The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-07-16
he Had rt Badly.

dreamy eyes, ab No SLOWLY sIppsu
from a wicked looking glass at his
side.
Il he man with the wart on his ecr
and the man withS the triple chin
looked up expectant'y. "Tell US
about it," they said.
The man with the dreamy eyes
sighed. 1T is long, sad story"
he said. He slipped again from the
wicked looking glass. Then he add.
edit have very nice room, stu
ated, as the poet would say, in
yonder street that fronts the sum-
1t is big, squsra, pleasant room,
and is kept ia ex 'ellcnt condition by
the womsn who rups the house
There il Just one drawback"
What is it2" asked the others.
The goblin globe," returned tie
dreamy. eyed one. "The goblin globe
is all right in its way, | suppose, but
a decent bachelors room is no place
for it to do it's stunt, and I'm going
to make vigorous complain il l
-6nd it doing business in my quarters
when get home.
when got in the other night
or maybe the other morning would
be the correct expression-I turned
on the gas and prepared for bed
Now, you know how scrupulou.ly
neat l am. Well, you may judge OF
my annoyance, then, when tell you
that as my eyes travelled over the
room they encountered a speck in
the carpet. 1t was no big. than
the knot on length of coarse sew.
ing thread, but it annoyed me-, aud
stopped to brush it away. To my
adjustment the sprct wouldn't
bulge. and 1 thought then it must
be tiny spot in tha carpet. 'Oh,
WE'LL" thought 'lls small m after,
aud I'll let it pa's.' hal reached
to turn off the gas and jump into
bed when l happ sued ,gain to
glance at the carpet
"Ths speck was AS big as mar
BILE. thought at frs tni, was some
optical delusion brought Gu by over.
work, but this wa, not the ease l
made very thorough exsmination
of the speck and convinced myself
OF its reality. 1t was round and
black, and 80 heavy | r)udu't lift it,
determined to pos, pone bed for o
bit while | studied this remarkable
effect. AS lookad, ths thug actually
grew before my eyes. 1t soon became
the size OF baseball ! drew my
easy chair to the priut on the carpet
occupied by the queer growth, aud
settled myself comfortably to watch
progress.
Larger and larger grew the ball
From the size OF baseball it reach
ed the proportions OF a Georgia
watermelon, all the time retaining
its perfection OF contour. Gradu ally,
and without my having noticed the
change, l found that my easy chair
was about two feet nearer the wall
than it had been whom [ sat down.
The growth Of the bail had forced
it away from the centre of the room.
"When the globe reached the siz /,
of a United States mail sack [
thought it was about time to call a
halt. Ielhrew my whole weight on
the thing, but | couldn't move it an
inch. On the contrary, it continued
to grow, only with repeated rapid
ity. started to call for help, but
then the righteousness OF the situa-
ton struck me, and l refrained.
What did grown man need Of out
side help 10 throw ball out OF his
rooms l laughed merrily. Then I
assaulted the ball again. 1t was as
tall as the piano by this time, and
was forcing all the furniture out of
the way.
"The easy chair was ,mmed
against one side wall The couch
had basn squashed up into soft
heap, ihe bookcase had been hstten-
ed out, and the piano contracted.
The hall was Irresistible. II spread
out until il had jammed the gas jet