Telegram-herald., 1889-06-11

convexily or a balloon. dc - naturally
loFial la his disposition.
Mrs Fulleroy is quite the reverse OF her
husband IL every respect Sne II 80 tnln
as 70 cause The remark that II AL fiesh Is
really grass, she must have been raised
Curing prOtracteG drouth.
Most Of the time she has the blues, and
then she looks ike the Prophet Jeremiah
when be heard that the local base ball team,
on which be had put up money, had lost the
penuaut Wnen not III depressed spirits
Mrs Funerby Is on the war path, i-ld then
there Is enough fire Ia her eye 10 heat tue
whole house There is nothing Ia her hard,
boiled eve that reminds one OF the soft,
gentle glance Of the as stOnlshcd faHn. she
Is not gifted with an excess or personal
beauty, as her mouth might aptly be com
pared with L cynical crack IN dried lsmon,
while her nose, which Is OF the Roman
cucumber style OF architecture, looks when
she becomes excited not unlike a large
sized Interrogation mark IN Il gale or wind.
Her disposition Is also ugly, She was not
SO much OF concurring disposition as OF a
conquering disposition. There IS per
cepiible difference Possibly Fullerby
knew how 10 manage her, but she wouldn't
let him.
She belonged 20 the stron minded sister
hood, and she had such "a swelled up idea OF
her own importance that she was firmly
persuaded If she relaxed her efforts IN that
direction the universe would suddenly
come ung glued or, 1T least, there would be
threats Of general tie-up Ia the planetary
system.
The rest Of the family consists OF several
daughters who threaten TO become fac
SMILES Of their mother, 10 use an old Latin
term which is almost up. There Is also "a
son, Tom, who is like his father, although
he once said loosely that he preferred 10
take after his mother-with a club. Tom is
a successful huuorist and gets great many
contributions returned by the press.
But To come to the point about warn
ings being impaired in dreams. There
was nobody at home except Mr.
FuIlerby, Tom and the girls. All the
rest, that Is, Mrs. Fullerby, were ab-
sent at Boston, attending some strong
minded woman's caucus. 1t WAS late. Tom
was In his room disrobing, preparatory 10
going to bed While thus engaged he con-
yersed with himself, as there was nobody
else in the room. II Is true there was a
pillow on the bed, but, although a pillow
comes under the head Of men, II Is not pre-
cisely human being.
Il wonder" muSed Tom, ''wha. ails the
old man' His eyes have a peculiar look,
and he talks in an absent-minded way. I
guess the old lady has been nagging at him
again. It's a wonder he don't fall off more
than he does with it all If it was me, I'd
fall OF tle end Of wharf when the tide
was In. Well, be amt the only one. Bis
rnarck is called the Iron Chancellor, Yet
when his wito tells him 10 go 70 bed he goes.
guess I'll go TO bed without being told"
IL was some time before Tom got to sleep.
He tossed about in his bed II he had
been indulgipg in too many turnover pies.
At last he slum mbered, but not long, for
lie had fearful dream. He was in his
fathers studio on the first floor. Every
thing looked natural. There was his
fathers desk, the shelves filed with books;
but horrors stretched out upon the carpet
was the hfeleSs body OF his parent. Eis
face was CHASTITY pale, and upon bis dis
torted features was Al expression Of in
tense an guish. This dreadful sight caused
Tom TO awaken with cry Of terror For
quite a while he could hardly bring himself
10 believe that il was only a dream.
Now know what IT was" he said TO
him mself, a was his habit. II eclipsed ono
Of mother doughnuts at supper. l sup
pose If | had come into perihelion with two
of them 1 would have seen morgue or so.
One OF those doughnuts makes a man feel
rs badly cOngested as "A baby's stocking on
Christmas morning. If have another such
nightmare I'll do my slec ping by daylight.
don't suppose | can have n ghtmare then,
but right here | swear OF from all further
dissipation as far as mothers doughnuts
are concerned, unless l have chance to
throw one at cat"
Oncc mare Tom coGrtcd The drowsy god,
aud once uore the hOrrid vision returned,
this time mare ghastly than ever. Tho
corpse on the floor arose 10 sitting posi-
ton. and notioned TO the dreamer 10 ap-
proach-
with cry Of terror Tom bounced from
his bed. He was now frmly persuaded that
there was something supernatural in the
vision. Something dreadful had either hap
pened, or WAS about % happen. 80 his father.
He then remernb bered his fathers peculiar
look Did Il mean death, OF suicide, or
bothi
Hastily dressing himself, Tox, witbou.
makng a Light stole noiselesslY down
stars and entered the library. There was
apparently nobody in the room. every % beet
in which was dimiY visible by the low coal
FIRE that E'owed in the CRATE and turned
down gas ist.
There. I've been and made a precious
fool Of myself IL ever / eat one q
mothers doaEbnuts" - what was that
noises Somebody was quietly comm (
down stars. 4 nome at later Tom saw tto
din gure Of hs father ertcr the rom,
procecl "a the desk. and after g hurried
glance. as Z fcarfor 60 pc disturbed, opcn
q secret drawer, take OBJ what was trl1t-
z.