Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-02-07

when he awoke in the morning he found
himself bathed in a cold perspiration
An hour or two later his physician
told him that he had taken cold, and
cautioned him that the mumps was not
an illness to be trhed with. At ten
O'Clock the general, happening in,
found him very sick man, propped
up in bed, surveying himself in the
mirror of dressing case opposite the
picture OF voc and despair His neck
was mass of swollen flesh, his head
was bandaged with towel, his eyes
were blood and his whole aspect
was decidedly detected
"For heavens sake, general, turn
that glass sideways" he said, $50 !
can't see any longer what that widow
has brought me to T.
"She'll marry you next, Smith, as
sure as you're alive and If she could
see you now, she would find YOU per
fectly irresistible"
GLOW can | ever get rid of her and
all the others like her who are poster.
ing me from morning till night ? How
can the nation expect man to do his
duty rs a statesman while the mob OF
place hunters are given full swing to de.
mand his whole time, and the people
at large are clamoring for garden seeds
and public documents p
"That's the question So say we all
of us !" the general agreed, rubbing his
bald crown and taking turn or two
across the room. you may leave the
widow with me, though, | guess I'll
get rid Of her for you.
IL shall be eternally obliged to you
If you succeed"
am tell you, then, what you do,
said the general, turning around sud
denly. "You send Thompson out to
St. Louis under sealed orders I'll
make them out myself in official Ian.
guage and if they are fulfilled to
the letter, there'll be an appoint
ment arranged for him Immediately
that'l give him good thing of it out
in the Indian Territory.
" don't quite catch your meaning,
said the senator, looking puzzled. "You
have no reason for wishing Thompson
to lose his scalp; have you ?"
He'll lose his head, unless Pm mis-
taken" the general replied, winking
and helping himself to some tobacco
Send him to the Baltimore and Ohio
depot tomorrow evening, bound for St
Louis I'll fix things after that
He winked again significantly as he
went out, leaving the senator gluml,
amused at his suggestion.
Before night the widow sent the sena
tor word that the general had got her {
pass to St. Louis, where she was going
at once to meet friend Of the generals
whom he thought would obtain place
for her. She hoped to be forgiven fol
the events of the previous day. II
really and truly never entered my stupid
little head" she wrote, that the check
was Intended to be bride.
As the mumps continued rapidly tt
get the better of the senator all that da,
and the next, and quite upset him fo
the time, he cannot be held responsible
perhaps for what happened. The gen
eral took affairs out of his hands, anc
managed them according to his owl
discretion. After about forty eight hour
he hustled in, bringing telegram from
Thompson.
" Now then, Smith, hurry up and &c
through with this humps business" h
said. eve need you up at the capitol
and the widow has vanished.
The telegram read as follows
IAN right. I'll do it according to write
instructions. The thing is foregonc conclr
sion. Send on the commission wi,hou, della,
THOMSON"
Hell do what p asked the astonishe
senator. "What is it that's foregon
conclusion ?"
"He's going to marry the widow, an
take her out to the Indian Territory jus
as soon as can get the appointment
forwarded Don't you seei They me
on the cars, and have been running ava
with each other all the way out to S
Louis without suspecting it,"
1--WE mustn't let the joke go an
further, really. it won't do"
Thompson is patriot and BRAY
man. said the general, eloquent,
"He's doing his country service, an
he shall be rewarded. Would that "
only had a thousand more such me
right on hand, to go and do likewise
"Bu, We mustn't let the poor fe
low make martyr OF himself" III
, senator insisted. mo, no."