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9
A PATRIOTIC SCHEME.
JERICHO WAS FOR HAVING A DECORA¬
TION DAY PARADE,
Pap PerkiiiM, I’ontmaater, Tell* IIow
Horatio Sparrow SpruiiK the lilcu
on the Town and How LImIi IliUizitfM
Olive It It* Deathblow.
[Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.)
It was about a week before last
Decoration day that Horatio Sparrow
come into the postotlice lookin as if he
had sunthin on his mind, and as soon
as he got the chance be whispered to
me:
"Don’t say nuthin to a livln sou.l,
pap, but I'm eomin around here to¬
night and shake the town of Jericho
from center to circumference.”
“In what way?” said I.
• “Never you mind, pap. You jest git
ready to feci the airth tremble, and
tomorrow mornin you kin put $200
more value ou your house and lot.”
Horatio Is a man who never gits ex¬
cited when be wakes up and finds a
cow in his garden, and 1 felt quite sure
he had sunthiu big ou hand. He must
hev told about 50 other people what
he did me, os there was a big crowd
at the postollk-e at 7 o’clock In the
evenln, and all expected to hear big
news. Deacon Spooner took charge of
things, as usual, and as the crowd got
Impatient lie said.
“It Is understood, feller citizens, that
Horatio Sparrow is goin to launch a
thunderbolt here tonight, and It is with
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more than ordinary interest that 1
call lho meetin to order. Stand out,
Horatio, and let’s hear all about it.”
Horatio stood out. He looked pale,
but determined. He’d bln tldnkln fur
a week of what he was goin to say,
and he started off as smooth as grease.
“The drums are beatiu a wild alarm.
There is a wavin of Hags, a march iu
of men and a waiiin of women and
children. War Is upon the laud. The
life of a nation Is at stake. It Is an
hqprr when men nre called upon to give
up their fives fur the sake of piiu
ciple.”
“By John, but that’s flowery Ian
guagei” exclaimed the deacon as
Horatio paused. “If Iloratio kin keep
it up fur an hour: I’m fur ’lectin him
to the next legislature.”
“The farmer leaves bis plow,” eon
tinned Horatio, "the merchant his store
and tbe mechanic Ids bench. They
march away to find tbe enemy and
fight him and die. Yes; they yield up
their lives that we may live on iu
peace, and If we forgit the sacrifice
wc ought to wither away like a bur
dock in November.”
“Gentleman.” said the deacon as the
applause had subsided, “up to the
present rninit Horatio Sparrow has
knocked the socks offu Henry Clay as
an orator, arm i am proud to know
that lie Is a citizen of Jerielio. Any¬
thing more, Iloratio V”
“I jest want to call your attention to
the fact that Jericho lias never had a
Decoration day parade,” replied the or¬
ator. “We hev never paraded and never
decorated, and I say it’s a burnin
shame and ought to be remedied at
once.”
“By John, but that’s a strong p’lnt!”
shouted the deacon. “Hang me if Ho¬
ratio ain’t knoekin things eiulwaysl
No, sir; we've never bad a parade uor
decorated any graves, and we ought
to be ashamed of ourselves. Is it your
suggestion that wo celebrate the day
this year, Horatio?”
“That's my p’int, deacon.”
"And it’s as strong as a log chaiu.
Yes, sir; we’ll eelebrate the day, and
in order to make it a bowlln success
I'll agree to take charge of the parade.”
“But 1 object to that,” said Horatio.
“Heviu originated this idea, I think it’s
fur me to ride on horseback at the
head of the purocBslon."
There was a painful pause, and then
Abner Jones, who was in fireman's uni¬
form, jumped off the Counter and said;
“There shouldn't be i/o jealousy
about tliis thing. Iloratio would loqk
purty lino on his spotted horse, aim
the deacon would be no slouch in his
cocked hat, hut if there's to he any
feelin over it I’ll take the job off their
hands. As I’m foreman of the tire com¬
pany It comes in my line anyhow.”
"I don’t propose to give up my rights
fur nobody,” said Iloratio.
"And I’m thinlciu I’m the man to
boss filings," added the deacon.
“I don’t want to charge anybody
with lrevin too much cheek,” said
Squar Henshaw, “but it do look
leetle strange to me to see tho way cer¬
tain folks want to crowd to the front
on public occasions, if there Is a
put-cession, it’s got to be headed by a
man who knows bow to boss things
and can’t lie rattled. I bossed the
parade the last time we had a Fourth „ x,
of July, and yop may remember that
the newspapers said 1 managed it bet¬
ter than any we ever had.”
