Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-20
WICKLY'S WOODS
W. TAYLOR
By II. w. TAYLOR

ulIpICIuEeSQue, anu even CdNdllefly, uEdp-
| ed as they were, in variously colored
horse blankets and lrsey counterpanes,
whose variegated colors and cunningly
woven concentrations are marvels of the
ancient housewifely skill in many In
diana homes. And very efficient water
proofs" they were, too; the fine long
wool of which they We're closely woven
| shedding the water of an ordinary rain
and the coolest wind of any winter day
| in a manner that secured the wearer
from these inclemencies of the weather
to very satisfactory degree indeed
considering all things.
Directly after breakfast Columbus
| Redden donned his own 7ong-caped over
coat, and with an umbrella in his hand
and his pantaloons turned up at the bot
| toms until his neat fitting calfskin boots
showed to advantage, had gone cautious
| ly out of the front yard into the side
lane, and stepping on punches of grass
and chunks of firewood and large chips
as sort of disconnected pontoOE, he
| passed scatheless over the waters that
! had spread about the level of the fields
of corn and the narrow lane-and so
| joined the procession of wayfarers going
to Sandtown.
Conrad Redden did not come home to
dinner, and supper was upon the table
and waiting at that, when he finally
made his appearance.
"Whut in the wurl's KEEP yuh this
way, Coonrod? Why, lowed some-h'n
must happened to yuh, relse you'd ben
home to dinner, shorely." Mrs. Redden
said as Coonrod hurriedly jerked his
chair up, and nodded to his two guests,
who were already seated in obedience
to the urgent request of their kind-heart-
ed hostess.
Il spose you give Lum a purity good
rake-un did yoh?'' he said winking sly
ly at his two guests and beginning to pile
eatables upon his plate, and to hurry
the dishes around in a way that indicated
the extreme pangs of hunger. Hit don't
do no good, ole womern. Jis swell let
| the boy lone. I'll git him a plaist en- the
! bank when hits fixed so hit kin open
gin, ur when a new un starts. He don't
wawnt to farm ut. I'm l don't blame
him. He's gut aige-cation soce he kin
meek livun without work. I'm NV
course no feller's a go-un to work eff he
kin hep ut. But I've gut to eat, TN hurry
back to town tonight. I'm needed up
| there
"Whut fur, Coonrod?" said his wife,
pausing again with her arms extended,
the points of knife and fork resting ON
inously upon her plate, while her face
was turned with fixed scrutiny toward
that of the head of the house. what
you needed up thar fur? You haint
go I'm step to town, eff they's go-un
to be a rukus up thar now"
| '"They haint go-un to be no rukus up
| town if | kin hep ut. l don't know
whurrer | ken or nut. But I've kline
kept ut down all day. But theys a lot
the Dikeses un tile Sparkses I'm the
Ellets I'm the Shpleys. un l don't know
who offun Big Rattlesnake erik, jist
| come en-, this evenun. Tn they're fur
| hOssun that Teller Mason up. I'm he'll be
hosst up, too, eff l CANT keep up down"
SIS Mr.. Mason in town. Lizzy asked.
| She did not know what it was to be
'hosst up but she knew enough about
the impetuous people upon the Big Rat
! tlesnake Greek to know that he was men
| aced with a real danger. And the very
uncertainty of it's nature made it perhaps
more threatening-mo to be dreaded.
Il don't know jst whur he is at He's
| some'rs up avn your lam l thenk. Camp
ed up there, so / h-yearn. They's two
companies Nv railroad fellers up thar
| watchun one unuther, | low. You see
| they both wawnt your lam Lie. Tn this
| Teller Masons gut some-h'n to do with
ut some-way urruther. I'm one COM
pany's tryun to sk-year the other'n off;
IN hits a tryun to sk-year than. Tn SO
they have ut"