. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. As BLUE AS ALL THE SWEAR WORDS EVER SWORE 9 r3 BI T l»Z?77Zn 7 E 3 - 1 -] ■- jrj£ nan (S®=®]psirsitlfryt?CIhii?fi§11mmas Biscuit, in plain sight before me onthe end of the box. Weil, me and friend Buggins in-habited that place—about as big asone of Man Fridays footprints—forgoing on four weeks. When tidewas in, I held the box on my headto keep my powder dry. Long to-ward the end of my visit, just beforethe ship that saved me hove in sight,1 began to feel a mite tired of thatplace. I kind o felt as if Id sawabout all that was intresting on thatthere
. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. As BLUE AS ALL THE SWEAR WORDS EVER SWORE 9 r3 BI T l»Z?77Zn 7 E 3 - 1 -] ■- jrj£ nan (S®=®]psirsitlfryt?CIhii?fi§11mmas Biscuit, in plain sight before me onthe end of the box. Weil, me and friend Buggins in-habited that place—about as big asone of Man Fridays footprints—forgoing on four weeks. When tidewas in, I held the box on my headto keep my powder dry. Long to-ward the end of my visit, just beforethe ship that saved me hove in sight,1 began to feel a mite tired of thatplace. I kind o felt as if Id sawabout all that was intresting on thatthere island. I thought I was un-happy and I had a sneaking idea Iwas lonesome. But I see I was mis-taken. I hadnt spent a Christmasnight alone in a big city then. y{ m III. Then once when I was prospectingfor our mine, 1 was snowed up in apass. 1 recl<on Ive told you how Igot typhoid fever and wrestled it outall day by my lonesome ; unparal-leled thirst, Boston baked brains, redflannel tongue, delirium dreamins,and self-acting emetic, down to thefinal blissful Where am I at ? andon through the nice long convales-cence till my limbs changed fromtwine strings to human weeks doing time as doctor,patient, trained nurse and fellow-Mason all in one, was being aloneright smart. But it wasnt a patchon the little metrolopis of Manhattanon Santy Claus day.
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