The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-25
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE

III the circumstances, a W IA eN-
pianati the few casual readers
the lumn may be ut f place.
Friday aftern n the antique Reming-
t n which is an adjunct this desk
br Ike d wn. The casualty was a
min one. The d flicker by which
the letter was attached its m rings
was br ken in twain. We at nee
in UGH with the repair man and
h ped have the ancient machine in
tune Sundays il. In this we were
med disapp intment.
The Id mill isn't fixed vet. Heaven
My KIN WIS when it will be. And s
VIC pr coed with the days W rk at
s netting f q disadvantage. We are,
shall we say, handicapped. 1t prac-
tically is imp ssible t transcribe burn
ing tn lights with ut the assistance f
the missing wei.
But we have we're me bstacles
Def re- We recall the accident that
temp rarily deprived us f the use f
a g d right arm. 1t was an icy m m
ing in February. The st nm king had
been raging and the surface the
earth was vered with a transparent
film exceeding beauty. Tendrils 1
c ngealed aqua pura chung the trees
We were in a hurry get wn Wn.
We were afraid netting w uld hap
we disregarded ne f the ldest and
wisest maxims in the W rid.
The axi m is never run I catch a
w man a street car; there'u be
an Their al ng in minute tw
AS we have said, we disregarded
this axi m. We ran catch street
car, and slipping the 81 ssy surface
1-fI Cl~a hpAWllV
up n it. When we ar Sc, 81 WY and in
pain, netting had happened the
right arm. 1t hung numb ana
useless. But did we permit the Incl
dent t deter us fr m ur daily assault
n the manners, habits and Gust ms T
a pc pie?
,Nts that u uld n tice it. We
went d WI t the ffice and una
that ur haste had been unJustified
in the circumstance n thing had
happened. F that matter, attn the
incident which we have related ccur-
red a seven years ag n thing
has happened yet. Having SATISFIED
ur curl sity that sc re, we re-
m we'd the yer fr m the ancient
Remingt and sat d wn I the days
task. The Id right hand was useless
but with the d left hand we W We
a fascinating 1umn mment and
smeared it up the news the day.
S me say it was the best c lumn we
ever VIZ tie. They said b. dy c uld
read it, which made it the best thing
we had ever d ne.
Having W ven an Their chapter T
destiny with the left hand, we
ught a d ct RS ffice. We had, by
that time, reached the C nclusi n that
all was n well with the Id right
arm and that p ssibly the fall t
which we had been subjected had in
jured it in ffle way. S we ught
a d ct r. He l ked the arm yer
and put it under the X-ray machine.
When he saw the hastily devel ped
negative he said, There is n thing
wr ng with ur arm except that it is
br ken in tW Places Well, he called
in an assistant and set the right
arm and we went h me right cheerily-
Yu see, we tn ught when we
walked int ur wa h me with an
arm that was br ken in tw places and
had just been set by ne the best
ct rs in wn, that we W uld create
S mething a sensati II. 1t ism, t
every man VIII lis permitted [ walk
int his Wn h me and casually dis
cl Sc the fact that his d right arm
has been br ken in tw places. But
there was sensati n. We had me
difficulty in establishing the br ken
arm. After we had ne we learned,
at me length. the f lily f running
yer icy gr und in, rider catch a
mere street car. The incident taught
us ne thing. The man VIII wants
be a her in his wn h me must
have s me claim distinct n Their
than that nferred up him by an
arm which has been br ken in tw
places. The fact is, if a man wants
t be her in his wn h me he must
make instant and persistent ! We
his wife, A w man will rgiVe any
thing in a man VIII makes l We t
her. She will farther: she will
make a her him.
After it was all yer and the splints
had been rem we'd. we had me C n
tr versy with the d ct alb ut his bill
He Intended that, inasmuch as we
were a pr minent citizen, tie bill (
setting the rightarm sh uld be
81 We claimed we were n a pr mi
nent citizen, and that we sh uld have
the plain. plug rate. which was s25.