The Tupelo journal., 1913-04-18
LOGIC AND REASON
An Instance Where Logical Man
Gave the Impression of
Being in Earnest.
BY sIssoN.

THAT some one is going to get
hurt" was the reply.
"And in case Of an earthquake?"
That buildings will be shaken
down"
And in case Of lover"
That matrimony will follow"
"And in case of pinching the tigers
tail at the zoo?"
You get the bounce"
Correct, gentlemen. Always reason
from logic and you will always be
right"
Mr.. Fred Clinton, a young man OF
"a, had been using logic for many
months when he set out to walk
across the country, a distance of 30
miles, for a visit to his old aunt. He
found nothing to reason about until
within four miles of his journeys
end. Then, as he was passing a farm
house of the better class, he saw
something that halted him. A young
girl was on the roof of the Toulouse
mending a leak. Her back was to-
wards him, but he saw that she had
three or four shingles and a hammer
and nails.
There might have been men-folks
working in the field, but they were
not in sight. There might have been
q mother In the house, but If so she
gave no sign.
Nov, then. here is logic, and here
are conclusions" said the wayfarer
Ao hn COT d0nr t0 uyofnh ord r,ojt
"A girl on the roof with shingles,
hammer and nails means that the
roof leaks. 1t also means that she is
taking a risk.
IF she pounds her thumb, which
h Is almost sure to do, she will yell
out Darn it, and roll off the roof.
'Tf her foot slips she will clutch
and claw and scream, but go down
Just the same.
mo girl will climb up on the roof
of a shed If she knows there's a mar
around. If she sees one after she
gets up there she is startled and in
her haste to get down slips, slides,
and comes down k~er-plunk.
ANY way you fix it, the logical con
clusion is that there is sure to be a
fall here. Now, then. the girl is
perched about IA feet from the
ground, and the ground is hard. There
are nine chances in ten that she
breaks a bone. At any rate, she will
get a hard jar. She will need some
one to hold the camphor to her nose
and call some one from the field. 1t
may be necessary to telephone or send
for a doctor.
II am at hand. l am the it. It's for
me to do and dare. I don't save her
life, but she thinks I do, 81 it's all
the same. When a girl thinks she
owe her life to a young man what
does she do? The logical conclusion
Is admiration, gratitude, love.
"And when a young man has been
called upon to save the life of a
staving-looking girl the same emo
tons are aroused and the same con-
illusions must prevail. If l go on and
she does not see me | won't be at
hand when she falls; If I remain | add
to her risk. There is no logic here,
and there are no conclusions to be
drawn. It is a case Of even up, and
I shall stay"
Five minutes after the young mar
had finished his soliloquy the girl
changed her position to get at her
work the better, and there was a
scream and she went sliding. Her
fingers dragged over the dry shin
giles, and when the edge was reached
she took a drop.
Conclusion the first is all right"
said Mr.. Clinton as he started on the
run to the rescue."I must tickle the
professor by writing him a letter"
He found Miss Amy Logan in a
huddle on the ground and insensible.
The fall had dislocated her shoulder.
Mr.. Clinton dashed into the house
by the kitchen door and shouted. No
one at home. He ran through three
rooms and came to the camphor bot
tie. 1t is among the equipment of
every farmhouse in the land. He re-
turned to the girl and held 1t to her
nose and then sprinkled her face with
It. BY and by she opened her eyes
and looked at him wonderingly.
"Hurt?" he asked.
shoulder"
81 was in the road when you fell.
Are you all alone here?"
YES"
u Telephone in the house?"
yes"
Il don't know beans about first aid.
but something must be done. I think
you have a broken arm and l shall
telephone the doctor"
Doctor Arnold-three rings"
In five minutes Mr.. Clinton was
back again to say:
Now we must get you into the
house and onto the lounge I saw in
the sitting room. Careful, now. Put
your arm well around me and walk
SLOW"
but / don't know you!" protested
the girl as she hung back.
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