Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-08

No, the colonel is sample o. what his
daddy done fur i'm; you can bet yors
sweet life on that! An as fur that mat
ter, men you is jest what Jade Fam
shaw has made out'n us. / tell YOU,
blood has got lots to do with it. Col.
Hasbrooke's father fit in the Mexican
war, an the colonel stuck hisse'f up to
be shot at in defense o. his niggers in
the civil war, but Jade Fanshaws daddy
before i'm was sent up fur house,
breakin, an instead O. shoulderin' his
musket to drive the yelpin' Yanks out
o the south Jade hid in the mountains
up in Tennessee, an turned bushj
whacker, an lived on what he could
rob from helpless women an Children.
I hope nobody round heer won't find
all that out. We've got black eye
enough, as it Isl
81 always try to forget that" sighed
Ronald.
"Ah, my honey" calculated the un-
couth philosopher, in triumphant
tone, but Col. Hasbrooke don't try to
forget nothin' his daddy did. Not on
yore tin type! I've heerd he has his
pas uniform in a big glass case, an
picture of i'm on boss in full tilt after
the enemy. They say the old teller
fit like tiger cub with one yeer shot
off as clean as baby's belly, an q
piece of cannon-ball as big as a saucer
in his shoulder; they say jest as he
was expirin' Teller bent over i'm an
his last kick landed in his bread-basket,
an doubled i'm up like razor. All,
come off, you needn't argue with me,
ROM
The listener to this frowned, as he 4
swung his basket to and fro, but he
did not want to be misunderstood by
his brother. s.
What 1 mean, David, is that if q
young man really has it in him, and will
study hard enough, he can climb to
the highest rung of the ladder of sue
cess
Dave laughed loudly for fully min
ute, then he said:
Your ladder would have to be stout
enough to hold up all creation, fur the
minute you begun to mount all four
of them overweights at our house would
start after you, an they'd stick to you,
eff they saw you on the climb-they
would eff they fell an smashed the'rsels
into jelly. Huh! I'd "a run for
president myself long ago, but don't
Ike the idea o. them three in lows
neck an short sleeves helpin' men my
wife shake hands in the white house
with the whole shootin' match O. big
1kes."
Ronald gave up. the discussion. His
brothers. coarse allusion to his mother
1 and sisters failed to appeal to his sense
4ef skumor.. He was thinking of Evelyn
/ Hasbrook spatrieian-f lures and 1.-THE
delicate sympathy. By this time the
two brothers had almost reached their
home; they could see the sagging roof
| Of their fathers house. Half mile fur
| Their on in the gathering dusk doomed
the white walls and lighted windows of
| Carnleigh. AT this point the dull
/ steady beat of horses hoofs fell ON
their ears.
cts the Hasbrooke gang" an
nounced David.
Ronald's heart sank like plummet.
He had hoped to reach home before
4 the party overlook him. He reproached
himself for the feeling, but he shrank
| from being seen by Evelyn and her
friends in company with one as ill
clothed as his brother. David stepped
to the side of the road and stood open
mouthed, to see the trap and horses
pass, but Ronald, without looking back,
| simply kept on his way. He had made
| up his mind that he should not doff his
hat, as he knew David would, like the
peasant he was. He heard woman's
voice singing a plantation melody, ac-
companied by mellow bass. He de-
cided that the woman's voice had
harsh quality which could not have be-
longed to Evelyn's, although he had
never heard her sing. The vehicle was
just behind him. He heard his BROTH
er shouting out shrill warning, and
was turning to see what had occasioned
it, wheE the horses brushed by him, the
front wheel of the trap striking the
hand which held the basket dashing it
| to the ground and scattering its con-
tents over the sand. He heard Evelyn
scream out in terror from her seat be-
| side Capt. Wrinkle, who was driving, and
saw her desperately pulling on his
arm.
The vehicle drew up few yards
away, and it looked as if the driver was
going to offer some apology, but see
ing that Ronald was still on his feet,
| Wrinkle vigorously applied the whip to
the horses and drove on rapidly. David
ran up and began to pick up the fallen
articles.
Ito Be Continued.)
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