The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-27

When you &c in a room and smell the
hot, damp carpet, y Il know at once tltt
the radiator is MT seaworthy. TIE
other night Mr.. PUrbank's radiator be-
gan about midnigl.5 to get restless and
palpitate. At first it just gave two or
three kicks at itself and moaned. Mr..
Burbank turned over in bis bed and said:
"Ah. the radiator is repairing itself
Then he Went to sleep.
Soon after he woke with a start and
heard the radiator rumble like a distant
freight train crossing three or four other
lines of road. At the end she seemed to
hit one coil with another and began to
mix things.
He looked at his watch and saw that il
was half past II. Tired nature then
Welded, and with a long drawn sigh at 20
days he went to sleep. He awoke again
to hear the radiator riveting its boiler
and generally refitting itself.
He lighted his last match and saw that
it was half past l o'clock. He tried 10
go to sleep and began counting 1000 to
settle his nerves. He was Joined by the
radiator. He threw off the covers and
said: There is water in that radiator.
That's what makes it practice all ni-,lt
trying to play The Awakening of the
Lion | will let the water ont. and then
l can sleep"
So he got up softly and started for the
electric light to turn on same. He was
a little dazed and stepping high. so he
stepped into his trunk. Then he knew
where he was and started across the
rooln, but was met by the center table.
which had a late lunch on it. l. con.
tanned, among other things, some bread
with jam on it aud some cheese that had
come from Germany at a time when the
quarantine regulations were looser tha..
they are now.
He upset this table.
"Now | know where everything is
said Mr.. Burbank. This cheese is in
the center Of the room. and | can ALWAYS |
find out where / am even without a
light. just then in tryingto turn on the
electric light he stepped in the jam anl
cheese at the same moment. He also
found that the electric light had been
turned off at the cellar.
No n can know just how he would /
feel under these circumstances unless he
has been under those circumstances. Mr.. |
Burbank had now lost all idea of direc-
ton, for the cheese still chung to the sole
Of his foot and roamed around the room.
attracting attention from the radiator.
Mr.. Burbank is a tall, slender man,
looking very much as Henry Irving
would if he had been trying to board at
the Gastritis House during the winter
and train himself down to represent
Thought. Dressed in the simple robe Of
with his dark hair released FROM
its confinement and tossed about over
his shoulders, with d cheese sandwich on
oae foot and a cUrned beef and mustard
GA tine other, now and Thea
Oh a revolving bottle Of Halfora
sauce, he made i strong picture a he
himself from falling by catching
1t the towel which hung on a rack.
He went three times around the room.
on the wall for the button of the
0eil, but missing it. as he could not get
he light height, he opined. In the morn
he found that the button was con-
.ealed by the headboard of his bed and
lid not work anyhow.
It now became easy to locate the RI Il
stor by the sound it made, also by little
Of hot water which he stepped out
with such a wild start that he skinned
MS knee and hoped around owe the
lunch in great agony. Ashe felt the jam
up among his toes he became irri-
and said:
If I had it to do oyer again, | would
90 to the other hotel"
There We're two hotels, II called the
and the other the Bergamot
We were at the Bergamot.
Mr.. Burbank approached the radiator
and turned TIE valve Open quickly. taen
stepped back into tine Halford sauce as a
stream of 1t .atar sqalrted across IL
room into e coy he'd WITCH he lid
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