The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-13
tCOntinued.)

You mean to say But old Bishop
seemed unable to put his growing fear
into words.
"Ol ! don't know nothin' fer GER
TAM" said Abner Daniel sympa-
thnicaIly hut eff l was you I'd 90
down 10 Atlanta an see Perkins. You
Kin tell by the way he acts whether
thars anything in his railroad story or
ugt. But 10y gum, YOU ort to know
wuar YOU stand. You've loaded yore-
SCI from hind 10 fore quarters, an eff
You don't plant yore feet on somen
you'll 20 down.
Bishop clutched this proposition as
drowning man would a straw. We'll,
Will 20 See i'm" he said. IN 90 jest
to satisfy you. As fer as I'm concerned
know be wasn't tellin me no lie, but
! reckon you all never II rest till you
are satisfied
He descended the steps and crossed
the yard to the barn. They saw him
lean over the rail fence for q moment
Us # IN troubled thought.
Poor father" said Alan to his uncle
as his mother retired slowly into the
house. He seems troubled, and it may
mean our ruin-absolute ruin
1T amt no trifiu' matter" admitted
Daniel. "Thar's no tellin' how many
thousand acres he may have bought.
He's heepiu' s0methin' to hisse'f. l re-
member Jest when that durn skunk Of
lawyer put that flea in his yeer. They
wHs at HansOns mill an talked con-
hieutial together mighty nigh all morn
iu' But lets not cross a bridge tell we
cit to #. Let's talk about some'n else.
hatn't never had Il chance to tell you,
but I seed that gal in town yesterday
an talked to 'er."
Ibid you. Uncle ABB" The face on
the young man frightened. His tone
was eager and expectant.
Yes I'd hitched in the wagon yar(
an run into Hazen's drugstore to git &
box O. axle grease an was comm Ou
with the durn stuff under my arm
when ! run upon 'er a-Settin in bug
Ey waitin' to git a clerk to fetch e.
out a glass o sody water. She recog
Ilzed me- an fer no other earthly rea
fou than that I'm yore uncle she spok'
- me as pleasin' as a basket o chips
What was | to do? | never was II
such a plight in my life. I'd been un
loadiu side meat at BartOw's ware
house an was kivered from head t
foot with salt and grease. l didn'
have ON no coat, an the seat o III.
pants was non est don't think tina
Was any est about 'em, to tell tn
truth. But | knowed it wouldn't be tn
part of a gentleman to let 'er set ina
Strrrclin' 'er neck out o socket to ca
clerk when l was handy, 50 | whee
I'D about. hOpin' an prayin eff she Oil
look at me she'd take fancy to IN
back o my head, an went in the stor
an told EN- to git hustle on the
SeTeS When | come out, she hauie
NE up to ak some questions apol
when camp meetin' was goin' to set
tits yeer an when Adele was comm
home. I let my box o axle greas
d7ap. an it rolled like wagon "he'
Off duty an me after It, Dendln :
beDdin' Of all positions-heer an va
IN the most ridiculous way. l tell yo'
Id never play croquet UT leapfroe
them pants. All the way nome
thought how I'd disgraced you.
oh, you are all right, Uncle 40
laughed Alan. shes told me severn
times that she likes you very niue.
She says you are genuine-genuli
through and through, and she's rlght
Ia ruther have her say it than al
other gal know" said Abner. "She
purity as red shoes, an eff I'm al
Judge she's genuwine too. Eve got a
other idee about 'er, but | amt a-g1vi
II away jest now"
You mean that She
No" and the old man smiled MI
chievousIy. Il didn't mean noth1n
the sort. l wonder how on earth "
could a got sech notion III 20
head. I'm goin' to see how that bla'
scamp has left my cotton land.
bet he hain't scratched it any deep
n a old hen would "a done iookln I
worms"