Show HAD THE BLUES William Drudy Is n lineman living on Gardner avenue Jersey City A short time ago his wife presented him with a half dozen blue cotton handkerchiefs I wns co7en Saturday that Drudy appeared for the first time resplendent In his new lm neckwear He labored cheerful until into In Limo afternoon when n fellow workman shocked him with the remark Drudy yonro 111 Im feeling all right a little tired thats all Work nIl time Hudson boulevard ceased Youre blue In tho fact Drudy they said to him Didnt you say that you worked last week near that contagious Hill disease hospital near Snake ll nea Come to think of It 1 did 1 dont feel just right Drudy sat on the embankment and Druc the cold perspiration from his face Then he went home Ills wife looked Upon the ghastly countenance and gave a snriik or mirror Drudy was trembling t1en mril nnd they put him to bed The I phy sician called icic uruuy s puiuu iinu nodded his head gravely Strange disorder I J dont understand tho symptoms ho saId by way of consolation con-solation to tho now miserable Mrs Dru dy Drudy moaned In loop agony They gave him a prescription but It had no quieting effect upon Dnrdy The doctor came again and renewed time prescription moro puzzled than over Drudy felt that bo was dying Then they sent for a priest Drudy waited with foverlsh anxiety anx-iety Ills brow was hot mil his wife bathed his face with a wot towel Then the linemans wlfo jumped back with a cry of horror Its nil coming out of you William sho said Whats coining out of mo said Dru dy becoming Interested bccolng blue Youre turning to red redDrudy Jumped out of bed Then ho went to tho washbaain and a good old Saturday night ocrub followed Drudy was n changed man When the Driest arrived Drudy was as well as ever Drmly looked at hlo wife after the clergyman cler-gyman had gone gman had better not say anything to tho boys about those blue cotton handkerchiefs handker-chiefs said Drudy But his wife told the secret to n neighbor New York World |