The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

| WHAT ne Hdu IN MS pochelb'
They seized my trunks" he ex-
planned "and ! sold my fur,llned over
coat for eight dollars, which took one
Of the girls back home It's hard for
the women. A fellow can always get
some sort OF a job was coming up
here to see II they needed an extra
clerk or n waiter. or chauffeur, or any
thing that meant a roof and something
to eat-but / suppose they don't need
a jack-ofalLtrades."
NO" | answered but I'll tell you
what think they're going to need.
And that's an ownerl"
I'm not making excuses. did It for
the best II Mr. Thoburn had not been
there, sitting by to see the old sana-
torlum die so II could sprout wings
and fly as a summer hotel, I'd never
have thought of it. But was in de-
spair.
got up and opened the door. but
the snow came in in cloud, and the
path was half foot deep again.
But the angel Of providence ap-
peared in the shape OF Mike, the bath
man. coming down through the snow
in tearing rage. The instant saw
Mike knew 1t was settled.
Am / or am | not to give Mr.
Moody a needle shower?" he shouted.
almost beside himself. And | saw he
had his overcoat over his bath cos
tune, which is a Turkish towel.
"A needle shower followed by a salt
rub" said l. He's been having them
for eleven years What's the matter?"
That fool of a young Doctor"
shouted Mike, "he told him before he
left that If he'd been taking them for
eleven years and wasn't any better It
was time to stop. Amt business bad
enough-only four people in the house
takin baths regular-without his but
tin I'M"
Where's Mr.. Moody?"
In the bath. I've locked up his
clothes"
You give him a needle shower and
a salt rub" / ordered, "and IL he
makes a fuss just send for me. And.
Mike" | said, as he started out, "ask
Mr. Van Alstyne to come out here i'm
mediately."
Mr. Van Alstyne came out on the
run, and when he saw Mr.. Pierce by
the fre-that was his name, Alan
Pierce-he stopped and stared. Then
he said:
You Internal young scamp!" And |
with that Mr.. Pierce jumped UP, sur
prised and pretty mad. and Mr.. Van
Alstyne saw his mistake.
I'm sure l beg your pardon!" he
said. "The fact is, | was expecting
somebody else, and in the firelight-"
you surprised me, that's all" said
Mr. Pierce. Under the circumstances
I'm glad I'm not the other chap"
you may be-" assured Mr.. Sam
grimly You're not unlike him, by
the way, A little taller and heavier,
but"
Now it's all very we'll for Mr.. Sam
to say l originated the idea and all
that, but as truly as am writing this,
as I watched his face l saw the same
thought come into it. He looked Mr..
Pierce up and down, and then he
stared into the fire and puckered his
mouth to whistle, but he didn't And
inally he glanced at me, but was
ooking at the fire, too
Mr.. Sam got up and began to walk
he floor, his hands in his pockets.
He tried to get my eye, but still l
ooked in the fire.
"All trafic's held up, Minnie" he
aid. The eight o'clock train is
tailed beyond the junction, in a drift.
We wired the conductor, and Carter
sn't on it."
"Well?" said l. ,
IF we could only get past to-day"
ir. Sam went on; "if Thoburn would j
My choke to death, or--if there was
omebody around who looked like !
'ick. dare say, by tomorrow" He
1oked at Mr.. Pierce. who smiled and :
ooked at him.
"And l resemble Dick!" said Mr. $
'ierce. Well, If he's a moral and v
pright young man"
AAC ADA - Nlls OtAlll DiOhb III say | G
gely. And then and there he sat 8
own and told Mr.. Pierce the trouble A
e were in, and what sort of cheerful b
lot Dicky Carter was. And then Mr.. 4
ierce told about the play and the n
Jumps, and how he was stranded. 6
hen Mr.. Sam asked him outright IL |,
ed take Mr.. Dicks place overnight a
, agreed at once fl
Just as they'd got it arranged that d
r. Pierce was to put on Mr. Sans 81
'ercoat and walk down to the village
} that he could come up in a sleigh,
if he had driven over from York ss
nT-he was only to walk across the a
III in front of the office, with his col fu
r up, just enough to show himself
I'd then go to his room with a chill III
st as it was all arranged, Mr.. Sam sc
ought of something. hi
The house people are waiting for
ck,' he said to me, "and about forty ve
'men are croehetlng in the lobby, ct
they'll be sure to see him. Won't tn
me Of them know 1t isn't Dick?" sc
thought pretty fast. sh
He hasn't been around much late kn
" / said. Nobody would know ex- W;
pit Mrs. Virgins. She'll never for ca
him; the last time he was here he ga
on her false front like beard
d wore it down to dinner" Co
Then it's all off," he groane6. sh
he's got as many eyes as a potato So
And about as much sense, said l. fla
iddlesticks! She's not so good we Th
At replace her, and what's the use ha
swallowing a camel and then stick ou
!, at a housekeeper?"