The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-10
The Globes Daily Short Story

I never could sit alone In a room with
man who had false teeth, and ag-
gravated his possession of them by
playing Patience. l had to fly lest I
should hurt the man. think you will
all agree with me that not ten min
utes ago you had the same feeling. It's
universal feeling, and l THINK we
may safely conclude that Mrs. Jack
son was a subject of 1t as everyone
else Is. And her husband had false
teeth.
AS the heroine in the novel is always
showing her perfect teeth, so was Jack
son always letting us hear his false set.
ed Patience in a very violent form. 1t
was not merely mild attack Of the de-
mon thirteen, he had various complica-
tions as NV well such odds and eyens the
Now, / think we can picture the events
which led to his wife striking him over
the head with poker, The children hav-
couple sat together downstairs. Mrs.
Jackson, we will say was reading, and
Jackson, began to play Patience and
to move uneasily in her chair. She heard
the, pattering shuttle of the cards, and
laid the book on her lap and looked to-
ward her husband. His eyes wandered
swallowed his slow, deliberate thoughts.
"She. tried to read again.. but could not
concentrate her mind on the book. The
the pa pat pat Of the cards in the go a@a
Of the ill-lighted room upset her nerves.
She crossed and uncrossed her legs and
twitched her fingers. ,Still the champing
ing slowly, audibly, horribly The tor,
ture to her nerves grew and grew until
It became intolerable. Much as she loved
sound OF the working Of his mind, and at
last she flew at him just as Marsham flew
at his friend Just now. She struck him,
and then and there, when she found that
had done what she had.
But think we know. We have had
practical demonstration tonight Of what
torture she must have undergone. The
habit of thinking abound with ones teeth,
or with pack of cards. may be the cause
OF many murder which we call 'mys-
terious.' However evenly balanced your
ten permanent may be, you cannot listen
calmly to the working Of another mans
mind. Sooner or later you try to murder
the man; Fortunately you do not always
"Thank Godl' said Smith, fervently.
I'm blowed If play Patience again or
chemp my teeth. You've cured me" 49,
I'VE must cure Jackson before his wife
comes back" said Hind.
A deputation from the Ethical society
waited on Jackson next day. and explained
Kinds tha 9Th, theory jackson seemed to think
said. He admitted that he was playing
Patience when his wife flew at him, and
that 1t was his habit when thinking to
work his teeth up an down. He gave US
his solemn promise that he would mend his
ways In the future. A week later Mrs.
Jackson returned to her homo and haDpi-
ness, and she has not shown any further
signs Of homicidal mania, but seems to
be more in love than ever with her hu5-
band.
Hind has written long article on his
theory, but It has not appeared yet, The
article Is still going from one editor to
another. You may read, however, in the
minutes of our Ethical society the extra
ordinary behavior Of the society when
Hind carried out, at the expense Of old
Smith, the experiment that went to prove
the theory.-Vanity Fair.