The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-13

rect any recollection, and, if we have
been proliX, sensation and other
ct cRtera of data, at best often the with.
cred or whitening specimens of a herb
arium. Thus life flows, depositing
within us an ever-increasing ''batture,"
vague border-land, our limbo of
things we are trying not to forget
Per contra, an insignificant occurrence
there is no getting rid of; it is veri
table crooked bone in the memory.
Madam" said the hotel-keeper to me
the day after my arrival at the Green
wood" Springs, you are going to have
fellow boarder-Prof. Tubbs, presi-
dent of the Male and Female College at
Olympus. Prof. Tubbs is what oe call
self-made man, and, considering the ma
terial, think he has made a pretty
good job of it."
SIS there nothing unique in this
world? Not even taste for out-of-the.
season visits to remote little watering
places?''
'He comes to drink the waters for his
health" continued the hotel-keeper.
''He has chronic dyspepsia. Here he il
now, ma'am."
The material" was, concretely, al
least six feet two in height garmented
in black broadcloth, the ample frock.
coat of which swung open over very
expansive shirt front, which carried on
its uppermost billow patented satin
cravat with a patented pin in it. Hs
had long, thin face, with something il
the way of beard over it, and his abund
ant hair shone with gloss which was
credit to its author, whoever he was.
He bowed with an oratorical sweep OF
the right hand, and said: 81 am very
glad to see you, ma am" sat down il
his place with careful thought of his
coat tails surveyed the squadron of lit
tie dishes. which contained fractional
portions of what was supposed in these
regions to make a whole meal, and pro.
ceeded incontinently to take the office
of entertainer out of the hands of the
waiter in this wise:
Fried mutton ma'am? / never eat
mutton. Some people can, but my taste
Is delicate. My stomach is my weak
point, ma'am. AS an organ, it gets out
of order very easily. My wife's stomach
i
look strong, but l am not, ma'am.
suffer from chronic dyspepsia l may
say"
Tea or coffee, sir?"
Coffee! | always drink coffee.
ma'am. 1t is my only stimulant. The
oretically and practically, ma'am, am
total abstainer, but 1 sometimes need
as many as four cups of coffee at one
meal. My wife makes elegant coffee,
ma'am. l do not drink milk generally;
1t is apt to produce bile in my system.
ma'am."
Eggs, sir?"
"Yes, eggs. Eggs suit my digestion
very well, ma'am; eggs Oh, of course.
ma'am, you can go. Do not let me de-
tain you. / eat slow, ma'am. Some
people can eat fast, but l can not.
ma'am. take my time over my meals.
My stomach Certainly, ma'am- Ger.
taluly, will excuse you," with the
same oratorical wave of the hand, which
now held his knife.
Sitting in the quiet and darkness OF
this out-of- the-way night and place, il
was pleasant to listlessly track the con-
stellations through the tree-tops, while
thoughts came slowly drifting home,
thoughts which had been on furlough
for ages, thoughts which
"Ah! here you are waiting for me.
ma'am. Don't rise, ma'am; l have
chair Looking at the stars, Ell?
Are you any thing of an astrono-
me. ma'am? Astronomy is a very
pretty science. 1 am very partial to
astronomy; in fact, I am considered
right much of an astronomer NV wife,
now, she knows nothing about the stars.
AS for me, ma'am, have dipped into
pretty much every thing. l am self
taught, entirely, ma'am. l am what is
called in these parts, ma'am, self
made man, and | am not ashamed of it.
what did you say, ma'am? Oh, certain
lVl goodnight. ma'am. 1t does not agree
with me to retire early, ma'am. Brain.
workers, ma'am, are night-workers. ]
am not an early riser either, ma'am. ]
have told the hotel-proprietor so. NV
wife, now, is an early riser. My wife rises
pretty generally about daybreak; but
the morning nap seems to be necessary
for my constitution. My constitution
ma'am-"
Hurry up, ma'am!" he called to me
from the breakfast table, as l entered
the door the next morning. 1--WE did
not wait for you, ma'am. Waiting does
not agree with me, ma'am, as told the
proprietor of the hotel l rested only
tolerably last night ma'am; suffered
from an uneasiness of the stomach"
chicken, ham, eggs, buckwheat
cakes"-the waiter recited his litanv
dropping the little dishes on the table
like beads from his fingers.
II do not care for chicken, ma'am.
Some people like chicken; find it nour.
ishing: My labors seem to require a
stronger food. My wife likes chicken. |
generally make my breakfast, aam, OF
ham : smoked-dried ham - and eggs.
tam seems to agree with my stomach
setter than most any kind of food, and
always taper off on cakes and sirup.
My wife makes elegant cakes, ma'am.
You seem to have very strong stom-
sch. Like my wife, ma'am. My wife can
eat almost any thing.
swell, now that we have finished our
breakfast, what shall we do with our
morning, ma'am? Going to the springs?
shall just come along with you,
ma'am.
81 shall take the sulphur water,
na'am, % make a beginning, and then
shall take the iron water. The sui
phur water, as calculate, washes the