The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-05

along until 6:33. BY the way. how much
did you agree to pay Uncle Lem for comm
over here to meet your"
Il didn't agree to pny him anything"
replied. "He said he'd 10 it when we were
making a price for hauling over my furni-
well, ! wouldn't wait for him any
longer" said the agent. Uncle Lens
mighty absent-minded about some things,
especially when there amt anything in 'em
for him. Here comes Jake Greenway down
the road with his carryall, an if | was you
"a try to make some kind of a dicker with
him to take you round home. 1t won't be
so very far out of his way"
We made tho dicker, and climbed into
the rear seat of the carryail. 1t was hotter
than the inside of a crematory. Our only
consolation was that Jake was so stupetied
BY the heat that he couldn't ask questions.
We logged along and gasped and baked.
1t should have been four miles to our
house, but it seemed to me that we had gone
six, and yet l had seen no familiar object.
l had neyer come this way before. On my
two previous visits i had gotten of at
HigRlnsville station, which WAS more con
venlent on some accounts, though it neces-
Stated q little longer ride. Mauds had in
sisted on East Grimesville because she was
in such a hurry to reach our new home. |
have noticed TINT when Maude endeavors
to expedite matters we are always late.
| called her attention to the fact. but she
said it was too hot to quarrel. Not aver
the thermometer could have ventured to
give gainesville such a reputation as that.
| began to be glad we had come.
Another half hour dragged itself awav,
Mr.. Greenway's four-wheeled bakery grew
steadily hotter. l began to fear that /
should be overdone if i remained in it any
longer. Maude urged me to ask Mr.. Green
way how much further it was to West
Gainesville, but whispered that if l did
he would begin to talk, and l couldn't
stand cross-examination at any such tenn
perature.
Through the gear window of the c~arryall
| could see heavy clouds piling themselves
up in the sky, threatening a thunder show
or. The situation was growing precerious.
l was on the point of resorting to the des-
perate eypedtent of questioning Jake Green
way, when the horse turned sharply out of
the road, attempted to enter the yard of a
farm house, and brought the fore-wheel of
the %carryail INTO violent collision with a
hitching- post. We stopped so suddenly
that Maude pitched forward upon Green
ways back. Her scream of terror md dis
may launched against G~reenway's tympa-
mum at short range, mingled with a terri
Die veil from Greenway himself. This
pleasing duet continued for some minutes,
at the end of which time a ragged urchin
appeared at the farm house door and cried
out: whats the matter with ye dad? Be
20 crazy"
Great gosh all whittaker.' exclaimed
Mr.. Greenway. "Ill be darned if 1 haven't
been dead asleep, and the old boss has
found his way home. If you'll let go o.
me, MAIN, I'll get out md see if that fore
ex is strained"
when the excitement attending Green
ways awakening had somewhat subsidized, l
inquired how far We were from home.
about the same as ye was when / took
ye aboard" snid GrGenway with a grin.
Maude looked as though she would like
to hear me swear, but l resisted the tempta-
ton. We alighted and Greenway backed
the horse away from the hitching post and
examined the "fore-ex."
mo damage done,' said ho. at length.
II guess yer better come in and have sup
per with us, and wait till the showers over.
Then my boy'll drive We over in the eve
nin'."
There was nothing else TO do, so wa ac~
cepted this kind invitation. Tho rain fell
heavily as we sat at supper, and for some
time afterwards; but about eight o'clock
the sky cleared, tho moon shone out bright
ly and Sammy Greenway brought the carry
all to the door.
Now don't ye take tho wrong road at the
Corners and 60 roamin' over Higginsville
way" was Mr.. Greenway's parting adnnoni~
ton. The possibility it suggested made
Maude nervous, and she asked Sammy if he
was sure he knew tho way at least forty
times in the first quarter of a mile. MaGde
has a method of inter ogation that will de-
sttoy u mans confidence in tho most vital