The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-23

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Az last the inventor declared the NIT
igator was in working order, and I've
and Miss Hooper Went back into the
house to await results
1t was an unusually cold day, with a
fierce northeast wine which blew like
liquid ice and. left tie atmosphere raw
and penetrating.
After waiting half an hour Mr. Miggs
proudly escorted Mise Hooper out of
doors again, fully confident of the sue
cess of his invention Nor was he dis
appointed. The mir, though still cold,
was soft and pleasant; the wind had
calmed down to a brisk breeze, and it
was simply fresh, bracing winter day
rs it warm enough?" asked Mr.
Miggs anxiously I'VE don't want to
oyerdo it and get July weather, you
Gnow"
1T is finer cried Miss Hooper, clap
ping her pretty hands. And it is just
rs / like it. But Miss Boynton is SO
delicate and so afraid of chilli Sup
pose we let it get trife warmer
VERY wel,' assented Mr. Miggs.
And they returned to the house, and
then the guests began to arrive for the
! tea.
How warm it's growing" and How
the weather has moderated exclaimed
every one as they entered. And Miss
Hooper smiled with inward satisfac-
ton as she greeted Miss Boynton and
her handsome brother
But as the Hooper furnace had been
urged TO its utmost during the frigid
morning hours it had now reached a
point where 1t was impossible TO check
it. The rooms were growing unbear-
ably warm, and Miss Hooper called
Ezra Miggs to her and begged him TO
stop mitigating the cold weather or
they would all be baked alive.
"Why. Mabel, dear" he replied, my
machine mitigates heat MS well as cold.
| will bring it inside, reverse the indi-
Gators. and soon it will mitigate the
heat of these rooms to a pleasant tenn
perature. Have no tear. | will watch
it carefully and not allow the house to
grow too cold"
The mitigator worked like charm.
Hung unnoticeably on the drawing
room wall, it soon reduced the tenn
perature of the house to the most de-
sirable degree, and all were comforta-
BILE once more-all, that is, save Ezra
Miggs
Although his invention was proving
Itself marvel OF practical usefulness,
he was plunged into depths of deepest
woe, and this because Mr., Boynton,
whom Miss Hooper had expressed
such anxiety TO have present, was mo-
nopolizing the attention of that charm
ing lady to a marked degree. He hung
over her chair and piled her with
merry banter. 10 which she responded
with coy and bewitching demeanor.
AS Mr.. Miggs watched them he felt
his angry passions rise, and in defiance
of DR.. Watts dictum his hands felt |
evilly motioned toward Mr. Boynton's |
deep and expressive eyes.
But Ezra Miggs was not an inventive |
genius for nothing. He knew that he
must not give way to his temper and |
make an exhibition of himself in /
laay's drawing room. and yet the fires
Of jealousy and anger surging up in
his heart We're well nigh uncontrolla-
BILE. SO like flash he conceived the |
clever idea of mitigating his own fury
with his own mitigator.
The rooms, now mt proper tempera-
ture, no longer needed the assistance
of the machine, and Ezra, without at
tracing attention. took ii from the