Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-31

stoye 10 be sure, bpt wnen the winter
- cold il makes the room comfortable.
| Being mp in the mild of space. it
heats All equally rs well. which il could
I not do If il were down below"
The doctor greeted tbs theory with
| q laugh. Colonel" he said. won are
wild-way of the mark Hot mir rises.
OF course, and the only way to dis
| senlnate is to have your stnge as low
as possible. According 10 your idea it
would be = good plan to put the fur-
mace ia the attic of house instead of
| in the ba,cmcat
II think saiG the colonel. othat /
could appreciate your argument better
il you would ante"
The pol il mine. p" said the doctor.
rs he deposited the coin; "gou will
| adopt my idea tie moment YOU hear
| it, and Long Iom who will he here in
! a minute, viii bear me out This room
I is very small it has hat little lloor
4 space. ami none OF it goes to waste.
| Now, ii he bad put the stove down
where wc expected 10 find II Long Tom
| could not have made use of au arca M
{
all sides Of tie supporting posts YOU
/ will notice there are hooks on which
| he hangs his pans aud skii.ets In
| derneatIi there is kitchen closet for
pots aud cooking utensils Of various
sorts. WHAT could be- more couven-
lent? Under your ordinary stove
/ there is room only for poker and IA
| few coCkrolchcs."
The Judge who had been listening
/ 20 the opinions offered by the others
with The same grim smile that occa-
I sionaIly oWluented his face when he
announced that an objection was over
| ruled. upw stepped forward and drop
! ped Ii coin on the table He then rem
/ dered bis decision rs follows:
1T appears that none of YOU has
noticed The forest Of hooks in the roof
! Just over the stove. They are not in
! use at present, bat they are there for
/ some purpose. | Imagine that during
| the winter huge pieces Of veRison aud
| bear meat dAnglc over the stove and
are dried for use later. Now ii the
stove were on the floor it would be too
! Ear from the roof to he OF service IN
/ this way"
Here comes old Tom, shouted the
colonel who had stepped to the open
| door while the judge was speaking
The old trappcr put down the va
rious articles Of baggage with which
his arms were loaded and came into
! tine Kitchen cabin where wc all stood.
| He glanced at tho group aud then at
] the stijtcd stove in our midst.
/ IL see YOU are MI admirin' my
stove" said ne "and I'll bet you've
been wonderin' why it IS mp so high. :"
Yes we have, said the professor,
show did you know it?'
People must ullus jest rs soon as
| they come Into the place begin to ask
| me about it-that's how | kuowed.n
"Wcil. why IL it up so high?' de-
mandcd the stock-broker, impateutly,
with q side glance at the well-doycloped
! jackpot on the table.
The reasons simple enough, - said
Long Tom, with a grin that showed
! his bicuspids; "vou see we had to
| pack all this stun up here from down
1 below on burros. Originally there
was four j'ints OF that stoyepipc, but
! the circh wasn't drawed tight enough
on the 5Wro that WAS cgrryin' them.
aud two OF 'em slipped out and rolled
down the mountain. When we got
| here and found that there wasn't but
two pieces left ! rcckoned that | would
| have to kinder hist the stove &c make
it tit the pipc-so jest ia and h'iStcd
| her Aud thar she is yet. Say what's
all this here money on the table forp
There was deep silence winch last
cd so long that Tom venlured to re-
| peat his question about the money.
1T is Il jackpot said the doctor,
| sadly. "aud as near rs | can make out
it belongs to you. "--Sm Francisco
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