The Washington times., 1915-10-17
"A Rheumatic Joint"

one WITH tnc uN OF nuBe nanu-lenS.
Now he gave sudden exclamation of
delight.
Look" he criew to whllingford.
holding UP one OF the test-tubes. The
finest germs I ever sayi Beautiful! Per-
fectlv beautiful"'
Il believe you're right" agreed Wal
lingford. surveying 1t at respectful
diT,ier than the rest Of fu shem ,%o shades
wait" urged the professor. "I'll
show YOU something that viii do your
eyes good" Placing n tiny drop of
liquid from the test-tuDc upon thin
glass slide. he covered II with another.
clamped the two together. and set 1t
upon a rack, while he rcverently took
from its velvet-lincd case a spcckless,
high-power microscope, It's brasswork
shining like sunlight On the stage of
this he placed his prepared slide, and
focused for a breathlcs3 five minutes.
Now look" he cried to Wallingford
triumphantly.
Il expected to see bug" Walling-
ford presently announced In disap-
pointment.
"A germ Is not bug" chided Small
ley with a sudden return OF his mourn
fulness. But look again. and remem-
ber what you see. for now comes the
wonderful part OF the exhibit"
He was already preparing another
silut, DldClns DetWeen the TWO ElasSeS
a drop taken from n jar containing a
thick. bluish-white substance Walling-
ford did as he was told. and observed a
number OF small oval discs formed OF
conccntric black and white rings, each
bearing a. delicate fringe around
discs were slowly revolving about each
other where their fringes touched. Now
and then one released from its neigh
Dor. made a sudden dart across the
vast space of It's sixt/-fourth OF an
inch world. and Joined another group to
begin again It's slow revolutions. One
of these was particularly active. and
Wallingford. beginning to be highly in
terested, named 1t Joe upon the spot.
There's nothing to 1t, professor" he
declared. turning from the miscroscope
with Il sigh of relieved tension. little
Joe In here Is a bug. and a bad bug at
that. no matter what you say. And arc
these the boys that make us take to
hair tonic and store teeth"
Lets cut out the prelims, and have
the main bout" suggested Wallingford
joe"
The bewiidered smalley looked at him
solemnly and put the new compound
ones had been. waliingford had his
eye to the microscope before Smalley
was through with his manipulation. and
a grin OF delight spread itself upon his
face. The little fr1nged discs flew. as
II by magnetic attraction. to tho edges
about them until they were drawn into
the vortex. when they SUDDENLY lost
their color and motion. and were blot
ted out entirely.
triumphantly. Little Joe is weak and
wobbly, but he's still In the ring. But
say. professor. 1t was a grand little
fight and I'll make It worth more
money to each OF US than you could
stack aS in - railroad r.,.S ferEy sy.,,.v rn,, !,
to be philanthropy. tell yon" ;.
Sure, it's to be philanthropy.
agreed wallingford, Let's you and I
go right out and Incorporate" 49,. ,.u
Of his rented brown-stone front. to
greet his three callers.
Ts Tho to us onE aIek thnT }% tbs SrdersS Sa
that you were crazy"
II am" chuckled wallInxford; his
broad shoulders heaving and his eyes
hal, half closing. Crazy with Gnthusiasm.
planned, as he led the way back through
he richly decorated hail. rs so eau
tious that he hides his monsy from
himself: and the only way we can
tWent mak% sSrnss' srn rss'TSf Ths Is Is Th and
he threw open the door Of the study.
"Oh" little shrek from Violet.
as she stepped back into the arms OF
her sister. She had been confronted,
on entering the study, by human
jaws distended with srightfully de-
veloped sense Of humor,
Come right ton, on In an and H. get asquaint-
lessly. placing chairs for the ladies.
I've gone In for science. on this
Rockewell case. and we're staging the
greatest discovery of the age. I have
bald-headed old onion upstairs mix
Nov listen, Blackie. Here's who
you are" and from drawer in the
table Wallingford produced very
much soiled oIlskin packet, from with
ment illumined with an extremely
gaudy collection OF ribbons end seals
Opening this document. which was
1t before Blackie and the girls. THAT
is diploma of bacteriology from the
Univcrsitie Won Schliesholtz- dt.
! bought It for SIS from poor devil
trousers and dipping clothes in cheap
gasolenc at a dollar and a half throw.
Your name as you viii see by the lith-
schmittenmeistcr Won UniversItie Won
| SChilcs hOltz- -Sturmstadt!
You see this Snailcy is such n dunn
my" began Wallingford. He's too real.
So you have to be the display scientist
dcmCnstrator. and chief Of the ,,edica
staff at the Snailey Santarum for the
Promotion of the Cure OF Senillty."
I'm relieved to find It's such a
clnch.' declared Blackie.'" vas afraid
you might want me to undertake some
difficult stunt or other. This diploma
thing makes 1t easy. But who am
to tall! with-newspaper men or scien-
| tific sharps?"
Both. replied Wallingford. q.
What language do l speak?"
| "Schmicrkase English" replied Wal.
lingford. "an1 rs little of that as DOS
! sible. For your native tongue, you
NAV jabber little Kartoffelkloese.
| burg"
sure" agreed Blackie. What Is
Il don't know myself" confessed
" allingford. but do know this much
| that in Germany dialects are so thick
! and so different that a MecklenburgeI
| and n Dusscldorfer have to make signs
| II they try to talk together, and they
do say that Mecklenburgers can't un,
| derstand each other. So II you take a
dialect that nobody ever heard about
you can get away with It,"
DO you suppose hog Latin would
do?" inquired Blackie earnestly. u
know three or four hog Latin dialects
We uAsd TO uAs when was . ID