The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-15

lus, but what difference does it make?
"A Sicilian may knife his best friend
upon a very slight p~rovocation, where
as You may taunt an Indian yogi for
a year before he vcn gives any sign
of noticing you. Tease a cat and out
comes "a sharp claw. On the other
hand. a driver may torture the ele-
phant intrusted to his care for years
and Years. One day the huge beast
Will gather its tormentor in its coiled
trunk, choke him senseless and then
cody. mcthodically, tramplc the life
out Of him.
Metals are slower in taking decis.
ion and in acting upon the decisions
they take than even yogis or ele.
phants; they are much slower, but
You must not be deceived by their ap-
parent apathy.
Why. your daily papers bring you
limos every day conclusive evidence
in favor of, my theory. Take today's
paper for instance: Elevator boy
crushed by elevator. An elevator boy
was found early this morning with
his head crushed between the floor Of
the elevator and the upper part Of
the iron door frame Now. you go
and inquire from the janitor Of that
house. The chances are ninety-nine
against one that he will tell o this:
The boy handled the lift very care
iessly, in a slap and bang way. SIAM
ming doors. switching the owe on
and Off with the brutal suddenness
that throws every mechanical device
out OF gear and in1icts untold suffer.
ing on metallic cells. One night the
machine had it's revenge" :
Trillr nh ,rf1x. NF1~,1:..n. $780,
III paper, away and poured himself
another glass of the Russian cordial.
AS the story did not seem to have
convinced us fully he reached for a
few clippings on his desk.
Here he said. what do YOU
think of this. Allentown. Pa. One
OF the foremost cofferdam experts in
the country was killed here today. He
a been employed here for six
months as master mechanic for the
:. p. +. company. which has the con.
tract for constructing the big bridge
over the l.ehigh river at Lehigh GAP.
several miles north Of this city. The
river at the gap is about forty feet
deep. and great trouble has been x
foundation.
l., To relieve the men at the lunch
hour Mr.. y took charge of the ma
chlnery which is clearing the Golfer
dam. When the gang returned x was
missing. n there was blood on the
pumps and the belt. After several
hours of graphing his body was found
IN the bottom Of the river. It was
honsh that the suction drew him
Mhlrled to a great height he was
thrown far out into the river, His
skull was fractured
Did You notice this detail-'to re-
lieve men at the lunch hour?' You
see. he was alone he had
been. puttering with the machine for
zas %Gs'n got mad. tell YOU S5 sns
idiotic makes me nervous
AND now listen to this: Piano
turns on tuner. Instrument, after
nelng fixed up. breaks mans leg,
lienry ~, Sc years old. of Brooklyn.
was tuning a piano yesterday at No
- East - street. Manhattan. When
twlilght came on he started to move
the piano closer to the window. y.
pushed n pulled. but the instrument
remained stationary. He tried a half
Nelson II a hammerlock without
success. Finally he got a combination
strange and leg hold. Then the piann
moved. 1t reared up. trembled a mo
ment and fell with a crash. Beneath
It was Ms right leg. At Bellevue
in W places
Now. you can imagine how des-
perate some poor, old, wornout piano
may com after generations Of chill
dren n silly girls have been banging
1t, striking false chords, playing ad
nauseam ridiculous ragtime, This
piano knew we'll what the advent 81
the tuner meant-more suffering.
more Earring music of the kind that
makes dogs howl disconsolately.
Mark this detail: When twilight
came, Those queer happenings al
ways take place either at night mr. AZ
such time of day as the guilty man js
alone. have collected 30o
such clippings in the last six months.
NOW. there was"
The clock struck 2 a. M. and simp-
son remembered that he had to keen
q business engagement for 8 o.ciocL
n put Menzbirosky in. a rather I'M.
Pheasant frame Of mind. He resented
our leaving him like this, when he
dence. eve
On our way to the elevated station
simpson and I came to the Unanimous
conclusion that Menzbirosky should
had in the last two years.
a week after we read in the paper
that our Russian friend had been
found dead in his laboratory. His
hands and wrists were terribly lacers
ated and he had certainly bled IA
aeatn from cuts inflicted by a travel
ing mask. on which he had fallen.
n we have been wondering I've
slnee Wnether that overworked vodka
mask. influenced by his theories. had
not gathered unto itself a soul and q
Will power and then taken it, reven~e
upon poor Menzbirosky.
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