Show EDDYS ADVENTURES 1 HoW a Young ans 1ILil Is Increasing In-creasing I Eddy Williams who used to be stenographer sten-ographer for J E Iarkel in the Union Pacific office here Is baring a hard time of it up in the mountains Dear VIrginIa City Mont Eddy got It into hIs head that hel wanted to be a prospector pros-pector and sought the wilds of Mon tana for his exploits About the first thing he did was to walk Into a prospect pros-pect hole lIe struck bottom after awhIle He struck it suddenly toq so sudden in fact that he was compelled to hobble around on crutches for a few days In some way the report got out that I Eddy had met with an accident and got bath of his legs cut off It was then hIs troubles began In the first place all the Short LIne boys began writing letters of condolence to their unfortunate friend but that was only v I the beginning for letters or which the following is a sample arc pouring In upon him by every mall Dear SIrIt Is reasonable to assume that before long you wlll want an ar tificial limb and before ordering it you will want some Information upon the sUbject We would now send you a copy of A Treatise on Artificial Limbs If we were sure that we had your con rect address The book Is really what you need It will put you on the right line of thought and aid yOU In the se lection of a limb that will remove your disabllltj in the moat complete manner man-ner Circulars containing ghastly pictures of artificial limbs are coming in upon hIm thick and fast and cause hIm to struggle with nightmares In a lettcr to Clerk Taggart In the Short Line freight office he declares hc Is anything but a cripple He Is putting in the time hunting sheep and ChInamen he declares and once in a while varies I it by locating prospects in some ot whIch he expects to strike pay dIrt before long |