Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-06-21


self, and see if he 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
l didn't have another idea! Awfully
: annoying. time like that.
Mind Is SO devilish alert, dash It!
Always doing things like that; can't
seem to get over 1t, you know. And
this ripping idea that bobbed UP now
and got ME all reused up was nothing
more or less than to unite h 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 1 beat
jenkins to 1t, after all!
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" I admitted, feeling
the silk. BY Jove, 1t was the finest.
yet thinnest stuff l ever saw. soft as
rose leaves and IS tilmy light as a
| spiders web. Not bad, that, for a
comparison, Ell? Caught the idea
from a vase of full-blown roses that
were beginning to shed their petals
there on the table. And on n 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, 1 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
I 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 at
l al. - ALL a Ol6p NClSOIy PSeoA s
dropped from one of the crimson
roses Just seemed brown beside
them.
I was wondering whether the little
spider was curious about the jolly red
color there below him. And just then
jenkins hand went out and swept at
the little thread. The spider dropped
and shot into a fold Of the pajamas'
II say! Look OUT" exclaimed as
jenkins made another clutch. Don't
mash the beast on the silk; you'll ruin
1.-THE silk, l meant"
There 1t goes, sir" said jenkins
eagerly. lover by your hand
,"No; by Jove; he's gone into a leg
of the pajamas! Here, shake him
out-gently now!"
Jenkins lifted the garment gingerly
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 the
silken tubes and forthwith dropped II
with a yell. He jumped back.
Look out. sir" he cried excitedly;
don't touch 'em! There's a tarantula
in there big as a sand crab, and Its
alive"
l backed nervously from the crum
pied crimson pile on tie floor.
Crimson? :
Of course, / knew It was crimson;
1t must be the shadow of the table
there that made the things SO dark
black, in fact. But my mind was or
the tarantula; and / was thinking that
1t must have been wrapped with the
pajamas. Yet l could not understand
how this could be, considering how
tightly the things had cen rolled.
Anyhow, 1t was there; and jenkins
pointed excitedly.
Look, sir! You a see 1t moving
under the sikh"
BY Jove. so you could! And the
thing seemed nearly as big as a rat
1t was making for the end Of the leg
l climbed upon a chair.
Get a club" I exclaimed, land
smash the thing as 1t Quit"
jenkins rushed out and returned
with a brassie.
Careful now" l warned from the
chair. Don't go and hit the dashed
thing before 1t gets out. and make
devil OF a mess on the silk! There It
is-it's out! No, no-not yet! Wait,
until 1t gets Its whole body out! There
now: he's drawing out his last beast
ly leg. Now-now let drive!"
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