The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-10-12
of the smoker are numbered.

'Bnt am glad to see 1t. / am
glad to be the means Of saving you
from far worse death than that from
which you saved me. It Ia my duty,
and II is my good fortune, SO soon
to be able to repay the debt of graft
tude which owe you"
With that he picked the pipe from
my mouth, my tobacco pouch from
my hand and threw them into the
stream that passed my door.
For moment the thought Of resist
ance possessed me. And then came
the more Quieting realization that this
was man whom had recently saved
from death Besides, he was much
larger than /, and showed by his atti-
tude that he was determined to save
me. even to the extent of employing
physical force. sank back into my
chair in sullen acquiescence.
At the proper time l went to the
kitchen to prepare the chops. To my
horror, they had disappeared
After hunting fruitlessly for half
an hour, Griggs joined me.
MY boy" he said. what is itT'
i've lost the dinner" said shortly.
IF you mean the meat" said my
salvage severely, II considered it my
duty to dispose Of 1t before 1t could
wreck your life. Meat Is only fit for
animals, and to animals / have given
It. Vegetables are the only proper
food for man."
gasped. Then ran to the back
door and looked out. There, in the
pan that IL reserved for my moth
eaten watch dog. Kipling, were what
remained of the chops. Less than half
were left. l gathered them eagerly In
my hands and turned to go back to
the house.
The next instant the chops were
snatched from my hands and flung
into the stream. l looked up angrily
into the calm, sad face of Griggs.
Food for dogs alonei" he said.
"And win save you. 1t is my duty"
DUTY be hanged" cried l, and
struck at him.
It was foolish thing to do-to
strike at him-for the old fellow was
acting for the best And the next In
slant realized how foolish 1t was
Something descended on my head
like the side Of house. and passed
peacefully into land where / was
surrounded by stars that gradually
took the shape OF lamb chops.
When recovered / was lying on
my back In my straw bed in the shed.
and Griggs was sitting beside me with
a bowl in his lap. opened my mouth
to speak, and he filled 1t with Cruel.
With that my salvation began in
earnest. Griggs did the cooking, and
meat. tobacco and coffee were on the.
black list. stood 1t for three days.
"Griggs," said. Il think I'm
cured. all right. And I'm the kind Of
man that likes to live alone. I'd be
ever SO much obliged If you would
move on"
But he wouldn't hear Of it, l had
saved his life. and he would save mine.
begged, bribed. entreated, and
even threatened; but to no avail. And
! realized that as long as we both lived
| was to be the victim of Griggs' graft
tude.
hated to do 1t. but it was the only
way.
| enticed him to walk with me along
the very cliff where had found him.
When we reached good place asked
him to look into the raging torrent be-
low, and then pushed him over from
behind.
AS was the only reason why he
had not gone down there the week
before, sort of felt had the right
to do it. IL I wanted to. But l didn't
want to- had to-
Then went home. ate four plates
of well-browned pancakes, drank four
cups of coffee and smoked and ate
chops all day.
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