“He is a present from an old lady
who was staying at the house, but
who has gone home now,” explained
Miss Page. She might have explained
further that she had nursed the old
lady through an illness, and that Muff
had come to her in the form of
thanks.
About a week afterward, as Miss
Page was taking her toll from her
purse and preparing to remark about
the pleasantness of the weather, the
man said, “How is Muff this morn
ing ? ’ ’
Miss Page gave a start of surprise.
is right now, Watson is a fool. One
or the other is a fool or a knave.
Mr. Editor, I wish you would ex
• plain wherein their political ideas are
the same. If they are the same, Tom
Watson is a mighty bad man. Why,
he denounces Bryan and his politics
to the lowest degree. Why he has got
me to believe that Bryan had gone
to the gold standard, national bank,
asset currency, protective tariff, and
was am in arm with Belmont, Ryan,
gambling Tom Taggart, Wall Street
& Co. Watson also says Bryan is ca
tering for the negro vote, dining the
negroes on fried chicken at his home,
and that he said he could not vote
for an soldier. Shame,
shame, Tom, if these charges are not
true. If I was Bryan I would not
3effersonian
It was the first time he had ever
made a remark of his own accord.
