1935-03-29 — Page 11

Pot Of Gold

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Septem

"What you going to do with all your money, John they asked.

John' face was white, and it looked for a minule like the old boy was going to bust out bawling. His' lips trembled and his eyes blinked! Then he grinned, sickly like, and threw the paper on the floor.

didn't expoet to win the first time, he saidh,

The fellows Arred there wouldn't he any second time.

But they were wrong. Old John bought other lottery ticket. He'd been down in the dumps and wouldn't speak to anyone after the night he got the city paper, but enon's he bought his new ticket he Kol cheerful..

The funny thing was he started spending money. Ife started buy lag nickel cigars, and one Sunday! The went to church with a new suit on. He'd had the old one more'n ten years, and everybody figured he'd be burled in it. Every once in a while people saw him hanging. around front of Danny's automobile| agency, looking at the cars inside. When they kidded him and asked him. Was he going to buy one, he just grinned and shrugged his shotilders.

The old boy Was figuring on spending money he had about a chce in a million of ever getting. What's more, he was spending his pwn money on the strength of it. He bought him a new hat and a new dinner bucket and a new lawn mower, and he smoked five, six nickel cigars a day. Sometimes he bought ten-centers, ·

The people thought that" was pretty funny, but what knocked their eyes dut was when Mrs: Ham-] mer started spending money, too, She started slow at first, because she wasn't used to it. She bought! ment two, three times a week, and didn't

argue so much with the Then

butcher and the grocery, man. she bought herself a new hat and

a new dress,

she'll be

"My lord, pretly son taking beauty treatments," some. body said, wid everyone laughed be- cause it was so funny to think of The old Indy having her face gone over and her hair curled..

Ok John started looking a little younger himself. He didn't seem so all-fired worried "bout losing his. job or kelting sick and having to spend his savings on doctors' bills ar net belag able to save up enough money to take care of himself and his wife when he couldn't work any longer. He smoked nickel cigars,

and when he grinned at the fellows'- jokes his teeth didn't look like) yellow suke's fangs any more be-! cause he'd had' 'em jerked out and store teeth put in.

"Stuff tastes a lot better when you a chew it," he said.

This time, when the city paper! eumé and John's nanze wasn't among the winners he didn't take' it so hard. He was kind of glum for awhile, hut he got cheerful] again quick.

There's always another lottery,"| le said.

lle got another ticket, and on the same day bought two easy chairs! for him and his wife The banker! said he'd started drawing on his bank account, and said John was an old fool to spend his money reck- lessly just because he thought he might win two, three hundred theu- Band on a lottery.

John didn't seem to care, though. And neither did his wife. Shel seemed to be having a better timo! even than John. She had her hair waved regular and-she always had a-good-looking dress on when she came up town. She and John start- ed going to the town movie, two,│ three times a week and they bought a radio.

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The town was getting pretty used to their goings on, but when John bought an automobile there was plenty of talk and excitement. People said he'd got childish in his old age, and se had his wife. It) wasn't a new car John bought, but it cost more'n a hundred bucks, and people didn't think he could afford it. They knew he couldn't do it out of his wages, and, of course, it came from his bank account.

Johi and his wife started going on automobile' trips every Sunday, and they missed church almost every other week. The prencher said that was what gambling did to folks made them forget their God and go in for sinful luxurios

go in for John and his wife didn't have anything that could be called exact ly sinful or luxurious spelther but they had a lot more they'd ever had before, and they were having

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SURE I'D LIKE TO COME OUT TO YOUR HOUSE AN' PLAY: CARDS, BUT I'VE HEARD ABOUT OUR WIFE-

MOTHER

WHERE IS

FATHER? HE SHOULD GE ORESSED BY NOW-

HOW

IS HE. DOCTOR?

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1935

THAT'S JUST IT- I'VE GOT IT ALL FIXED-

SHE'S GOIN TO THE OPERA AN' I WANT

TO GIT OUT OF GOIN: NOW LISTEN WHEN

GIT HOME. I'LL PRETEND I'M SICK.

OUR FAMILY DOCTOR IS OUT OF TOWN"

YES INDEED - I'LL GO AND · SEE HOW HE

IS GETTING. ALONG-

BRING ME A BEER-- MEAN, BRING ME A GLASS OF WATER HIS TEMPERATURE IS SIX AND ONE- EIGHTH-

DO YOU MEAN TO SAY HE ISN'TA DOCTOR AND HIS NAME IS DUGAN? DO YOU KNOW THAT TO BE A FAC

Rosies

BEAU

GED.M-MANUS

Registered U. S. Patent Chee

I WONDER.

IF HE THINKS I'M GONNA DRINK IT

Bringing Up Father

ALDON'T

WHAT

SCHEME

HORRORS', WHAT HAS HAPPENED?

THE MAID WILL BRING|

THE

WATER RIGHT IN- TELL ME, DOCTOR- IS HE VERY

SICK?

DO 1? I. WUZ ENGAGED TO MARRY HIM BUT HE BROKE THE ENGAGEMENT WHEN T LOST MY JOB- THE BIG TRAMP WHY DO YOU THINK HE JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW?

WELL- THE BOSS JUST FIRED YOUR FRIEND BENNY, THE MANAGER KIND OF TOUGH EH?

AH, ARCHIELISN'T IT. LOVELY THAT EVERY- THING HAS

TURNED OUT SO NICELY AND YOU' DIDN'T LOSE YOUR POSITION?

GEE! YES! AND SUPPOSE THE BOSS WILL WANT ME TO

BE MANAGER NOW!

WHY DID HE FIRE BENNY

WELL-PLL CALL THIS PLACE AN ASK FER DOCTOR FIXJOINTS-

YOU ANSWER AN SAY YOU'LL BE RIGHT OVER BAYOU TELL MY WIFE I

MUST NOT GO OUT.

YOU SAWY?

OH I GOT A CHILLI PHONED YOUR DOCTOR.BUT HE IS OUT OF TOWN. SOL HAD TO GIT ONE OUT OF THE PHONE BOOK HE OUGHT TO BE. HERE NOW-

HE MUST NOT GO OUT- I'LL HAVE TO REMAIN ". HERE AND WATCH DEVELOPMENTS-YOU'LL HAVE TO GO OUT WITH- OUT HIM-IT'S TOO BAD, BUT SICKNESS IS A

TERRIBLE THING -

DON'T TALK TOO MUCH:

I GUESS I HAD BETTER GIT OUT OF HERE OR

WILL BE REAL SICK-

WELL OF COURSE, THE BOSS SEES

HOW.IMPORTANT:

TAM WITH

DUTIES-

DINTY MOORE

SO LONG NOW REMEMBER ALL INSTRUCTIONS: PLEPHONE AT EXACTLY

SEVENANT O CLOCK-

HUM-I'M DOCTOR FIXJOINTS I'M HERE-INGS

ANSWER

TO A PHONE

CALL

LIONEL

DUGAN!

WHAT ARE

YOU DOIN

HERE?

GEE! I MUST HURRY BACK TO THE OFFICE BEFORE THE BOSS FINDS OUT. I'VE BEEN AWAY. FROM MY WORK"

BECAUSE? HE HIRED

HUH?

SIR

AH! LITTLE ONE!

YES, DOCTOR COME RIGHT

IN-

BRIDGET!!!

SO!!!

HEY LIONEL! WAIT A

MINUTE

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HOW TO KEEP FROM GETTING OLD

PSHAW! WHY DO PEOPLE WEAR HATS AN

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