The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-26


topers exist all through Europe. and to
some extent in America Is it SO very
hard to make them for the use of water
drinkers? We know of several clumsy
water stills now in use, but vast for
tune awaits some inventor who will
produce a simple, cheap and effective
still for every family in America
SALISBURY Magazine.
WHAT ON EARTH WAS 1T ABOUT.
Was This Story of Humor OF Simple
Lnnacy.
''It was on a Fall river boat that this
occurred said Lieut.. Oscar King at
the Lotos club, land it's worth tell
ing
''If it isn't funny, cut it short said
Col. Robert Gordon.
But it is funny" replied Lieut..
King, land I'm going to tell it. When
we pulled out of New York there was
a nice little sea running. just enough
to knock the forma1ity out of every
one on board 1t was the usual crowd,
you know, and one young couple, evi-
IDENTIFY bride and groom. attracted
my attention. He was one of those
busy little men, and she looked very
new. Apparently it was their first ex-
perience on boat. They were timid
at dinner, and they had some difficulty
IN locating their staterooms- Another
passenger besides myself was inter
ested In them. He looked like bad
detective. HIS mustaches We're heavy
and black and his hat was drawn over
his eyes, You know the type, colonel?"
YES, yes; but so on" said the
colonel What was it2 An elope-
ment?''
Don't crowd" said Lieut.. King.
''This Is my best story. You remem-
Der that spring out on the Platte.
colonel when there was such shoot
ing? Those were the days when"
Now look here, King" interrupted
the colonel you got well started on
Fall river boat, bride aud groom, de-
tective, elopement, and all that sort of
thing"
Certainly, remember. Well, as
started TO say, the bride dropped her
fan, and before her husband could get
1t this mysterious man whom ! took to
be detective bounced on 1t, opened it,
and read something written inside.
Then he handed 1t quickly to the bride.
Say, colonel, do you remember the day
you fired both barrels into the flock
and didn't get bird? How you"
''Kfng, you are wandering" said the
colonel Don't you remember? Fall
river boat, bride and groom, elope-
ment. detective, and fan"
ITO be sure I do continued Lieut..
King, and l propose to finish TT
The three men at the table drew
near.
WELL" he said, ''it struck me as
funny at the time that the bride didn't
seem angry at the detectives inso-
lence. She paid no attention to it.
don't think that her husband noticed
that the fellow opened the fan. That
my impression then, and l have
had no reason to change it."
Lieut.. King was talking slowly and
conservatively. He had interested his
listeners.
1T was an unusually rough night
with a nasty westerly wind that
brought rain. 1 remember it well.
After smoking pipe / turned in about
midnight For some reason found it
hard to get asleep. ! felt that some
thing was going to happen. What are
you fellows going to have?'
''Same's before, but go on" said the
colonel and his friends in chorus
Yes, l remen Der that my restless
ness was the same restiessness that
seized me the night before that brush
with the reds when you got tapped Ia
the shoulder, colonel. 1t was the same
feeling OF uneasiness. You know it.
colonel
Yes. yes, but go on. What about
the bride and groom and detectiveY'
AS impatient as ever, colonel. l see.
Well, tossed and was tossed around
for hours. Then fell asleep. 1 was
aroused by sudden shock. The sun
wac shining into my stateroom and the
boat had stopped-er-what are you
fellows going to haveY'
King, what on earth had happenedp''
asked the colonel mo, nothing more"
well, I-did-not-know," contin-
ued Lieut. King. ~ rang for stew
ard, and said to him: Where are we
now?'"
cat Fall river, he replied.
az thought So, said I. 1 have never
seen mosquitoes so thick"
Lieut.. King paused. His listeners
looked at him. Then he arose and said:
well, gentlemen, must be going
Good night" Before any one had re-
covered he was gone.
'But-but-but," stammered the
colonel. when he recovered his speech,
''was that all of the story?"
Must have been" said another lis
tener. He evidently wound It up"
But don't see the point. Bride and
groom, detective. fan, sudden stop, Fall
riverlI have never seen mosquitoes so
thick. Was 1t funny? What was it2'
Don't know. I'm sure,n said the
third man. Let's get out-now."
''They look as if King had been tell
ing them his Fall river story re-
marked Chandos Fulton, as three dazed-
looking men walked out into the dark
N. Y. Sun.