Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-03-23

funeral director" into fits had that
adly elaborate funcuOnars dreamed
hat be was selling GOODS 20 woaid-oe
orpse slightly ahead Of the usual cate.
At last the time having arrived when
le felt thar he could shake OF this
mortal COLI with an after effect that
would simply drive Agnes Wild, and me
hypnotic beard possibly into being
ihaved ont Of sight az well as mine.
smidt got out his morphine capsules
sne fine warm night, intending when
morning dawned thar though bis body
might be caught inside the bed. his SOM
as faras he might have any say SO about
I, should be lowering invisibly about
% sec what would happen. lowering IN
gisiblyi The phrase so tickled hts
fancy thar he lay down 10 ehuckle pen-
sively over various but vivid imagin-
ngs. and presently reached for the NOR
phine. or thought he did Then-then-
When he woke up the gas was cut
and through an open window the noon
light was streaming. Evidently he was
not dead, and get the capsules on the
liable were gone. Could he have taken
them in a 81 of s0mnabulism? As vague,
terrible thrill caused him TO jump up.
breathe deeply. then dejectedly light
he gas TO hunt for more morphine. lie
lelt perplexed, mysuied, then
l-a-a-h-h-hi!l
The cofin-no. burial caskot, it was
also GOMEZ Likewise the shroud. Like
wise the gloves, Grape, orders for flow
ars. and everything else be had for
weeks patiently starved and stinted
himself 70 secure and half pay for, in
order 10 afford the one grand. CHASTITY
luxury He tottered to the open win
low and found a stepladder and paint
scarifed window-sill. with nothing be-
yond but silence. vacancy and the moon.
Burglars The truth sickened him.
And to steal. OF an things. HIS burial out
it, Well. il was valuable enough. And
now. an was gone-eyen to the NOR
phiue Dare be call out. make himself
as ridiculous In life rs he had hoped to
be glorious in death? Hardly. Dare
he die and be huddled anyhow into a
cheap coffin and a common dirt grave
followed by debts and eursings instead
81 the remorseful tears of-he staggered
back and fell on the bed. He dared
neither call out nor die. He must con-
unue TO live. And so he did.
Trembnnrly he sought out the
funeral director" with infinite prom
lses Of gradual payment on his lips, but
was met smilingly by thar imposing
parsonage. who held forth bin re-
ceipted in full Of an demands against
Hamlet smidt, OR Ills HEIRS. and
signed by
20 X. Seymour. NJ D."
The successful rival Smidt felt
worse than ever Was the hypnotic
beard 10 pursue him In confederation
as wen as triumph through life in the
place Of Agnes remorse in ucath2
The maddeniug mystery was less IN.
endurable than TIRE fanc.ed humiliation.
lBut even unexpected solveHcy has GER
lain venal consultations Hamlet too6
his summer vacation. sought 20 hide his
MISERY ia NepUnes arms and found
Just a little too far out-Agnes. She
twas trying rainly, is would seem, @ ~
cape from that salty old Lotbario.s
clutch and REGAIN tie life lines smidt
/ saw mis- revenge d sight az last, mortal
isieht al that After strenuous strug-
ele with a heree undertow he Succeeded
lin bringing her into water where one
receding wave ieft them, mcmentarily
just enough breath for utteranee.
Pardon the liberty. M-m-Mrs. SIS
SEYMOUR DE painted. Had any one
else been near ! would not have IN
ltruded
Young man Interrupted Agnes, Sc
verely. won certainly DO need a guar
dian. Cousin Dolly Seymour says you
do ah.-there they come now.
Isn't that Dolly harrison and y-your
husband. amnered poor Smidt, his
mental self-heroics oozng away
Minel" screamed Aenes, as The cou-
lrie Is question aved from the sand
lunes on th6ir way back from the links
.Yon poor. dear. silly thing, Dolly and
rs doctor were married yesterday, /
Twas bridesmaid L was very private
almost an e.opemeut owing TO Uncle
Bafrlson's opposition II you had na.
yed S. pes senty away; with such
T horribly morbid no lens zoo yQd won g
/ hage underst0o and yua might have
rs do hes, man 1--we le
goi u
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