Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-03

either but I think It likely that he is
a very nice boy"
'What did you say Peters fathers
name was7" asked Professor Pepper
interestedly.
Brother told him.
"Why," said Professor Pepper, ''he
Is one Of the coolest of all. When
showed him my nOsals he merely
shifted at them"
''Your whatP" said Brother.
my nosals," said Professor Pepper.
There wasn't any word for them; so
/ made up that one. They fit on the
nose, and therefore / call them nOsals.
You say spectacles for a pair Of eye
glasses, and you should say nosals for
pair Of Peppers improved nose
assisters."
''Do they assist the nose to smellT
said Brother.
'No, they assist it to breathe. You
see, they are little tank full of the
finest compressed air, fresh off the
Cambridge meadows. The machinery
is so arranged that it supplies just the
right quantity to breathe, and you puff
it out afterward through your mouth.
It's all in the machinery. 1 designed
the nOsals for use in mines and diving
bells and all places where the air is
bad or there isn't enough Of it. tell
you it is certainly a wonderful inven-
ton. It ought to make me a rich man.
And yet Peters father actually shifted
at it."
The professor went and brought sew
eral pairs Of nosals and showed them
to the children.
I'm sure that Peters father didn't
understand them," said Brother, cor he
would not have shifted at them"
BLESS you, my son." said Professor
Pepper. II shall make you present
Of pair Of my wonderful nosals, and
you shall have one, too, my dear.
Please pick out pair to fit your nose,
each Of you, and will fill the tanks
with the best Of air. You could live
for six months in n vacuum if you
wore these wonderful appliances"
So the children picked out each a
pair and strapped them on their heads,
to be sure that they fitted. Then the
professor filed the little tanks.
OF course, the children did not want
the nosals, as they had no intention of
going down in mines or diving bells.
But they thought it was polite to take
them.
When he had filed the nOsals Pro
fessor Pepper sat down and began to
weep. Me sprang up on his lap and
purred to comfort him.
There was an awkward silence, and
brother thought he would say some
thing just to make conversation.
eve took a trip to the North Pole
last Christmas, and had a very good
time"
"Yes, yes" said the professor, TAX
ing down a fresh pocket handkerchief.
'Pm glad you went. Is Santa Claus
well?"
eyes, sir; very well, indeed. He was
most kind to u.s."
did he mention me? Did he say
anything about the time I proposed
to put compressed air into his shop
so that he could lay off all those silly
gnomes that work for him?"
"He certainly did not !" said Brother
Then for fear he had been rude, he
added, eve found it extremely cold up
there, but we made out very well with
Eskimo clothes"
"Oh, my dear child" he said. "You
should have been supplied with my ra.
dunn clothes. One suit will last six
months without refilnng. It never gets
cold. 1t gives off heat steadily at
ninety-eight and two-tenths degrees
It is so constructed that it does not
harm the body in the least. 1t Is the
most wonderful invention Of this OF
any age, completely covering the body
the hands, the feet, the ears and the
nose. When equipped with this cloth
ing, person may sleep outdoors when
the thermometer stands at absolute
zero. And yet, alas, Peters father
shifted at my wonderful radium cloth
ing alsol"
He went to glass wardrobe and
took down some suits Of clothes that
were shaped like Eskimo clothes.
81 am going to make each Of you
the present of a suit, and / want you
to take another trip to the Pole some
time and try them"
The professor fitted a suit on each,
and the children looked very much as
they did on their Arctic travels.
'Take them, my dears, and be happy.
They are good for six months, and If
you have not outgrown them then,
will charge them again without
charge"
"What does he mean?" whispered
Sister. GLOW can he charge them
without charging them?'
'He means charge them with heat,
silly"
Having made these generous gifts
to the children, Professor Pepper sank
into his chair and seemed so dismal
that the children felt that 1t was time
to go. They thanked him again and