The Washington times., 1906-02-25


notice that a food was due But |
didn't conjure it UP and ] cant stop
it. Even now, III bet Bimieeh is
sitting on his rooftree saying it cant
last much longer" That's what
he's doing, exactly, responded Abb
iah, and keeping up the courage Of
the Select Council. If twasn't for
BIN they'd have given IN long ago
and apologized to you
Bins stiflneckedness and general
obstinacy will be his ruination, re-
piled Pop.
Mine TOO. says Abiiah just
when my spinach was acoming along
so fine, too, Now there's a lot OF
big black bass and suckers swimming
round in my corn and mud turtles
are nibbling al my lettuce tops. Saw
4 fish as big as a barrel ma. ing cir
cles round the hitching post IN front
OF the house this morning."
There's a good chance to get "A
ssW-fish to saw lot of your wood
just now, saio Shem-
ITS no time TO joke, gTosned
Abijah, my coTdwoOd doated of
long ago and my old leather top bug
gy went Saturday, cowshed drifted
out 10 sea yesterday"
Says Pop: a month ago they were
all reviling and scofhng al one Noah,
humble soothsayer. for warning
them of this food and ROW they
spend fifty good sheckels per day for
room and bath al mOUntain-top
hotel
They can get bath for nothing,
now suggested Ham.
Ar half the expense any of them
could have built an ark and helped
save the worlds stock Of animals"
added Pop Even yet lots OF them
think this is merely a spring freshet
and imagine that the Summit House
is lofty enough 10 save them. but /
reckon that the Summit House is
only high in its rates. If they could
raise the hotel along with the price
Of board it would be ali right"
All this time Abijah had been
struggling 10 keep his raft alongside
but il was hard TO hold against the
swift current and finally he said.
dOlefully: Well ] guess III have
10 be moving There amt any way
of calling this off, them"
No says Pop. I guess lis got
10 come as per advertisement This
Is no mere watering of the stock. it,
a general reorganization. But I mus.
say that | don like the idea of all
you folks going down into watery
graves thinking that / am to blime
for the catastrophe that swamped
you when I really had no more 10
do with i, than you had"
For goodness sake, Pa, come into
The house or you'll get soaked
through and catch your death o.
cold, shouts Ma. And so we went
inside and that's the last we saw OF
Abijah
1890 nt.-Big house came float
ing past. Pop says it belonss 10
ZibeOn the Fivite, WAC made his
money selling Zib1n's Prepared
Camels' Food. Ham says its made
OF sawdusJ ana chopped straw aud
isn't fit for ostriches. even. Zibeon-s
folks were ali sitting out on the
porch and seemed to be unconcern-
ed. Pop don't speak TO Zibeon. 50
Shem hailed him and asked him
where he was bound.
Just going South till this spell
o weather is Overt" said Zibeon.
Don't know exactly where we will
land. but any old dry spot viii suit
us. They tell me Pop Noah is re-
sponsible for This WashOut."
No; Pop d:dn'5 bring it on: he
merely had tip beforehand. saws
Shem. Do you think your house
will weather it?'-
Dunno shouted Zibeon as they
moved past: She's built of cedar
and gopherwOod same as your craft.
Dut as she's most four hundred years
Old maybe she'll collapse. All tight
and shipshape yet. My wine cellar
has dropped of, however" added
Zibeon.
POOH" says Ma: The airs Of
them Zibecns. Why. sixty years ago
they didn't know elderberry wine
from tomato katchup, And hat
mouse belonged to the Major family
these five hundred yearst'' "I remem-
Der when dad Major built il and
when, only about a hundred wears
ago. they got clear of the mortgage"
says Pop. That's the way with
these newly enriched upstairs: thew
don't even know the age of the
house they live in,
Every little while somebodv
comes padding past on a log or in
washtub or anything else that will
hoat and inquiries how long this food
VIII last says Ham
Gee, but they must take this for
the Weather Bureau, We will have
TO be getting ont daily bulle rs be-
lore long If We stay hereI"
Saw man spearing big suckers
IN the shallow water upon the hill
side with pitchfork. Some of them
catch in the barbed wire fences and
are captured by the kids. Wish we
had boat and I'd go fishing myself
It's mighty dull sitting here looking
out on the rain and muddy water all
day long. Ali have TO do is to
draw water for the animals now and
then and keep the log.
Ham and Ma are papering the
cabin. Ma didn't like The plain
plaster walls.
',copyright By Walt MeDougaIL)