The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-09
I guess it's time you bad him. too.

''I guess it's time you had him. too. /
knew Bibbs-
NOW, mamma. hold your horses! 1
wanted him to look Bibbs over before
anything's the matter You don't sup
pose Pm goin' to take any chances
with Bibbs, do you? Well. afterwards.
I shut the door. and 1 an ole Quincy
had a talk He's a mighty disagreeable
man: he rubbed it in on me what he
said about Bibbs havin' brains if he
ever woke up. Then 1 thought he must
want TO get something out O me, he
got so f1attering-for a minutei 'Bibbs
couldn't help havin' business brains
he says. 'bein' your SON. Don't be sur
prised.' ne says-'doD't be surprised at
his maxim a success. he says He
couldn't get over his heredity; he
couldn't help bein' a business success
once you got him into it. It's in his
blood. Yes. sir he says, 1T doesn't
need much brains he says. an only
third-rate brains. at that he says. but
it does need a special kind o brains.
he says. to be a millionaire. 1 mean
he says. when a mans given start
If nobody, gives him q start why,
course he's got to have luck and the
right kind o. brains. The only mir
acle about Bibbs,' he says, is where he
got the other kind o. brains-the brains
you made him quit usin' and throw
away"
But what ID he say about his
health?" Mrs. Sheridan demanded. i'm
patiently. as George placed a cup Of
coffee before her husband. Sheridan
helped himself to cream and sugar.
and began to sip the coffee.
I'm comm TO that" he returned.
placidly. ''See how easy I manage this
cup with my left hand. mammal"
You been doin' that ali winter.
What did
ITS wonderful" he interrupted. adj
miringly, what a fellow can do with
his left hand. I can sign my name
with mine now. wells l ever could
with my right. 1t came a little hard
at first. but now. honest. I believe
rather sign with my left. That's all
1 ever have to write, anyway-just
the signature. Rests all dictatin'."
He blew across the top of the cup
unctuously Good coffee, mammal
| Well. about Bibbs. Ole Quincy says
he believes If Bibbs could somehow
get back to the state o. mind he was
in about the machine shop-that is. if
he could some way get TO feelin' about
| business the way he felt about the
shop-not the poetry and writin' part,
but" He paused, supplementing his
rema rks with a motion of his head
toward the old house next door. "He
says Bibbs is older and harder'n what
he was when he broke down that time.
and, besides, he amt the kind O.
dreamy way he was then-and 1
should say he ANTI I'd like 'em to
show me anybody his age that's any
wider awakel But he says Bibbs'
| health'lI never need bother US again
| if
Mrs Sheridan shook her head. 81
| don't see any help that way. You
know yourself she wouldn't have Jim"
''Who's talkin' about her havin' any
body? But, my Lord! she might let
| him look at heri She needn't "a got
so mad, just because he asked her, that
| she won't let him come in the house
any more. He's a mighty funny boy,
and some ways / reckon he's pretty
near as hard to understand as the
Bible. but Quincy kind O. got me in
| the way o. thinkin' that if she'd let
him come back and set around with
her an evening or two sometimes-nOt
regular. 1 don't mean-why- Well. /
just thought I'd see what you'd think
of it There amt any way to talk
about it to Bibbs himself don't sup
pose he'd let you, anyhow-but
thought maybe you could kind o. slip
over there some day, and kind o. hint
around till you see how the land lays.
| and ask her"
''Mer' Mrs Sheridan looked both
helpless and frightened. mo" She
shook her head decidedly. sit wouldn't
do any good"
You won't try it?''
81 won't risk her turnin' me out O.
the house. Some way, that's what I
believe she did to SibyI. from what
Roscoe said once. No. 1 can't-and
| what's more. it'd only make things
worse. II people find out you're run
min after 'em they think you're cheap.
and then they won't do as much for
you as if you let 'em alone. | don't
believe it's any use. and 1 couldn't do
it if it was
He sighed with resignation "AlI
right, mamma. That's ALL" Then. in
a livelier tone. he said: ole Quincy
took the bandages of my hand this
morning. All healed up. Says 1 don't
need 'em any more
why. that's splendid. papar' she