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M MURPHY'S FLATS.
THE TENANTS CONTINUE TO MAKE
THINGS LIVELY.
How Mrs, O'Sullivan Floored Her
Enemies by Giving a Swagger Wa
termelon Party and How She
Floored Herself aund the Guests as
Well.
[Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis.]
“I belief maype you vhas on some va
cations,” said the German grocer as
the janitor of MecMurphy's flats show
ed up the other day for the first time
in a week.
“No, I have had no vacation and
don’'t expect to have,” was the reply.
“You see, I am a janitor with the asth
ma, and if my asthma would permit
me to take a vacation it would permit
me to wash the windows and sweep
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the halls. I've got to be consistent
about things, you know. I shall take
my vacation in an armchair in the
basement, and I shall take due care
that none of the tenants forget what
a fragile physique I've got. You know |
what physique is, don't you, Mr. Was- {
serman?”’ |
“He vhas somet'ings to do mit shump- |
ing around, maype.” |
“Yes, that’s it, and I don’t propose to
jump. In the first place, a janitor
should move with dignity when he
moves at all, and in the next it's be
nea:h his position to wrangle about
goats, dogs and children in the halls.
1t also gives chic to a flat to have a |
janitor who doesn’t sweat his collar on
a hot day. I think I know my gait,
Mr. Wasserman—l think I do.”
“Und how vhas all dose bad peo
ples?’ asked the grocer after an ad-‘
miring clance. ‘
“Just the same—no better, no worse.
They are still trying to outdo each oth
er, and that keeps things lively around
the house.”
“Und does some one pull hair?”’
“No, there hasn’t been anything of
that sort for the last month. When
women quarrel, they try to find ways
to hurt each other’s feelings, you know.
Up to three nights ago the barber's
wife and the Countess Divito had Mrs.
O’Sullivan crushed to earth, but then
she took a rally and is now at the head
of the procession again. I gave her the
hint myself, and she ought to be very
grateful to me.”
“Und how vhas it?”
“Why, she gave a watermelon party.
The barber's wife gave what they call
an ice cream fling, and the Countess
Divito followesl with a banana festival.
Both were successes, and Mrs. O'Sulli
van was feeling cast down when I
gave her a hint. Let me tell you, Mr.
Wasserman, that a watermelon party
is ccnsidered the swaggerest thing on
the boards for the summer. It's the
real chie. You've got to get at least
six watermelons and pour a bottle of
claret into each and have the fruit fro
zen. Then you eat it with a silver
speon and wipe off your chin with a
red bordered table napkin. I gave
Mrs. O'Sullivan all the necessary point
ers, and the affair was a tremendous
success,”
“Urd she had six watermelons?’ ab
gently queried the grocer.
“%ix biz watermelons, Mr. Wasser
man, and each primed with a pint of
claret and kept in an icebox for three
days. There were 40 bon ton people at
the feast, the very cream of society.
Nect a hint had reached the barber’s
wife or the countess, and when the
swagger began to swagger in there
was consternation in McMurphy’s flats.
It was a cold cut on the two womern,
and they were too weak in the knees to
stand up. Yes, 40 swagger guests, and
soie of thie women had on shirt waists
which cost at least $2 apiece. 1 myself
counted nine different pairs of tan
. shoes in that gatbering, and all but
three or four of the gentlemen Lad coi
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CUT PRICE REVMIOVAL SALE
IS STILL ON.
lfai‘s‘ on. An accordion furzished de
lightful strains, and all the gas ¢lobes
«were covered with red paper.”
“Und it vhas some success?”’
“It was, in two ways. In the first
place, the gathering was all that could
be hoped for, and in the next not a per
son gave himself away. You see, every
one of those melons was as green as
erass, and the claret soured them till
they were like pickles. Mrs. O'Sulli
van went whiter than chalk when the
first melon was cut and was found to
be as hard as a rock and as tasteless
as an old shoe, but the guests came to
her rescue in a way to melt your heart.
. Swagger is as swagger does, Mr. Was
! serman.”
| “But vhas some green watermelons
| swagger, Mr. Sprocket?’ asked the
grocer,
’ “Not exactly, but what did those
. gwagger people do when they found
them green? Just turned right in and
devoured the whole six to save the
feelings of the hostess. Yes, sir, the
melons were cut up and passed around,
' and everybody ate and smacked his
lips and said he had never tasted any-}
thing so good. It took them an hour to
I down those melons, but they left noth
ing but the rinds. If they had been
stuffed with cotton, it would have been
the same. Swell society never makes
any blunders, Mr. Wasserman.”
