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Show Page 20 December Issue (FOREMEN, continued) This will be the fifth :"~~ -~d~ ':i.s ttis Company has spent in G•27. In looking back, it seems a very short time, but when we think . further, we find that in this time we have accornr,:lished an enormo.us amount of work which will be a credit anu .a monument to Company 529 for many years to come, as well as a lasting benefit to the ranges r,nd stockm.e n of. thie district. My association with the boys, officers, a.n d technical personnel of G-27 has been a happy one and I hope we hLi.ve reny more yer., rs of it~ Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas ond a Happy New Yoli\r, · Sincorely, Allen Lowry I don 't beliove in writing puge aft or pae;e . of flower) wcr cs, so in o. plain nnd sincere way, I wo.nt to wish the follows o.11 n r e~l . Merry Christr:1L~ s L.tld a H:tppy N0w Yec.r. · Co.mp En5in00r William Be. unP.nn A DR IB~KEN lli]! l 'l ! 'i I lI 1 Ij .I. . lI I I hc,d twelve b'.)ttles of whiskey in my cellar and my wife mnde ne ,)cpt.y the c ontents of ooch a nd every bottle down tho sii'..1.. I promised I would and pro ... ceedod to de· e s sho directed. I withdrew the cork from tho fir3t b0ttl o o.nd emptied the g-oed old booze down th0 sink ':Jith the oxcoption of cno gl o. ss which I dro.nk. I dr0w ·tt o cork frcm tho ·soc ond bottle and did likewise '!,ith tro oxcepticn cf cne gkss which I drnnk. I. th 0:n. ,._•:::.' t he cork fron th o thin: bottle and , 01:1pt i od t h'c ,_c_: old borzo do·,,n t he sink except for one gbssfnl \'Jh.1 er, I d!·u;1k. I pull ed tho cork from th e fourth s1.nt m d r ourod tho bcttle down the gl8.es, which I dn',rnk.. I r ,il2 3d th o bottle from the cork of th ,-, n oxt :mo rnw c1::-~,'.1~ o;,:t cne sink cf it and then threw t'h o r .,s"t•cio 1r: ··,ro c:..::rk., I pulled the cork from my thron+. c. nct po,;r 0 i tn0 s1 :i k down the bottle and drcnk th e cc!'k~ Thon .L -::orked the sink with the gl nss bcttle E-nd dr n nk th 0 pour~ 'Whon I h:.d th orn ull omptiod, I s·te~,di,Jd tho house with ono h ::mcl and -- counte d th o bcttlos which wore twenty-four, so I · count ed ..ttor.; ago.ine When they camo around, I had sevont y· four. As the · he uso came o.round again I ccunt od them ~gain ~nd finu lly I had all tho houses and bottles counted except cne house which I drunk • . •. ~. ' • •••.from an old sot. |
