The Globe-republican., 1891-10-29

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time that he experienced the original
method of treatment of his son, Pink
ney. who the family were agreed was
destined to become great inventor.
For the land sakesr' Mrs. Lazen-
berry would often exclaim in admiring
contemplation of her sons latest
achievement ''What will Pinkuey do
next?"
That seemed an unanswerable ques-
ton, Cor the somewhat remarkable
things that his ingenious brain had
already melted him to accomplish
seemed to promise almost anything in
the way of unexpected results
"Just think how he spliced out
Jolly's tail!'' his mother would say
pridefullv, when reverting to Pink
ney's record and apparent possibilities
"Who else would have thought of such
a thing?"
Probably no one.
Jolly. the dog, had for q long time
managed to get along very well with
an abbreviated caudal appendage-the
| result of youthful mistake which led
him to attack large and cannibalistic
tramp dog. For some reason Pink
finally conceived the idea that Jolly
needed more tail, and proceeded to sup
ply it
Perhaps if the reader had felt called
upon to retail dog he would have con-
structed a serviceable if not ornament
al tail by making cloth continuance
not unlike stuffed club. At least /
eh DIT Dsrl,
solved that jolly should have a tail
that he could feel proud of, no matter
in what company he might find him
self.
To this end, he procured at the
slaughter house the tail of lately de-
ceased COW, which he carefully fitted
and sewed over an oak stick. This was
| spliced on to Jolly's stub and really
looked first rate, in spite of the fact
that yellow dog with perfectly stiff
red tail tipped with hybrush, is a
rather unusual sight.
Jolly was introduced to the family
| and the merits of the improvement ex-
patiated upon. Just as the baby wad-
| died up, Mrs. Lazenberry presented the
rejuvenated Jolly with beef bone,
which SO delighted him that he wagged
his new tail with such vehemence that he
knocked the baby down and threatened
to beat his unfortunate brains out be-
fore the wagging could be stopped.
This led to the speedy detailing Of Jolly,
Mrs. Lazenberry considering a large
dog with a club attachment undesir-
| able.
That was the way it was with the
majority of Pink's inventions. They
promised fair enough, but often man.
aged to achieve the most unexpected
and sometimes distressing results.
Pink's rabbit traps were the wonder
and admiration of the youth of the
neighborhood. But, it seemed as if
they had an unaccountable predilec-
ton for catching skunks instead of
| rabbits.
At one time, he constructed COM
plicated attachment to the churn. The
only fault to be found with it seemed
to be that churning with the improve
mcnt involved an outlay of labor near
~ double that required to operate the
unimproved churn.
Pink's riding-saw promised great
things, but at the first trial it would
pre- ably have sawn the young inven-
tor, himself, in two had he not been
rescued before it was too late.
1t certainly was an ingenious and
promising contrivance that he rugged
for rocking the baby by wind power.
With the expenditure of no little time,
thought and labor, he rugged a wind
mill above the roof of the porch, to
which was attached an arrangement
that rocked the cradle nicely when the
wind blew gently. 1t promised to
make quite a saving of time to Mrs.
Lazenberry. who could place the baby
in the cradle on the shady porch and
let the mechanism rock him gently to
sleep This she did. one afternoon.
and when the trial was over no fault
could be found with Pinkney's crea-
ton.
But, upon the following afternoon,
the invention fell from favor.
The wind was mild, the day fair and
the baby sleepy, and so Mrs. Lazen-
berry placed the little fellow in the
cradle and ran over to Mrs Shipley's
to borrow some yeast. Little Henry
Clay Shipley was threatened with
whooping cough, and, after the child
had been brought out to cough for the
sympathizing visitor, the ladies drifted
into discussion of various childish
maladies and their treatment, and
from them to the gossip of the neigh
hood. Thus it happened that the
errand occupied an hour in accomplish
ing.
Meanwhile, the breeze was freshen-
ing preceptibly, and by the time Mrs.
Lazenberry started homeward it was
blowing briskly. She looked to dis |
cover the windmill revolving merrily |
and the cradle rocking at a great rate. |
The baby was being ratified from side |
to side in a way that must have been
decidedly uncomfortable, and bowling
like a good fellow.
The mother hurried thither at her
best speed. but was too late to avert |
the catastrophe which followed Just
as she reached the gate, there came a
sudden and harder gust of wind, and