Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-03


wink upon his purchasing agent, Fred
FASTENED forward.
"Iow are the Locke girls?' asked
Lucille. And do you all help them as
much as you did?'
Mr.. Bates then related pathetic
story of tle misfortunes of the Locke
girls" who had lived together fof
seventy odd years In the little tumble
down house with its sparse garden
patch. The mortgage had been fore
closed. RoXy's sight had failed her,
and she was unable 10 do the ''p:ecing'
and quitting by which they had helped
exc out their living.
The pooyhouse was looming up In
their horoscope. though the neighbors
were preparing to give a harvest ball
and bestow the proceeds therefrom to
the averting of this calamity.
BY the time this narrative was Fin.
ished they had reached the farmhouse
Of the Bat.N3 household, and Mrs. Bates
came OCT 10 greet the city folks" who
were shown to Their "be-.Jom OF the
sitting room"
THE live stock seem to be making a
grand entrance" said Joan presently
parting the curtain. Through the hole
In the screen door some chickens are
entering. On the stairs are a multi.
tude of cats, and Il stray sheep-I think
1t Is q sheep-bleats on the back steps
Mrs. Bates is sending the dog for the
cows. VIII he bring them into the
houseY'
Her thought was still of menagerie
when she awoke the next morning con.
scious of slight motion of the house
accompanied by most peculiar sound
She awOhe Lucille, who sat up to listen
'Tt's an earthquaker' asserted Joan.
"Unless the house is portable. | should
not be surprised If we were all en-
route to the barn to do the chores"
Mrs Bates! called Lucille. What
ails the hoBseY' -. ,a
Mrs. Bates answered the summons.
"The house isn't boarded up, you
know, and the hogs go under 1t when
they get ont of their pens. They
scratch their backs on the floor, anu
ID rocks The house a little, but it's
safe"
Lucille" said Joan gravely when
their hostess had returned to the kitch-
en- precincts, II had thought of naming
this delightful place Noah's Ark, but
now l think the Hogs Back will be
more appropriate"
AT breakfast Mrs. Bates gave more
no nj -ifeY11n nP hn hot ha1
attacked the LoSke household and ask
ed to enlist their help In the fortilcom-
ing ball. joan appeared abstracted
and offered no suggestions. Lucille
proposed , fair in connection with the
lance and began TO ply her needle in
the fashioning of sofa pillows.
The next few days were devoted by
Joan to hong solitary rambes, in which
she always carried her camera.
II think have took the whole coun-
try" she announced one day II am
going to send the plates to the city for
development, as | haven't the facilities
here"
The day before that set for the fair
and dance huge express package was
brought to Joan, but she refused to
show the contents to any one
On the momentous evening she went
to the big barn where the dance was to
be held an hour in advance of the time
set. When the Bates household arrived
they saw her seated demurely at q ta-
bic surrounded by group of eager,
chattering folks. An artistically letter
ed sign read:
Would you see yourself as others
see your Come and find yourselfl If
not here, faces made to order at future
date"
Lucille and the Bates family FASTENED
to the table, which was covered with
photographs Of all styles and sizes,
snapshots of the country folks In and
about Hedgeton caught in unpremedi-
tated poses-Farmer Lange hooking up
the team, Mrs. Lapps feeding chickens,
Bessie Graves churning, Jed Strack-
HON milking, the little Blatchfords go
ing blackberrying, Lanes Carlo bring
ing home the COWS, etc. No one was
overlooked