Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-31
SQUARE ATLAST
BY AoolE GRAVES

named Mag Thistle" Her 49,, ie
ate young brother called bH. . ~
buggy walking-stick," She was % -. ae
tenuated. ~ al
ms card read, Aaron Turni,s,,
a friend. who sought the renpto,ia, =.
oelng Wit, dubbed Aaron @Bnts.
Dasa' His shape and color At the
.op proclaimed the quality Of his
friends Imagination. "''
Aaron's love for Margara, baa .
girth equaling his own. sim had no,
q satellite appeared In the shape Of .
oainty French dancing master he
would not have proposed so soon The
ioiio"ing Is the way Margaret ex.
pressed her idea Of II:
1 would as soon think Of LIVING IN
d canary cage with an elephant Yop
would be just Ike Aunt Morals brs-
oand; when he is at home he is elther
eatlng or snoring. You have no more
ambition than setting hen. Men
should never be fat. And-I meyer
could stand being called Mrs. Turn
lpsk"
aaron managed one return lab:
You are quite likely to be an her
oaceous, olive-branched widow If Won
marry that cockroach Of a dancing
master"
The barber shop gosslps wondered
at Aaron's silence during the ensuing
two weeks. Why he had given notice
was mystery. The truth was. Aaron
had determined to reduce. He OBJ
tanned a job on truck to get exer-
else His aching muscles prevented
sleep, even If he had not got so much
latter. 1t got on his nerves when the
family told him to get a night job
that he would never reduce while he
slept so much.
SO he sought milk station. A farm
er sized him up disapprovingly, but
was forced to take him on, there be-
Ing no other applicant for the Job. On
the way to the station he passed Mar [
garet and the dancing master. Mar
garet had been working in a candy
shop. She showed 1t. Her angles were
delicately rounded out and her face a I
pure oval, with just the right amount 4
OF bloom on It to attract bees-drones
like the dancing master'-thought
Aaron.
For six weeks Aaron bobbed up and
down like bell buoy in a gale over
the milk route. But alas He slept
coming and going from the city and
drank the cream off the cans of milk.
To stop his appetite the farmer sent
him forth to murder potato bugs.
These enhancing creatures neither
luelled his thirst nor his hunger.
Then the farmer led Aaron TO the
,nion field, saying, "An reduction
Methods demand STOPPING" The farmer
lid not know of Aaron's fondness for
'aw onions. They gave him the most
turning thirst yet. Hearing the CUR
ling of a nearby brook. he discovered I
cherry orchard. Only the robins
Until the onions were all weeded, when
he farmer thought it time to pick
hem. The birds got all the blame,
or Aaron planted all the stones Dur
ne the next three years. though. the
armer made hundreds of dollars sell
ng cherry trees.
The scales still showed Aaron was
aiming weight. The farmer gave, as
is best advice: GO and get a movie
lb. If you are a movie star. Mar
aret will seek you. regardless Of how
1t you are
With great joy, Aaron again boarded
train for the West. Before going far,
e saw skeleton of man who ap-
cared TO have an immense vitality for
ne of his age. After q suitable pre-
Ide. Aaron inquired the secret Of his
,ndition-
81 am q dancing master. l used TO
eigh $50 pounds. Ny name is c. NJ
,oot. If you care to allow me TO make
human demonstration Of you, l Will
" YOU $50 a week and bring you
,wn to 100 pounds in so days.
Aaron's face lighted up. He could
val the French dancing master on MS
vn grounds. He forgot his appetite
d thirst. His complexion faded IN
Of an orchid pink. Every two weeks
was obliged TO order new suit DE
IS a paying proposition, both 10 the
Ilor and TO C. NJ. Scoot. They hated
see him depsrt-pnder his new.
,slized name. Professor Archibald
'se.
Rut he went-with ten trunks-to
lquer Margaret
Wishing TO display his superb mas
Unity. he walked from the stsuon- s
he passed the building containing
. dance hall. he saw a 10 Lei J
NJ 10 ten minutes be had psi'
,rs rent 10 advance. he is"fHs'q
u the French master had gone - ~
nee Margaret bad not developed ~
.,o,,s prostration she hso ASfsi o.