Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-04-24
ALL DUE TO LOGIC
BY cLAUDINE sIssoN.

/ professor OF MS class.
''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 love?"
"That matrimony will follow"
"And in case of pinching the IL
gers tail at the zoop"
"You get the bounce"
Correct, gentlemen. Always rea-
son from logic and you will always
be right"
Fred Clinton, a young man of
twenty-four, had been using logic
for many months when he set out
to walk across the country, dis
lance of thirty miles, for a visit to
his old aunt.
He found nothing to reason about
until within four miles Of his jour
ney's end. Then, as he was passing
a farmhouse 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 towards 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
a mother in the house; but if so,
she gave no sign.
"Now, then, here is logic, and
here are conclusions" said the way
farer as he sat down to watch and
wait. "a girl on the roof with
shingles, hammer and nails means
that the roof leaks. 1t also means
that she is taking a risk.
eff she pounds her thumb, which |
she is almost sure to do, she will |
yell out Darn itp and roll off the |
roof.
'1f her foot slips she will clutch |
and claw and scream, but go down |
just the same.
''No girl will climb up on the roof |
of shed if she knows there's a |
man 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 ker-PApnk.
"Any way you fix it the logical |
conclusion is that there is sure to |
be a fall here. Now, then, the girl
is pcrchcd about fourteen feet from
the ground, and the ground is hard.
There are nine chances in ten that
she breaks a bone. At any rate, she
Viii get 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 OF send for
doctor.
81 am at hand. | am the 1t. It's
for me to do and dare. | don't save
her life, but she thinks / do, so it's
all the same. When a girl thinks |
she owes her life to a young man
what does she do? The logical con-
clusion is admiration, gratitude,
love
"And when young man has been |
called upon to save the life of a
staying-looking girl the same emo
tions are aroused and the same con-
illusions must prevail If | 90 on
and she does not see me / won't be
at hand when she falls; if / remain
| add to her risk. There is no logic
here, and there are no conclusions
to be drawn. 1t is a case of even up
and l shall stay"
Five minutes after the young man
had finished his soliloquy the girl
changed her position to get at her
l. P-TWO Nc
work the better, and there was a
scream and she went sliding.
Her fingers dragged over the dry
shingles, and when the edge was
reached she took drop.
Conclusion the first is all right p
said Mr.. Clinton as he started on the
run to the rescue. 81 must tickle
the professor by writing him a let
ter"
He found Miss Amy Logan in a
huddle on the ground and insensible.