Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-11
The Bashful Man
-.4.> By NJ QUAD
Copyright. 1872. by Associated Lit
~: erary Press

meetings. and he was always sent to
the village to do the trading. He was
in his element when he could chin
with tin peddler or lightning rod
man. Then all Of sudden the change
came. He went TO bed his old self
and woke up srnebody else. He was
SD bashfut that he could hardly be got
to the breakfast table to eat with the
family. He was Hurried and embar.
r;lssed and blushing. and when be bad
escaped from the table after eating
| half a meal his mother said to the "a
Their: - -.
Jacob. you hitch up and drive to
the village after DR.. Williams"
| But why. MAJ" he asked.
Because he's needed here. I'm
afraid Moses Is In for It."
The doctor arrived. His pulse was
conDted. his tongue examined aud his
eyes rolled up.
! "Um" said the medical man.
Going TO he fever, doetor?'
Don't think So"
els 1t cancer:"
No 49,. ...F
"tioing craZyT
",rhe boy Is all right. only be has
turned bashful all at once"
Within three months the family was
eoaxing their best for Moses to become
EmPndent again. but all their efforts
were failures The horsewhlp would
! have checked his inIpndence somewhat.
bur what are yon going to do with
hoy that rnshes upstairs and crawls
under Il bed every time neighhor calls
to borrow drawing OF tea? 1t got to
had lasted a year without prospect OF
a change DR.. Williams was sent for
agiin. Moses started for the woods.
bif was l,eaded OF and tied to chair.
The conclusion that DR. Williams ar
rived nj after an hnnr ofpoking around
WIS that some sn,lden shock might
scatter the boS's bashfnlness aud re-
store his youthful cheek. Several sorts
Of shocks were suggested. but the rain
barrel shock was the one tried. The
NINTH was November. and the barrel
under the kitchen caves was full OF
cold water witiiutt knowing what
was coming young Aliases was taken
ont and dumped I'M II was hoped that
he would kick andgyell and eight. hnt
be did natlling bun sink bashfully to
The bottom, OF the barrel and let them
hail him out Iiy the hair before he was
quite drowned The disgusted doctor
said there was nothing more to be done
lint wait and see II the hoy would ont
grow his aliment. ...
Moses got no worse and no better.
He Just continued to he the champion
hashfni young man OF the United
States. A room was made for him 10
the harm. and things were so managed
that he seldom came In contact with
any one ontside the family. Moses
had reached the age Of twenty-five and
was still rs bad as fool and as bnr-
densonIe "a iunlric. when an old wo-
man who had heard of his case jnhr.
npsed 100 miles to see him. She didn't
get to Sae him personally. but the moth.
or t0I0 ner all ABOUT IT.
n Moses had been bashfui about wo
men or about any other one thing II,
would have been easy to diagnose his
ease. but he would dodge COW az
uulck az woman After the old wo-
man had been at the house three days.
gathering all the particulars she could.
she was ready with suggestion. IL
was summer then 1t was known that
every night before going to he'd Moses
went down to a creek he had damned
mp and took swim and was an hour
about it. This incident was the basis
OF the suggestion. On particular
night as the watchers saw him leave
the barn others slipped in and spread
a layer OF bullthistles over the sheets
and layer Of nettles over that. Then
a generous supply Of both products
were scattered over the floor Of the
harm. and the people cleared out and
left free road.
"The doctor was right about giving
him a shock" said the old woman.
but it wasn't the right sort and didn't
last long enough. Nettles and bull
thiStles will do the trick"
F. Moses uttered yell and gave
jump almost as soon as he entered the
barn. then more yelIs and more jumps
as he made bis way to his he'd. then
yelis and whoops and shouts and cuss
words as he bounced down on the net
ties and thistleS as he rolled around.
''It has workedr' whispered the old
woman. with a sigh OF relief.
So it had. When Moses cried ont
for bplp his bashfnIness was gone. new.
pr TO return They estimated that he
had I.0OD.000 stings and that 2.0O.OOO
tblstles had entered his anatomy and
that during the week the Doctor was
there picking ont the thiStles and
anoinkiHg the stings the young man
used l00.fD0 cnss words and worked
"a ton OF impndt'nce When he
Scutd move nronnd again he Wore his
bar on his ear spat over his shoulder
and WAS engaged to widow within
Siy weeks IGn'torS S0mptjIntsS make