t from the Bottom of
the Deck, utilizing the Sleeve Device and the Bosom Hold-Out.

By the use of Anaesthetics and Forceps the 5,000 was secured.

Then the Building was erected and the only Criticism made was that the
Location was poor and the dod-blasted Concern looked like a Barn and
it was arranged wrong inside and nobody didn't want no Library nohow.

When Ezra came down to the Dedication to face an outraged and tax-
burdened People, he was just as popular as Tonsilitis or Sciatica
ever dared to be.

Bill came back also.

He floated into Town one day and appeared in Jimison's General Store
and called for a Good Cigar.

He told Mr. Jimison to take one and called up the Boys around the Stove.

When the Word got out that Bill was Buying over at the Bee Hive,
representative Citizens came on the Jump from the Harness Shop and
the Undertaking Parlor and the Elite Bowling Alley.

Every Man that showed up got a Lottie Lee with a Band around it, and
when Bill left on the 3:40 a Mob followed him to the Train.

Ever after that the Word was freely passed around that Bill was a Prince.

MORAL: In scattering Seeds of Kindness, do it by Hand and not by
Machinery.

THE JUVENILE AND MANKIND

Once there was a Kid who wore a Uniform that fit him too Soon and a
Cap on one Ear. His Job was to answer the Buzzer and take Orders from
any one who could show 25 Cents.

In the Morning he might be acting as Pack-Pony for some Old Lady on a
Shopping Spree and in the Afternoon he would be delivering a Ton of Coal.

He had been waved aside by Butlers and ordered about by Blond
Stenographers and joshed by Traveling Salesmen until his Child-Nature
was hard and flinty.

In answering the Call of Duty he had gone to the Dressing Room and
taken a private Flash at the Magazine Beauty before she began to
attach the hair or spread the Enamel.

He had been in the private Lair of the Sure-Thingers when they were
cooking up some new Method of collecting much Income without moving
out of their Chairs.

He had been by while Husbands, with the Scotch standing high in the
Gauge, collaborated on the Lie which was to pacify little Katisha,
waiting in the Flat.

Before delivering this Masterpiece of Fiction he would have to do a
little Sherlocking and finally locate Katisha in one of those Places
where they serve it in Tea-Cups.

In the Homes of the Rich and Great where he delivered Orchids and
Invitations and perfumed Regrets he would