The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-06

Sheridan, Jr., and upon being refused
went down into the cellar and re-
NAMED there the rest of that day. And
the cook, descending toward dusk, re-
ported that he had vanished; but
search revealed that he was in the
coal-pile, completely covered and still
burrowing. Removed by force and
carried upstairs, he maintained cryp-
tic demeanor, refusing to utter syl-
liable of explanation, even under the
lash. This obvious thing was wholly
a mystery to both parents; the mother
was nonplused. failed to trace and
connect; and the father regarded his |
son as a stubborn and mysterious fool,
an impression not effaced as the years
went by.
At twenty-five Bibbs was physically
no more than the outer scaffolding of
man, waiting for tie building to be-
gin insidc.-a long shanked, long-faced,
rickety youth, sallow and hollow and
haggarG, dark-haired and dark-eyed,
with a peculiar expression Of counte-
nance; indeed, at first sight of Bibbs
Sheridan he seemed upon the point of
tears. To slightly longer gaze, not
grief, but mirth, was revealed as his
emotion; but Bibbs never, on any oc-
casion in his life, either laughed aloud
or wept.
He was a disappointment to his
father. At least that was the parents
word-a confirmed and established
word after his first attempt to make
business man" of the boy. He sent
Bibbs to "begin at the bottom and
learn from the ground up in the ma
chine shop of the Sheridan Automatic
Pump works, and at the end of six
, months the family physician sent
Bibbs to begin at the bottom and learn
from the ground up in a sanitarium.
you needn't worry, mamma" Sher-
ldan told his wife. There's nothin'
the matter with Bibbs except he hates
work so much it makes him sick.
. put him in the machine shop, and l
! guess l know what I'm dom about
, as well as the next man. Ole Doc Cur
: ney always was one O. them nutty
tafarmists. Does he think I'd do any
thing d be bad for my own flesh
and blood? He makes me tired"
Anything except perfectly definite
health or perfectly definite disease was
incomprehensible to Sheridan. He
had genuine conviction that lack OF
physical persistence in any task In
volving money must be due to some
subtle weakness of character itself, tC
some profound shiftlessness or slyness
"Look at me-" he said. Look a.
what | did at his age! Why, when
was twenty years old, wasn't I up ev
cry morning at four o'clock chopin
! wood-yesl and out in the dark ant
| snow-to build a fire in a country gro
! Gerry store? And here Bibbs has to g
] and have a doctor because he can't
Pho! 1t makes me tiredl If he'd gon
at it like man he wouldn't be sick.
He paced the bedroom-the usua
\ setting for such parental discussions
4 in his night gown, shaking his big
a grizzled head and gesticuating to hi
4 bedded spouse "My LordI' he sai6
a "If the little, teeny bit O. work lk
n this is too much for him, why, he ain
II fit for anythingl It's nine-tenths imal
ination, and the rest of it-well,
won't say it's deliberate, but | woul
like to know just how much of it's pu
oni''
! "Bibbs didn't want the DOCTOR" sal
Mrs. Sheridan. 1T was when he wa
here to dinner that night and l notice
how he couldn't eat anything. Hone.
you better come to bed
"Eatr' he snorted. "Eatl It's wor
that makes men eatl And there's al
other thing youll notice about goo
"a health, if you'll take the trouble
~ look around you Mrs. Sheridan; bus
men haven't got time to be sick. an
- they don't get sick. You just thin
- it over, and you'll find that 90 ps
- cent of the sick people you know al
~ either women or loafers. Yes, maam
- Honey" she said again, drowsil
''you better come to bed"
h Look at the other boys" her hu
a.. band babe her. Look at Jim and Ro
- coe. Look at how they work. Rigl
. now there isn't a harder workir
~ brighter business man in this city tina
~ Jim. I've pushed him, but he give n
- something to push against You can
" push nervous dyspepsiar And loo
at Roscoe; Just look at what that boy
49, done for himself, and barely twent
seven years old-married, got a fiji
-. wife, and ready to build for himse
- with his own money when put up Il
~, new house for you and Edie."
-, "Papa, you'll catch cold in your ba
-. feet" she murmured. You'd bett
NJ come to bed"
co "And I'm just as proud of Edie. f
nc a girl" he continued, emphatically, g
10 am of Jim and Roscoe for boy
Of She'll make some man mighty goo
ro,. wife when the time comes. She's Il
he prettiest and talentedest girl in Il
mo United Statesl | tell you I'm nigh
no proud O. them three childrenl Il
zee Bibbs-" He paused, shaking b