The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-29
them as was went to-"


as though expecting some comment.
"suIt We to a T, hey?" he repeated,
She nodded reflectively
II dunno but twill" she conceded.
"I'll miss the chickens an butter
maxim, but they be work, an, then, as
ye say. l can see somebody most every
day N-no guess won't mind"
Course ye won't" he declared.
"We'll be town folks an will have to
put on our best blbs an fuckers every
day. Ye'll set on stuffed cheer talkin'
to comp'ny an takin'in money, an in the
evenin's there'll be lot gathered round
my store talkin' politics an things, an
they won't cost me cent for entertain
ment, like visitors gener'ly do, but will
be bringin' me in more money"
Eye don't suppose there'd be no hitch
'bout--bout We DOM it, Lish?" she in
quired.
Glitch ?"-indignantly-" Hiram
an Reuben an Nathan have all done
it an made money! Well, guess not
But I'll 60 an look round some. Folks
in town are generly pretty keen scent
ed on money, an If they git wind O.
my needin' a house to live in an a
store to merchandise in they might
think rents ought to be little higher.
I'll look round sort O. casual. But ye're
sure We favor the idee, Sairy? l don't
want to go into nothin' that We couldn't
smooth down to-"
| ooh, I'll like it all right" she said
placidly '1'm sure to. Ye needn't
bother bout that, Lish I've always
hankered to shop without climbin' in
an out Vaughn. ION too hefty. An
say, Lish," raising her voice as he
opened the door and let in rush of
air and whirling snow, "be sure an
beat 'em down some"
1t was late in the evening when he
returned, but from the way the wagon
ratified by the house and the unneces-
sarily loud "Whoa" which came to her
when it reached the barn she felt that
something momentous had happened,
and this feeling was made a certainty
when Lish flung open the door and she
saw him trying to straighten his face
into an expression Of Indifference.
Supper ready, Sairy?" he demanded
airily. Il swan, I'm most starvedw
Eye know it's ready, Lish," she said
| quietly. 1T always is at to minute
You know it's been gettin' cold jest an
hour an half. So we've hired a
placer"
aye amt with a cent for news
Sairy," he grumbled. Eye either scent
! it out miles ahead or take it all for
| granted. I'd as soon have a stick to
tell somethin' to. How'd We know I've
| hired place?'
stickin' out all over We, Lish! 1 knowed
! it by the way the wheels went round
| when We went by"
Don't suppose the wheels told We
what place hired an how much I'm
to pay an when we're goin' to move?'
he asked.
NO." she confessed, "exceptin' they
said We was considerably set up, an
figgered from that ye'd got the old
drug store stand. That's the biggest
store in the best part O. the town, an
it Is the only one know on as bein'
empty just now"
'Llsh chuckled.
"Wheels are mighty unreliable things
to go by" he declared, Though l did
hint sort O. casual bout that very iden-
teal store. But, law, they wanted $50
month for it, much as I'd think the
| place could be with for whole year.
Jest LATED. Then 1 found Wood &
Co.'s dry goods store would be empty
the LIST OF April, an l went an looked
that over. The drug store folks said
their place bein' on the corner made it
valuable, an as Wood & Co. was right
In the middle of block 1 figgered it
might be cheap enough to wait for till
April. But didn't look round much.
When they said $50 jest turned an
walked off," =.
He stretched himself more comforta-
ably across the chairs and chuckled
again.
"Good thing, though" he went on re-
| aectively. 1T set me to lookin' round.
Now I've got the incest, quietest an
best place in the whole town, 'cordin'
to my notion. There's big shade trees
right in front, an there amt no rush
an rumblin' O. people an wagons.
Customers can come in an go out easy
an CONFERENCE.-The without no dan
ger O. bein' run over nor nothin'. We
can almost make believe we're Twin in
the country, Sairy, an the best of it is
only pay $40 a month. Deacon
Rounds wanted SIS, but 1 beat him
down to $40. We see he built the place
two years ago an has never been able
to rent it,
"Deacon Rounds store. Amt that
considerable way OutY'
"Only three streets. Buyers IL be
glad to come that fur jest for the quiet
an comfort bleness O. the place. Why,
we have to go eight miles for our gro
cries an things. No; it's bargain,
Sairy. Squire Browns goin' to take
the farm an stock jest as they stand
for $780, He'll be out tomorrow with
the papers. Then We'll move right off.
I want to open the store next week."
Her eyes widened little at this.
"But We amt got no stock nor moth
in yet, Lish," she said
He rubbed his hands gleefully.
That's all fixed, too, Sairy," he
beamed. II done gist O. bizness up
there. Some folks d a took two days
for it an then thought themselves
smart. l had fggered on havin' to go
to the city an mebbe payin' as much
as S25 for car fares an expenses that