Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-04-22

bear me company as rar as our ROAD
lay together. accepted his offer will
gratitude.
MY instinct had not deceived me. /
lay IN readiness in the mall and in wha
seemed devilish mockery Of our ways
with a lighted head lamp The rel
Whlskered man went to the point a
once IN a manner that showed he hat
been thinking over it all dinner time.
] say, Pansay, what the deuce wa
the matter with you this evening OF
the Elysium road?" The suddenness Of
the question wrenched an answer from
me before was aware.
THAT" said |, pointing to it.
That may be either d. T. or eyes
for aneht l know Now you don't liz.
nor. ! saw as much at dinner. So il
can't be d. T. There's nothing what
ever where you're pointing, though
you re sweating and trembling with
fright like scared pony. Therefore !
conclude that it's eyes. And ought to
understand all abouv them. Come along
home with me. I'm on the Blessington
lower road. f"
To my intense delight the rickshaw
instead of waiting for us, kept about
30 yards ahead and this, too whether
we walked, trotted or cantered In the
course of that long night ride / had
told my companion almost as much as |
have told you here.
well, you We spoiled one of the best
tales I've ever laid tongue to, = said he,
"but I'll forgive you for the sake of
what you've gone through. Now, come
home and do what tell you, and when
I've cured you, young man, let this be
a lesson to you to steer clear of women
and indigestible food till the day of
your death. +"
The rickshaw kept steady in front,
and my red whiskered friend seemed to
derive great pleasure from my account
of its exact whereabouts.
eyes, Pansay all eyes, brain and
stomach. And the greatest of these
three is stomach. You We too much con
ceited brain. too little. stomach and
unhealthy eyes. Get your
stomach straight and the rest follows
And all that's French for a liver pill
I'll take sole medical charge of you
from this hour, for You re too interest
ing phenomenon to be passed over.
By this time we were deep in the
shadow of the Blessington lower road,
and the rickshaw came to dead stop
1nder pine clad, overhanging shale
Tiff. Instinctively / halted. too, giving
ny reason. Heathsrlegh raped out an
)ath.
Nov, if you think I'm going to
pend a cold night on the hillside for
he sake of a stonach-cum- brain cum
we Illusion Lord. ha mercy What's
hat?
There was muff1ed report, blind
ng smother of dust just in front of us,
i crack, the noise of rent boughs, and
bout ten yards of the cliffside- pines
lndergrowth and all-sl down into
he road below, completely blocking it
Up. The uprooted trees swayed and tot
cred for moment like drunken giants
n the gloom and then fell prone among
heir fellows with a thunderous crash.
)ur two horses stood motionless and
weating with fear AS soon as the rat
lie of falling earth and stone had sub
ided my companion muttered MAN,
{ we'd gone forward we should have
een ten feet deep. in our graves by
ow. There are more things in heaven
nd earth. = : Come home, Pansay,
nd thank God. want peg badly. .
We retraced our way over the church |
idge, and / arrived at DIR. Heather
7gh's house shortly after midnight.
His attempts toward my cure COM
1enced almost Immediately, and for
7eek never left his sight. Many a |
ime in the course of that week did | |
less the good fortune which had thrown |
re in contact with Sinla's best and |
indest doctor. Day,by day my spirits |
rev lighter and more equable. Day by |
ay, too, became more and more in
lined to fall in with Hea therlegh's
spectral illusion" theory, duplicating
yes, brain and stomach. / wrote to
.itty, telling her that slight sprain
aused by fall from my horse kept me
ldoors for few days, and that
lould be recovered before she had time
, regret my absence.
Heatherlegh' treatment was simple
a degree. 1t consisted of liver pills,
I'D water baths and strong exercise,
lken in the dusk or at early dawn, for,
J he sage1y observed, ga man with
,rained ankle doesn't walk dozen
tiles day, and your young woman
light, be wondering if she saw you.
AT the end Of the week, after much
of pupil and pulse and
riot injunctions as to diet and pedes-
ianism, Heatherlegh. dismissed me as
as he had taken charge of
e. Here is his parting benediction
Man, | certify to your mental cure,
i'd that's as much as to say I've cured
ost of your bodily ailments. Now. get
)ur traps out of this. as soon as you
N and be off to make love to Miss
itty. "
l was endeavoring to express my
anks for. his Kindness. He cut me