The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-06-20

of your good sense. l have not been
making love to Miss Holbrook!" l de-
clared, angrily, and knew in my heart
that l lied.
We'll, Irishman," he exclaimed with
entire good humor; "let us not bring
up mine host to find us locked in NOR
tai combat"
What the devil did you bring me up
here for?" demanded.
"Oh, just to enjoy your society. l
get lonesome sometimes. l tell you a
man does get lonesome in this world
when he has nothing to lean on but
blooming button factory and step
mother who fits among the worlds ex-
pensive sanatoria. l know you have
never had Button, button, who's got
the button? chanted in your ears. but
may l ask whether you have ever
known the joy of stepmother? l
can see that your answer will be an
unregretful negative"
| He was quite the fool again, and
stared at me vacuously.
|
type of juvenile fiction. She has never
attempted during her widowhood, to
rob the orphan or to poison him. Bless
your Irish heart, no! She's good
woman, and rich in her own right but
l couldn't stand her dietary. She's
afraid I'm going to die, Donovan!
She thinks everybody's going to die.
Father died of pneumonia and she said
| ice-water in the finger-bowl did it, and
she wanted to have the butler ar
rested for murder. She had new
| disease for me every morning. 1t was
worse than being left with a button
works to draw a stepmother like that
She ate nothing but hot water and
zweibach herself, and shuddered when
| demanded sausage and buckwheat
cakes every day. She caught me one
day clearing up a couple of chickens
and a mug of Bass with the gardener
and it was all over. She had noticed
she said, that l had been coughing OIL
late-I was doing few cigarettes toe
many, that was all-and wired to New
, York for doctors. She had all sorts
Donovan-alienists and pneumogastrit
. specialists and lung experts.
- THE people on Strawberry Hill
thought there was a medical conven
( ton in town. l was kidnapped on thu
: golf course, where l was about to viii
the eastern Connecticut long-driv'
cup, and locked up in dark room a
home for two days while they teste'
me. They made all the known tests
, Donovan. They tested me for dis
, eases that haven't been discovers
, yet, and for some that have been ex
> tinct since the days of Noah. You cal
. see where that put me. l was afrai
, to fight or sulk for fear the alienist
! would send me to the madhouse.
was afraid to eat for fear they woul
think that was symptom, and ever
time l asked for food the tape-worn
man looked intelligent and began pre-
scribing, while the rest of them wer
terribly chagrined because they hadn
e scored first The only Joy l got on
u of the rumpus was in hitting one c
T those alienists a damned hard clip i
the ribs, and I'm glad l did it. He wa
feeling my medulla oblongata at tn
It moment, and as | resent being maj
handled l pasted him one-he was
e young chap, and fair game-I paste
!! him one. and then grabbed suit-cas
e and slid. l stole away in a clamboa
d for New Haven, and kept right on u
s into northern Maine. where l stage
It with the Indians until my fathers n
l. lict went on broken hearted to Ba
Neuheim to drink the waters. An
II here ! am. by the grace Of God.