The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-05
staks. s1s~ f'-, ~ rfF IN 4 * - go
curtains were down and everything

aci'us5stht r0Oln aud illtIniaed the forl
upon The lounge. Obadiah's slim necI
stretched upward from his shoulders 1,
an amazing length, while his milk,
eyes Gu2ed In horror. His heart bound
ea IN his throat, and he could onI,
stare and swallow spasmodicaliy
Angelina, Angelina he tried to call
but hc'eonid not raise his voice above d
Z hoarse quaverlng whisper He thought
s. afmCst foul murder had been commit.
! ted. He tremblngy advanced and
1 brushed away the HES that We're prom
: enading up and down the molasses ay.
enle Then he noted the shattered
pitcher. the Hooded floor and the strong
smell Of cider, and the truth of the sit
uation came chillingly upon him. Get
ting good hold on Mrs. Gimley. the
horrded Obadiah strove to raise her.
but she was so plant and baggy and
loose that, DO what he would he could
only gel part OF her up at time
Obadiah, in his limited way, was a
man OF ideas. lie hurried 10 the ward,
laid a plank from the doorsil TO the
ground, grabbed his wheelbarrow and
in q thrice had ii alongside the lounge
After herculean efforts she was loaded
70 suit hiEl. q foot hanging down each
side Of the wheel her head toward
him propped up with the lounge cush-
ion. SO he carefully wheeled his heavy
load down the plank and out to tie
| barn, where he deposited Mrs Gimley
! z, Ia -
| while n pair of horror stricken ewes
| bulglng from the freckled face of Jim
| Colcord were gazing down at him from
the beam above.
Obadiah emerged from the barn lust
in time to see Elder Coddy htching his
horse in the yard. Mrs. Coddy and |
Edith were tapping a the open kitchen |
door.
I'VE Knocked in vain at the front
door, Mr.. Gimley Isn't your wife at
homef" asked Mrs. Coddy.
We'll, no. ma'am." answered the
troubled man. "She Went down on
the mash to pick cranberries. Ye
mustn't mind the looks o the kitchen.
ma'am,p he continued. seeing them
looking NJ the Uttered floor. The cats
Jest had a fit and mussed things up
terribly
'Pickih' cranberres;9 said the elder.
who had Joined them There amt no
cranbelries in the spring"
NO, jest so. So they amt: so they
amt. The perplexed man mopped his
face with his hickory shirt sleeve and
talked al random TO gain time You
see, Mrs. Glniley amt quite used to our
ways and don't jest know when we |
nave EN- ripe She's dreflul fond o
crinheIFies. don't know as | ever
met Il pusson SO fond o.. cranberries.
Aa1ars she likes EN- fust rate But
come" He remembered the ladies were
at the door Come right in
% The front room. | can't think what
hat drafted eat was thinkin' of, he
Continued as they passed in She's
setlin' so she has its twice a week
'eg'lar. When | came home Jest now
he was whirlin' like buzZsaw and
fishes dyin' in every direction"
The Coddys' visit was short one
hey sal stitily ia the high backed
hairs that graced the best room"
lrs. Coddy, not altogether pleased,
'oked around with o suspicious and dis
ltisiied air The conversation dragged !
ismaily, especially after troublesome K
lea had crept into Obadiahs brain
lat possibly lie had diagnosed lis +
ife's case wrongly. Perhaps she had +
tit, possibly a shock. and lay dying
The cow STALL The elders party
ithdrew With a stiff Good day" as
they hadn't been treated fairly. No n
oner had the door closed behind them T!
an Obadiah rushed TO The barn, dug l.
wn into the cornstalks until he came
tue senseless Angelina, called her.
ook her, all TO no purpose. He was -
re now twas shock, and there was
| one thing TO dofy for Dr. Poddy.
10 lived two miles away On the Mel tho
willie road COY
sam Dodds, the duly elected con sur
BILE OF Bradley Hollow, with two as car
tants, was cutting bean poles on the 'hr
untain road when Jim Colcord, with
> bulging, plunged from the bushes me
0 the road with crash
Obadiah GrimIeys killed his wife Nlel
dumped her into the COW stallrv aug
uttered Jim between breaths. II VI
n him. She's all cut up"
here was something convincing in e. 81
boys excited manner. and present =,
he party Of four were in the partly ia.
led wagon dashing toward the Hol- - =
as fast as the spawned legs Of the 80
horse would permit As they turn IA
lie corner into the village they saw ~
.diah emerging hastily from his
! and running IN The road They -
ped from the wagon aud. led by -. ~
. made rush for the barn shes 80,
brst, P'"'i'e ~ Wv ner.
II
dds. who was In advance of the ~
r., peered into the shadow spot -
snated One look was enough Tho go,
form lay with head back and -
ut exposed. The molasses streaks aros
face and meek were convincing ~
gh in the twilight Of The place. go, !,
Is turned and stopped the others. "a =,
ont look. boysi lis awfult coma -,