Show A WAKE Those VIio Laugh iast I > augl nest There is a small railroad station on the D R G line out in Emery county This place is the centre for cowboys freighters and toughs On the glorious Fourth tha boys started out to have a huge time of celebrating They succeeded suc-ceeded for most of them were full of Price bug juice long before the sun sank below the western horizon By the time night had drawn her shadowy curtains cur-tains about this country of freedom and celebration one fellow Woodenahoe Sam was so far gone that he appeared t be more dead than alive As he laid spread out on the floor he looked every inch a corpse So the boys concluded to have a setting upa wak They accordingly ac-cordingly took their dead drunk coin ratio and laid him out in a coffin round which were Bet a bakers dozen of lighted candles The ceremonies were then solemnly sol-emnly commenced First there was prayer by Cowhide Hans Then the crowd joined in singing that appropriate hymn beginning Farewell all earthly honors I bid you all adieu Whippopper Jim then made some touching remarks regretting that their comrade and partner in sin should have ended so auspicious a day in such an inauspicious manner The boys again join in singing WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE SAVED Pancake Dick then recited Hes gone where the woodbine twineth Porker Pete addressed the gathering on the I gatherinJ theI lushing capacity of the stiff and so I the thing went on till the wee sma hours by which time the whole outfit were laid out In due course of time I WoodenShoe Sam sobered up Rain in the coffin he took in the situation and quietly got out and finding a pot of tar painted the faces of the balance of the outfit with Reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics I glyphics saying Those who laugh last laugh best |