I hereby tender my resignation as marshal of Tinkletown, street commissioner and chief of the fire department--an' any other job I may have that has slipped my mind.

I now suggest that you app'int Mr.Ed Higgins in my place.

He has wanted the job fer some time, an' says it won't interfere with his business any more than it did with mine.

I have worked hard all these years an' I feel that I ought to have a rest.

Besides, it has got to be so that thieves an' other criminals won't visit Tinkletown on account o' me, an' I think the town is bein' held back considerable in that way.