he is inclined to be vain he thinks a great deal of his personal appearance he has a handsome black suit and is very proud of it you may call him a thief and worse and he will only chuckle but when he happened to hear sammy jay remark that mr blacksnake was looking rather shabby and must be having hard times his pride was touched he raised his head and looked himself all over a t tiling hing he can do much easier than most people its true he muttered that busybody sammy jay is right I 1 am looking rather shabby not that aam 11 ll I 1 care what he thinks but I 1 do like t to 0 feel well dressed I 1 believe that everybody should dress as well as they can for their self respect I 1 always feel best when I 1 look best sammy jay is quite right and it is time I 1 had a new suit it is high t time me emust I 1 must see what can be done sometimes I 1 think I 1 would like to wear colors but tor for my build I 1 guess there is nothing quite so appropriate prop as black then black always ways s wears well and it is very convenient when I 1 want to keep out of sight in dark places I 1 think I 1 will get black again this year it certainly is very dressy he said this just as if he could choose his suit himself when an all the time he knew perfectly well that he could have nothing but what old mother nature provided and that would be black it is you know a very good plan to think you want what you know you have got to have and this Is what mr blacksnake was doing having fully made up his mind that it was time to have a new suit mr blacksnake wasted no time he cut short his sun bath and started out to look for a place to change his clothes he is very particular about this it must have every convenience ven veni tence ence and at the same time it must be a retired spot where he can be sure of being undisturbed nothing annoys mr blacksnake so much as being discovered changing his clothes so now he went about looking tor for lust just the right place and all the time he took the greatest care to keep out of sight this was a secret he have get out for the wor world d 0 T W burgess burgesan Bur gesa service |