The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-23

We've left that to Sleepyhead to
decide said Lefty.
I'm the usual way of course?" quer-
led the Poker.
30, yes. He can't decide except as
we want him to and have It go as a
real decision. We've given him his
choice of watching the world go round,
going to Saturn or taking the long
jump"
And which will it be, Dormy?" ask
ed the Poker.
Il sort of think I'd like to sit up here
Tom.
Nope" said Rightly,
"Then let's go to Saturn" suggested
Tom.
20, no." said Rightly Not that"
"Then there's only one thing left,
said Tom with a sigh, "and that's the
long jump-whatever that is.
Toms three companions roared with
laughter.
sAbsurdv' cried Rightly. "The idea.
The long jump the only thing. left! Ha-
Ha-H Hal"
Perfect nonsense" laughed Lefty.
II never thought DoZy Pate could be
so dull
well, he isn't anything as dull as
can be when 1 try" said the Poker.
He's pretty dull, though"
in" snapped Tom, who did not at all
ike the way the Andirons and the
Poker were behaving. IF there are
only three things we can do and you
won't do two of them there's only one
left
"Ha-ha-hav roared Lefty.
Poor dull Dormouse." said Rightly
with a smile that was half of mirth
and half sympathy.
''You are evidently a Dormouse with
very little education, Dormy," said the
Poker IF there are three apples on
plate, one red, one green and one
white and you are told to take your
pick Of the lot there are four things
you can do, not three"
what are they?" asked Tom
meekly.
'You can take a red one, a white
one, a green one, or all three. See?"
20, yes" said Tom beginning to
smile again. II see. You don't want me
to choose watching the earth go round,
or going to Saturn or taking the long
jump, but you do want me to choose
all three"
Now, you are talking sense" said
Rightly. "And sense is what we are
after"
That's it," said the Poker. "Now
what do you choose, Dormy?"
"All three!" roared Tom.
'Tha Dormouse is getting his eyes
open," said Lefty.
Which is very proper put in
Rightly, "for there is a great deal for
him to see"
mot so much as there is for me to
see" said the Poker. MY, what a lot
there is for me to see!"
1.-The first thing for us to do" said
Lefty, paying no attention to the Pok
ler's words, lis TO get a good place for
us to sit. so that Sleepyhead can see
the world"
There's no better place than this
cloud said the Poker. "Pve sat here
many a time and studied China by the
hour"
Its a little too far away for Sleepy
head" said Lefty. "Dormy mustn't be
allowed to strain his eyes"
Never thought of that" said the
Poker. "Of course, I can see a great
deal further than he can. My, how far
I can see! What's the matter with our
pushing the cloud in little nearer?'
"Nothing-if we can do it," said
Rightly. But can we?"
1--WE can wink our eye and try as
the poet says" returned the Poker
Ever heard that poem, Dormy?"
mo" returned Tom. That is, not
tldI hlpN Oh. We nedTu lOLS OF poe
try in my life, but it goes in one ear
and out of the other
You must have queer head" said
the Poker, peering into Toms ear
How a poem poured onto one ear can
go out of the other / can't understand
There doesn't seem to be any opening
there"
His head isn't solid like ours" said
Lefty. Its too bad to be afflicted the
way he is. He ought to do the way a
boy l knew once did He suffered just
as Dormy does. You'd tell him a thing
in his left ear and the first thing you'd
know, hopl it would all come out of the
other ear and be lost. The poor fellow
was growing up to be an ignoramus.
Couldn't keep a thing in his head until
one night I overheard his father and
mother talking about it in the library.
The boys father wanted to punish him
for not remembering what he learned
at school, when his mother said, just
what Dormy here said, that everything
went in one ear and come out of the
other. Then they both looked sad and
the mother rubbed her eyes until the
tears came 1 couldn't stand that. If
there's one thing in the world L can't
stand it's other peoles sorrows. Mine
don't amount to much, but other peo-
pies do sometimes. | felt so badly for
the poor parents that / racked and
racked my brains trying to think of
some way to cure the boy. 1t took me
a week. but l got it at last and the
next time the boys parents talked
about it / took the matter in hand. I
simply walked out of the fireplace
where l was and said, L hope you will
excuse the Interference of an Andiron,
ma'am. but l think your boy can be
cured of his ear trouble Noble fell
low said the father, after he had got
over his surprise at my unusual be-
havior. What do you suggest?"
"Put a cork in his other ear said l.
"And they did, and from that time on
the boy never lost a bit of information
any one gave him. He grew up to be
a dreadfully wise man and when he
FINALLY died he was known as the hu-
man n. Cyclopedia.'
THAT was a noble act of yours said
the Poker Ibid you have the idea pat
ented?"
mo" said the Andiron. 81 wanted
to. but the patent rules require that a
working model should be sent with rhe
request for a patent for the patent