The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-05

at one he crept down to the kitchen and
foraged for food. Every morning at
Ave he fell asleep.
He could not understand it. no.
body could understand il. The doctor
treated him for water on the BRAIN,
hypnotic responsibility and heredit-
AIRY lunacy. Meanwhile his business
suffered and his health grew worse.
He seemed TO be living upside down.
His days seemed to have neither Begin
ming nor end. but 10 be all middle.
There was no time for exercise or
recreation. When he began t. feel
cheerful and sociable everybody was
asleep.
zone day. by chance. the exp.ana-
ton came. His elder daughter was
preparing her home studies after dinner.
What time is il now in New York;"
she asked. looking up from her ge-
ograrhy book.
New York said the father. glanc.
ing at his watch: let me see. It's just
ten now. and there's a little over four
and a half hours difference. Oh. about
$50 in the afternoon.
Then in jefferson, said the moth
err. it would be still earlier. wouldn't
ity
Eyes replied the girl. examining
the map. jefferson is nearly two de-
grees further west
1.-Two degrees unused the father;
and there's forty minutes to a degree.
That would make it now. at the pres
ent moment. in Jefferson
lie leaped to his feet with a cry:
1--we got it, he shouted; Il see it,
".See what?' asked his wife. alarmed.
"'Nhy. it's four o'clock in jefferson,
and just time for my ride. That's
what I'm wanting
There could be no doubt about it.
For twenty-five years he had lived by
clock-work. He had changed his longi-
tude. but not himself. The habits of a
quarter OF a century were not TO be
shifted at the bidding of the sun.
He examined the problem in all its
bearings. and decided that the only
solution was for him to return to the
order Of his old life. He saw the diff
f~cul,ies in his way. but they were less
thar those he was at present encounter
ing. liz was too formed by habit 10
adapt himself TO circumstances Cir
c~umstances must adapt themselves to
him.
''lIe fixed his Office hours from three
till ten. leaving himself at $3.50. At ten
he mounted his horse and went for q
canter in the Row. and on very dark
nights he carried a lantern. News of
il got abroad and crowds would assem-
BILE to see him ride past
''IIe dined at one o'clock in the morn
ing and afterwards strollcd down TO
his club. He tried to discover a quiet.
respectable club where the members
were willing To play whist till -four in
the morning. but failing had been com
PEELED to join a small Soho gambling
hell where they taught him poker. The
place was occasionally raided by the
police. but, thanks To his respectable
appearance, he generally managed TO
escape
"At $3.50 he returned home and woke
the family up for evening prayers. AZ
Ave he went to bed and slept like .
top.
The city chaffed him and Bays
water shook its head over him. but that
he did not mind. The only thing that
really troubled him was loss of spirit
ual communion. At five o'clock on
Sunday afternoons he felt he wanted
chapel but had to do without it. At
seven he ate his simple midday meal.
Eleven he had tea and mu fins. and at
midnight he began to crave again for
hymns and sermons At three he had
a bread and cheese supper and retired
early at four n. m. feeling sad and un-
''lIe was essentially a man of habit"
The unobtrusive stranger ceased. and
we sat gazing in silence at the ceiling.
At length my friend rose, and taking
half a sovereign from his pocket, laid
il on the table. and. linking his arm in
mine. went out with me upon the deck
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