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May 1974

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

GETTING BACK to that western saloon we mentioned before, it seems that a circus train had jumped the tracks just outside of town the previous day, and a lion had escaped. A posse of lawmen and cowboys had gathered at the tavern to have some fortifying liquid nourishment before riding out to try to capture the beast. They were all downing their whiskeys, except for one little old fellow who was drinking ginger ale.

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