The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

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eCuthbert!"
The dronine of the humble bees In
the late honeysuckle ON the farmhouse
porch was the only reply.
"C,thbert, you answer me-! Ihere
VAS menace in the tones and boys
muffled voice promptly replied from
the loft over the carriage house:
"Yes'm, I'll be there in a minit!
..Bless mel" exclaimed Mrs. Dilts,
..he,s .always a-fiddlin' at some patent
cnntrantion or other with no partickler
results; although will say MS settin
hen breaker, with little alterlh oiue
fair to do the trick. Here. you SCAMP
with your fathers second cousin
!, ,a-comtn'. You let me call an call wnen
you're to go to Dodd's groc'ry lof "'
I fore you meet the train!"
b Eve Just invented something sal"
the boy would you
"You hook up Prince jest as iast rs
the lawYl let you." said the busy wo"-
IN. 81 haven't time to look at lnveh-
tions now. Here's list OF Things
want an when the train comes In. you
look for q young man named Adoiph.
that's good sissy name for you-ah
oh, dear! There's rattiesnaAe
som'eres close by. an I'm as 'fralo as
death of 'em!'
Sure enough, from near the carriage
house was heard the warning
.chirr-r-r-r-r" of a big rattlesnake.
smile forced its way over Cuthbert's
features at the sound and he turned
hastily to hide it.
"Cutty," said his mother, coaxingiy'
"jest holler to your pappy in the lower
cornfield as you go by, an have MIN
come in an kill that feller. WILL ye? l
dassen't go in the barnyard TILL nes
been done for, an I need eggs"
.sYes'm," said Cuthbert obediently'
with a strong desire to choke.
At the end of the lane the boy met
wandering dealer in old clothes.
"Young shentleman," said the mer-
chant, cycling the long sunny stretcn
to the house: "do you know IL your
respegded mother would like bargain
In fine tablecloths to-day for some ole
c.o'es Of no possible use?'
Cant say" answered the youth
- shortly, for he did not fancy the man
looks; ''guess you'll have to trudge IL
and ask her yourself" giving Primo
the whip.
Mrs. Dilts and Grandma Amory wer
,.. hard at work polishing the family sli
yer when the peddler came quietly Int
the dooryard.
~ Good afternoon. laties." he sale
IA. s'haf you any old clo'es of no poss1bl
use-Cracious." Then his eye rested o
the silver. What beautiful old-fasf
ION silver dishes you haf-maype
hundred years old"
1.-TWO hundred, more like" said Mr.
Dilts, briskly rubbing away. The
was old when grandma. here, was
%v6ung woman-no, hain't got no o.
-.ss clothes to swap for no red tablec}oths
she said in changed tones for she hs
+ ( seen in the mans face look whi'
alarmed her. Cit on, now" she o
% tlered, as the peddler persisted in sho1
Ing his wares, cor I'll have my hu
band put you of the place. An sa
there's a rattlesnake close by hei
som'eres, tool"
"Rattlesnake!" cried the peddler, a.
In jiffy he was OF.
The sun was setting when Cuthbe
returned from the depot with Cous
-,'- AdoHDh. Cousin Adolph was a lat
young man with a glib tongue who
once made himself quite at home.
the supper table he ate voraciously' a
dIscoursed ON his life at distant Sc
mary. He would soon graduate a
%1Y,y, phnv f,ft
ne said. with upturned eyes, at
same time dexterously forking tn
piece of cake. The family silver, g
tering with much rubbing. attrac
:, his attention.
Rare old pattern. that. Aunt Kat
he said,g -familiarly: worth a mint
money, I dessay?"'
,rs-'-1r'-' s.we'ye bin offered as high as
hundred and fifty dollars for it" s
Mrs. Dilts, prSudly. "but the mo
amt made that could buy it!'
"Quite right, quite right" asser
Cousin Adolph, heartily; "sell the st
of the place first? hope you b
safe place to lock it up. for can
YOU that old silver like that is
bait for burglars!"
4s II generally leave it out, but g
%@ for tonight I'll put it In the firep
cubberd," said the good lady.
membrance of the covetous peddle
the afternoon lingering in her mir
49, The family was about to retire
messenger same in haste fron
s'netghboring farm with word that
had sick horse, and asked that
,t7''' Dilts come over. Mr.. Dilts had
Is siderable veterinary skill and
.,;p,aIs SO he went at once.