The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
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lamp. With the material at hand he
seemed to be efrecting a combination.
ma new one, 10 Judge by hts facility.
Then he called Jim.
At the door of the tent Jim turned
/ to me, his bath-robe toga fashion
found his shoulders.
This is a very essential part OF
the treatment" he said solemnly. The
cxef else. according TO Flanagan, loos-
ems up the adipose tissue, The next
step Is to boil 1t out ! hope. unless
your instructions compel you, that you
viii at least have the decency to stay
oar Of the tent"
Il am going at once" said. out
"a ged I'm net here because I'm mad
about IL. and you know II. And don't
pose with that bath-robe. II you think
you're q character out OF Roman his
tory, look al your legs"
4 didn't mean to offend YOU he
said sulkily. "Only I'm tired of bav-
Ing you choked down my throat every
time open my mouth. Kit. And don't
go just yet. Flanagan is going for my
clothes as soon as he lights the-the
lamp, and--somebody ought to watch
the stairs"
That was all there was to IT. l said
would guard the steps. and Flanni-
gan, having ignited the combination,
whatever II was, went down stairs.
How was to know that Bella would
ocme up when she did, Was II my
fault that the lamp got too nigh, and
thst Flanagan couldn't hear Jim call
Ing or that just as Bella reached the
top Of the steps Jim should come to
the door of the tent, wearing the bar
rel part of his hot-air cabinet and
yelling for a doctor7
Bella came 90 dead stop on the
upper step, with her mouth open. She
looked AT Jim. at the Inadequate bar
rel. and from them she looked ut me.
Then she began to laugh. one OF her
hysterical giggles. and she turned and
went down again. As Jim and stared
at each other We could hear her gurg
ling down the hall below.
She had violent Mysteries for an
hour. with Anne rubbing her forehead
and Aunt Selma burning feather
out of the feather buster under her
nose, Only Jim and / understood, and
we did not tell. Luckily, the next thing
that occurred drove Bella and her
nerves from everybody's mind
AT O'Clock, when Bella had dropped
asleep and everybody else WAS dressed
for dinner. Aunt Selma discovered that
the house was cold and ordered Dial TO
the furnace.
II WAS LIARS DAY AT tne FURNACE
Flanagan had been relieved of that
pert OF the work after twice setting
fire to a chimney.
In five minutes DIAL came back and
! spoke a few words to MAX, who fol-
! lowed him to the basement, and in ten
minutes more Flanagan puffed up the
steps and called Mr.. HARRISON.
am not curious, but ] knew that
something had happened. While Aunt
Selma was talking suffrage to Anne
who said she had always been tire
mendously Interested in the subject,
and If women got the suffrage would
they be allowed to vote?-I slipped
! back to the dining-room.
The table was laid for dinner, but
! Flanagan was not IN sight | could
| hear voices from somewhere. faint
/ voices that talked rapidly, and after
| while ! located the sounds under my
/ feet The men were all in the base
ment. and something must have hap
pened. | flew back to the basement
stairs, To meet Mr.. HARRISON at the
| foot. He was grimy and dusty, with
streaks Of coal dust over his face, and
| it,. had been examining hts revolver.
was just In time TO see him slip 1t
into his pocket.
What as the matter" / demanded.
"Is any one hurt"
| mo one" he said coolly. We've
been cleaning out the furnace"
(To be continued