Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-07-17

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self, and see II no says anything about
HIS present" ! said. settling comfort.
ably Clever idea OF mine. don't you
think?
And ! was just dropping my head
to have a snug little nap--just a little
forty. you know-when, dash me, II
| didn't have another idea! Awfully
annoying, time like that
Mind is so devilish alert. dash ~
Always doing things like that; can't
seem 10 get over It, you know. And
this ripping idea that bobbed up now
and got me all reused up was nothing
more OF less than TO unite the string
myself and see what the thing was.
See?
Il believe, sir" said jenkins. look
ing up, the gentleman has sent YOU
h'm-has sent you"
by Jove, a suit OF pajamas!" l ex-
claimed, holding them up
1t was neck and neck, but l beat
jenkins to 1t, after ALI
Gentleman says, sir" continued
jenkins, studying the letter that his
present of a pair of pajamas may
seem surprising. but you won't know
how surprising until you have worn
them"
Jolly likely" l admitted, feeling
the silk By Jove, It was the finest.
yet thinnest stuff / ever saw, soft as
rose leaves and as filmy light as .
SPIDERS web. Not bad, that, for .
comparison, en-? Caught the idea
from a vase Of full-blown roses that
were beginning to shed their petals
there on the table. And on one OF
the blossoms was a little brown
spider. Catch the idea? Suggested
/ spiders web, you know.
They're rather red, sir" jenkins
commented obviously.
Red? Well l should say! My
How jolly red they were! We spread
them under the light, and the red
seemed to flow all over the table and
fall from the edge. Why, they were
as red as
! tried to think OF something they
were as red as, but somehow
couldn't fetch the idea. | thought Of
red ink and blood and fireworks, but
they didn't seem to be up to them al
all. And a big, velvety petal that
dropped from one of the crimson
roses just seemed brown beside
them.
| was wondering whether the little
spider was curious about the jolly RET
color there below him. And just Their
Jenkins hand went out and swept al
the little thread The spider droppet
and shot into fold of the pajamas
81 say! Look Quit" / exclaimed al
Jenkins made another clutch. Don
mash the beast on the silk; you'll ruiz
1.-THE silk, / meant"
There 1t goes, sir!" said jenkins
eagerly. over by your hand"
No; by Jove; he's gone into a lei
Of the paiamas! Here, shake hin
out-gently now!"
Jenkins lifted the garment gingerl,
and lightly shook it, But nothing
came forth,
"Why don't you look in the Leg"
said, "and see if you can see it?"
Jenkins peercd down one of tn
silken tubes and forthwith dropped
with a yell. He jumped back.
Look out, sir" he cried excitedly
don't touch EN-! There's tarantul
in there big as sand crab, and it
alive"
l backed nervously from the cruu
pied crimson pile on the floor,
Crimson?
OF course, | knew 1t was crimson
it must be the shadow Of the tabl
there that made the things so dark
black, in fact But my mind was o
the tarantula and was thinking thf
1t must have been wrapped with th
pajamas. Yet l could not understan
how this could be, considering no
tightly the things had been rolled.
Anyhow, it was there; and Jenkir
pointed eXcitedly,
Look, sir! You can see it movir
under the silk"
BY Jove, so you could! And IL
thing seemed nearly as big as a "a
It was making for the end of the lie
l climbed upon chair.
Get a club" l exclaimed, ar
smash the thing as 1t comes out!"
Jenkins rushed out and returnt
with a brassie.
Careful now" l warned from Il
chair. Don't go and hit the dash,
thing before it gets out, and make
devil of a mess on the silk! There
u is-it's out! No, no-not yet! Wa
until it gets its whole body out! The
d now; he's drawing out his last beai
ly leg. Now-now let driVe!"
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