Show 0 or Cros Crossed d Wires Blamed for Suicide Attempt It isn't so long ago ogo measured in months since I was wakened waken cd out of or my mj sleep one nl night ht A friend was waR concerned concerned concerned con con- about another friend The rIh latter tatter tat lat ter had been increasingly morbid and despondent dependent said the man on the phone and he feared that something ml might ht happen that very Q nl night night night- ht- ht Ive I telephoned Sam and he hc does not answer So we called upon our moody friend There was no response to our knocks Three o'clock ocl ck In the morning Break In the door 1 The house home was one of or tJ tire sort ort builders build build- ers have e been putting up of or late Inte years ears Full of ot handsome details hut but made largely of brown paper Imper and plaster We e did not need an ax or even oven a n Jimmy to get through that door No wonder the owner was despondent despondent- when he awakened to the thought that he had hod bought hought that sort ort of house e. e lie He must have ha concluded he was not In his ri right ht mind In the thc bedroom we found our OHr friend with an nn empty bottle by his side Hell live now said sold the doctor at da daybreak Why IChy Yh didn't you two fools leave me meI I alone asked our ungrateful friend Ill do It next time time time-it So we rode herd on him to ut use ulle e n a e We gale gaye ae him no chance to do it again We Ye kept him alive nU and Interested and sometimes angry and Incidentally changed chang his diet and co coaxed fixed his liver lh-er Into resuming opera operations lions Ions and petted his nerves ner until they calmed down Hes He's th the est U man In town toun today todo Healthy happy hoppy hearty and Rud Is considering matrimony and a I camping cAmping- trip and cannot quite decide which he wants first or most Ills trouble was only n a temporary one said tho the doctor A pair pf qt ironed crossed wires The sort of thing that might happen to anyone Merely Ier l needed needed need need- ed cd nn an adjustment If It my wires ever cross Ill I'll know what to do J J P. P In Kansas City Star |