Show crossed wires warned for suicide attempt it so long ago measured in months since I 1 was wakened of my sleep ripe ope right night A friend was war concerned abolt another friend the fat at tel had been indrea increasingly bingly morbid arnd despondent said the man mam an the phone and he be feared that something might happen that very night ive telephoned sani sam and ho he does docs riot not answer 1 0 go o we called upon our moody friend was no rc apon o to our knocks three in the morning break in the door the alie house wits was one of the sort builders ars have been pulling up of late years full of hand handsome tome details but made largely of brown paper and plater we lid did not need an as am or even a jimmy to pet get through that door no wonder the ower was vas despondent when lie awakened awak eDed to the thought that lie he had bought that sort bort of house ile he must hato bare concluded lie ho was not in his right mind in the bedroom wo ire found our friend with an empty bottle by his side Il hell lell live now sald said the doctor at daybreak why you two fools leave roc me diode alone asked our ungrateful friend ill dl do it next nest time so we rode herd on him to we a we gave him no chance to do it again we kept him alive and interested and sometimes angry and incidentally changed chanced his diet and coaxed his liver into resuming operations and petted his nerves until they calmed down ties nes the alvest man in town today healthy happy hearty and Is considering matrimony and a camping trip and cannot quite decide which lie e wants fief or most b ills his trouble was only a temporary one ode said the doctor A pair of crossed wires the sort of thing that might happen to anyone merely needed an adjustment if my wires ever cross ill know what ti to do J 11 I 1 in kansas city star |