West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-07-12

sawc. Tie wasn't u NJ Il. W. OF 4.
a1r B. \ q of " a.. hut he wns a
N'Nnlhoase man. aud bc, ON Mate and
81 railroad uan. wiper even. there was
"a bosl Str'vger than grip or password
or jolly business OF any kind The 9TH
or things Maze. without realizing II.
merely played at. hut as 10 the railroad
lay II railroad man was the right
sort be could borrow anything the big
fellow had money, plug tobacco. pipe.
water bottle. strung bcttle--it made no
odds what Aud Oh the other hand.
Majc wouldn't hesitate TO borrow any
Or al of these things In return The
rallrOad man who got ahead OF MaJe
sampson Ia this respect had claims to
De considered a past grand I'm the
business.
The doughty engineer lifted and
dragged and hauled Delaroo home with
him.- II there wns no hospital. Martie
had said. no pest house no nothing.
Just bring him home. They had all had
the smallpox up AT Sampson's except
the baby, and the doctor had said
lately the baby appeared to need some
thing They had really everything up
at SIMPSONS sooner or lutcr--measles.
dlphthcrla, Group. everything on earth
except money. Aud Martie Simpson.
with the washing ana monding and
scrubhing and cooking, nursod the out
cast wiper through his smallpox. The
baby took H., OF course and Mnrtie
nurscd the baby through and Went on
Just the same as before washing.
mending. cooking scrubbing. Delnroo
when he got well went 10 firing: Neigh
Dor offered the Job as kind OF con
ISOLATION prize, and he went TO firing
ON the 20I for Maze Sampson.
IL was then that MAZE took Delnroo
fairly I'm hand and showed him the
unspeaknblc folly Of trying 10 get
through the world without the com
radeship and benefits OF the II. s. LIS
Of L. and the frnters of the order OF
the double borreled star OF MacDufr.
Delaroo caught Il good deal OF II on
the sidings. where they lay most OF
their time dodglng first class trains.
and evenings when they got IN from
their runs Dclaroo, having nowhere
else To go, used TO wander after sup
per up 10 SIMPSONS. At Sampson's he
would sit IN the shade OF the lamp and
smoke while Maze, In his shirt sleeves.
held forth on the benevolent orders
and one boy crawled through tho
bowels Of the organ and another pulled
OF the tablecloth, Delaroo always saw.
Ing the lamp, and third harassed the
dog and fourth stuck pins I'm a flfth-
ana Mnrtic, sitting on the dim side OF
the shade. so the operation would not
appear too glaring mendod at Maic's
mammoth trousers.
Dclaroo would sit and listen 10 Mnie
and watch the henye of the organ with
the boy, and the current of the table
cloth with the lamp. 0nd the quarter IN
which the dog was chewing the baby.
ana watch Mnrtie's perpetual motion
fingers for n whole evening, and 90
back TO the boarding house without
passing word with anybody on earth.
he was that silent.
In this way the big. blulhng engineer
gradually worked Dclaroo into oil the
secret benevolent orders I'm Medicine
Bend. That meant pretty much every
one on earth. There arose always. how
ever, In connection with the limitations
OF DeiarOo one hitch He never seem
ed quite 10 know whom he wanted to
leave his insurance money to. lie could
go the most complicated catechlsm
without Il hitch every time. for Nnjc