It is an old joke, and a good one; but my desire is to bring joy to the wigwam of the Kickapoo and to make the heart of the Arapahoe glad." "Oh, do dry up and go down stairs." "You catch the idea, of course; but perhaps you'd like to see the apparatus in operation.

Wait a moment; I'll show you how splendidly it works." Then, as the reporter resolutely continued at his task with his nose almost against the desk, the friend of the disconsolate red man suddenly produced a moist sucker and clapped it firmly upon the bald place on the reporter's head, and then, before the indignant victim could offer resistance, the Great White Brother, with the string in his hand, careered around the office a couple of times, drawing the helpless journalist after him.

As he withdrew the machine he smiled and said, "Elegant, isn't it?
Could pull a horse-car with it.

I wish you'd come to Washington with me and lend me your head, so's I can show the Secretary of the Interior how the thing works.

You have the best scalp for a good hold of any I've tried yet." But the reporter was at the speaking-tube calling for a boy to go for a policeman, and he didn't seem to hear the suggestion.