The Ordway new era., 1916-08-18

to "Bibbs" mainly through !Sts .
Imagination on his mothers part -
though 1t was her maiden r2.-1s- sa'
had no strong affection %. x on'
day when The s!ckly boy w&s nine. h'
requested with unwoatei vthe-1tne'
TO be allowed 10 eNCh2n- names WIZ
his older brother. RossOe ConS!ii1-
Sheridan. or w:th he eldest. james
Sheridan. J-. and uFNoa being 7etuS91
went down iaIo he cellar and n
NAMED Lhere -he ~: .. taat day Ana
The COOK. l.escrn5iz- tnwS-1 dusk. Re
ported -hzr Ae hs& VANISHED; but &
search revealed ;kat he Was IN the
. c-sa-uEia. completely C5versri sid ST.
. hur75w-uc Removed - force and
carried upstairs Ae maintained cTyp-
Lc ae@eA1o-. -stls-lS 70 utter Sy
liable ot sxP.a-l1a1. even under TIE
lash This o5v!o1S hing was wholly
4 clys-e-y 70 both parents: the mother
was 2,-2...S2l. failed 10 trace and
cyace,-r. aaG the father regarded his
s5a a. $ S--bSo-o and mysterious fool,
= i.17-s<s.5x II, eE4cei as the years
went ~.
4; -veary-t7vo EtHAs WAS physically
20 u-o-e thin the oG-e7 ~c4fo!d!a- Of
I nan. waiting to- he Hl..dln. 70 be
c.n luSide-a long silanke-i. !ous-faced
-.rkety youth. Sa,.ow and hollow and
ha--ari. da-k-A4.-eAl and dark-eyed,
with 4 peculiar expression Of counte-
nance: indeed. at first sight Of Bibbs
sheridan be seemed upon the point Of
tears. To a 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 wepc
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
a 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-
IiGu loItl lis " iAt. Ai'i' 'iDAH.tA
the matter with Bibbs except he hates
work SO much 1t makes him sick. |
put him in the machine shop. and l
guess l know what I'm doin' about
as well as the next man. Ole Doc Cur
ney always was one o them nutty
alarmists 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
iucomprehensible to sheridan. He
had a genuine conviction that lack of
physical persistence IN any task In
volving money must be due TO some
subtle weakness Of character itself, to
some profound shiftlessness or slyness.
Look at me-" he said. Look at
what did at his age, Why. when
was twenty years old, wasn't | up ey-
cry morning at four O'Clock chopin
wood-yes, and out in the dark and
snow-to build a fire in n country gro
Gerry store? And here Bibbs has TO go
and haTe a doctor because he can't
Pho, II makes me tired, II he'd gone
a. i Ike a man he wouldn't be sick"
He paced the bedroom-the usual
setc.a- f2r such parental discussions
II his night gown. shaking his big
E-tzzle1 head and sest.culating to his
D4dte,l spouse, My Lord.' he said.
IL rAe .lrtle teeny bit o work like
tLIz s. TOO much for him, why. he ain t
ii for anything. It's n.ne-tenths imag-
.nat.an. and the rest OF it-well, l
Won say it's deliberate. but would
Ike - know just how much Of its put
On
~RIbbs didn't want the doctor" said
Mrs Sheridan. at was when he was
here 70 dinner that night and l noticed
how he couldn't eat anything. Honey,
you better come to bed"
Eat he snorted. Eat, It's work
that makes men eat. And there's an
other thing you'lI notice about good
health, x you'll take the trouble to
Eook around you, Mrs. Sheridan; busy
r7eu haven't got time TO be sick, and
they don't get sick. You just think
It over. and you'll find that 90 pei
cent Of the sick people you know are
either women or ioafers. Yes, ma'amr
Honey she said again. drowsily
you better come to bed"
LOOK at the other boys" her hrs
band bade her. Look at Jim and Ros
eDe. Look az how they work. Right
now there isn't harder workin'
! brighter business man in this city thar
( Jim. I've pushed him, but he give me
something to push against. You can
+ push nervous dyspepsia" And lool
Z at Roscoe; just look at what that boy!
! done for himself, and barely twenty
seven years old-married, got fin,
I; wife, and ready to build for himsel
with his own money when put up tn
new house for you and Edie."
Papa, you'll catch cold in your bar
feet" she murmured. You'd bette
come to bed"
And I'm just as proud Of Edk, TO
i girl" he continued emphatically "a