Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-10

sotn' homo to tell your foln to conn 1 and get you"
 "Oh, you are. chi We'll, nice talk
 in to you'll got for bringin' mo ou
 this way. sick as rve been. And IT
 blanc 1t ell on you. see fl don't, |
 you go o6 now; 50 you'd better thinl
 1t over. Besides, 1 tell you 1t won't d.
 me any harm. and guess 1 know bet
 tern you. I ought to. anyhow. Tn three years older"
 T tall you, Benny Atkins, won't b<
 responsible for the consequences. Why
 it's outrageous. Now we're goin' home right off."
 Well. good-by, if you really must be
 goin'. I'm guin' round by the melon
 patch. myself"
 Speechless with rage, Sam followed
 Benny straight to the melon patch, al Uncle Benny knew he would. Though
 somewhat hampered by the comforta-
 ble, which Sam had pinned on in such
 a way that he could not unfasten 1t,
 Uncle Benny managed to climb the rail
 fence After short search. hs secured
 luscious looking melon, and then sat down on low rail pile to carve 1t with his penknife. Sam meanwhile looking on in silent indignation.
 Have piece, Sammyr' Uncle Ben ny asked cordially. My, but it's cold and sweet! Beats gruel all out and out"
 Sam did not deign to reply; but though outwardly stony, inwardly he was beginning to yield.
 Well. are you goin' to eat 1t all yourself1" he asked at length, after watching Benny ss long as he could stand l.
 "Oh. why no. I.forgot you hadn't any. Here's good piece, or shall we go steal another?"
 T should think you had enough on your conscience for one night" replied Sam severely, especially as you're goin' to die so soon anyhow"
 "Oh, don't be too sure about me dy- in. I'm pretty tough. and. anyhow, If l am. I might as well 60 for sheep as . lamb." he added irreverently. Say, Sammy, just listen to the bugs a-hum- min'."
 The melon finished. boy fashion, the two old cronies still sat on the rail pile listening to the murmur of the insects and the sound of the night breezes in the trees. and drinking in the beauty of the moonlight falling around them.
 Sam" said old Benny. at last, "this is heaps better than the young fool doctors sedative could go to sleep this minute right here on the rail pile. Besides. it's the first time I've had any, thing to eat for weeks. Gives fellow such satisfied feclin'. If I'm goin' to die anyhow. I'm glad had this lark first" 4a x M.
 Well, let's go homo. now. Benny" replied Sam, rising stifiy. T can't help but allow we've had fine night of it, and if 1t don't hurt you, won't care. It must be gettin on to 'leven o'clock, and we'd better be gettin' back"
 Benny was very docile now. and suf- tered himself to be led home peaceably. | On the porch they removed their shoes | and crept noiselessly up the back stairs to Benny's room. The house was very quiet Evidently Uncle Benny was right The family was too worn out to have noticed their absence, and the old reprobate chuckled softly to him. .elf. A few minutes later Benny was h bed again and very sound asleep. Then Sam gave mighty sigh of relief md straightway proceeded to follow ,uit.
 The young doctor was much sur ,rised the next morning. and much pleased. How beautifully his sedative lad worked! Sam smiled behind his land. He had fingered to hear the TO- ,ort of the doctor. and he had emptied he sedative out of the window toward 1t was not necessary to 'xplain that. Then, too. the tempera- ure was almost normal It was most emarkable! One unexpected symptom here was, however. which the young octor couldn't understand. Unclo Jenny had an old-faz hioned stomach che.
 ''It's very peculiar" remarked the octor. "I have another case quite imilar. That is a small boy up the treet but there's nothing strange bout his case, for he'd been eating reen apples and so on. and it would be ,ore strange if he hadn't pain. But 'ith the plain diet you've had really ant account for it"
 Here Sam blushed. and Benny smiled pallid smile through his collie.
 However" went on the doctor, we'll soon correct that. It's nothing .rious. and the general improvement wonderful"
 Tits good to listen to the two old ,ys." said Uncle Benny's niece to the ,ctor a few days later as he was leav- lg. Why. to hear them talking of le old bridge and the melon patch, ,u'd think Ii vas only the other day ley were boys together Really. doc r. you seem to have been unusually Iccessful in Uncie Benny's case" "Yes, the sudden improvement Is in- ed remarkable" replied the young ,ctor oomplacentiy. fl fatter myself was the careful diet. together with c judicious use of the sedatives inst