Telegram-herald., 1891-09-20

TAKEN fof ns. only why did those an
taor1fi@ who TOOK aim for ms les him
60 Again:
Finally be said he knew some Of my
h,kA said that might Be. Ny folks
never did seem 10 learn anything By ex-
psrisnoe- some Of them. said, were 90
kind hearted THAI they couldn't be IN
kind even To = bEalko man he laughed
= sad laugh. like one who oxeakfssts
with the president Of rms United states
On the lst day Of April and cuts into .
Canton flannel cake.
But At last be interested me In him.
SELF He was here for his health. he said.
He had air cells in his lungs. l think, or
something Of that kind. He also had =
letter from nay brother. II was = letter
Of introduction from my brother. As
read IL | could almost see how he suf-
fered a. he wrote it. Probably this man
had supported him when he ran for Of
ice last fall. and now he had paid the
debt by giving him letter Of introduc-
ton ~ me-.
Taxing him by the hand, I said: "Sir,
you are ny guest. A letter from my
brother viii be honored at all times.
never mind what happen to Dc doing
al the time The letter seems 70 be gen.
uine. and my brother has failed to put
Ia the cipher which means TO do you
up So Judge that he means for me
10 throw myself. You are now my
guest. Come with me and l will show
you where they are going to build the
new bridge across Craig-y-Nos creek"
He rose and We went away together.
AS We passed the store invited him in
and we got some seeSars. At our store
here we have nice. smooth sesgar. with
MANILA wrapper. which is free smoker,
and il kept well tipped mp so that the
filler win not sifr out affords much
pleasure TO the user. We lighted these
seegars, which are called the Belle OF
Tailholt. Indiana. and as we pulled them
along the road we seemed somehow to
warm toward each other. and told him
that | knew where we could get some
calamus root If he liked il and some
mushrooms-at least they looked like
mushrooms He said he was passion
ately fond of calamus root but still moro
so Of mushrooms. So we gathered some
Of each and had the latter for dinner.
None of the rest Of the family would
eat any OF these mushrooms. for never
gathered any before. and TO be good
mushroom gatherer one should have
killed off camping party or two for the
experience. Bat my guest ate heartily
Of them. He ate them all. Ny wife
winked hopefully at me as my doppel-
ganger ate the last one and carelessly
ran slice Of bread around over tho
platter and breathed long, delicious
sigh.
After dinner ! said, Come on: we
viii go up on the top Of Mount Busbee.
From there we can see almost to Ashe-
VILE" Really. my object was to got
him OF the place before he died. hate
to have q guest die in tho house, and II
can help it will see that it never oc-
ours. especially when he has letter of
Introduction from some one know.
We climbed the hill through the swell
tering heat. and he seemed to hold
mp under it quite well. All at once,
like = clap Of thunder from. a clear
sky. came the terrible Thought, ''Oh,
heavens, oh. heavensl After all, per-
haps they were really mushrooms"
The thought maddened me so that as
pushed my way through the under
brush ahead of my guest pulled back
. hickory sapling and let it fly back with
such force as to knock him across the
gothic oat farm of General West, of this
place. But my guest did not mind it at
all. for be came mp later with q glad
smile and humming bit Of an old love
song.
That evening he took from his valise .
puzzle and gave it to my children. They
tried to do it. but could not. We were
smoking a couple OF store cigars and the
butler was burning a rag. Finally the
children brought the puzzle to me. 1t
looked simple. and as am q great hand
to work out difficult things. like mathe-
NAUTICAL sums and social problems. told
my colored arnsnnensis 10 keep my cigar
going for a few moments and would
= IL