Show i 1 11 I II I The The Man With Man Wilh-th Wilh G Grouch uch I I II I By Robert Gilbert Welsh I 1 I 1 t. HEN the with thc W settled down III In a corner of oC the a club anil ht lighted II a favorite ci ciS cigar cigar cl- cl I I S J gar ho breathed a a. deep sigh of oC I contentment and gave we himself l' l up Ui to pl l musings Then ho saw Mr looming up in the distance My Iy evening will b bo Jo spoiled polled ho lIe groaned Now ow Ill I'll have ha to listen to that old bore Lore In In the worst stages of or an Out e of the corner of or his lila C ey eye ho watched th the dreaded approach of tho thio garrulous old gentleman for tho the Man Grouch there was n. n group stoup of at young men near tho the fireplace Mr 1 attached d himself to this gay a. a com company torn torn- om- om pany and antl presently pr shouts a of laughter showed showe that ho lie was retailing retailing- his favorite stories to an ap ap- ap- ap audience Listen to them the young young- hypocrites muttered mut mut- the the Man Thero Thera the tho they sit sli fairly bubbling with glee s-Ie over comic stories which which they thy l know now came out of tho the ark Look at them them them-In In a grinning circle As th the tho story progresses it Is positively 1 pathetic athe fc to watch tho the care the they take to be on time with their cackling each cack ling hag laughter Each ono one 1 Is Isa isa a afraid afraid'S S 'S that he lie ma may maj not come in 1 with his guffaw guffaw guf guf- 4 faw Caw at tho the j 5 sy al mo Tao- d meat and t ty to tobo y bo be quite sure i lie gives I yen ven vento vent t tto to a little extra extra ex ox- I tra outburst 1 Oh Oi Its It's pitiful i 00 I 1 suppose I- I hes he's telling i that thai old one about Adam Adamand Adamand and Eve Ee Lomo Lo Lot mo Jno see When hen hid I first hear heal that one I Sc Seems ms to tome tome me Inc my Uncle Jeremiah told IT WAS AS THE TUB GREAT GEORGE it at V a ThanksgIvIng ThanksgivIng Thanks Thanks- gIvIng dinner WHO WIIO TOLD TOLl TIlE THE STORY when I was a bo boy lI He In- In m. m mv w u r U It from from 7 J h anu allu i 0 vc we heard Hearl it s said that Ger GeorS Washington 1 ii us used d to tell It t over hii his fa punch Tho Tho story probably had some sorno punch In in i it It days i Tho The listeners laughed because It t H was as the tho great g George Georgo who told the tho tor MI i story and antl the they decided cd that a proper appreciation might help heln ti thorn thom m to comfortable little post In the tho a nJ new Probably Its It's the time same old yarn varn that VIII III whispered to Anne Anno Bole Boleyn n in Iii a quiet nu henry An And Ann Anno giggled and antl wriggled Corner cornor Poor n Queen Katherine looked on uncomfortably and d felt that her Iter sui suro o flighty husband was saying something disagreeable about her to ono one of her own women In wal ti n Poor OI doesn't loe IDt know that lie he th In can an find same yarn arn Chaucer an and tol told much better than lie Ite can toll It Rabelais and Boccaccio both told toM i It If EAch r- r ri i one C Chan has added something distinctive That Is ls than han does m moro ro roI I 1 suppose there Is no uso uso getting about it however When all IH is said I i and fx th there hero re arc are only three throe or four good done storIes I In iii the whole world anyway an Did Dl I say a three I was wrong rong There only two time story stor you ou can tell and o ai-o the itOI you ou can cant can't t tell |