Show CONSULTED A dictionary not until then did the young man mall find out his mistake they were sitting in the parlor of a west side house and the conversation was dragging somewhat they had bad exhausted all the valuable social topics had taken st it dip into literature by criticizing criticising critic ising some ot of tile the latest novels had discussed the summer resorts and 1 the prospects for a good fall all season talked a bit about the theaters lt re and there did not seem to be much left after an embarrassing pause of 0 five minutes the girl said we have got cot tile the t cook she bhe says the most killing things yes put in ill the man interestedly yes site Is if a crank about sickness every jay flay she has some come me new disease As a matter ot of fact act she Is a great buxom woman strong and healthy as can be but she imagines sho pho has one loot foot inthe grave must keep her busy finding symptoms to ills cald aid the young man indeed Jn deed it does and some of her complaints are very laughable why the other day she came in ili and told me li in i p perfect erf e c t s seriousness er ious ness that her bones were v er e c e s i ayi fyi n g the young man looked puzzled he laughed a little though and salil a id what a remarkable complaint I 1 d dont ont su suppose it was true do you the young womans comans face took on 8 a pained expression 1 I said she said her bones were ossifying ying she remarked so I 1 understood and I 1 asked it if it was true the young woman passed pas seil her hand band wearily over her forehead lo bile looked at tile the young man mail wearily and said im afraid you 10 lo da not understand the rift drift of my remark I 1 said the cook came to me and told me that her bones were ossifying ying I 1 the young man bit his mustache 1 I fu fully Y understood what you said miss drown brown he replied 1 I think too loo that t bather the meaning of your remark still I 1 do not suppose that except in rare instances such things do occur she put both hands to nor her head bead this time smiled limited a bit and abruptly changed the conversation by saying that it was wonderful how yellow the leaves rn on the ills ailees avero getting so e early arly in tire the season halt half an hour later the young man paused on his way to his room and hunted up a dictionary he turned nervously to the os found os and ran his finger down the column until lie crime came to ossify then he threw 1 his ill hands into the all air and shrieked great scott arid I 1 know that 0 ossify means to turn to bone arid and he called on miss brown since buffalo express |