Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-16

In the cornfield with his hoe. and he
leaned against the fence and heard
what the publisher had to say and then
replied:
by gum, but always knowed Silas
beDee was sneak, and now it's proy-
ca! He wants folks to think he's the
Dig Bebee, does he? Wants the world
to believe that all the other Rebees
stand around and look at him with
their mouths open? Waal, I'll bust up
his little circus for him.'
Mr.. Graves had struck a good thing
and he was the man to push it. Reuben
wanted more pages than Silas had.
His sons wanted to spread out in a lin.
erai manner. and Mr.. Graves fixed
matters to suit them and himself. He
mad free board and lodgings for four
days and departed with cash enough
10 BUY a fur lined Overcoat for the
next winter In honor bound, as he in
formed Reuben, he must call on Sala
thiel Bebee, but only to make sure
whether his grandfather was bitten by
mad dog in the state of Ohio or Mich
1gan. He called. Salathiel was up-
roofing the pigweeds which had crept
INTO his garden, and when Mr.. Graves
had explained the biography business
to him he Strengthened up and said:
you kin pass right on. amt buy.
in no gold bricks today"
But Mr.. Graves didn't pass. He
showed the contracts entered into with
Silas and Reuben, and he added the
remark that it was too bad there were
only two eminent families of Bebees.
Then Salathiel struck the trunk of a
cherry tree with his fist and exclaim-
ed:
by John Rodgers, but the idea of
them Bebees passin' themselves of
the smartest and best in America!
They do know how to farm, and I
won't go for to deny it, but as for be-
in big guns they amt knee high. I'm
no hand to brag, but If don't lay over
Sile and Reube every day in the week
then you kin kick me clear across the
barnyard."
The rest was easy, of course. There
were Salathiel, his wife and two sons
and two daughters, and all had to 90
into that book regardless Of space or
cost. Mr.. Graves was not an impetu-
GUS man, and he took his time writing
out his notes and managed to get five
days free board and lodgings Then
he departed to work" Moses, Abra-
ham, Joab, Peter, Paul and several
other Bebees, securing victims in each
and every family and in one instance
taking in everything from the grand.
mother down to the infant in the era
die. He put in full month at his
work, and he had the best beds and
the best meals. After his coming the
Bebees no longer neighbored, and they
passed each other with their heads
held high and their noses turned up.
In one or two cases the young men
came to blows, and lawsuits were
started over old matters. Things were
edging along toward a grieyous state
of affairs when Mr.. Graves and his
notes and his money departed. and
three days later a detective arrived in
search Of him and exposed him as q
swindler The Bebees didn't want to
and couldn't believe It at first. but the
evidence submitted was too strong fol
them to stand against, and after a due
amount Of weeping and wailipg and
swearing a meeting of all the families
was held, and it was unanimously
Resolved, That while the Bebees
date back to the year 900 this year
saw the whole durn caboodle making
fools of themselves without reason OF
excuse, and we won't do 1t again."