“But one time I eat a green water- |
melon und haf colic.”
“That's another point, Mr. Wasser
man, the greatest point of all,” said
' the janitor in a whisper. “Don’t you
igiw a thing away for love or money,
‘but I'm telling you that every one of
those 40 guests had colic to beat the
band before the last melon was fairly
down. They grew pale and twitched
and shuddered and wriggled around,
but not one of them let out a hint of
what was the matter. Swagger socie
ty never gives itself away, not even
when it has the colie.”
“Und did dey suffer?” :
“You bet they.did! Some of them
were almost tied up in knots with the
pains, but they laughed and smiled
just the same. The party broke up
early, but no one mentioned colic. They
had all sorts of exeuses, and some of
them were doubled up as they walked
out, but they were game to the last.
They went out saying what an enjoya
ble time they had had and what a lus
cious thing a watermelon was, and nei
ther the barber’s wife nor the Countess
Divito caught on to a thing. That par
ty almost broke their hearts, and nei
ther has been out of the house for two
days.”
“Und vhill somet’ings more bhap
pen?”’
“Oh, of course. Mrs. Torrington is
going to give a swell possum bake ear
Iy next month, and the countess will
follow it with a candy pull and a pop
corn festival. You may crush a wom
an for a day or two, but she won’t
stay crushed.”
“Can’t nopody do somet’ings?”’ asked
the grocer as he put two cucumbers in
a bag and handed them to the janitor.
“I'm afraid not, Mr. Wasserman.”
“Und she must go right on?”
“It looks that way.”
“YVhell, it vhas awful, awful, und I
don’t like it. I like eaferybody to go
right along und be good und go oop to
heafen vhen he dies, und sooch bad
ness makes my heart ache, und I haf
some tears in my eyes vhen I sells two
cans of peaches for dwendy-fife cents.”
M. QUAD.
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Only 50c¢ at\Dawsoen Drug Co's.
- A Missouri Story,
A St. Louis paper reports that in
four of the western counties of Missou
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the summer, and farmers have been
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«d for pearls. It is stated that a num
ber of pearls of lacge size, regular in
shape and of good color, have been
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Norris Silver, North Stratford, N.
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!WOULD KILL THE GOVERNOR.
Candler Has Received No Less
Than Fifty Warnings.
Apropos of the attempt to take the
life of President McKinley, Governor
Candler in speaking of the mutter to
friends stated that he bad had many
letters ot threats made against him
since he was the incumbent of the of
fice of gevernor of Georgia.
It is said that no less than fifty let
ters and warnings have been received
by overnor Candler during the past
three years regarding bis safety, aud
to the effect that certain persons in
tended to kill him for doing or not do
ing certain things. s
During the reeent troublein Scriven
county, when seven members of the
Knights of Archery, an oatibound or
ganization to kill white peop.e, were
hanged, Governor Candler received
about twenty letters threatening his
life.
AN OUTSIDE VIEW OF IT.
How Mr. Turner’s Treatment of Mr. Estill
Appears in Washington.
The editor of the Sayannah News
has spent the greater portion of his
pro essional life in supporting politi
cians for office, and now that he aspires
to the Georgia governorship he feels
that he has the right to expect a limei
reciprocity on their part. Or, at least, |
he did feel that way until last week,
when he was reminded most forcibly
that republics are not the only things
that are ungrateful. He tinds himself
accused of all sorts of dishonorable
practices, and the accusers are the pol
-Iwicians whom he has supported so
zealously in the past. The Post has
always maintained that newspapers:
shouid be made and conducted for the
people wino support them, and not for
the politicians who expect to be sup
ported. We expect soon to be able to
announce that the editor of cthe Morn-'
ing News is a convert td our theory.—
Washington Post.
A New Bug in Cotton,
The bugological bureau ot the agri
cultural udepariment has ULwWo bugs,
shipped to the commission from Clay
county. With them came a letter stat
ing that the specimens belonged to a
colony of insects that was doing muach
damage to the coivton crop of thatcoun
ty. ll'hey resembled in mary respects
the potato bug. Cemmissioner Steyens
gave them to State Kntomologist Scott
and he has added them to his collec
tion of bugs, insects and other pests 0.
the farmers of this state
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