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Show Veal Sill: S ' The gravity of the outbreak of Tatheritis here in town is reaching reach-ing unprecedented proportions. Fortunately the epidemic is acute only in its early stages, 'otherwise the hosnital would be full of fathers However, the effects ef-fects are long lasting, and very Often only the strongest are able to hold up under the ordeal. Now you take last week, Ben-nie Ben-nie suffered a sudden and harsh . i attack of Fathcritis. He had V ' hardly recovered when Bob Sather broke out all over with I ' the disease. They tell me a I khunk of a boy, born last Fri- fday came close to bringingBob to his knees. Now comes Gordon JHarmston, and all the blame i joints to a little old girl, born! Monday afternoon. But Gordon's 11 Snaking rapid progress, and ' should be fully recovered by the time this reaches you. I I'm not complaining, Bill, but ? hope that the next victim will pass out a better brand of cigars, upon his recovery, than the piece Jpf punk I picked out of a box I JJP at a certain jewelry store a ay or so ago. ! With the exception of a couple i fires this week, things have oeen quiet. Dick Scholes and his brave fire laddies were kept pretty busy for a couple , of days. First they had to save Buck" Stewart's fix-it shop -rom certain ruin; then they had , -o make an early morning call f( U Fred Gagon's. Chief Scholes I lilt lls me that Mrs. Gagon saved V day, and the house. But, ' t with all the fires, no one is out sfbusiness, yet. wj' v T,eter Anderson has bpen busy Jading a house; the Triple A -Kyj have been scratching their Jieads and wondering what will , insppen next; but with it all tbere's a tranquil feeling about late spring air out here that 'es no ill for anyone. .Oh, sometimes it's cold and some-3 some-3 il's dusty, but in the main xnese days are pretty refreshing. Well, I'm about to be on my ,ay, so. I'll close now. As Ever, |