The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-07-07
A SAD, SAD
STORY
s.rnoathetIc Nirs. Massey Wept
Sy' CopIously.

~ the evening paper, and refusing to
,ook up. Yes, read it,"
@Then what's it about?" she de-
handed. giving him a look which was
also of demanding nature; what's
n about, them"
put as for John, he scowled all over
h,s physiognomy and preserved the
s,Ience of stones; and as they sit
mere he pretending to be absorbed in
bls paper and she trying to break
down this pretense by the silent power
~ a concentrated glare, let me tell
ION a little more about the time, the
rIace and the persons of the drama
Time. then: The present.
Hour: Eight p. m.
place. The Masseys' sitting room,
d COW and homelike, green-shaded lamp
h an the table, stuffed bird on the man
n ,el.niece and all the linen worked by
hand; on one side of the table sits
Mrs. Massey, bright, plump and com
torabIe: across the table sits John,
snnpered. fed and pampered to the
Il mines. credit man of hardware firm
downtown, short both of stature and
& NJ temper, choleric, peppery and of an
irritable cast of countenance when
erossed. Yes, such were Mr.. and
Mrs. Massey as they sat there in their
ID sitting room, he rafting his paper and
81 nretending to read il, and she setting
3 him with her eye over the top of her
j PAPER, with an appropriate look of
4 Indignation on her comfortable face.
Il whats it about, them she repeat
ed. "John, what's it about?"
4Never mind" snapped John.
Never you mind what it's about
Can't you see l am reading?"
q But do mind" said Mrs.
Massey, speaking with a spirit that
can only be found in a woman who
I loves her bit of talk and who has had
i no better company all day long than
stuffed bird on the mantelpiece.
But do mind" she repeated. so
4 you see you might just as well tell
me first as last!"
Thus trapped into the pit of his
own digging, John groaned in his spir-
It and laid his paper down. Whereupon
Mrs Masseys contentment became
too great for words and she mutely
looked at the phenomenon OF John
The Trapped Man with look that
said, 90 this is very gratifying"
It's this piece in the paper" she
said aloud at last. 1T made me cry"
What do you want to cry for?"
said John, with an alarming gesture
Of Impotence. It's nothing to do
with you, is it?"
John" she said with a fearful air
Of pride, Il was always that way. /
remember when | was little girl and
used to recite 'Hesperides, / was all
night till l came to that verse:
o, father, hear the sound of bells;
0, say, what can 1t be9
But father answereN never a word,
frozen corpse was he.
Aye dear" she said with a com.
Portable tremolo, John, l wish you'd
Just read this piece. Read it out. It's
The saddest piecel"
Chicago, February u.s." began
John, with a mean look.
Aye, dear! Aye, dearl" said Jane.
daobing her eyes with her handker-
chief.
What's the matter now?" demanded
John.
"Boo" said Jane.
There's nothing sad in that, is
mere? Chicago, February Is"
Boo-oo!" said Jane. AYE. dear!
Aye dear!p
Its so sad" she said, wiping her
eyes and speaking in a faint, content
60 voice. Go on, John. Go on"
When William Nelson, con
unued John.
Gr'rr'r!" she gasped.
sad-faced man"
roor thingsl Poor things!" she
melancholy
psr., was arraigned before Justice
'sunlngton this morning"
one made great TODD with her
for air. pNeiUiis e"speu
!, lor terrorizing the neighborhood
=. iuose said you don't seem to be
~ terror this morning."
r. lae sobbed away as though her
a,ng heart would break.
Judge he said, / might have been
% .,D,a last night; but this morning
ao ~ns even qualm of apprehen.
loh, 4,
d 'S su thereupon looked up in AFFECT
S,r surprise, his mean look at its eli. !
Why 49,,
he said M see awning In that
.u uOu don'tg" she cried.
h- WY no; its funny. That's what it |
Funny she cried
there ~ y. iunnyl Downright funny and |
aPas suu sat cutting up as If"
deplv 1'u u,i y again" she exclaimed. sud. /
hs i sitting up straight and. sneak. |
asainrs sepulchral tones. Read it I
box , read It again, with the meanest
Rsts0s.1aa mat mortal ever bore, and a' she
ben Sas, At first with mourpfu I ear a
hand. "SSu uI all ready in her