The Owosso times., 1912-05-10

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holic smiles to the Green Riverers on
the platform and called out:
Goodbye. everybody. You're all
bslootly-ow- owl" He clapped his
hand to his eye and crawled back into
the car. groaning with pain.
whats the matter?" said Wedge
wood. "Got something in your eye?"
mo. you blamed fool. I'm trying to
look through my thumb"
poor fellow!" sympathized Doctor
Temple, "it's a cinder!"
"A cinder! It's at leasht a ton of
coal"
II say. old boy, let me have a peek,
said Wedgewood. screwing in his mon.
ocle and peering into the depths of
Wellington's eye. Il can't see a bally
thing" ~
"Of course not, with that blinder
on. growled the miserable wretch,
weeping In spite Of himself and rub
bins, his smarting orb.
Don't rub that eye" Ashton coun.
selled. rub the other eye"
ITS my eye; I'll rub It II I want to.
Get me doctor. somebody. I'm
dying"
Here's Doctor Temple" said Ash
/ ton, right on the job" Wellington
turned to the old clergyman with pa
thetic trust. and the deceiver writhed
In his disguise. The best he could
think OF was: "Will somebody lend
me q lead ipencil?"
What for" said Wellington, un-
easily.
II am going to roll your upper lid
up on It," said the Doctor.
oh. no, you're not" said the pa.
tient. "YOu can roll your own lids!"
Then the conductor, still another
conductor. wandered on the scene and
asked as II 1t were not world-impor-
tant matter: whats the matter
pick up a cinder?"
eyes. Perhaps you can get it out"
the alleged doctor appealed.
The conductor nodded: "The best
way is this-take hold of the wink
ers."
"The what?" mumbled Wellington.
Grab the winkers Of your upper
eyelid in your right hand"
"I've got 'em."
Now grab the winkers Of your low
er eyelid in your left hand. Now
raise the right hand, push the under
lid under the overlid and haul the
overlid over the underlid; when you
have the overlid well over the un-
der"
Wellington waved him away: "Say,
what do you think I'm trying to do?
stuff mattress? Get out of my way.
want my wife-lead me to my Wife"
IAN excellent idea," said DR.. Tenn
pie, who had been praying for recon-
ciliation.
He guided Wellington with difficulty
to the observation room and, finding
Mrs. Wellington at the desk as usual,
he began: "Oh, Mrs. Wellington, may
l introduce you to your husband"
Mrs. Wellington rose haughtily,
caught sight of her suffering consort
and ran to him with a cry Of "Jim-
mie!"
"Lucretiaw ''':- %
Whats happened-are you killed."
I'm far from well. But don't wor-
ry. My life insurance is paid up"
"Oh, my poor little darling" Mrs.
Jimmie fiuttered, What on earth ails
your" She turned to the doctor. 'Ts
he going to die?"
"I think not" said the doctor. It's
only a bad case of cinder-in-the-eye-
tis."
Thus reassured. Mrs. Wellington
went into the patients eye with her
handkerchief. "Is that the eye?" she
asked.
mol" he howled, "the other one"
She went into that and came out
with the cinder.
There! It's just tiny speck"
Wellington regarded the mote with
amazement. 'Is that all? 1t felt as If
had Pixies Peak in my eye" Then
be waxed tender. "Oh, Lucretia, how
ian l ever"
But she drew away with a disdain-
'ul: "Give me back my hand. please"
"Now, Lucretia," he protested,
don't you think you're carrying this
pretty far?" '
"Only as far as Reno" she answered
grimIy, which stung him to retort:
You'd better take the beam out Of
your own eye, now that you've taken
the cinder out of mine," but she, not
ing that they were the center of inter-
est, observed: "All the passengers are
enjoying this, my dear. You'd better
60 back to the cafe"
Wellington regarded her with re-
vulsion to wrath. He thundered a.
her: 81 will go back, but allow me to
inform you, my dear madam, that I'll
not drink another drop-just to sur
prise you."
Mrs. Wellington shrugged her shoul-
ders at this ancient threat and Jimmie
stumbled back to his lair, whittier the
men followed him. Feeling sympathy
in the atmosphere, Little Jimmie felt
impelled to pour out his grief:
"Jellmen, I'm brok'n-heartless
man. Mrs. Well'n'ton is queen
among women, but she has temper Of
tarant--"
Wedgewood broke In: II say, old
how vOtI'ye carried this ballast for