The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-10
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
..,ossor sweetzer, naturalist for Q
.s,n New England college, was q
- man. He was round shouldered
was awkward on his legs. he
Goggles for his weak eyes, and
.,,tyed ct the age of fifty-five with.
!, having loved. As between bugs
! haetles and women, the bugs and
80 were ahead. 1t was only on
I. occasions and when under the
= Of excitement that he took the
latest notice of the other sex. Even
- he did sit up and take notice of
~ he could not have recalled half
hour later what he said or whether
y had red hair or black.
"A 4 certain day it came to the ears
Professor Sweetzer that portion Of
vertebrate of a whale had been
.uud on farm in Connecticut. he
v,ved on the spot next day and veri.
u the find. On an occasion thou.
uds Of years before an old bull whale
a decided to take a trip inland and
rough some error Of judgment had
n bis bones in a gravel pit. A piece
the backbone six feet long had been
pcoyered. The professor wanted to
ayate for the rest. Where there IL
feet Of whale you can take it that
ere Is more. He engaged board at
Widow Webb's and hired a man to
eld the pick and shovel and thus
mt to work.
The Widow Webb was fat and forty
n childless. She was worth a stony
I'm and 5000 In cash. A still older
Stg lived with her, and the farm
o,k was done by a hired man with
good old fashioned name Of Hiram
ebbins. Hiram was thirty-flve and
ank nothiVg stronger than cider, but
thought deeply. One of them was
at II he married tn. widow he would
come the possessor Of the farm and
DO He had been thinking OF this
d taking the farm work easy when
fuieSsOr Sweetzer put In an appear
Ee Hiram looked at him and grin
u If any one had told him that
thin week he would be jealous Of
It little dried up and humpbacked
eemen Of humanity, he would have
red with laughter.
Is soon as the professor had inspect
The bone and become enthusiastic,
vas a changed man. He became a
Ent talker. He became fatheriy to-
NJ the widow. he called her 'tmy
and often took her hand and
4 while he tried to make her un-
And that a whale was a cachelot
that a cachelot could stand on his
b the water as well as on his head.
Ahen Hiram witnessed the hand
ding act, he quit grinning. He was
4 all that day as he hoed corn. He
mad when he came up to supper.
vas mad when one of the cows
he'd him at milking time. While
professor took a ramble in search
beetles. Hiram carried the milk into
Kitchen and began:
'Widder Webb, how does it feel to
We baboon holding your handT'
Hiram, what do you meanY' was
nanded.
! mean that I have seen you and
At little runt of a man squeezing
Ads a dozen times, and neither of
= seems to care who stands by. Fell
owe mighty quick, didn't your
LeSS& here, Mr.. Stebbins, you have
nght to talk to me this way. You
as who the professor is. He's a
u man. He has taught me more
Wy whales in the last three days
2 knew in all my life before. He
nOws all about birds and bugs
Oees. It's twice as interesting to
hlm talk as it is to hear a SER
as a Teller got to squeeze your
@ talk to You about whalesT
ID Hiram.
Ne hasn't squeezed it. That's sim
ns way. He is a fatherly man.
~ he gets to talking he don't know
1ner he has got hold of my hand
VIC veg of chair. You ought to be
auled Of yourself to talk as you do.
s1Ays thought there was a mean
Pc out"
N II has, ehY' muttered Hiram.
SNAPS If went around looking for
zones OF an old whale, I'd be all
guess 1t would be better than
ing around. You don't care for
.led folks, but 1 do. was born
y' II I was to ask you about
- you couldn't tell me anything"
~ the professor couldY'
- sir, he could. Hiram stebbins,
~ Know that the Latin name OF
Fhyseter macrocephalus? Do
Aa nov that we get spermaceti and
from Its body7 Do you
uA' ne sometimes reaches the
- y y seventy or eighty feet? You
uere with a mean look on your
- Jet let me tell you that the
rhaie can swallow a man at a
n ~. u s are no teeth in the upper
- - = tne lower one has from TWEEN
~ - mirty on each side. The eyes
80 ana placed far back in the