The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-29

when the hook went into her ear, and
what with that and the pain in the back
of his own neck the professor lost his pres
ence Of mind and accidentally pressed the
button of the battery.
This brought another shrek from Mrs.
Sammis, for there are few things more
startling than good, smart electric shock.
1t was foolish in him TO try to break
the line, knowing as he did that IL was
much too strong To he broken, but for all
that he did try to break it and in the proc
ess pulled at Mrs Sammis' ear till she
burst out crying and begged him to let her
die where she was.
He took up the rod again very carefully
and succeeded In christening the line,
Then he coiled up the line into a tight lit
tie ball so that IL couldn't trail ON the
ground or catch in anything.
Mrs. Sammis cried q little longer, and
then she stopped and said that the sooner
they saw the doctor the better, and she
did hope that the deacon wouldn't get
home until she and the professor had been
cut loose
You see, the deacon, though he was one
of the best of men, was a little hasty in
his temper, and two or three times he had
shot man under circumstances that really
ulln any Hi'h iEtbiO eA,NAOA,
as he afterward admitted himself.
Well, the professor and Mrs. Sammis set
out for the doctors, which was good
mile from the trout pool The line that
connected the two unfortunate people was
SO short that nearly every step they took
1t would stir up the hooks to fresh activity
and fetch shrieks from Mrs. Sammis.
Finally the professor told her that she
must allow him to put his arm around
her waist, and that she must put her head
on his shoulder. BY this means they could
walk without jerking the line.
1t must have been rather pretty sight
to see the two walking slowly across the
field in such close proximity, and If had
been younger man / don't know that j
should have objected to take the professors
place, fishhooks and all.
Before they were fairly out of the field
the deacon's first wife's mother, who lived
with him, saw them out of her window
and called the servant girl to help her
pack up and leave the house where such
an abandoned and shameless female lived
Mrs. Sammis knew of sort of back
path by which she and the professor could
reach the doctors Office without taking 10
the main street, and of course they took
this back path, not expecting to meet any
body. But you all know how it Is. If
you happen to be in a situation where you
don't wish to be seen, all the friends and
all the enemies you ever had will be sure
to show up inside of 90 minutes.
Itsmy opinion that If the prophet Jonah
had made an appointment to meet his best
girl in the whales cabin he'd have found
about dozen friends leaning up against
the ribs and waiting for him with bullseye
lanterns in their hands
However, I'm wandering from the sub
| jcct. What 1 intended to say was that just
as soon as the professor and Mrs. Sammis
turned into the path they began to meet
| people, especially boys.
The grown folks merely looked at them
| sadly and gave them n wide berth so as
| not to contract any of their wickedness,
but the boys generally hooted at them and
called the professor names and said they
were going to tell Deacon Sammis.
| The professor wanted to stop and ex.
plain the state of things to everybody
whom they met, but Mrs. Sammis
wouldn't allow him to do anything of the
sort She told him he had better keep
| his breath until he should come to explain
things 10 the deacon, which she calculated
he would find middling tough job
AS for the professor, he was just scien'
tifc enough to wonder why she made sc
| much disturbance over so small a matter
and he hadn't the least idea that the dea-
| con would feel annoyed even if he should
| happen to meet them on the way to the
| doctors.
When they reached the doctors Office
the two hooks were extracted with very
little difficulty, and the professor went
| home and explained to his wife why ht
hadn t caught any trout
That was the beginning of the great
scandal that divided all New Berlinopolis
Vile into two parties-those who believed
the professors story and those who didn {
| 1 am sorry to say that the latter wa
very much the larger party, and that Mrs
Van Wagner belonged to it.
| The professor came over to my hous
that evening and said that he rathe
thought he had better stay with me 70
awhile, which accordingly he did.
At times Mrs. Van Wagner would com
to my door and say that she wanted to Sc
that miserable man. but never let her in
knowing that there would be trouble If
did
Similarly Deacon Sammis came one da
with big horsewhip and demanded :
see that scientific hound, " but explaine
to him that If he wanted to interview any
body with horsewhip was at his service
| but no hounds, scientific or otherwise
were to be found on my premises.
The deacon's divorce suit was failure
for the testimony of the doctor who ha
cut out the fishhooks satisfied the jury
and they gave verdict which cntirel
exoneratcd Mrs. Sammis and the professor
But of course that had no effect SO far a
the public was concerned.
1t was so clear to me that the professor
usefulness in New Berlinopolisville wa
| gone that induced him to accept PR
fessorship in Chicago.
What with Mrs. Van Wagner waitin
to make it hot for him day and night, an
| what with the deacon swearing to shoe
him on sight, New Berlinopolisvillc didn
afford that quiet and scclusion which
scientific man needs IL he intends TO d
J any valuable scientific work.
I lost sight of him after that, but rs !
never got into any startling difficulty !
| Chicago / suppose that either he mus
have died or else he must have quit n
venting things.
All the same l wish he had given N
that recipe for making his metallic fishin
line There would have been "A lot of MOI
, | ey in that invention If IL had been propc
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