Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

£ L i’-1 Pete Dill to slay at cat „ way- were mH of error: it • wierd songs around my flat, . f " .aii- the night a terror. I i exterminate the brute, and - a silver quarter: I care not - Tyi drown or shoot, or bray him a. mortar.” Next night the cat Iwit- o® deck, with songs of . and mother: it made my 'x-rv-s ,'jo'di.re a wreck, I knew not vhieh.-f’-om t’ other. I hunted up ;.i Pet-r and said, "You are a irtter’ Why don’t you hump : kill that cheap, tuiszxLd.e’i fritter?'* "I cannot quite stake , tip my mind," he said, "how --- to do it: "I do ’ not want to s it blrpd. and botch the job, be--rt-v it? To drown her where the rtartws roar I thought I would en- - r:r: y:t then she'd $-.¥fnx ashore, and be as bad as ever. S taamgat I’d shoot her with a gun, >art saw that was improper; the jocse* wo-uld startle every one, and nay:e ring a copper. I thought Z hang her to a tree, but that rather brutal; the plans which i:.'- occurred to me, so far, seem -P«ailt and futile." "It is no wonder, Peter DUEL” I said, ‘‘that you are :x»bed: the way you yaw and back j-.i ffR would make a man disxxsted. Your pants are patched, :ef : re. behind, your coat is all in litters, because you can't make up y: r mind" upon the Smallest mat-ue-s. 11l give the job to William Wax. I’Ll pay him half a dollar, and Itoe will take the nearest ax, and creak that midnight squaller.” A tracer sent to locate the oldSas&ioaed man who wore a peachsiffiiiie wateh charm, reports from CSearfield. Pa.: "Located my man. s£e also carries a combination pen, .enesL toothpick and rubber stamp. Any instructions?” Certainly; draw expense money and hunt for the eZd-faskfoned woman who used to grease the pancake griddle with a >frrk'. rind.— Buffalo. News. .