The sun., 1909-05-02

adown aspt hodel meadowsh.'
"B'jee, that sure sounds pretty good,
enthusiastically commented the chap
eron. Il never heard 1t put quite so
pleasantly before-'adown the asphodel
meadows.' Fine! None Of my suicide
cases ever expressed 1t as agreeably as
that"
"Yesshir," went on the pickle, pleased
at the commendation and encouraged
to 60 ahead. "zhish euth 'nashia gag 'sh
zhe candy 4 q f'ler 'proashes 1t in right
shpirit. Noshin' & be fraid o.. Jssh
hoatsh into shing zhey call Nirvana,
y'shee-Nirvana, you've heard bout That
Nirvana shing. haven't youth zhe
resh ish all q ponio--take It FUN me-
-Nirvana and the asphodel meadows
that you glide adown-well. you sure have
got It on all the shutters of that ever
helped to pipe OUT said the chaperon
with critical air.
BY the way. have you made up your
mind as to how you're going to do the
eashing in9'
"Weh. not 'zhactly, jesh yet replied
the pickle. his face strengthening at tho
idea OF being pinned right down to the
point. 'Losh o. waysh O. doin' 1t. 'coursb.
Been wondsrin' II OIL man Sheneoa didn't
have right scheme. Whash you shink
bout OF man Sheneca's g soheme2'
Not so bad" replied the chaperon
ofYhandedly. Seneca. whom he saw that
tho game with Nero was up. stretched
himself out in his bathtub and opened
his veins. That, by tho way. was the
method chosen by Pttronius too. Not
such bad idea. either. And here we are
right in bathing place where the thing
could be DONE
The pickles eyes had been widening
wonderingly over the cha peron's reply to
his question.
@Why. shay. look a-here. young f'ler.
you're a wunner; dye know zhat2' he
said. sitting up straight in tho reclining
chair and staring at tho chaperon. -Wun-
ner; dye get that? Shay. how did you
know that Shensoa n Petroniush pulled
it That way-by op'nin' zheir veinshl
Remark Bile young f'ler, zhash wha' I'm
say!n'. Got classhicks at fngersh' endsh.
Shay. were did y get 1t. young f'ler3'
@Oh, merely happened to remember the
circumstances, said the chaperon with
a modest air Of self depreciation; -and
you are to remember too that being an
expert in these suicide cases. why. It's
only natural that should be familiar with
the literature appertaining to famous
suicides in history
well. shay said the pickle. still in
tone Of wonder 'zhish sure gesh my
goat t hear young fler in your line o
bishnish sho pat wish ever'shing. DANCED
III: don't. Glad zhey shent you. Shake,
and he reached over and grabbed the
chaperon's hand enthusiastically.
The chaperon had begun to look
reflective and somewhat gloomy and
down in the mouth himself. and the
pic kie noticed his changed manner.
Look a-here, yhon. whash MARI wish
you. anyhow hS asked the chaperon in
tone OF solicitdde -Lesh know whash
bozzherin' YOU, won't your Beoaush I
zhere 'sh anyshng l can do, why
WELL replied the chaperon with an
air II despair and heaving heavy sigh
ave been thinking OF the things you've
said sir. about the agreeableness Of what
We shall probably find on the other side
and they've impressed me. What you
said about Nirvana and the asphodel
meadows and all that eased my mind
sFor-I say IL TO You in confdenoe-l
myself have been thinking seriously oi
late Of shutting OF the coil. l am, you
see, more or less OF a failure. Life u
not very sweet TO me. am pretty tired
/ OF it all.
in fact" and tho detection OF the
chaperon seemed to become more marked
with almost every word, i've more thar
half a mind to join you in your departure
for the other world tonight. BY Jove
Wen 60 together. Wei glide adowr
the asphodel mea dows together IL it q
bargain?' and the chaperon got up from
his reclining chair and facing the pickle
held out his hand as IL TO have a shake
to bind the agreement.
The pick les eyes were wide with
astonishment obviously mixed with
chair hard as he said In husky voice Of
dissuasion
Shay, shee here. m boy, don't rou
talk T. me like zhat- don't you do II
y hear me? Shay, you shtop zhat Al
onccsh, You're crazhy, zhash wha' yor
arc. Idea O. bright young f'ler;, f'lel
zhnt knowsh all bout sheneca n petr9
fin of mortal coil, ish ridiculush, zhasf
wha' il ish. ridiculushl Shtop it at once
dye hear me. shon3'
But said the chaperon. still wearinI
his dark air OF disoonsolateness, 1--WE
been thinking OF this matter for som'
time and the engaging picture you pain
Of what probably befalls US the asphode
meadows and 80 on-on the yon side o
/ the dark river only makes me the NOR,
desirous of Kidding myself OF my burden
for the burden borne ny failure in life
sir, is heavy burden.