Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-08-16
Il AN FROM HERE AND ELSEWHERE

II AN FROM HERE AND ELSEWHERE"
closed standards Of the place-from
the Rat Mort-actually trun out, to
coin an expression! Doth it not open
glimpses of depravity hitherto fabu
lous? And when l have been graduated
from this emporium shall return
pride in my port meaning nothing
vinOus-dei1ance In mine eyes. and
shall sit down in the Rat Mort and be
have myself for long. long periods Of
time. for ages.
Carson grew somnolent. Mr.. Craig
head sat upright. making occasional
Evolutionary gestures with his cigar
hand.
Morning came. Two or three men
came past the greenhouse. went round
It and walked away again. as If max
ing some sort OF search They came
back after time and entered. One
was tall. athletic. ruddy complexion
ed. youngish man. who seemed to be
the leader Of the trio. They gazed al
the sleeping Carson and Craighead as
II taking stock dispassionately Of re
turned estrays In the form Of dogs Of
horses.
swell, Mr.. Craighead," said the tall
one in accents distinctly British. Pm
no end sorry.to find you out Of bounds
again. sir!'
Instantly wide awake, Craighead as
sumed an attitude Of ocular famil-
iartty.
1T agonizes me to have given you q
moments pain. Dennis" said he. 'but
believe me should have been bowling
like a banshee had stayed longer in
the storm center Of Mr. Waddy's pneu-
matte slumbering"
From his evident irritation at the
mention Of his pneumatic slumber.
ing" Carson guessed that the shorter
Of Dennis companions was Mr.. Wad-
dy. He was blocky and strong In
build and bearded with gray excre-
scenses that grew forward and up
ward from all points, as II eyebrows,
whiskers and mustache had been train.
ed through knothole for a long lime
and then suddenly cropped off and left
standing
He was putting audibly. This Ia
bored breathing coupled with his ap
pearance of having dressed hurriedly
gave him the general effect of one who
has leaped suddenly from bed and
chased something at high speed He
had on topcoat over shirt and trou.
sers On one foot was an arctic over.
shoe, on the other a Wellington boot
'sMr. Craighead," said he. as II care.
fully choosing terms Of scathing re.
buke. 1--WE seen all kinds. and you do
beat-the-Dutch"
"Thank you." said Mr.. Craighead.
bowling. Pardon me, Dennis, have
you not met my friend. Mr.. Carson.
from Alabama? A new arrival "A Pc
riodical. believe. Mr.. Carson. MIR.
Dennis O'Grady. Mr.. O'Grady Is the
official dispenser of dope
Tonic. Mr.. Craighead. IL may cor
rect you. sir. said Mr.. O'Grady.
"Of course. Dennis" protested Craig
head, II meant tonic! And Is this Mr..
Carson's jag boss? hope his slum-
bers are less sonorous than Mr.. Wad-
dy's. Mr. Carson. r.
Attendant" suggested MIR. O'Grady
softly. mir. Evans is the attendant of
Mr.. Wylie. No doubt an error on Mr..
Craighead's part. Mr.. Wylie. but we
understand perfectly that you are the
MIR. Wylie who arrived very i'll last
night, sir, and who departed before
we could give him the examination
and the formal admission. Mr. Evans
will attend upon you, Mr.. Wylie. and
we hope. sir. to have you feeling much
better in few days. sirr'
You are greatly Mistaken exclaim-
ed Theodore. II don't belong here at
all!'
"Quite right, sirr' responded Mr..
O'Grady heartily. "Qute right! am
glad that you are already able to see.
sir. that you belong with MIR. Evans
In room "a. sir"
"But am not Mr.. Wylie." inter.
posed Carson.
Pardon me-" softly suggested Mr..
O'Grady. but find you here. Mr.,
Wylie, where none but inmates can
come"
II dropped into this garden from an
aeronat," reiterated Theodore.
"And swallowed your parachute3
interpolated O'Grady.
"No! cried Carson. producing 1t
from under the bench. Here it Is"
II have no knowledge Of machinery"
said O'Grady. But the existence
here Of 80 common contrivance does