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THE RIDDLE 23 two at time, and arrived at the top breathless. Why, what 's the matter, James? Oh, he moaned, piteously, It hurts. Where are you sick? What hurts you?' She queried. Jimmy placed one tender hand on his back and covered his forehead with the other. Oh, here in here, 'n here, he wailed, designating a dozen different locations on his anatomy. First throwing a blanket over a rocking chair, Mrs' Miller picked up the stricken youth and set him in it, which process was ac- companied by a series of ohs, and ouches. Jimmy had already decided that his par- ticular brand of sickness should not be one which would bar him from eating, so, when his mother brought up a well filled tray, a little later, he ate every bit of it, a fact which his mother noted with a return of the vague misgiving of the night before. As she took the tray downstairs, she called, I'll have to help Tom and Milly get ready for school. If you want anything call me. Hope rose high in artful James' cardiac organ. Nothing had been said about his feeling like going to school. Things were going quite beautifully, but Jimmy had not reckoned on that odd little ability of mothers to be misled up to a certain point and then to see right through the whole plan, though it has been so faultlessly constructed and enacted. The book was his Waterloo. When his mother came up half an hour later to ask if there was anything he wanted he guessed there wasn't unless it was his book,-if he couldn't go to school he might as well read- If Mrs. Miller had not just then had her back to her son, he would have sensed that the conspiracy was suspected and could have beaten a hasty retreat. As it was, he was only bliss- fully content when his mother obediently brought the book from under the bed, and handed it to him. Returning from the kitchen sometime late, she carried four white cloths with a yellow pasty material between them. These, she explained, are mustard plasters. They are bound to help you. 1 Will they hurt me? demanded Jimmy. That was one phase of the question that he had not thought about. Oh, no, said his wily mother- At least not as much as those terrible pains. Well, thought Jimmy complacently, I'm sure sittin' purty. It seemed he must get in bed and allow the plasters to be adjusted to his various aches and pains. Oh, gosh, Mom, they're cold, he cried, wriggling. Yes, she assented. But they'll get warm. Truer thing was never said, as Jimmy soon found out. The plasters warmed remark- ably fast and Jimmy warmed up with them. At last he called desperately, Mom, are you sure this is the right medicine for my sickness? Yes, dear, she answered- Are they getting warm? Silence. Then, Mom, the pain's all gone, can I take 'em off? No, dearg the pains might come back. Another interval of silence ensued, and finally the maltreated youth called out, in the anguished voice of one who is about to undergo cremation, Mom, they're burnin' me up. Kin Itake 'em off?'l At this, his mother came up stairs and standing in the doorway watched her tortured son. But the pains? she said, half in assent half in questioning. Oh, fer gosh sake, Mom, taken 'em off. There never wuz any pains, anyway! he burst out. Never were any pains? repeated his mother in feigned surprise- But there are' now, he blurted, grimly. In defense of Mrs. Miller's action it might be said that it gave her almost as much pain to watch Jimmy carry himself about as though he were one big blister as it did to the actual suf- ferer, but James Miller has never missed a day of school for sickness except the time when he had the measles, and then he stayed quietly only on assurance that that particular disease was never doctored with mustard plasters. DOROTHY HOVIOUS
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THE MDDLE 25 W mmc1'M:N'rs l Hvvh! NOW fffufifre ef'-CIZYOU 5ee,fT yyqj'-El' HKS- - Th 15- ,,:': Y -rl,-,l P Of the May Term of the Mattoon High School Cir- cuit Court, in the Year of Qounty of Colesfiss' Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred anzl Twenty Five. COURT OFFICERS State of Illinois I Sybil Vickrey ----- Judge Lawrence Guthrie - - - Sheriff Katherine Kidwell - States Attorney Myrtle Myers ----- Clerk Florence Lund - Foreman of Grand Jury We, the Grand Jurors, chosen, selected and sworn in and for the County of Coles, in the name and by the authority of the People of the State of Illinois, upon their oaths, present the following charges against the within named persons, to-wit: Ray MyersiFor bringing honors to the Mattson High, as a successor to Dempsey. Harold Jordan..For his ability to imitate Jiggs. John Alexander-For being the only boy in High School interested in Home Nursing. Be'lin Evans-For his fluent speech in Latin- Ru'h Dooley-For aspiring to be Madam Gibraltar. Certain BoystFor wearing such delicate colored ties. Helen Schaffer-For never studying. Earl Lucier.-For being so quiet and modest. Certain Dogs-.For having such an ardent desire for an education. Bernice Richardsan..For never talking. Robert Horsley-For trying to destroy Assembly room furniture. Ernest Hurst-For wearing rubber heels. Arthur Rice..For having an unexcelled scholastic standing- Helen FlemingAFor being a side line coach. Miriam Campbell.-For trying to imitate Pavlowa. James Russell...For wishing he had a valet to secure the daily newspaper for him. Ha'rry Tucker and James Hinderliter-For their intelligent actions. Dorothy Warren-For paying strict at- tention to her own affairs. Eugene Ieffler..For being an innocent pretender. Horace Cookw-For wishing to become a prize fighter. Irene CummingstFor never asking for chewing gum. Leona HendersonfFor causing so much disturbance- Sylvan Rominger and Nolan Kibler4For flattering themselves on being the two smallest boys in school. Florence Darling-For never being able to concentrate long enough to get her lessons. Robert Ellithorpe-For never noticing things that tenil to detract attention. Mary I.inthicum4For introducing a new method to slenderize the figure. Donald Wright-For dressing like Little Lord Fauntleroyf' Katherine Andrews-For having such a fondness for hard boiled eggs and sweet milk. Mary M. Adams-For having such a masculine voice.
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