The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-08

do anything but quit He then filled
his cob pipe, lit it. sat down On an
empty canned-tomato box beneath a
tree with his back against II. pulled
a time or two and fell asleep When
sleep grpped him, he lost his grip on
his pipe, which fell from his mouth
10 his lap spilled a lot OF fire. burn
hole IN his pants and. Of course,
woke him up When he began slam
ming himself he attracted everybody's
attention TO his predicament. and
when the others hUrriedIy and greatly
excited, gathered closely around him,
c1angt Look out for tn hose-cart
iii bet he amt insuredt'' and:
Somebody bring q LADDER in SEEM
ing disgust at their apparent lack of
sympathy. he turned aside and ambIed
down TO the creek
This little clear, whitewater. rush
ing, boiling tumbIing stream. Gran
tie creek,"-had its boruin' way up
in the everlasting suowcaps OF two
monster peaks OF the Tetons. just
chasing by in its haste to mix things
with the Snake, severaf miles by it's
course, but only a short haf-miIe
CrOss-lOts- An earfuI Of the creeks
grand old TetOnS-a combination that
would in about a second and a half
cause the baIIy hick or hickess who
originally Jared loose from: Amt
nature grand ?" to throw seven kinds
o fft-duickIy brot Doc" back to
normally; whereupon win one of his
angelic smiles. he began to sort o
up from the creek. singing
7 once knew q gal who helped run
a laundry. tra-Ia-Ia- trz-ra-Ia, tra-Ia-
Forgot tn rest-bur watch me
wash my shirtt'' He then borrowed
-BuIy's" hip rubber boots. put EN-
on. got a cake OF soap from the chuck
wagon, shed his outside shirt. and
with it waded out into the turbulent
waters Facing downstream. holding
the garment first by one end then
the ether he submerged It. then lam
oaSted the creek with IL. souSed II
under, swished IT thru the water, and
id II al over again, until II was
-horoIy soaked Then he soaped and
riused it three or four times. and
spread it over the top of q handy bush /
for the b'iliu' hot sun to do its dang |
est in drying IT out While giving his (
zuired quite a nice little dose of
sunburn- He toafed around in the
lhade nude from waist up. until gnats, !
lcrSefIes, or something. drove him to I
cover. /
When the sun ducked behind one (
II the mountains and IL began to cool /
IF. Doe" examined and found his .
xashiu' perfectly dry. He was soon
inside his inside shirt. and began ne 4
gOciatfug the flannel one Something
seemed to have happened to the 4
'loou1tu' thing. and he called on
Billy" for help After = strenuous
truggie-and Billy" was 4 strong
title man. too-he asked If anybody
lad-blamed thing seems to have
-hrunk about SO per ceut-wonder
what's become Of it,
When we finally got Doc fncazesI
n that shirt It fitted nm like the
lUtside fits a sausag@as far as z
vent The sleeves that at first reached
he ends OF his thumbs. ended two
inches above his wrtst-foiuts. and
button around them by a
uII inch; and the neck Of IL which
When he bought ii he could almost pull
n over his head when buttoued-
Lidn't come within three inches OF
aeeting-leavi1g large V-shaped ex-
losure directly over modest OF
isE1lins Billy" soon had him laced
p at neck and wrists. And he wore X
an that way for several weeks until
4 fact we reached salt Lake City and
-ad found after a bath in Great Salt
axe. his misplaced grip, in which
Tas his other shirt
At SaItair-thaTs the Salt Lake
aEh1ug resolve got IN on q long
ne leading toward bathing suits. with
Doc" III the lead Of our bunch, each
nth an eight-weeks-growrh OF hair !
nd whiskers. I was next. while i'm
1ediatsly in front OF Doc" was 4
Iassy-Ioohng little lady. Soon he
egzu 70 crane his neck trying 70
ct a look AZ her face. then-horror
Z horroCS--hs touched her On her
douIdert /,
She turned her head quickly. frown-
zE mildly because she mot il might
& some friend who had gently logged |
sr shoulder. When she saw "DoeFS-
obo mug and hairy trimmings. her !
yes flashed and she sure was mad
Then she hesItzted. half smiled I
he smile grew into q grin and she
sugHsd right OUT Fer goodness !
axe, Doc. where did you get the
-hISksrS and the little boys ShTtZ'