Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-12

sleeve. He next bought half-pint o
spires OF camphor; diluted It witt
water, to precipitate the gum; an,
took snifter of the clear LIQUID tina
was left. That pretty near fixed him
Old doc was up working with him al
one night.
About this time, Philetus Palmer
son over on Heather Ridge hired Jo
to build a chimney. 1t was an outsid
concern of stone and brick-stone III
to the taper, and brick the rest Of tn,
way Joe got gallon jug of whisk,
from Malconta, and went at it-chim
| ney and whisky, too. He kept so DRUM
all the time, that when he got tn,
chimney up to the comb of the roof, 1
looked as II it had been twisted by
bolt of lightning, and was tottering Il
its fall. The old man felt it quiverinl
and shaking, and knew what was coins
to happen. So he clambered off onto TIN
roof and beloved to the helpers below
who were mixing mortar and sorting
bricks:
Look out down there! I've changed
my plant
And over the chimney went. And,
Clark concluded, laughing heartily
'that'll be the way with you. One O
these fine days you'll wake up and find
the earth slipping from under you
Then you'll suddenly change your plan
and get out of this place on double
quick"
Marlowe smiled; but at the same
time he suspiclously eyed his compan-
ion, whispering to himself:
What does he mean? Does he sus-
pect something? Nonsense! What could
he suspect-he knows nothing"
So fixed was the druggists gaze that
the agent asked petulantly:
What the deuce ails you, Marlowe
Are you crazy or drunk, that you gawll
at me so wildly?"
To this outburst Ralph laughingly
replied:
Neither, my peppery friend. wa
just thinking that you are badly mis-
taken In your surmlses-that you have
made false application of the moral Of
your story"
How SO? What do you mean?"
Just this: | have determined that
| like DR.. Barwood; that | like to work
for him."
Cleark opened his eyes very wide,
dropped his jaw and stared hard at his
companion as though questioning his
sanity. AT last he managed to exclalm:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
yes" Marlowe went on quietly,
"and | have made up my mind to stay
with him as long as he will let me.
Yesterday he rendered me two nice
rooms in the house occupied by Mrs.
Hammond, at a merely nominal rent;
and offered to advance me the money
to furnish them. shall be DESERVING
my kennel at the hotel SOON"
"Say!" cried Clark, slapping his
thigh and haw-hawing heartily,
you've hypnotized the old doc, Mar
lowe-you surely have. I'm glad to
hear OF your good luck, anyway. The
first thing you know he'll give you a
share in the business and throw one of
his daughters at your head-Dolly,
likely"
THAT will do" Ralph said sternly.
What's the matter?" his companion
asked with concern.
Please do not couple the young
lady's name with mine. indeed, | am
not In the matrimonial market. At any
rate, | am no fortune-hunter.'
Then in as careless a tone as he
could assume:
as your set going to the show at
Malconta, next Tuesday night?"
No, suppose not" Clark replied,
wrinkllng his pale features serio-comi-
cally. you took good care to knock
that in the head"
'T?"
Eyes, you. You talked disparagingly
of the show-said 1t was frothy and
frivolous, and all that The manner in
which you spoke of II made Chandler
believe 1t an immoral play; and he's
gone around and told all the girls. The
result is you couldn't haul one of them
within gunshot of 1t, with rope
around their necks. Then McDevltts
opposed to going, too. don't think he
really wanted to go in the first place"
He appeared anxious to CO."
ooh, yes-he appeared But all the
same he wasn't anxious. He don't want
to do anything any more unless Julia
Barwood sanctions Il; and she don't
believe in shows and dances. and such
things. Morris hasn't been to but one
dance in the last three months. There's
just two things he's In the habit of do
ing that he knows dlspleases her. He
will attend his own church-he's a
Catholic; and he can't resist the fas-
cinatlon OF little game Of poker.
don't know whether she knows about
that, though"
DO you play poker, Clarke"
"Yes-sometimes. All the boys do.
more or less. except Chandler. Maybe
he would II he wasn't afraid of losing
his certificate as a pedagogue-I don't
know"
where do you play?"
Sometimes in the room back Of the
hotel bar"
What"
Unheeding his companions exclama-
ton, the little operator went on glib
ly:
Sometimes in my room and some
times on Sundays-in the back room
of McDevitt's store. We think of hav-
ing a game this evening. Won't you
join us?"
"No."-Flatly.
A Washington corresnondent u,r,,os.