The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-01
THE AMATEUR RErouaMr,asaI.

Chicago Tribune was one ;of The
hottest nights q IN unusually;hot sea- sea-
son. b Z. 4. (, 4 W.
Even! in the classic northern suburb
Of the great city everybody who could
get away lad left town for some point
still further north. ~
There were numerous citizens how.
ever. whom business affairs, sickness.
or some temporary misund
with the paying tellers at the banks
prevented from fleeing to the wIld1ess.
and many of these were sitting ont on
the grassy lawns or on the sIdewnlks.i IN
front or their respective houses, loudly
and sulphurously matchmaking the
weatherandttrylng to keep cool. n
| The mosquitoes; likewise, remained 10
! mum and were doing business at the old
/ stand. e. n Z !, 2 - i q g y
Say" exclaimed n pleading voice
pertaining to a tall slender Individual
who thrust his head and the upper nor
tion of his nightshirt from out OF a sec
ond-story window. 81 have been listen
ing TO your conversation for the mast
hour or two. and, with your permission,
Twill make q suggestion. In the first
place. there are hotter times, hotter sea :
sons and hotter localities than this.
What says Milton 4
dungeon horrible on Eull sides round
AS one great furnace famed; yet from
| those .flames 20 ~ 49, 81 ss3ifa1
No light; but ra Their darkness Visible
Served onlyito discover sights OF woe,
regions OF sorrow, doleful shades, where
And rsst q, I, can never dwell, hope never
Tint comes to all; but torture without
That's worse than the heat you're
chewing the rag about.&sAn emil will
come to your torture with the first frost,
and In less than six months you'll be
nowling for hot weather. Listen to
Dryden: II s5as q
Eternal tormcnts, baths OF boiling sui.
vicissit1de OF fires.
and so on. What do you know Of hot
weather? Did YOU ever hear what Lo-
renzo Dow said when" 81 n n
Who's talking to you ?" interrupted
one of the men In the group he seemed
to be addressing. stS5 4
rand Shelley says something like this:
Hell is Il city much like 81. Louis
| ~ a poputous and smoky city. .5l Z, .i55S
II There are NIL sorts OF people undonc.
land there Is little or no fun done:
Small justice shown, and still less pity
III it's much like st. Louis" he con-
tinued. 1T is great deal hotter than
Lake Forest Is. Let me. quote to you a
page or two from Dante 4.
Take your head In II
Hit a camp ground" -
You're talking through your night
cap"
Send the rest by MALL"
Unheeding these Interruptions the
man In the window went on:
You people out there have been muir
dering my sleep for the last two hours.
/ hold these truths to be self-evident-
that all men nre created with q natural
and lnal!enable right to sleep; that, to
secure this right, bedrooms and spr!ng
mattresses are instituted among men,
s."Will you stop, or have We: got to
shoot?" % q - : 3
VIII you quit your beefing, talkin a
lower tone, and let me, go to sleep? For
heavens sake, gentlemen-''sr.S ,',s Z
A chorus of derislve laughter inter-
rupted him. "a
He drew his head In.
by the seven wise men OF Greece.''
he calculated, III fix themI'
Glad in his ,nightshirt he went down
stairs. CROPPED his way to closet under
the back stairway. and emerged pres
emily with an armful of old shoes.
Then he proceeded to the kitchen,
made a fire In the stove. stuffed In the
old shoes, and went back, to his bed. 8
What little wind there u.s." he. NUT
tered. SIS In the right direction. II It
doesn't smoke out that gang my name
Isn't Gwllliams!"
It did.
Or. rather. 1t smoked them In.
And five minutes later n tall raw
boned mhn might have been seen sleep
Ing peacefully in that bedroom, with a
triumphant smile still on his strongly
marked features. W.