Galusha the Magnificent

of this world it was to become aware that a glass containing something not unpleasantly

ach and thence, apparently, to his fingers and toes; at all events those

are," said the voice, the same v

am quite well no

soakin' wet mortal that has been on it. N

. Here

the doctor on

had no supper and was wet through, and all such talk's that. But I headed HIM off, my savin' soul, yes! Sa

h! WHAT did you t

Miss Marthy? You said y

r mind. Don't stop to argue about it. You go out and make some

'm,

scrape off the burned part and make you eat it, I declare I will.

t really

Phipps, Ma

. Mrs.

, not

permit you to take so much trouble. I must go on

t is

onfused-dizzy. I shall be all right ag

this, on an empty stomach-" She paused, laughed, and exclaimed, "Of

ere times when I began to think

otion of what's the matter with you. The idea of that Primmie tellin' him you hadn't had anything but rum for she didn't know how long! My, my! Well, 'twas the truth, but it bears out what my father used to say, th

hot tea and eating buttered toast. He was sitting in a big rocker with his steaming shoes propped against the stove.

perature made feeble protests, declaring himself to be "perfectly all right, really" and that h

n you get back to the vill

otel. I presume t

ad here is the only hotel in East Wellm

agon or something to take me to Wellmouth. I have friends in Wellmouth; I in

family are patients of mine. But t

are

York two weeks or more ag

.. Why, but-but there I

en, with a motion of his hand, he indicated to Miss Phipps that he wished

in there shouldn't go out again to-night. He has been half sick for some time, I ju

hook her head

im in the middle of the road," she said. "It's just like Raish, but that do

ctor l

elieve you're right

er used to say that if ignorance was bliss the home for feeble-minded folks ought to be a parad

d clouded over. Doctor Power

about the Wellmouth Developmen

ost given up expectin

shares, so the loss, if it is a loss, won't break me.

ieve h

right, after all. Raish

out of sorts I wonder if one more week wouldn't have given us a better job.... But there, that's irrever

ldn't go out to-night. O

ll he h

ght perhaps I could get him down to the light an

'em, as far as that goes. He isn't v

would feel about taking a strange

ps interr

, but I blush every time I see the scales. If you think I'm afraid of a little, meek creature like the one in the sittin' room you never made a bigger m

no, he doesn't," he admitted. "I think

ld tell that just by lookin' at him. And I've brought up a father, so I've had experience. He'll stay right here in the spare bedr

he sitting room door when the

p'n Jim-your father, I mean-didn't put more money than he could spare in that Development

stily, almost too hastily,

course not

m only asking as a

I were to each other; is it likely he would leave me in trouble of any kind? Now come i

hen told that he was to occupy the Phipps' spare bedroom overnight. Oh, he could not

ng her directions concerning some tablets. "One to be taken now and another in the mornin

Do you think he's

ning to the still protesting Galusha, "you and

ally, do

of father's around in one of the trunks somewhere, but I doubt it, for I gave away almost everything of that kind when h

atient's face, was obliged to wait an instant before venturi

ve forgotten it entirely. My suitcase! I-ah-it must

l? The Res

s.

lskin "slicker," sou'wester, and rubber boots, clumped forth in search of the suitcase. She returned dripping but grinning with the mi

need, Mr. Bangs?" asked

quite-ah-thank

iss Martha's father, Mr. Bangs, and there may have been finer men, but I never met any

as behind to steady him. Miss Martha called to say that she had left a lighted lamp in the bedroom. Beyond the fact that the room itself wa

undress. The soaked shoes and stocki

old as ice, I suppo

illed, but nothin

called up

a hot-water bag. I thought pro

he bag and returned to t

" he declared, solemnly. "There, Mr. Bangs, that'll warm up y

doctor, I shouldn't permit this. I

cky the rain has driven off the fog or the foghorn would keep you awak

d-ah-at le

atches right there by the lamp, in case you want 'em. If you feel mean in the night sing o

e roof overhead and splashed against the panes of the two little windows beneath the ea

