Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26

was said on the subject. y raGseu
farmer in slouched hat came III !"
talk TO Hanks about mortSaging muie
and milk COW for his next year
supplies. and Hanks went out 10 see
the mule and hear minute deScIlP-
ton of the cow-her age. weight. pIo7-
eny and habits.
That afternoon. as George ana Tue
merchant were closing the Wafeiou''
to go to supper, Kenner came along vi
the way TO his boarding house. Int'
say old Lbs been hangin' round boo
store all day watchin i'm like ha"h,
he informed them. with Il laugh. nc
cayn't hide his interest. As soon aS
Bub nd make sale the old man "u
run up to the cash drawer an count
the change an ask the cost ol lh0
article. He's neglectin' his own mat
ters I'll swear it's funny. Ell mes
talked with one man today he mas WIN
forty about BOb's venture. He Wanteu
to find out what folks thinks, an ne
literally aStonished to find so many
believe Bob knows what he's a-dolh'
Il seed I'm a-standin' in Bobs door
watchin' Bob an Heneker BrolllelH
biddin' agin one another to buy loau
o. mountain chickens. | spoke 10 Llp'
but he lest kept chawin' his tobacco
so much absorbed he didn't hear me
Then we seed the Teller start 10 urlNe
UP to Bob's door, an old LID clappeu
his hands together an said: by gum.
Bob got EN- But he sorter cooleu
down when the chickens was unloaueu
an he heard Bob had bid 10 Genus
apiece all round. He grabbed BOD Ms
he was Dassin' an said. Say. dOn
Won think you went too steep on tha'
| load:' Bob was purity red, anyway
| from lifting at the coops-he was 50
! anxious to get 'em in his shebang-an
no cot redder. but he pulled the sue
| O. his face down an looked to see tnat
the Teller couldn't hear. an SAID: oh'
I've got 'em already sold in Atlanta az
-, cents apiece. an that galoot's goin
to take his pay in coffee at Is Genus
pound-coffee that cost 10 in Ne" VI
leans. You see whar | come H. uoh
l you?
;" You better go it sorter slow at the
start, Lib said, but he was simply
+ickled 70 death. I'll swear it was tun
to watch i'm. He'd rather see that
boy learn how to handle money tnah
fer i'm to be elected governor o tins
state
Old Hanks seldom left his home after
supper. but that evening he dropped
in at Hillyer's. finding the merchah
and his wife before cheerful hre IL
the sitting room. He came in aWk
wardly. but his self possession was
thing he always had with him. Ken
ner had once said that Hanks could sci
scrap iron in pigeon tailed coat an'
white vest and never realize the ODD
ity of his appearance. His brogal
shoes were united. as if he had startet
to 60 to bed and changed his mind.
81 see BOb's got that store to goln',
he said dryly. 1--WE been sorter watch
{ in i'm today. / hardly know what t
make of i'm
> Hillyer looked knowingly at his sml
ing wife and replied:
$50 he's got opened up, has he!'
"Opened up? l reckon he has; tue
in ninety odd dollars today, an tt
{ Lord only knows what profit he IL a
II eraee. | don't reckon Bob does. fro
what I observed, though he amt losl
:, so fur"
u "Oh. he'll hold Sandford's trade
~ said Hillyer. You kin count on that
"Well. | reckon he will" said MI
" Hillyer. I've changed my account
him from Waters & Co. An WI
a shouldn't /? Do you reckon I'm II
y, goin' to encourage rail enterprls
lest the minute he told me he w
a-poin' TO run a free delivery Wag'
to take orders an deliver goods tWl
lie q day l put my name down. The Id
IL a. them old fogies waitin' for YOU
e. Rob Hanks to start a free deliver
e WHY. the minute l told Mrs. Dug
et about it she mighty nigh he'd spas
at she was so glad l seed her agln j
q, before supper. Shed been down
=, ordered a whole raft O stuff she dlo
90 need Jest to see 'em come up like tn
,ff do in cities. She's been trampin' ire
al. one end O. town to t'Other tellln' fol
7 way to git what they want fer the
III BILE. Bob's boy IL call the first thl
fer in the mornin' an write down VIVA
err wanted, an up the stuff comes. ii
got some little-have you seed tn
led little books he's givin' away fer a be
led | to write orders in? Oh, you ha
ing Well, it's powerful good idea.
ing body kin dispute Their account wi
to it's writ in Their own handwritin'.
his Hanks, as shore as yore asettin' til
ice, Bob's goin' to succeed"
Hanks looked at the fire. His
art, usually a dead thing, held twin
or was it only the reflection OF
ILL flames in the chimney?
Il sorter like his start" he admit
hen at was always afeard O. the influe
7ore O. that trifiin' set O. boys he was rum
ltch with. but today Bill Bogle-the W
of the lot-drawed up chair in fl
Ter O. the door whar Sanford used to