The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-09


tabIishment doomed big and imposing
POO yards away. but that was no dis
tance at all to active fOragerS such AS
White Ieghorns. Moreover there han
been trouble before trouble which
had left a residuum of strained
relations between the big house and
the cottage The cottage was almost
the Gattys' sole possession. albeit there.
had been time when everything in
sight had been Gatty land
Il don't know what 10 do. Susanna
would go look for them Miss Gatty
said to the clothes post. her sole sup
port and confidant. Il suppose ought
10 DO 1t. but then how can /: Those
I.alors are so new and SO rich they'd
Insult newly. they weren't even
afraid to be nasty to Susanna. Ac-
tually the woman told her she had no
business to keep hens If she COULDN'T
afford wired runs for tham-as though
we hadn't right to keep anything we
please on our own place. But do
wish they'd stay at home. And | wish
Susanna We're here That's selfish.
She IS having a fine time at quarterly
meeting and. patience knows, she goes
seldom enough anywhere"
Miss Gatty was slender and pale and
pretty if she had turned thirty. She
had appealing brown eyes and slim
hands. taper fingered in spite Of house
and garden work. ,She loved the gar
den. Indeed. it had been her salvation
after she had worn herself to a shadow
wrestling with primary scholars. She
did not in the least mind hens there.
True. they scratched and pecked and
waIlowed nightly, and her garden
was. in fact, chaotic. Flowers grew In
discriminatory cheek and jowl with
vegetables.
Not wiihstanding she understood how
aggrayatiug vagrant hens might be to
more orderly gassie'r' ers; also that with
stra wberrieS ripe the dock was a besom
OF destruction. Those at her feet hav-
ing eaten their breakfast TO the last
grain. began straying lightly and as
they walked preening themselves.
Watching them narrowly. she saw sus-
pieioiis scarlet fiecks upon more than
one white breast. They had certainly
been ut the Labor berries. She put her
hands up over her head, thinking hard.
1t was s O'Clock of a lovely June
morning. Birds sang riotOuSly all
about Miss Gatty listened to them
and said. nodding her head toward the
bens: Il dc believe all this comes of
going against nature II you had
broc,is ike The birds you'd he too busy
feedin. them to 90 hunting mischief
.I.uiap,. They'd be worse than ever
[ say ti,,usl the Lord there are no
sqnalling Keepers to wloop them up.
If thara were-NeIl. I'd have To move.
;j,at's al" il gguff masculine voice said
beisin.l i,c: Miss Ga:ty turned as
though shot What She saw confront
Ing her evoked strangled cry ~ dis
may. A tall man stood gioweving at
her and swinging militantiy a bunch
OF headless White h@ls. I've brought
back your property. not being Il thief"
he went or. Now. LET me pay you for
the satisfaction l had in wringing their
necks Let me also wasn you the rest
will go tue same way as sure as they
cross my fence. Here. take the money
IF So is not enough
.Wiil you please to go away-in-
stantly:'' Miss GatA said. actually
stamping her foot Keep Your money
keep the poor chickens TOP. Maybe
they will pay some part eff yeur dam
Igas''
.eI-hankss rou- But I'm n1t in the
poultry li1c-a ether restss.s-as Is, tie