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Show NOT A SINGLE SNORE NIGHT OF QUIET IN BOARDING-HOU3E BOARDING-HOU3E BEDCHAMBER. Mixture Recommended Was Effective, but for Some Strange Reason Roommate Was In an Extremely Bad Temper In the Morning. When the lnndlady asked tho bookkeeper book-keeper In tho third story front room If ho would object to a roommato ho snld "ho didn't think ho'd mind It, Just so tho other fellow didn't snore." Tho lnndlady promised to bo very careful nnd question nil callers closely close-ly on thnt point. It was two weeks beforo sho found any ono whom sho thought nlco enough to share tho room with tho bookkeeper. Tho newcomer new-comer wns a dapper llttlo fellow who has hla trousers creased cvory other -jpbjm.in . It Was Not an Infant Snore, but a Fully Developed, Mighty Snore, day and who wnR In all respects tho quintessence of cleanliness. Tho two young men got pretty woll acquainted tho first evening nnd tho bookkeeper thought ho should llko his companion Immensely. Ileforo morning ho chnuged his mind. Ho know ho should l.ntc him. Tho room- mato snored. It wns not nn Infant snore, but n fully dovclopcd, mighty snore, such ns ho had uuvor hoard In nil his vnrlod experlenco. He spoko about It whllo they wore dressing. "Snored, did I?" snld tho roommate. room-mate. "That's funny. Nobody over told mo nhout It before." v "Mnybo you havo novor slopt In tho snino room with anybody?" "Oh, yes, I havo; lots of times. I toll you, I don't think It Is natural for mo to do that. I think I did It last night because I'vo got a bad cold." Tho bookkeeper accepted that ox-plnnntlon ox-plnnntlon nnd both men sot to work to curo tho cold. At tho end of a week thero wasn't n trace of It left, but tho snoring continued nt n moro lively rnto than over. Tho bookkeeper bookkeep-er complained again. Tho roommato was very nlco nbout It. Ho snld ho deeply regretted hla allllctlon, nnd If anybody could recommend anything that wbh good for snoring ho'd bo willing to talto It, nnd ask no questions, ques-tions, no mnttor what It wns. That night tho bookkeeper brought homo a nowspapor clipping which ho had run across In tho courso of tho day. "If pcoplo who snoro would tnko a tnblospoouful of cayenne peppor nnd n tnblcsboonful of ollvo oil boforo ro-tiring ro-tiring thoy will find tho mlxturo a posltlvo euro for snoring." That was tho gist of tho paragraph. After dinner tho bookkeeper went to tho drug storo nnd bought n plentiful supply of both Ingredients. "I tell you whnt It Is," ho said, whon. ho camo back. "If a llttlo of anything Is good, a wholo lot of It ought to bo still bettor. Instead of taking two tnblcspoonfuls of this mlxturo mlx-turo you ought to doublo tho doso." Notwithstanding his promised do-I do-I clllty tho roommato demurred a lit-I lit-I tlo, but tho other persisted, nnd nfter I much gasping nnd weoplng tho (lory I doso wns Bwallowod. Tho roommnto ! had taken to tho sofa several nights I beforo that. Ho sought tho couch again that evening nnd tho bookkeeper, bookkeep-er, being left In solo possession of tho bed, slopt peacefully tho whole night through, undisturbed by a sin-I sin-I glo Btiore. Tho next morning ho sat I up nnd looked nt tho silent form on tho couch. "Hollp, old man," ho said, "that stuff worked llko n top, didn't It? Nary a snoro, eh?" Thero wns no nnswor from tho motionless mo-tionless figure. "Say," ho went on, "nro yoj still asleep?" Tho flguro sat up thon. Its fnco I was Hushed, Its eyes bloodBhot, Its hair rumpled. "Asloop?" It hollowed. "Aslcop? Don't speak to mo. I hato you. I'm burning up. If Mount Peleo wero In my stomach I couldn't bo any hotter than I am now. No. I nm not nsleop, I haven't been nsleop all night. 1 novor expect to sleep again. No won-dor won-dor I didn't snoro." Now York PresB. |