St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-28
THEI WELCOME NEWS FROM home

Tn goin' right In." declared Ali.
Jan Crankle, gIaring at the ONCE how
VINO barred HIS progress. ST don't
sand for no red tape" ~ ...-I
out Mr.. Burbank will see no one
without an appointment" protested
the boy His orders are verv strict
and" SUM-
n DuroagK hain't king, is he?'
"iued Mr. sCrankle scornfulIy. II
ING" hiih WheSl he! didn't have nothin'.
an lhtlmaEe fgiend and he'd give
Soo Aaiahasses If you try'd to keep
lo out! MF. CFankle brushed the
ooS aslde ands entered the private Of
nee VI lhomaS WOrthington Burbank,
financier.
FefeelVlng an Intruder, Mr.. Bur.
oahK arose from his desk with an
angry gesturel
Hello, Toni" greeted the caller
TIL bet you slidntt expect to see me
walk in"
"Why-Big&!" exclaimed Burbank
with surprise ahat was very gratifying
10 ms VisltorI Fou certainly are the
last person expected to see!" ......
Bein' in tpWm / thought I'd look
you up" explained Bige grinning
broadly. BUT some of them monkies
IN the front rooms there-say, you
ought TO speak to 'em. Never. saw
such impideHce; it'll offend some of
your friends Ito be treated that way.
OF course it's all right ia my case.
but
"sit DOWN. Bige," interrupted Bur.
bank with g frbwn at the clock.
What's new in. Dawsonville?"
"Nothin' MACH" deprecated
Crankle, critically shifting the cigar
that had been kassed him. Every
thing going Ism@oth with you? Got
quite place lSere; can see you're
dom well WEI hear of your doin's
up in DawsqnviNe, but of course you
have to tak3 what you hear with a
grain of SAY. IL man does fairly
well 1t gets Exaggerated and folks go
wild about lt But it did surprise
everyone thu way you've turned out,
Toni
Leave 'esn gil well?" interrupted
Burbank nefvolfsly consulting an en-
gagement tablet
Some of ''ems" answered Bige con-
servatively. IA few dropped off this
last winter. Ola man Sperry-"
Pardon RE, Rge. find must get
over to a directors meeting right
away: IL yol coslld come back later
I'm goiI' On the two-somethfng,
Tom" safds BiSe sadly, twirling his
hat arounds bys the brim. "Oh, say,
Tom, forgot tp tell you-Libbfe Gull
ver's dead.'s !
Burbank ssat down suddenly in his
chair and his steely eyes blurred.
yes" ccsntirsued Bige. following up
a vantage, s'posr Ibis gone!"
'Lib's gone, repeated Burbank,
drawing hi$ haad across his eyes and
forehead. WAY. it doesn't seem
more than yesterday"
'EveryoEe always wondered" hint
ed Bige, swinging his right foot that
was crossed.
eve haq quarrel" explained Bur-
bank unconscious that he had thus
cleared up broken engagement mys-
terry that had; baffied Jacksonville for
years
"You always was set-so was Lib
bie," commented Bige. "She never
married, though she had plenty O.
chances"
"In her lday: nobody could touch Lib
bic Culver for style" reminisced the
great maj
"She Was Che best dancer In Daw.
sonvilIe, = supplemented Crankle you
could triIa tho light fantastic yourself,
In them Gays"
The phbne WAS ringing and Burbank
took dowa the receiver impatiently.
"No!" me shouted. "Can't see any
body-wSll, tell him to wait, them
"MebbS Detter mosey along" sug-
gested BDge faintly.
"Sit sEill, 3ige, sit still" command
ed Burbank.; tits just like old times.
Say, wh3t eyer became of Hen Sper-
RVS oldest hioy?"
Johnny? Oh, he's there on the