The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-19

was such an air Of quiet prcprserorsn:p
abcus X I saw rzghr away efza- the gentle
me to tie house az a funeral gsis. n0w-ng
right and left 10 her aGniriag acauaknt-
arsces. until had 30 insist on her touching
Up she nsrse llt'.s, Fray .e got 20 ne s
put right TO bed, and I had 10 cali on dear
Aunt Emma 10 take MY part and let me
stay mp Wen. yoa never saw such Jain
ties as that girl gave me for dinner II
hadn't appealed 10 Uncle Jim should have
starved 70 death In the evening uncle
and smoked our cigars In The sitting room
time In a Big easy chair WITH my game leg
psilowef on a stool, Ard Anne and Aunt
Emma "a. by ard looked their admiration.
tel you. It's funny feeling, and n'ce
enough. TOO. until you get too much Of II
And they sso. yua ia the-rhe asgT
said Annie in fearful voice.
Yes answered, Il WAS the best they
1t isn't mise place TO be stot.' said
That's what I thought a. the time
said r.
.sCncie Jim laughed.
Annie wants u put your wounds en-
exhibition. he said. 7 tell yea. MY boy,
you're nine days wonder in this sleepy
Bun dsdn'. last nine days couldn't
stand Ii. You see. / was lust a military
sideshow every blessed moment ! was
awake / wouldn't. be surprised TO know
was asleep. AL the pretty girls came 70
see me. That's ali right according TO the
etiquette OF coavalescence. hut soon
wished it wasn't. I'll 6ef there wasn't a
young fellow IN that township who ai3aI
hate me-. Occasionally one OF taem came In
with the girls and giare3 NE over, and one
day a big, gc-od-leoklng young fellow said
10 me with careless wave OF h.s hand
toward my propped-up leg. Been hunting
Say. | just reared. | knew how ne felt
toward me, and the delicious combination
OF sarcasm and irony in his voice was
quite too funny for anything. They hustled
him away quick. and | never saw him
again. Well. il you've never been a Shout
der-strapped lion you can't imagine what
it's like. There wasn't any rest for sS-
cept wnen asleep One evening Annie took
ne 10 Il dance at a neighhors house. But,
lordy, there wasn't any dancing worth
mentioning. The girls tust sal around me
III a group and made big eyes, and the dis
gusted young fellows lined Up On the oppo-
site side OF the room and giared across.
went 20 "A husking bee an evening or two
later ana We hadn't more than started ill.,
they let me husk. t0p after much per-
suasio4--before one Of the pfettiest girls
II / found IN ear my Self. and Vet | 40; I'VE
kisses just the same. Pooh. | might have
had the rules suspended and kissed every
girl in the room But. as | have said.
fame began 70 clog upon me | was having
a delightful! time, but there was too much
of the fierce white light that heats upon a
throne about IT, Finally, after q part.cu-
Iarly trying reception day, | wrote 10
mother 10 telegraph me 20 come home at
once on important business. All tie girls
in town came down TO the station 20 see
me off, and / think some Of them cried
as the train pulled out. / waved my hand
kerchfef on the end OF the cane from the
car window until | was tired, and then
sank back on the seat with q big sigh OF
relief. ! had been gone from home just
four days"