The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-12
HIS SURGICAL EXPERIENCE

Larry O'Hearn was a bachelor who had grown comfortably well if through con tracts he had been fortunate enough to secure when the B., R x P. was in cours. of construction As every geltleman should, when nc has secured com potency, Larry decided to take a lew years rest. and he accordingly fitted him. self up for comfort and settltd down. Among other things with which Larry provided himsclf-when he laid aside the oVeralls and coarse shoes. the cOllarless shirt and close-fitting cap and substi- tuted patent feathers. cassimeres, high collars and a silk hat-was store set of teeth for his upper jaw.
 Larry was inclined to be somewhat convivial when he met party of old friends-which was often, for Larry had money and was q general 1aVorlte--and to avoid the possibility of accident. he acquired the habit of removing the plate from his mouth every night before retir- ing and depositing 1t on the dresser in his room. One evening he had been out rather late with couple of old railroad crcnies .and upon their return to the boarding house Larry eXacted a promise from them for days hshng. During the night, however, big Tom Flynn. one of the trio, received an urgency order from headquarters to report for duty at Golden Valley in the morning, and as he passed Larry's room soon after daylight nig he would shout a farewell to his friend. He hesitated a moment about awakening the whole house, and as he did so. he noticed that Larry's door was slightly ajar, for he had gone to bed for getting to lock his apartment.
 Poor Larry was sleeping the sleep of the tired and the innocent, and after watching him a moment Flynn decided
 God bless ye," said Tom under his breath. 'Ye've earned yer rest. I'll jest leave ye to sleep it off. an maybe the next time ye go out wid Pat Lundergin and Rig Tom we'll be d bit more careful wid yer drinks
 And then, after arranging two or threo articles of wearing apparel that had been somewhat carelcssly bestowed upon the floor, Mir. Flynn slipped the thumbscrew on the night latch so 1t would catch when he shut the door. and went away about his business.
 Two or three hours later MT, OHearn awoke out of dream in which he thought great loads of powders were tumbling out of score of carts down an embankment, to q realization that some- one was humping his doro
 What the divil does yez want?" he shouted rather thickly. the oV'9e voice V1f of Lundersin. I I"it's time we started an hour ago. Flynn has been ordered out to the works by a telegram. an we'll have to go alone.
 MT. O'Hearn then remembered the in- junction he had placed upon his friends, and he promised to rise immediately. With the remark that he would give OfOerS TOT the horse, lJunueTBln went down the stairway.
 Slowly and with many a firm resolu- ton crrwdinG his rCeliHg brain. Larry got out of bed He lacked around the half-awake manner. and then drained half the contents of the water pitcher down his throat before he took breath. Then he poured the remaining water into the, bowl and bathed his face. Refreshed somewhat by his ablutions. Larry pro ceeded to array himself in the garments intended to be worn on the expedition but he had not proceeded very far in this duty before he went to the dresser and looked carefully over it's top. Then he It turned to the wash stand and examined M thst rs and then n0 and r1 to & Ge1 Ps CN CT in excited haste. He groped ground the floor on his hands and knees; under tl.e couch. into the compartments uf his chiffonicr-cveryw here, faster and faster, with heightened color and confused haste Then Mir. O'Hearn stood up In the cen. ter of the room his eyes. staring wildly at the ceiling, enc hand grasping his nightshirt over his heart. and the nerspi- ration boxing out In greet drops all over the top of his bale head.
 Be hivens:" he gasped.. I'm no bet
 Running to the door he threw It wide open. ,
 Slattery! Piley Dcyle!" he shouted into the hall. Come here, quick It's Larry corpst"
 There was instant commotion in the boarding house. Lundergin went bound ing up the stairs from the hall below and Riley and Doyle bolted from their room Mrs. Slattery heard the shout In the kitchen, and with the aroma of fried pork and potatoes about her went as far uI the stairs as it behoOVcd q respectable widow to go when T miudle-aged boardei stood in the door of hls room in half clad condition.
 Fer the luve of hivin, what ails ye OHearn?" asked Lundergin, keeping back d hit with the others, not being just sure that the man before him was en tirely sane.
 Be all the saints, Lundergin, treat softly. fer ye are now gazin upon the face of a dyin man." said Larry i'm
 They looked at him moment in si | lence.
 "G'wan wid yer jokes" stid Riley We're no more dyin' than an office holder; wid yer standin' there as sthronl as millposI an yerself as red as { | bate"
 O'Hearn grasped his chest thu tighter and made a grimmace es thousf in pain. ,,u. s,,+.or, from the stairs as she peeped discreetel!
 Friday. TALE OF A cow" by Julia IT