Part 55 (2/2)

O. B. W.

”I never could get to Detour, either,” communicates Jezebel, ”but recently, on a train, I pa.s.sed through Derail, which seems to be a fairly thriving village, although some of the houses need paint.”

=> _Old readers detour here--_

YES, YES.

Sir: Herbert F. Antunes is a piano tuner in Evanston.

L. L. B.

=> _Resume main pike._

YE STUFF.

Sir: ”Yee Laundry” reads the sign over Yee Hing's washee at Deming, N. M. Wherein ye olde world is joined with ye olde English.

C. P. A.

”Henry Ford is poverty stricken intellectually, morally, and spiritually.”--Comrade Spargo.

Hint for Briggs: ”Wonder what Henry Ford thinks about?”

Powell's taxicab service in Polo, Ill., offers ”a rattle with every ride,” and for the life of us we can't imagine the kind of car employed.

Speaking of Detour and Derail, ”I wonder,” wonders A. T., ”whether in your travels you ever got to Goslow.”

DATED.

Sir: From the Blue Book: ”Pleasant View. Saloon on left corner. Turn left. Then follow winding road.”

A. C.

YOU KNOW THE TUNE.

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