The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
(COntinued.)
CHAPTER XIV.

u | Bishops sat out on the veran-
- IN 10 rot the cool air before
lEeEI retiring There was only one
F.r burning in the house, and that
W., ,ha little smoky lamp in the kitch-
o. where the cook was washing the
Dishes Bishop sat near his wife, his
r.ar off and vest unbuttOned. his chair
Tilted back AGAINST the weatherboard.
t.. Nuer Daniel. who had been try
"- ever since supper to cheer them up
regard To- their financial misfortune,
SUI smoking in his fayOrite chair near
The hao>turs on top of which he now
and then placed his stockinged feet
You needn't talk that away, Broth
or Ab" sighed Mrs. Bishop. "Yore
jest dom it out o goodness O heart.
We might as well face the truth.
We've got to step down from the posi-
ton We now hold, an present way O
lua An thar's Adele Pore child!
Size said in 'er last letter that she'd
cry 'T eyes out She was bent on
comm home, but 'er Uncle William
won't let 'er He said she'd not do any
good"
AN she wouldn't" put in Bishop
gro.ay. The sight O you an Alan be-
fore NE all the time is enough to show
liz what i fool Eve been"
You are both crossin' bridges fore
you cit to en-" said Abner "A lots O.
folks has come outn scrapes wuss'n
s|vlat You are in, ten to one. | amt
never mentioned it, but my land hain't
got no mortgage on it. an | could raise
few Seads to hep keep up yOre in
trust an taxes till you could see yore
way ahead.'
Huh" snorted his brOther-in-law
"Io YOU reckon ia let as old a man
as You are, an no blood kin, stake his
A.'" all Ia help me out Of hole that
Ittn' deeper an wider all the time
hole / deliberately got myself into?
Well not much"
i wouldn't listen to that nuther,"
declared Mrs Bishop, but not many
lien would offer it,
They heard horse trotting down
'-e road and all bent their heads to
"S'eA Its Alan." said Abner. Il was
'~'aA.A It was time he was shown
ug"
N'S. Bishop rose YEARLY to order the
HooA 10 get his supper ready, and re-
turned 70 The yeranda just as Alan was
coming from the stable. He sat down
." 'he steps, lashing the legs of his
T"SH trousers with his riding whip.
was pain that he had something
- Importance to say, and they all
waited IN impatient silence.
I0luef,' he said, i've had a talk
m''~ hayburn Miller about your land.
&c ana / have lately been working on
"'"e idea of mine. You know there
- people who will lend money on real
'1''e' How would it suit you to Dor
~ S-o'o0u on that land, giving that
N'ore as security"
1ae was a startled silence. and
.s~'p broke it in tone of great irri
10 you take me fer plumb fool"
- ">9eu' When l want you an Mil
~ " uabble in my business, I'll call
T. !'u' twenty-five thousand, l say!
.. could exchange every acre Of it
enough to lift the mortgage on this
- 40 an keep a roof over our heads,
W Il gladly. Pshaww
- ~eIe was another silence, and then
-4'0A began to pyDlain
1it lie talked Mrs. Bishop sat like
To-. 1eu'e cut from stone, and Bishop
1leQ forward, his elbows on his
'S' his big face in his hands. 1t
avs as i a tornado of hope had blown
~ e' nm, shaking him through and
l. lou been dom this to hep me out"
S"Sped, AN l never SO much as
~, ~ ) ore opinion one way or another"
=. rather see you make money out
n .I@t purchase than anything in the
H. said his son, with feeling.
reople have made fun of you in your
o'U age, but if we can build the road
you can get your hundred thou
Nu dollars some Of these folks will
usu on the other side Of their faces"
''shop was so full Of excitement and
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