. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. CoIlomKgll Cf®£1]^®^III) ^^ Oh, 1 wont bulge the walls orstrain the floor, 1 says. I onlywant it for a Christmas tree. I amgoing to invite my friends to a littleparty. Whew, but you must be popu-lar! he says. Who the dickensare you ? Brother Teddy, or MotherEddy ? ■• Im Colonel D. Austin Crockett,of Waco, I says as meek as 1 could. Pleased to meet you. Colonel,he says. What you running for ?—District Attorney ? Or are youstarting a new Mutual Benefit LifeAssassination ? Neither, I says; Im a strangerin New York. 42 l\: !) /z m^ ^ C®°®jp(gir©ilfi^^CI
. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. CoIlomKgll Cf®£1]^®^III) ^^ Oh, 1 wont bulge the walls orstrain the floor, 1 says. I onlywant it for a Christmas tree. I amgoing to invite my friends to a littleparty. Whew, but you must be popu-lar! he says. Who the dickensare you ? Brother Teddy, or MotherEddy ? ■• Im Colonel D. Austin Crockett,of Waco, I says as meek as 1 could. Pleased to meet you. Colonel,he says. What you running for ?—District Attorney ? Or are youstarting a new Mutual Benefit LifeAssassination ? Neither, I says; Im a strangerin New York. 42 l\: !) /z m^ ^ C®°®jp(gir©ilfi^^CIhjrEsthMa§v But these friends of yours ? hegasped. Is all Waco coming uphere on an excursion ? Is the towngoing to move bodily ? Mr. Prosecutor, I says, ifyoull stop cross-examining a min-ute, and let me tell how it all hap-pened, it will save right smart oftime. 1 am a stranger here toabout four million people. They arestrangers to me. We ought to knoweach other. So Im going to give alittle Madison Square Garden warm-ing and
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