Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08

yelling wildly. The Reds had tied the
score. Thu tall man with the original
article was standing up hopping the
perspiration from his forehead.
Who shall l say called?" Traddles
asked the man with long hair.
Who shall you say called: Why.
I am Prof. B~o"rowski. instructor IN
violin music in the conservatory. 1
live In a HAT. My Wife had some dow
-rS.'
Well. what ~happened?"
"Happened! See that" He shovel
a copy OF the Daily Boomerang with a
black mark enctrcling a paragraph OH
an inside page under Traddies' nose.
This item the man with long hair
said. lis under h heading. Season
able Advice to H~ousekeepers.' To kill
insects on house plants it says. pour
hot water on them"
Did you try it:.' 1'raddles asked.
Try it? Why. 1t made my wife.
chrysanthernurns look like boiled spin
ach. She got mad and sent ms down
here to whip the editor. and II l go
home without doing II she will throw
me out"
Really. that is too bad. But are
you sure o followed the directions"
'Oh. yes. I did follow the directions:
don you tell me 1 did not. Read what
1t says"
Well, II says TO kill insects ON
house plants. pour hot water on them.'
Now. does this say you are to pour
hot water On the plants or on the In
sects. which,"
Traddles had him guessing. He
stood scratching his head with his
bony fingers and looking foolish. Then
he broke out with q diabolical laugh
that caused the tall men writing the
original article to jump straight up in
the air.
Well. that is a good joke on my
wife. To be sure. 1T is the insects we
want to kill. not the plants"
II should think 3d." Traddles said'
drumming on the top of the desk with
his fingers.
And this means that you are to
brush the insects of into a pan and
pour hot water on them"
o the insects"
Well. l will go home and tell my
wife that l lid not whip the editor
Just say to him that / beg his pardon,
for insulting him. Good afternoon"
Reds in the lead" shouted tho
crowd below after Traddles had sent
down the mex bulletin. Nothing.
nothing in the sixth. Reds one. Browns
nothing In the seventh"
How long do you keep this ONCE
open" he tall writing the orig
inal article called TO Traddles.
One p. m. TIL 3 a. M"
The crowd was stu whooping it up
for tho Reds when Mrs. Mary farley
entered.
DO look like was grievine my.
self to death?' she asked.
No. l should think that you are
hale. hearty and happy" the officer re-
piled automatically.
Mrs. farley was short and thick, and
she shuftied her feet as she walked
across the foor Her husband had
run Off with another woman whom the
Daily Boomerang had said was pretty
petite. 1t was also said that Mrs.
farley was so grieved that she took
To her bed. She struck the desk with
her clinched fist.
"Oh. that measly reporter.-when Will
he be in-IIi make hum so sick he Will
take to his bed
The police have been misinformed
II OF course the reporter had 10 xet Il
wrong. too suggested Taddles.
"Misinformed! Everybody knows that
I have supported that man for the last
twenty years and that l rave him two
dollars to go of and never come back.
That gOod-fOr-nOthing-me grieve for
him, Pretty and petite. Shucks, She
haint got a tooth i'll her head. one other
eyes is a glass eye. and her face Is so
red you would take it for a danger sig
nal In Il gas excavation IL you happened
to meet 1t in the dark"
d you want us 20 publish a cor-ec-
ton. saying you are not grieving. tina
you don't want them to come back. and
that she is not pretty and petite"
No. l don't want no correction like
that, it would bring them back on the
first train. and then l o have both
of them on my hands. Just tell that
reporter OF yours that l an, much
obliged to him for helping me get rid OF
such a pack. oh. yes, you might tell
him. too. that I said that II John Jar
ley wants to come back III pay the
freight. and II he dumps that red faced
thing at the end OF the line the stuff
will be Off"
VIII that do"
The tall man Will the original article
was In the act of handing Tradd!es a
few sheets OF manuscript when the
telephone bell rang.
Reds nothing. Browns one in the
eighth: Reds one. Browns nothing I'm
the ninth. The Reds win. Anal score.
Reds 4. Browns B."
Traddles Tic not wait for the messan-
ger. He ran down stairs with the but
letins. The street was damned with
people yelling wildly. Men were hugging
each other. Women were waving Their.
parasols and handkerchief. Boys were
throwing each other down and ripping
up people who were trying to get away
Traddles ran back to the local room.
Brady. the police reporter. was stand
ing in the center Of the room swear
Ing k q British sailor The noor
about his desk was knee deep with
sheets OF crumpled cop paper. But the
man with the original article was gone.
And the original article. 1t measured
just twenty-six lines. 1t was q treatise
on the doctrine OF infant baptism.
Il guess III run home and get a bite
to eat said TraddleS.
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