. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. ments. Some of the people I noticedseemed to of been born in severalStates at once, tiie way tiiey passedfrom one bootli to another fillin uptheir pockets and stummicks. 1reckon they paid for it the next dayin doctors bills. But there was nary a sign of row-dyism. That dollar admission was aregular sieve for straining out thetoughs. Then there were policemeneverywhere, and every other mannearly was a plain-clothes man or adetective. Besides, after sober con-sideration, and on advice from theGardeners, I cut out all drinks, exceptsoft stuff. So there
. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. ments. Some of the people I noticedseemed to of been born in severalStates at once, tiie way tiiey passedfrom one bootli to another fillin uptheir pockets and stummicks. 1reckon they paid for it the next dayin doctors bills. But there was nary a sign of row-dyism. That dollar admission was aregular sieve for straining out thetoughs. Then there were policemeneverywhere, and every other mannearly was a plain-clothes man or adetective. Besides, after sober con-sideration, and on advice from theGardeners, I cut out all drinks, exceptsoft stuff. So there were no jags,except what some people brought57. C®Il®3m®n (Ci?®cI^®1lQl> ^^ with them from their Christmas din-ners and loaded plum puddings. And then, of course, that peculiarsomething we get into us at Christ-mas time filled everybody with a sortof loving fellowship and a hanker-ing to hug their neighbors anddivvy up their funds like a MutualLife insurance Company prospectussays its a-going to do some day. In the centre of the hall there wasa big sign in electric letters: EVERYBODY IS HEREBY IN-TRODUCED TO EVERYBODYELSE—FOR TO-NIGHT ONLY At every State booth youd seepeople gathering and recognizing oldfriends or introducing theirselves to58
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