Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-04-23

rather shamefaced. "You see, MISSY
Busted dropped in a few minutes this
mornin' while you fellers was out
and
Both Captain Fri and Captain Jerry
set up hilarious shout.
"Haw, haww roared the former, slap
ping his knee. II wouldn't be so fasci-
natin' as you be for no money, Perez.
She'll have you yit; you can't git away!
But, say, l don't wonder you got to
| thinkin bout the grave. Ten minutes
of MISSY gifts me thinkin' Of things
way t'other side of that!'
Jaw, Delay there, Eri!' protested
| Captain Perez testify. "'Twan't my
| fault didn't see her comm or I'd,
have got out of sight,
what was it this timer asked Cap
tain Jerry.
"Oh, a little of everything. She be-
! gun about the beautiful sermon that
| Mr. Perley preached at the last Come
Cutters meetin'. That was what start
| ed me thinkin' about the grave, l guess.
Then she pitched into Seth Wingate's
| wife for havin' new bunnit this sea-
| son when the old one want ha'f wore
out. She talked for ten minutes or so
on that, and then she begun about Par
| ker bein' let go over at the cable sta
ton and about the new Teller that's
| been signed to take his place. She's
all for Parker. Says he was a per
fectly lovely man and that twas out
rageous the way he was treated and
/ all that sort Of thing
"She amt the only one that thinks
So" observed Captain Jerry. There's
a heap Of folks in this town that think
Parker was a mighty fine Teller"
YES" said Captain Fri, land it's
worth while noticin' who they be
Perez's friend MISSY thinks so, ant
y Squealer .Wixon and his gang thinl
n so, and Web Saunders thinks so, ant
lot more like 'em. Parker was to-
,r. good teller, that's what was the mat
r ter with him. His talk always remind
+. ed me Of wash day at the poorhouse-
v lots of soft soap with plenty of I've il
r it"
well, MISSY says that the men owe
re to the station-all except Langley, o
b! course-are. mad as all git-out becaus
id Parker was let 80, and she says some
It body told somebody else, and somebod
or else told somebody else, and somebod
else told her-she says it come rec
TO straight-that the men are goin'
We make it hot for the new Teller when b
comes. She says his names Hazeltin
lid or somethin Ike that, and that he
goin to get here tomorrer or next day
,ur We'll said Captain Fri, 'it's me
cy MISSY found it out. If that ma
a should git here and she not know
wv. aforehand 'twould kill her sure as fat
est 11end think what blow that would
ON TO you, Perezr'
the he TOOK his old fashioned watch fro
MS pocket and glanced at the dial.
ich mustn't be settin' round he,
md much longer" he added John Ba
ne. ters goin' to have that little patch
lst- cranberry swamp Of his picked t
be- morrer and he's expectin' some barre
the down on tonight's train John aske
9Th me TO git Zoeth Cahoon to cart e
the down for him. but I amt got nothi
he special to do tonight, so 1 thought /
hltch up and 60 and git 'em myse
ain You and Jerry can match cents to s
VINO does the dishes. 1 did 'em la
we'd night, 80 it's my watch below"
los wen I shan't do EN-" declar
captain Perez. blessed if I'd do t
durn things tonight if the president
- the United States asked me to-
10; ''Humph" sputtered Captain Jerl
-,ns Il spose you fellers think I'll do Z
70, all the time. If you do you're misto'
that's all. 'Twan't last night you do
.Ieu 'em, Fri; twas the night afore.
n done 'em last night and I'm ready
mp take my chances ag'in if we mat
ape but I'm jiggered if l let you shove
was whole thing of ON to me- DID
Inc ship for cook no more'n the rest
ths you"
re Neither of the others saw fit TO
ting swer this declaration of. independel
'ter' and there was a pause in the CONVEX
Ba- ton. Then Captain Jerry said mo
The lily:
'ter, at ain't no use. 1t don't work.
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