Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-28

your cigars nave Deen IOT mine'
have found IT,
You know what a curiously upside
down people the Chinese are. Exam
pie, they begin dinner with desert
and end with soup; they drink hot,
acfd beverages in summer instead OF
iced ones; they write from right to
left, vertically, while we write from
left to write, horizontally; they mourn
in white instead of black, and they
are awfully honest and pay their
debts.
but there is one other point of dif-
ference still queerer: they wear ~
jamas all day, while we wear them
only at night
Here l yawned. Always hate that
heavy, historical, instructive stuff, you
know. If YOU have to hear it, gives
you headache, unless you can slip Off
to sleep first.
So 1 reached the letter up to Jen-
kim
Just run over the rest of it your
self, and see if he says anything about
his present" l said, settling comfort
ably. Clever idea of mine, don't you
think?
And l was just dropping my head
to have snug little nap-just little
forty, you know-when, dash me, If
l didn't have another idea! Awfully
annoying, time like that.
Mind is SO devilish alert, dash 1t!
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 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!" ex-
claimed, holding them up.
1t was neck and neck, but beat
Jenkins to 1t, after all!
Gentleman says, sir" continued
Jenkins, studying the letter, that his
present of a pair o. BAHAMAS may
seem surprising, but yos won't know
how surprising until you have worn
them"
Jolly likely" / admitted, feeling
the silk. By Jove, It was the finest,
yet thinnest stuff ever saw. soft as
rose leaves and as flmy light ~ q
spiders web. Not bad. that. for g
comparison. Ell? Caught the idea
from q vase Of full-bIown roses that
were beginning to shed their petals
there on the table. And on one OF
the blossoms was . little brown
spider. Catch the idea? Suggested
spiders web. you know.
They're rather red. sir" Jenkins
eonmented Aubiousiy.
Redf Well. I should say! Ny!
How jolly red they were! We spread
them under the light. and the red
seemed to now all over tho table and
fall from the edge. Why. they were
a. red As
tried to think OF something they
we're as red as. but somehow l
couldn't fetch the idea. I thought OF
red ink and blood and fireworks. but
they didn't seem to be up to them at
| all. And q big, velvety petal that
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.
IT say! Look out!" exclaimed as
Jenkins made another clutch. Don't
mash the beast on the silk; you'll ruin
1.-THE silk, meant"
There it goes, sir!" said Jenkins
eagerly. lover by your hand"
mo; by Jove; he's gone into 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 II you can see it?"
Jenkins peered down one of the
silken tubes and forthwith dropped II
with yell. He jumped back.
Look out, sir" he cried excitedly;
don't touch 'em! There's tarantula
in there big as sand crab, and it's
alive"
backed nerVously from the crum
pied crimson pile on the floor.
Crimson?
OF course. knew 1t 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 thai
II must nave been wrapped with the