Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
CHAPTER VII.
Sweet SiunlicitY
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PiASAtys
and so that's how they begun To live
tn natural life. what Van called the
CONGRATULATIONS kind. say
they" but | ought to have said I'VE. -
!, TO- was in it. 1 was in it over head and
hands from that time on. / didn't mean
To h.. When ! said ! wouldn't emigrate
10 HOrscfOot OZoneanf he cook and gen
tr,i roustabout for the Heavenly Twins
7 was just certain I meant what l
sa as body could be.
No. says l.
Yes" says Van.
How can leave the Old Home folk?''
] says.
How can YOU leave u.s." he says.
But you've got James.
Yes. hut James hasn't got u.s.
Boz | can't afford 10 come. says I.
You can't afford 10 do anything else,
saws he.
And that's about what it amounted to-
] couldn't afford to do nothing else. The
wages kept jumping like summer folk $
bids Al one OF them auction sales of IAN
tiques." l seemed to be as valuable as
xrandmother'S busted hairclOth sofa. II
Id hung out long enough l carlate the
Ieavenlies would have fixed me so I'd
have begun to feel twas a crime to die
rich. I give In first: l want eeeryb body
20 understand that.
'All right" says ]. ''That'll do: I'll
come. But I hope you'll pay me in a
dark room. I'll be ashamed to look you
in the face and take that much money
They said they was satisfied If 1 was.
I was satisfied. all but my conscience.
Made me wish l could swop consciences
with Scudder.
Mates conscience wasn't worrying him
any: You can bet on that. i want around
when he made the deal for renting EN-
the island. but, from what 1 heard after
ward. the price would have been high if
he'd been selling it To EN- by the pound
TO scour knives with. He agreed to get
bedding for 'em and tin things. and a pig
and crockery. and hens. and groceries.
and boards to tinker up the harm with.
and anything else that might come in
handy. Likewise he was TO fetch and
caNy for EN- between the village and
The Island; so much TO fetch and twice
thar 10 carry. And Hubby Ann was to
do the washing.
When the Twins told me about il you d
think they'd just pulled through one of
them stock deals OF theirs and come
out OF Top.
4 clam at high water. We've arranged
II al Everything is provided for and
will be done
| could see two things that was going
70 be done-brown: but I didn't say moth
ing
ITS mighty good OF Scudder to ac-
commodate us this way, says Hartley.
Hes gem. rough diamond"
Scudder." says Van. lis one OF ma
I lures noblemen"
=. OF course 'twan't none OF my funeral:
couldn't interfere. But I'm demo-
cTat myself. SO the nobility don't appeal
10 me much. and IL Nate Scudder's a
diamond I'm glad i can't afford jewelry
The next day was busy one for all
bands. each in his own particular line.
Nate commenced running "accOmmoda-
ton" trains. so to SPEAK between his
house and the village and Horsefoot bar
Ozone Island. l should say. As for me.
Invent up TO the Old Home House right
of. explained matters to the manager
and cleared out for my new job. The
HaarenIies moved over to Ozone that
,ry morning. Lord James went with
'ein and the simple naturalness com
m1uced.
Fast as Nate would arrive in his dOry
with cargo of dunpage I'd cart Ii up
10 the Kerry house and dump it on the
piazza Lord James was hying around.
with a face on him SOUR AZ a cram
berry Pie. opening windows. and airing