The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-08

over his senses; 10 discover the burning in
his cheeks The dizziness in hii head the
leadcn immobty and monstrops size Of his
feet He Kept his wits about him, however,
and managed 10 maintain severely sober
appearance on the long Journey downtown
The change to the train that would take
him 10 BenSonhurst, which he had looked
forward 10 with much trepidation, was Safely
accomplished In dazed way he congatu-
lated himself that his mother had ceased 70
sit up for him when he went 10 call on Miss
Hildreth. and that he would be able to hide
his disgrace from her anxious eyes. So dizzy
and sleepy that he could hardly walk, he
made his way to his room, locked the door
and threw himself, without undressing, upon
his bed For sometime 4 sort Of whir
ring mechanism in his head kept him from
sleep He seemed scarcely 10 have closed
his eyes when he was awakened by his
mothers voice calling him
"AIl right" he answered in voice that
sounded thick and unnatural in his own
ears.
You'll have TO hurry il YOU want to catch
the o:4s train, Jimmy" she called back. 81
didn't call you earlier because, goodness
knows, you need all the sleep you can get,
| wouldn't disturb you now, but was afraid
you'd be disappointed il ! didn't Why
don't you stay at home to-day and get rested ?
Won't you let me bring you your breakfast
in bed?
"Oh, I'm all right, mother" he assured
her. Maybe I'll stay at home tomorrow.
III be up in jiffy"
After a cold bath, which failed TO remove
all OF the dizziness and unnatural heavness
Of his head, he rumpled up the bed as if It
had been slept in, and threw his pajamas,
as was his custom, over the foot. He man
aged to choke down some breakfast, more 10
give color to his somewhat mendacious assur-
ances that he was all right than because he
wanted anything, and hurried 10 the station.
All the way to Manhattan various scraps Of
ideas, most Of them nonsenscal, huttered
about in the void Of his humping skull He
tried in a sleepy, semi determined way, TO
stop their riot, but it was no use. One
phrase in particular danced about in his
head, floated before his eyes, and echoed in
his ears interminably. Once he even caught
himself murmuring ii aloud. Thursday,
June the 2ndp In spite OF his physical
state the sound of this phrase gave him a
thrill Of Joy. He looked with a-weird delight
about the car, and smiled absenty at the
vanishing back Of brakeman.
Even the jostling which the subway adj
ministered to his sensitive head was not
sufficient 10 wholly eradicate this JOY. In a
most contradictory manner he managed TO
be, at the same time, very happy and very
miserable He left the subway at Twenty
third Street, and started 10 go 10 his Office.
lie had been occupying this Office less than a
week; and he barely saved himself, on his
way to it, from entering an old tobacco store,
where he had formerly had desk room. The
clock pointed TO ten-thrty when, weakened
and weary, but still with that remarkable
feeling OF oyousness pervading him, he
entered his own domain. Mr.. Broughton
Boggs his only solicitor, and Miss Matilda
Prout, his new senographer, looked at him
inquiringly as with short " Good morning"
he passed them on his way 10 The hat
room.
Why, hello, JIMMY remarked MIR.
Boggs Thought you'd got yourself mis-
placed Say, YOU amt sick, are your Nor
just seen ghost, nor nothingf"
No" said Jimmy shortly.
"You look like you'd been putin in a
night OF it." continued Mr.. Boggs, with
f.... IL .,.o-, D., h;t,;nt an, mr., :,
little, eh3"
l.eonards desk stood just in front Of Mr.
Boggs's, sharing the light from the small
Offices single outside window. Alter allow
ing the manager 10 look over his morning
correspondence for what seemed TO him a
suitable length OF time, Mr. Boggs arose
rested his arms comfortably on the top OF bis
rol-top desk, and addressed the back OF his
employers head
81 say, Jimmy" he remarked, in low
soothing tone--for he felt that the manager
might be slightly tified' at the recent men
ton OF hittin 'em up"-"Mr. Williams, Of
Williams and Watson, you know, called uT
on the phone, about an hour or so ago, and
said he wants to have that full pager run il
the Star and the Cdlsas soon as possible-you
know the one mean. the one thcy sad We
could run any time in the latter part O. the
week 2"
He paused with an upward infection, fol
the manager seemed not to have heard.
"I'ha; one from Williams he repeated
81 the full-pager They don't want to wal
till the latter part Of the week, like they sale
at FIRST Shall FIX up the copy SOS we car
run 'er Tomorrow"
Leonard did not answer. He sat YER,
straight in his chair. the angle Of the back o
his head indicating thai he was looking out 0