Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

his hair singed. the cat got out with no
hair TO brag OF. and before they could
breathe twice the fre department
came Gathering up 10 a hydrant and
soon turned the hose inside the gro
Gerry. There was not very much fire.
and after tipping over every barrel
and box that had not been blown sky
high the firemen gave one last look at
the inside Of the grocery, one last
squirt ut the burned and singed cat,
that had crawled into bag OF CHINA
mon on the top shelf, and they went
away, leaving the doors and windows
open; the crowd dispersed, and the
lad boy went In the front door. peered
around under the counter, pul ed the
cork out OF bottle Of olive oil and be-
gan to anoint himself where he had
been scorched. Hearing a shutting, as
OF arctic overshces filled with water, In
the back shed, and q still small voice,
saying. well, I'll be condemned" he
locked up and saw the red face Of the
old groceryman peeking In the back
door.
"Have all the forts and war ships
come down yeti" said the old man,
looking up toward the ceiling, holding
up his elbow to ward of any possible
descending barrel or stove lid. 81 now
realize the truth Il Cen. Sherman's re-
mark that war is hell. Gosh! how II
smarts where the skin is burnt on.
i've me some of that salad OIL" and
the old man sopped the oil on his face
and head. and the boy rubbed his lips
and ears. and they looked at each
other, and tried to smile two cracked.
and wrinkled and scorched smiles,
across the counter at each other.
Nov. you little Japanese monkey. ]
hope you are satisfied, after you have
wrecked my store. and fitted me fer
the hospital. and want you to get out
of here. and never come back"
Say, you are unreasonable. Do
you think I will go of and leave you
to die here under the counter Of blood
poisoning, like a dog that has eaten
a loaded sausage? Never! am going
to nurse you through this thing, and
bring you out as good as new. ! know
how you feel towards me. Dad felt
the same way towards me, down In
Florida. the time he got skun.
what about your dad getting skun
In Florida? l never heard about It,"
said the old groceryman, as he took q
hand mirror and looked at his burned
face.
why, that was when we first got
down there" said the boy, looking at
tine old man and laughing. Gee! but
you would make boy laugh II his lips
were chapped. You look like a creased
pig at q barbecue. Well, when we
struck Florida, and dad got so he
could assimilate high balls, and eat
oranges off the trees, like a GRAF, he
said he wanted to 60 fishing. and get
tanned up, so We hired q boat and
rowed while dad fished. / asst him
Why he didn't try that new prescrip- |
ton to raise hair on his bald head that |
I read of in a magazine, to go bare
/. eaded in the sun. He asst me II any |
body ever raised any hair on a bald
head that way, and l told him about
Mr.. Rockefeller, who had only one
hair on his head, and he played golf
and in two weeks had to
have his hair cut with lawn mower,
cause 1t made his brain ache. Dad
said IL Rockefeller could raise hair by
the sunshine method he could, and he
threw his straw hat overheard, and
began to fish in the sun for fish and
hsir. Well, you'd dide to see dads
head after the blisters began to raise.
First, he thought the blisters was hair,
but when we got back to the hotel and
lie looked in a glass, he see it wasn't
lair worth a cent. His head and face
looked like one Of these hippopota-
and dad was mad. II ! could
have got dad In side show could
have made q barrel Of money, but he
won't never make show Of hisself,
not even to make money, he Is so
proud. There Is more proud flesh on
dad than there is on any man l ever
unused. Well, dad asst me what was
good for blisters, and / told him lime
Juice was the best thing, SO he sent
me to get some lines. They are q
little sour thing, like lemon, and
told him to cut one in two and soak
- s,,too IN hio hand md faro md I |
Is emit to supper. cause dad looked so
he wouldn't 90 to the
dining room. When ] bought the
lines the man gave me a green per-
,immon, and Of course dad got the
instead of the lime, and
when l came back to our room after
supper dad was In bed, yelling for q
icctor. Say, you know how persim-
non Duckers YOUR mouth I'D when you