Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-12-23

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 Old mn hoayef e ae lot
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 Yes '9eNtas rataer aazesi, as. .44 asually lronpt Hayay came with an effort
 Want the master. sir Beaver. some ono aslled. f'Arent you feeling well to-day9a
 No, not very" the old man an. swered. T believe I'm kinder gummed up
 6ummed up" is a condition that ba- comes somewhat prevalent in the Ozark country in midsummer It csn hardly be said to b0 Of epidemic form. for many escape t. The durstion varies much with temperament. Some people recover in a few days Others remain for two or three or more week. under the peculiar affection. July and August are the months in which the eases of gummed up are most freauent- ly encountered
 There nay not bs lazy bone in an Ozark country farmers body during the spring and we'll into the summer. I But after the crop Is laid by he will I announce his intention to s'rest up'' little. He will lie down on the gallery or sit on a box at the blacksmith shop day after day His muscles relax. and a mental lethargy ensues, from which he cannot be aroused even by the hounds starting deer. And so he wifi remain, inert as to all his facul- ties He ls ''gnmmed up." At any other time of the year when you ride up to the gate you will be mat with eheery:
 Light, stranger, light.n
 But in the gummed upa period the hospitable intent fails. A listless assrs greets you. Inquiries for places and distances develop either ignorance or transformation. Soon after the cross- ang of Denton's ferry stop was made at house to inquire the way to cor tain post office known to be about eight miles distant. The woman, who sat on the gallery, slowly rocking, tried to arouse herself, but the efrorh was too much. At length sho said she had never heard of sueh place, and 1t would be best to aslz at the next house
 How far is it to YelIyille?'' was the i inquiry put to three sane men in g dis. tauce of half mile. The first said ik was seven miles, the second ten, and the third eight After 6 couple of hours another inquiry was made. This dime the answer was:
 Hits threc sights and right smart chance, stranger.n
 That proved to be strictly accurate. It was three sights of tho town from fhe tops of three successive hills, and right smart ehancei' of a ride along the valley beyond the last hill The man who gave this information was not '.gummed up.p
 Getting into Melville was nothing 2il5e as difficult as getting out of it. l When it came time to leave one Of the leading citizens Of an adjoining county offered his company on the way to Buffalo City. He had been in Yellville on business, and seemed to know everybody, and to be especially we'll acquainted with the country mile out of town tho leading citizen, who had been chatting pleasantly, sudden l ly stopped and said in q tone of per- plexitY:
 Hold on; this doesn't look like the Buffalo City road"
 He looked back and then forward. Some children came along with bngs and buckets on the way to school
 Girls" he asked, is this road ta Buffalo Cityq7
 No, sir, they chirped. 'sThis is ths road to Grassville."
 "IIuhr' said the lending citizen; 'sf don't know when l made q break like this. Of course it is the Grassville road rve been over it enough times Go know it. We'll have to turn back"
 So the horses were wheeled and headed into Melville again. Just on the outskirts of the town the leading citizen said;
 'Now, we're all right.
 He directed the course over we'll travelled road along the high bank of the beautiful crooked creek until 6 ford was reached The horses waded l in and drank from the bright water flowing over clean gravel bed. ! #Gradually the leading citizen recovered I his eomposure, and his conversation on the country and it's future became ani- mated again. The ford had boon left l behind fifteen minutes when huge red mill loomed np in front. with dripping hnme over the road. The i leading citizen stopped talking, rode up to the door of the mill, and ad- dressed himself to some one within.
 '1s this the Buffalo City road?" asked the lending citizen. ''No,' came from within; this road goes to Rush post office.
 Where is the Buffalo City roadf' asked the leading citizen.
 You ought to have kept along tha other side of the creek, and crossed at i the next ford, come from within.
 The leading citizen turned. The l expression upon his face was a study. It was one of utter helplessness All he could say was:
 Well, f'm gurnmed. St. Louis 1 Globe Democrat
 
 Ice Tombs ln the Alps
 A skeleton has boen found in one of the Assures of the Ademello glacier, in | the southern Tvrdl, which is thought