She went up him as though he was a fence post, and a dog after
her, and he flew around as though his linen was on fire, and yelled until
his wife came down to see what was the matter. By unbuttoning the top
button the cat was coaxed out, under protest however, and after a light
was lit there was seen about the maddest man in the world. He took a
candle and went down after the doughnuts, and after running his hand into
a jar of preserved peaches, and another of pickled pig's feet, he struck
the right one, and after hot grease from the candle had run down his
fingers he came up with a doughnut, and then the baby wouldn't eat it,
then he sat down side-ways in a cushioned chair, applied arnica and swore
till daylight. A single shot was heard in the cellar that
morning, and the young life of that cat went out. As he rode down on the
street car the next morning, people marvelled that he should stand up on
the back platform, when there were so many vacant seats, and when a
neighbor asked him to be seated he said, with a yawn, "No thank you, I
have been sitting down a good deal during the night," and he looked mad.
It is such things that drive men to commit crimes.
TAKE YOUR LATIN STRAIGHT.
The school board, at its last session adopted the following rule: "The
continental system of pronounciation shall be taught in the high schools
of La Crosse, and no other allowed except by direction of board of
education.
Pages:
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145