Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26

tho couch and grinned joyous'y'
"Thank Nou-thank you Tor that "oru
That's Just twice as high as anypooy
ever rated me before"
Il was trying to he generous SAID
There's point at which oegn 10 be
bored, and when that's reached I'm
| likely to grow quarrelsome. Are there
any moments Of tho day or night when
you are less a fool than others?'
well. Donovan. I've often speculated
| about that, and my conclusion is that
my mind ia at its best when I'm asleep
and enjoying nightmare. I find the
Welsh rabbit most stimulating TO my
thought voltage. Then ! am. you may
say detached from myself; another mind
not my own is building towers and pal
aces, and spiders as largo as the far
famed though extinct lchthyosaurus are
Waiting on the moon. Then hnvc some
times thought, my Intellectual parts are
| most intelllgently employed.'
II may well believe YOU" I declared
with asperitY. Now ! hope can pound
It into you in some way that your pres
oncc in this neishborhood is offensive
to ine-personally"
| lie started at the ceiling. silent. i'm
perturabe
| And I'm going to give you safe con-
duct through the lines-or II necessary
| I'll buy your ticket and start YOU for
New York. And II there's ar atom OF
honor in you, you'll 80 peaceaby and
not publish the fact that YOU know the
wheres bouts Of these ladies'
| He reflected gravcly for moment.
II think" he said. that on the whole
that's a fair proposition But YOU seem
to have tho impression that | wish to an
nov these ladies'"
"You don't for i mon ont imagine that
/ YOU are likely to'entertain them. do you?
| You haven't got tho idea that you are
necessary to their happiness have youi
He raised himself on his elbow with
some difficulty; finched as he tried to
make himself comfortable and began;
THE trouble with Miss Pat is"
There IS no trouble with Miss Pat.
I snapped.
"The trouble between Miss Pat and me
is the same old trouble Of the buttons,
he remarked dolorously.
Buttons. you IDIOT"
quite SO. Buttons Just plain every.
day buttons. buttons FOR buttoning pur.
|
you will refrain from saying
Button, button,
Who's got the hutton?'"
The fellow was undoubtedly mad.
looked about for weapon but he
went on gravely
What does the namo Gillespie mean
OF what is Il the sign ard symbol wherev'
er man hides his nakeducss? Button, but
ton. who'll buy my buttons? 1t can't hi
possible that YOU never heard of thu
Gillespie buttons' Where have YOU lived
my dear sire"
will you please stop talking rot an'
explain what you want herc?"I demanded
with growing heat
That my dear sir, is exactly wha
I'm doing I'm sutton for the hand o
Miss Patrcia's niece Miss Patriclt
scorns mo: she says I'm more chilt
OF the Philstine rich and declines al
alliance without thanks. II you mus
know the truth. Ard Is all on accoun
Of the fact. shameful enough ] admit
that my father died AID left me a larg,
and prosperous button factory"
why don't you give the Internal thin,
away-scl It out to trust"
"Ah! ah'- and he raised himself a
gain and pointed handaged hand at me
"I see that Won are a man Of penetra
ton, You have II keen notion OF business
You anticipate me- lid sell tho inferno
thing to n trust. but there was no shak
ing It, They made me president of tn
combination. and control more buttons
than any other living man. MY dear sir
I dictate the button prices OF the world
oft 10 how m
buttons are swallowed annually by IN
babies Of the universe But l hope sir
that use my power wisely and withou
expressing the people"
Gillespl. lay on his back, wrapped /,
my dressing gown. his knees raised hi
handaged arms folded across his chest
Since bringing him into the house ha,
studied him carefully and ! must confess
with Increasing mystihcat'on. He wa
splcndidly put up, the bcst-muscied ma
I had ever seen who was not profes
sional athlete. His forearms and clean
shaven fac" were brown from prolonse
tanning by the sun, but otherwise nj
skin was the pink and white OF heal'h
baby. His short Light hair was CONNIE
smoothly away from nroad rorehead
his blue eyes were perfectly steady-the
even invited and held scrutiny Whe
he was not speaking ." closed his lip
tightly. n" appeared in noW'se annoyc
by his predioamont; the house itseI
seemed to have no interest for him. an
he accepted my manifestations In nun
r1urs ~ well-hred gratitude.
| 7 half believed the fellow to he anus
ing himself AZ my expence; but he me
nv eyes calmly II had not caught