is watch. Then he discovered it was almost nine o'clock. He had had a

l, he would not get up immediately. He would lie there a little longer and perhaps have the hotel people send up his breakfast, and-Then he remembered

ect; he prepared to begin to dress. Just as he reached the important point where i

th the unimportant exceptions of crumpled collar and ti

he cried, alo

his chamber do

fell asleep and me and Miss Martha we hung 'em alongside the kitchen stove. They're dried out fine. Miss Martha says you ai

ean put them on the floor-ah-o

ou was awake to ask yo

h better, thank y

clean, and the majority of the wrinkles had been pressed from his trousers and coat. The mud had even been brushed from his shoes. Not that Galusha noticed al

s in the western windows also, for the sitting room occupied the whole width of the house at that point. The pictures upon the wall were almost all of the sea, paintings of schooners, and one of the "Barkentine Hawkeye, of Boston. Captain James Phipps, leaving Surinam, August 12, 1872." The only variations from the sea pictures were a "crayon-enlarged" portrait of a sturdy man with an abun

t when Miss Phipps entered the ro

ed. "WHAT in the world are

ain that he was feeling quite himself, really

dded, "that I haven't kept you wai

eakfast till half past nine on a Saturday mornin'. Primmie and I were up at half-past six sharp. That is, I got up then and Primmie was helped up abou

elieve he did, but

must be pretty nearly starved. Sit right down, Mr.

you wouldn't trouble ab

ld feel if I hadn't eaten a thing but toast-brea

d to tell him that breakfast was ready. He followed her to the dining room, another comfortable, sunshiny apartment, where Primmie, gri

for disobeying orders, gave the said

means a few days' rest and quiet and good food. If your friends, the Halls, were at their cottage at the Centre I'd take you there, Mr. Bang

ted. "Now, Doctor Powers," he begged, "please don't th

e, but yo

would take me to Wellmout

t they're

s a hotel there, Mr.

iss Phipps looke

nt on Galusha. "Now if you would be s

s rubbed

you under my eye for

casionally? It is not so very far, is it?... As to the additiona

ysician look

ense, exactly, Mr

ll-ah-a trifle weak-weak in the knees," he added, with his slight smile. "I know you must consider

ed, but he still

," he began-and stopped

finished the s

ble County knows, that Elmer Rogers' hotel at the Centre isn't fit to furnish board and lodgin' for a h

h you-yes. Although I shouldn't

ow of course there's just one sensible thing for Mr. Bangs here to d

he admitted, "but I'd ra

Galusha, "the thing for you to do is to stay right here in this ho

," he cried, in great agitation, "I can'

you would be in a hotel, in a GOOD hotel-you'd be more

rtable. I think I never slept better in my life than I did last night. Or ate a

't any

doctor, I must go-if not to the Wel

lusha. Galusha, whose knees were trembling, sat

be willin' to stay here, woul

nly. But, you see

our days. Doctor, what does Elmer Rogers cha

e to five dolla

take it that what troubles you mostly is that you don't want to visit a person you've never met until last night. You

that I don't know how to express my gratitude, but I can't accept any mo

a hotel and doesn't pretend to be, but if you think you can be comfortable here for the next few days and it w

in amazement. The doc

gs, I'll see you again to-morrow morning. Take the tablets as directed. You may go out for an hour

fore his patient real

ed Galusha, "I-I-r

Phipps in bewildered consternatio

in, Mr. Bangs, and finish your breakfast.... Primmie, brin

tes later, Galusha vent

terday, I think the very least I can do is to tell you who-or-ah-what I am. Of course if the Halls were here they wou

in' able to pay the three

ce may not be necessary. I shall be gl

nces did you mean, refere

s, something

es twi

, "do you really think

now to the contrary," he said,

desperate. Do yo

t I did last

Bangs, suppose we don't worry about the references on either side of this bargain of ours. I'll take you on trust for the next two

you are taking all the risk. I

much of Primmie's cookin' yet.... Oh, by

archaeo

.. A-a what,

I specialize princi

.. Oh

es

to the kitchen now. Make yours