The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-06-16
GOOD SHORT
STORIES


Andrew Carnegie was on board a
ierryhoat at Norfolk on the day the
I President visited that port Something
went wrong with the compass. The
captain appealed to the mate. The
mate examined the compass and said:
Il guess Il must be attracted BY that
steel magnate over there"
Mr.. Kaiones. who happened to step
into the parlor while looking for a
book. was just In time to see some
body slip hastily on somebody else's
knee "Ah. Bessie" he observed.
pleasantly. ''this is a merger. is III?
Or Is It a limited Partnership" mel
Their. papa" said Bessie. recovering
herself instantly. George is my hold
ing company-that's all
Recently a party OF tourists were
visiting the Louvre. BY mistake one
II the tired number carried a cata-
logue Of the Luxembourg. Upon be-
ing confronted by a Enthusiastically mod
ern nude study with black cat In the
background she turned to the CORE
spending number and complacently an
nounced to the astonished listeners
This is Whistler's mother"
On Lord Duferin's estate. near Bel
fast. there once stood a historic ruin.
a castle which had been a stronghold
OF the O'Neils. One day Lord Dufferin
visited 1t with his steward. Dan Null
ligan. and drew a line with his stick
round it. telling Mulligan that he was
to build protecting wall on that line
And then he went to India. feeling Sc
cure as to the preservation Of the great
historic building. When he returned
to ireland ne FASTENED to visit the
castle. It was gone. He rubbed his
eyes and looked again. Yes. gone II
certainly was. leaving not a trace be-
hind it. He sent for Dan and in
quired: Where's the castle?' THE |
castle. my lord? That old thing? Sure.
I pulled it down to build the wall
wild"
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell tells with keen
enjoyment OF the experience Of a med
leal friend Of his who engaged a nurse.
graduated. for case OF deli
rum tremens. The physician succeed
"a in quieting the patient. and left
Iome medicine. instructing the nurse
10 administer II to him again II he
began to see snakes again" At the
text call the physician found the pa
lent again raving. To his puzzled
inquiry the nurse replied that the man
lad been going on that way for sew
raj hours and that she had not given
i'm any medicine. But didn't ! tell
-ou to give It to him II he began to
&c snakes again. demanded the ply
ician- But he didn't see snakes this
ime.r replied the nurse confidently.
He saw red. white and blue turkeys
nth straw hats on"
Recently an automobiles ran down
nd killed a hen in suburban Philadel-
hia- He was a conscientious auto.
iobilist. Instead Of racing along. IN
lindful Of the grief OF the owners OF
hat hen. he Immediately stopped. got
ut, tenderly picked up the unfortu-
ate fowl and rang the doorbell OF the
Irmhouse from the vicinity Of which
had emerged A woman opened the
Dor Il am very sorry to inform
ou." remarked the automobiles. that
have Internationally killed this hen
yours He held the fowl up to her
lew. Nov I am quite willing to pay Z
hatever the value" But she checked
IN with this joyous exclamation. z
)h. I'm 50 much obliged to you. I've Z
en trying 10 catch that hen for three
US to cook It for dinner, and =
yer could 50 much as lay a hand on =
e pesky thing Thank you. sir:
ank you" "