Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-28

authority should be but threat
sort Of final court Of appeal. The rest
can be delegated to wise elder son.
ONLY, be sure of the first adjective
well, about the letter, Janet said
Mr.. Fowler, looking at his daughter.
1T is from = from Mr.. Vic That
is - think Il believe that it is
from Mr.. Morris"
Look at our Jess said ALI laugh
ing out loudly and fraternally. Then
in his pleasant way he held one of his
| fingers up to her cheek, and pretend
| ed that it went off with the "Ph-o-o-o"
Of vesta match.
This was Master Alf's method Of
getting even: he was not particular
as to whom he got even with. Ger
tainly Janet had done him no wrong.
"Ah,let us hear it, said the Rever-
end John Fowler. laying down his pa
per. 81, am glad he has written.
| thought he would"
Now Janet would have gladly stolen
away upstairs with her letter to read
| it in the quiet of her chamber. But,
! of course, her fathers request was a
command. Privately. however, she re-
solved to put the young imps, who
had brought this upon her, upon a
very plain and restricted diet for sew
1 eral days
OF course, he would say nothing
particular. There would be nothing in
it, but still it was her letter. She
had however, one resource.
do you Think she said hes Eating,
ly, that these children except, of
course, Raft"
She had got no farther when she
was interrupted by volley of chies
! to which even the still sobbing Violet
added her quota.
! 1--WE don't want to hear your old
letter - We don't! All we asked for
was the stamp, and that has big black
bars across it,
"S'lence!" said the Reverend John,
his eyes sparkling through the benev-
olent round goggles, and the Absolom
4 hair waving with the up-throw Of his
head. ''if l hear a word out of your
mouths, shall have you all up in my
study - to do deductions!''
Don't worry. father said Raft,
without looking up from his plate,
that will only give you a headache.
Leave them to me = after prayers!"
And with this promise Tor threat)
the reading of the letter was post
poned
Of course. 1t did not really amount
4 to much Janet made sure of this
before she brought 1t to public read
ing. Certain parts she even altered
slightly, and one she left entirely out.
Not that any of these were altered or
amended for the usual reason for
which young women edit male letters
for home consumption.
Here. however is Vic Morris letter
4 without amendment or change:
i Hotel Colon, Huelva. Spain, Oct
%. = Dear Miss Fowler l am
obliged indeed, for all the care you
must have taken to get my traps off
on the first of our steamers to come
out here Everything was right and
this owe entirely to your good Offices
trust you will not think I have
shown myself ungrateful, either tc
your father or yourself to your
father for welcoming the coming, tc
you for speeding the parting guest.
81 have now been up at Rio t ntc
/ nearly a month, and have taken hole
pretty we'll. | ran down to stay over
a weekend in the charming hote
here which, l understand, belongs tt
the company also to see my trunks
, through the customs All the formal
tiles have now been gone through anG
, am several crowns the poorer :
thanks to the useful but impoverish
ing system of bribery and corruption
which obtains here.
But up at the mines I shall have
to put my foot down. can see. Ant
am told that if do. some of these
: dusky-skinned rascals will think moth
ing Of putting a knife into me. Still
every job has its risks, and on these
sierras one is more Kelly than any
where else to meet the Stranger wait
ing on the waste
Nov, am not going to preach
:. couldn't at any rate Your father vii
! call this rank fatalism; but it Il
sound. healthy ff not hearty belle
to carry round with fellow il
; strange places that man can
: die before his clock strikes the houl
l If he says different tell him from M
| to preach next Sunday from the tex
! NV time IS not yet come
Here John Fowler laughed a littl
. and shook his head. murlnuring, 81
? little knowledge Of scripture is a dar
: E9fOnS thlnS. lie iOfSetS tNe conteAt
, But your time is always ready.
For rract &c each morning the Tai
, tan editorials had made him We"
:. dangerous adversary in argument
= Janet read on without entering int
this. while her father continued t
chuclde. Raft lounged on the sofa an
petted the fox terrier He had lust re
y turned from having few words wit
;. the kids" on the back green as h
Q had promised, latter prayers" 1t wa
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