“I’ll allow that the squar did fairly
well.” said Enos Williams as be shut
up bis jackknife and got off the sugar
bar’l, “hut there are several other folks
lu this town of Jericho. For instance.
I’m here myself. When anything has
happened duriu the last 20 years, I've
bin pushed behind the currant bushes,
as it was, and some one else has c&v
ried off the honors. I’m eomin to the
front on this occasion or know the
reason why.”
“Why, Enos, you don’t purtend that
you kin boss a pureession, do you?”
asked the deacon.
“Of course 1 kin. Why not?”
“It appears to me,” said Silas Lap
ham as lie stood out and rubbed his
hands together, “that we are not work
in in complete hanuouy in tills matter.
It will be the event of the century. It
will be known from Maine to
nla that Jericho Ims had a Decoration
day. and there will bo thousands of
inquiries fur real estate. Let us sacri
flee any selfish interests as individuals
and work to make the affair a giueral
success.”
“That’s powerful good advice,” said
the deaeou as lie rapped 6n the stove
with his cane—“powerful good. 1 al
lus stand ready to sacrifice, aud I hope
the rest of you do. Any further p int.
Silas?"
“You may call it a p int or not,” said
Silas, “but bein there seems to be a
controversy hero I think it better be
settled by seleetin me to boss things.
I dou't want it because I’m proud at;a
want to show cff. but purely iu the in¬
terests of harmony.’*
“i’ll uevi; su; render my rights’” said
Horntio Sparrow
THE KING WAS BETTER.
But the Doctor Got Little Credit For
His Efforts.
A story illustrating the good sense
and humor of the late King Humbert
Is told at the expense of his physician,
Dr. Saglione. Sometimes the king,
from his hunting lodge of Castle Fu
sano went to the sea and amused him¬
self by shoveling sand into a cart.
“Take care, your majesty,” said Sagli¬
one one day, “not to perspire too
much.” “Ah, my dear Signor Doctor,”
answered the king, resting his chin
on his two hands that grasped the
handle of his spade, “this muscular ex¬
ercise docs me much more good than
your prescriptions.” “Yes, but one
must abuse nothing.” “But I tell you
that I feel very well, and you are
afraid you see in this poor shovel a
competitor.” And, laughing heartily,
the king finished filling liis cart.
However, by exposing himself ia
every way without exercising any care,
the king contracted bronchitis, which
took a chronic form and gave him a
rather troublesome cough. This cough
teas a source of anxiety to the faith¬
ful doctor, as ho could not convince his
patient of the necessity for taking med¬
icine. Occasionally the doctor was
even sent away abruptly by the king,
who would say, "I have not called you.
Why did you come? You may go. 1
thank you very much.”
One evening, however, the doctor
thought he had gained bis point, and he
prepared for the king in his bedroom
the powders lie was to take during the
night. The next morning Dr. Saglione
rose very early, being very anxious to
know the effect of his medicine. lie
was received iu the bedroom and at
once asked, “Well, how does your maj
esty feel this uioruiug?”
“Much better—I may say quite well,”
was the response.
“Ab,” observed the doctor, rubbing
his hands with satisfaction, “you see
tbe results of listening to reason.”
« Wbat do you meanr ask0(] tha
king.
“The powders!”
“Bravo!” shouted Humbert. “Go
Into the next room and see what you
can find.”
The powders were in the waste paper
basket.
“Nor me I” added "Deacon Spooner.
“Nor me!” yelled Abner Jones and
Squar Henshaw iu chorus.
It was evident that the meetin was
on the p’int of hreakin up iu a row
wbeu Lish Billings come saunterin in
as calm as could he. The deacon seen
him and called out:
“Feller patriots, before this meetin
breaks up iu a row that will send the
price of Jericho real estate down to 50
per cent and put our eivilizasbun back
50 years let’s hear what Lish Billings
has to say about it.”
“What’s the question?” asked Lish.
“About Decoration day. Shall we
decorate?”
“Decorate what?”
“Why, the soldiers’ graves.”
“I don’t see how you are goin to do
It.” said Lish as he scratched his ear.
“So fur as I know or hev bin able to
find out. nobody from Jericho ever
went to war. It tharfore toilers that
no Jericho man was ever killed. Itfol
lers, ag’in. that yon might look the
graveyard over fur a mouth and not
find a soldier's grave to decorate,
Tears to me that you’d better git yer
grave fust.”
Two miuits later Lish was the only
man left in the postoffiee. It was as
he had said—thar was nuthin to deco
rate, aud all the blowin had bin fur
nuthin. M. Quad.
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