The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-10


friends ofthe deceased when they came
down from New York a day or two later,
and for years afterward, until the mort
gage was paid of, a check for the amo Mt
Of the interest regularly came by mail to
Mrs Hendrickson just before quarter
day.
SUFFERING. =.
Not Medical Treatise, but Little Story
The Affections Of Young Man with an Inn
peiliment In His Speech. $40.
Bsookyn Easle]
ut don't bother me" he said, "except
when I Get excited, or have been taking
a little to much to drink. could SIT
Down and talk to you an hour without
suffering, but it got me into all awful
scrape while ago. You see, was going
home on last Thursday night :.
ssor FRIDAY morning2"I suggested.
~ mo vas carly enough that time
Not later than II O'Clock. Just after l
turned INTO Spring street | met party OF
three men, who had been drinking pretty
hard. They seemed to be strangers in
Liz I1LYs OAA NISAN wac az ~o
had lost their way.
"They stopped as l came up and one
Of them a big, broad shoulaered man.
faced me and addressed ME in tins style:
evil you PIP please to t-t-teli me the
way to C-c-c-canal street,
"When perceived that he suffered
was afraid that there was going to be
trouble: but what could I do? He would
have been sure to 90 for me if I had tried
to pass on without answering, and ! was
ashamed to turn tail and run away. /
felt that was getting excited, and was
sure that a fit Of stammcring would fol-
low; but tried to keep cool, and blurted
it out in this shape:
"'Thcre is B-5-broadway, and canal
street is f-f-four blocks farther down.
II know that my face turned red, but
don't believe it was near as red as his.
IIe was as wild as tornado.
"Y-y-young man. said he, You are
THRIVING to m-m-m mock me-
"N-n-no amt said I, more excited
than ever. P-p-p-pcn my word, | amt
''You licn! he shouted, as he VAS too
mad to stuttcr any more, 'and mean to
teach you better manners
With that, before could either run
Or dodge,
lie HAULED OFF
with that big fist of his and let Inc have a
thumpcr right between the eyes, just
where the black was bound to spread fine
ly on both sides Of my face. thought
that lightning had struck me, and felt as
had struck me, and felt as if my head
was cavcd in, or my nose broken, at least.
He dropped me another on the left check
while was gazing at street full OF stars,
and then one of the fellows with him took
a hand in the game, or Il foot, and lent
me u kick that landed me on the other
,, side of the gutter.
".\fter that don kno Y what lappen-
! r.l until one Of my friends found me
/ some .herc up town, wandering about
! like blind man. He asked me- what
was the matter, and begged him to take
! me to doctor. lie got some raw oysters,
: which put to my eyes, and then took
me to doctor, but I couldn't get any
lccches, and 1t may be a week or so yet
! before nv face RECEIVERS its natural color. :"
sympathizcd again with the young
gentleman, but asked him whether he
had not sense enough to refrain from try
Mig to talk to suffering men.
! II ought to have" he replied, las
+; never fail to get into scrape when dc
! it; but can't seem tohelp it,
| asked HIM whether there many slut
tcring people in New York, remarking
that seldom met any person who was
afflicted in that way.
II shouldn't say there wcrc,'' answered
Billy, .by the way meet them. But l sup
pose 1t will be just my confoundCd luct
to run across every stammercr OH this
side OF the Atlantic, sooner or later''
"Arc they very sensitivc?'
/ sensitive is no name for it. The,
flare up in Il minute, and are ready to
90 RAv1NG MAD
if they suspect anybody of hooking them
1t is because l know how touchy the,
are that I try to steer clear Of them
but it is not always that I have sens
enough to succeed Sometimes the devi
gets hold of me and drives me into slut
teriny match when l know that l ough
to keep out of it. Not long ago was Il
a bar-room up town, where there happen
ed to be nobody 1 knew. had bccl
drinking rather more than was good TO
me, suppose, and felt rather Lonesome
and liberal.
'Down the counter was another youn:
chap who was pretty full, and was tryin!
to stand off the bar-keeper for one NOR
drink. I noticed that he suffered prett
badly, and wanted to fraternize with him
So thought that I would invite him t.
join me, though hadent the least idc
that l would stutter over it. But this "a
the way it came out:
"'Y- y-young f-f-feller,' said l, won
you t-t-takc something with me?'
"Of course, he made sure that va
hooking him, and he turned and
/ WENT FoRME
like Il royal Bengal tiger. l am happ,
to say that ran little faster than h,
diu, and l didn't stop, after reached
the sidewalk, until l had put scvera
blocks between me and the bar-room."
"That was your fault" I yentured t
suggest.
".Ycs, that was my fault" said Billy
"but it happens sometimes when no NOR
tai being could possibly prevent it. On
of my saddest adventures in that line oc
Cured to me last winter. vas at bal
one night, a real nice ball, and was en-
joying myself remarkably we'll. Their
was u very petty young lady at the ball
Of good family, fine dancer and quit
the rage, to whom I was anxious to be in
troduced. secured an introduction with
out much trouble. and asked her for tn,
pleasure of dance with her, in my sweet
est manner and without the slightes
shade Of stutter: She graciously assented
and handed me her tablets, on which
there was plenty Of room, as the dancing
had Just begun.
"Please to p-p-put your n:mc down,
said she, f-f-for whatever dance you PIP
p-prefer.'
''What a pity it was that she STAN
mered so! What pity, too, that didn'
have sense enough to put my name down
where wanted it without saying a word