The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-11-26
He consumed quantities Of fresh
r,t,k oory, broad ha,an and ouos VOC.

milk, corn bread. bacon and eggs, veg
etables and Maine pie. to which no
pie is peer. He found himself awak-
ening in the middle of the night to as
suage the pangs Of hunger with half a
pound of cold roast beef.
The noiseless customs of those about
him had affected his own actions. and
he could now move about without max
ing a sound.
At the end OF week Mr.. Tully of
New York had concluded that ordi-
nary quiet meant one thing and East
Waldoboro- Knight quiet another. He
had discovered what other men have
found-that there is superlative de-
gree of quiet that gets under mans
skin and makes him yearn for some
sort Of noise.
The people were quiet. the horses
and cows We're quiet. and the chick
, ems cackled in b minor. which Is just
above the first zero in sound affairs.
1t was on Sunday that Tully spent his
first wakeful night.
He had leaped into bed with a glad
sigh, expecting the usual hurried APP
proach of Morpheus. but Mr.. Morph
was visiting in Chicago. and at in
the morning the New Yorker disem
harked and spent the remainder Of the
night reading novel under a careful
ly shaded oil lamp.
| On Tuesday night Tully was on the
fourth reading of the same novel and
had begun to weary. The fifth night
he simply sat still with his chin in his
palms and fought off strong desire
to weep.
During the daytime he walked far
and wide. listening with extended ears
for a sound-any sound. The exercise
tired him out. but sleep refused to
come. He began to paw over the
thought Of hurting hitching post
through the meat shop window to see
If anything in the way of audibility
would result.
"Tm going daffy," he made judg-
ment when he found himself kicking
an empty salmon can along deserted
lane and gloating over the sounds it
made.
Far away each night-millions OF
, miles in the distance-he could hear
the faint whistle of the night freight
. train. 1t passed through East Waldo
, boro at in the morning. bound for
Bath, Brunswick. Portland. Boston
and New York.
| On sleepless nights his greatest. su
, premest joy was to lean out of the
broad window under the oak trees
waiting for the farof toot 1t was a
: 2 O'clock Thursday morning that h'
sat motionless and considered hast.
thought For FIVE minutes the detail
, of the thought rushed about in hi
head.
, Then he began to remove his paja
| mas with great speed. and, disregard
ing all consequences, he turned up tn
, oil lamp and hastily packed his dress
{ ing case. A new light shone In hi
| eyes. and he was smiling gloriously
His head felt light. as ones head doe
3 after three glasses Of champagne o.
an empty interior. He felt fine.
q "Dear Mrs. Knight" he wrote on tn
\ sheet of paper. which he pinned on hi
r pillow, my stay with you and you
I niece has done me universe of gooG
!. am the healthiest man in the worlt
: But am going away from you. thank
q ing you over and over for your kind
4 ness and your thoughtful acts. l ar
going away because 1t is so quiet her
n that if l stay two more hours l wi
v commit some desperate deed. haveL
q the courage to face you and tell 20
Y this, and, besides, the night freigh
train is coming. and ! will be in tn
q caboose or death will end it all"
Y Mr.. Tully let himself out of tn
q knight home on feet of velvet an
l. aimed at the station. The night freigt
IS stopped there to turn a switch. an
when the caboose slowed down
h strange young man. carrying su
n case climbed the steps and shoe
It hands with the sleepy conductor.
o Tully sat up the entire trip to Por
D. land and enjoyed himself beyond hi
= man understanding. The clatter of til
a wheels over rail joints, the creakinl
If grooming of the brake beams and til
% scratching of the metal shoes wei
sweet sounds in his long famished ear
9 The yells out of the night from var,
IN men and station agents aSSaied MI
n like a pleasant opiate. The roar {
(, passing trains threw him into an e
10 stasy of delight He decided that /
ar would spend the remainder Of life Ri
90 ing in freight caboose with greas
- brakeman.
When he struck Broadway and TIVE
:. ty-tiird street Tully was mass
-. goose flesh. and each member OF Il
- said guuae desh was unit of joy. f
~ found his apartment and entered 1t S
80 renely.
- He drank large glass of water, u
- dressed In three minutes. surged in
&C. bed and for the first time In two weel
'e he went to sleep-such sleep as dyiI
victims of insomnia picture In their
verish rawlings.
ne He was awakened by large, greas