Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-03-24
rnxins as a Temper.P reseryer.

roxins MS a Temper.Preservcr.
Having read the statement of a Har-
Nd mr. siessor that Eoxing taught
" Keen the temper under adverse Cir
cnmstances, Higgs thought he would
,rv It. So he put. on the gloves, prepar-
low to n bout with Flanders. who
| Indy volunteered to assist in the ex-
NO pairs of gloves %gesticulated for
| M space of II minute, perhaps, when
n;9gs $ IL !denly found himself sprawled
'm1 on his back through the instrument
,a1;tv OF one of the gloves which were
,'o, on his own hands. Biggs arose
nG,;,h a ceiling akin to murder in his
s Sont He had n t lost his temper yet,
.h", was clear. The experience had
.h,s far been successful, and he APP
urn,rhed the maulers of Flanders
9Th increased confidence in the pro-
tosso,'s dictum, if not in his own
flanders was ready, and very kindly
aoolt B;ggs q stunning blow on the pro-
hoscis. sending him to grass, anddraw-
mo the claret in copious flow. Here
m ~ adverse circumstance number two.
vc 81 Riggs still preserved his temper; if
anvthinr, his temper had increased
=" mnihrr than diminished, and he rushed
of Flanders in q manner which threat
aned destruction to the latter; but, hap
,,;lv. Flanders left duke collided with
EEices' port optic, shutting out the day
Iight, causing Biggs to p W the air in
an aimless fashion, and permitting
| Flanders to get in a rib-roaster which
donbled,poor Biggs into the shape of a
c,pital u, with the eXtremities in the
air.
Adverse circumstance number three.
If there had been any doubt about the
matter before, that doubt was now
forever removed. Biggs had preserved
Ills temper. He got up, somewhat
slowly, not beca Sc of any disinclina-
ton to wipe Flanders out of existence.
but rather because of physical inability
to move with his accustomed alacrity.
Flanders now showed himself the
soul of good nature. He not only
drove two or three teeth into Biggs'
esophagus, but he also ass sted Riggs
to the floor again. Although l5iggs had
become decidedly grogggy, and could
rest in recumbent posture much better
than II onhis legs, still the velocity with
which the change vas effected was not
exactly soothing, and hence this down
fall must be classed as adverse circum-
stance number four.
But Biggs still preserved his temper.
Indeed, it would not be going beyond
the bounds of probability to affirm that
he now held within h S bosom the COM
bined tempers of the Riggs family of
twenty generations.
The professor was right. 1t was a
distinguished exemplification of his
theory thus far. Encouraged by this
thought, or by a desire to expedite a
funeral in the Flanders family, Riggs
crawlcd to his feet again. Flanders
gloves were ready in the interest OF
science. however, and Biggs sat down
again with his remaining eye retired
IRON business. His nose was out of
killer, both eyes were in mourning,
there were half a dozen protuberances,
each the size of a hens EGG, at on
venient distances apart all over his
Uranium, the cuticle was detached from
Divers parts OF his body, one rib was
certainly broken. and he hadn't breath
enough left to run a mosquitoes pull
monary apparatus.
But his temper had been wonderfully
preserved. 1T had been increasing all
along in geometrical progression, until
now he had enough for an entire town
ship.
The professors words had been fully
verified. If any one had had any
doubt Of the matter, he would have
been convinced could he have heard
Bigggs' remarks as his component parts
were gathered up and placed ON a shut
Ter. 1t is not necessary to repeat them
here. Suffice it to say that his observa-
tons betrayed an intimate acquaintance
with pro;ane history and an inordinate
desire to tear the heart out of some
blankity-blank individual whose blamed
theories had got him to make such an
ass of himself.
Yes; Higgs' temper was still there.
A mummym Egypt's palmiest day vas
never better preserved. The profess
ors theory had come out of the ordeal
with flying colors.
Science is a great thing, and permit
it to linger in your recoilect on.-Bos-
Ton Transcript.
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