Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-04


the news was shouted aloft. Here I
am up here half scared to death, and
down there is my Samuel almost In a
At"
''Well, I'm not to blame for it" re-
piled Mr.. Hawkins.
II believe you are. l can see vii
lain written in every line on your face.
Lay as much as the tip of your finger
on me and I'll make you u it to the
last day Of your iife!'
"You shut up and keep quiet!' shout
ed the young lawyer at her. Cant
you see that your hitching around may
upset this carr"
I'm a dead woman-I know | ann
she walled as she began to shed tears.
Didn't ! tell you to keep still?'
She sank down in the bottom Of the
car, crowding his legs until be had to
haul them up, and Mr.. Hawkins swore
according to Coke and Blackstone.
In the next car below Mr.. Winter
bury and the old maid were also hav-
ing some conversation. He was a
young man and looked like a good
thing, and her heart went out to him.
As her heart went out she exclaimed:
what a romantic bower for a pair
Of lovers! All around us the meadows,
overhead Gods sky! l hope you APP
preciate the beautiful"
I'D appreciate a chance to punch
that fellows head down there!" was
the savage reply.
"Say not so. / could ride on for
ever"
"You may ride all you please after l
get out"
1t was an unkind remark, and the old
maid took it SO and fiared up and told
MI. WATERBURY that he was evidently
a loafer in disguise and that her broth
er down below would wallop better
manner into him as soon as the wheel
turned. Then the rivals caught sight
of each other and began to shake their
fists and indulge in epithets. These
things scared the fat woman until she
began to shrek and angered the old
maid until she threatened to stab her
vis-a-vis with q hatpin if he didn't give
over. He gave over, but not until he
had said:
"If | ever catch that long nosed
young man on the solid earth I'll rend
him limb from limb, and if hung for it
I'll go to the gallows with a song on
my lips!"
A thunderstorm had been creeping
up. The owner of the machine didn't
know whether he had earned his $40
or not. He finally decided that he
hadn't, and, while seemingly industri-
ously at work to make repairs, he ac-
complished nothing and left all his
patrons to get wet.
There was a strong wind ahead of
the rain, and the people aloft sat with
their hearts in their mouths. The thun-
der roared, and they roared with it.
The lightning cut up didos, and shrieks
rent the air. When the rain came all
were soaked in a minute. This includ-
ed the fat woman and the old maid,
and they privately informed Messrs.
Hawkins and WATERBURY that their
vengeance would be deep and deadly
and last through three generations.
The owner of the wheel vas a man
who believed in giving full measure
for the money. He kept the wheel
still for the full time he had agreed
upon and then added ten minutes.
BY that time the storm had ceased
and the sun of joy shone again.
Messrs. Hawkins and WATERBURY gave
him one long lingering look as the
wheel came round and then leaped
from their seats and walked away.
They walked toward and past the
girl of their hearts as she stood smil-
ing beside her mother, but they didn't
see her. They didn't want to. The
thunderstorm had washed their love
away never to return. Henceforth no
more caramels, no more roses. 1t was
as If nothing ever had ~been-nothing
but law and literary work.