Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

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ing that" said Galley. go ahead,
Albeit. old man; you're far enough
away from the village so that your I'M
bending from dignity will never be
seen"
"Oh, I'll do worse than that to him
some timer returned young DR.. Alb
bett. glaring with comic malevolence at
CaIlander. 'I'll wait until he is In
jured in some of his schoolboy esca-
pades. and then I'll operate on him.
Don't you feel the approach of another
foolish attack, Georgie?"
The three young men sat in the shade
of huge mass of rock that marked
the end of long, irregular ridge of
hills which jutted out from the main
range to the west At the mouth of
tiny canyon just visible from the
rocks cluster of summer cottages
showed white against the brown and
gray of their surroundings.
Georgia Callander grunted, stretched
his hulking body and took out a pair
of fieldglasses from a case at his side.
NO. Folsom" he replied at length
81 don't feel unusually foolish at pres
ent. But this grand air and this sun
shine and-well. life in general great
ly appeals to me today. and so there's
no telling when | shall find it neces-
sary to break out again. BY Jove,"
he went on, pointing the glasses at
the faraway cottages, there's my dear
wife and the dear wife of our friend
Hiram here. and-yes. the dear sister
| of my dear wife aforementioned. all
| laden with baskets and making for
| Flagstaff hill"
Dear. dear" said Hiram Galley:
anybody else in the party?'
''N-no. none that | can make out.
| Hold on, though; yes. there is. They're
| passing Evergreen inn now, and that
discreditable simian Ramage has join
| ed them. believe, Albeit. that's
what you called him, wasn't tia dis
creditable simian?"
| ''Callander," demanded Albeit stern
| ly. docs Miss Alice know that you
two ungainly wretches enticed me
away with you this morning without
letting me know that she and other
ladies were bent upon picnic todayT
Miss Alice?" queried Callander
"Oh. yoU mean little Allie. my wife's
sister. Now that | think of it, Fol-
som, believe she did say something
about asking you to have lunch with
them on Flagstaff hill today She ask
cd if I thought you would care to
leave your bug hunting and whether
| you would make one of so informal
a party. l believe l told her.
He broke off and leveied his glass al
the distant hills. Je
We'll, WELL" cried Albeit impatient
ly. what reply did you make? Some
thing absurd, suppose. Give me those
glasses"
Callander adroitly moved out o.
reach of Abbett's arm and continued:
Il forgot just what-l did say, but Il
must have been something worthy Of
so ungainy wretch. They're up OF
the hill now. Folsom, and Ramage ha:
taken his place beside Allie and is car
rying her basket"
That's bad sign" Gaitley put in
THAT'S the way l began on the day
asked Ella to be my wife. You re
| ludI
! Certainly Picnics are fatal affairs
have no doubt that if Folsom wer,
on Flagstaff hill today he'd be TIL
happy man instead of Ramage. B.
Jove, He and Allie have strolled ava.
from the rest and are picking wilt
flowers"
Albeit groaned
And l thought you were m.
friends-my boyhood friends. Here
give me those glasses. l say"'
Again Callander eluded his gras
, and lightly sprang across tree trun
which spanned the creek that rattle
) down from the range of hills and int
the plain. Once safely across. he pull
ed away the log and set it 1oatin
downstream.
, I'VE are your friends, Folsom" b
f declared from the opposite banl
Haven't we patiently listened to you
rawlings about Allie for the past 81
months? Didn't we bring you OF
with us today on purpose to talk abou
her.?
And you" cried the young docto
| LuTHlnS 10 Idltley, SuppOSe you
in this attempt to keep me away froi
!. Miss-from the picnic?"
: Don't speak so harshly, Folsom,
Gaitiey returned Lets go leav
, George and hunt fossils OF something
= "I've a notion to hunt you" Able
;, answered, and he stepped towar
= Galley.
u "Oh, don't, doctor: don't, doctor!
" Galley screamed in nigh falsetto q
> he snSang down the hill, with Able
at his fsals.
At the creek bank Galley paused
i look back. and, seeing the doctor sti
q coming, he leaped into the stream an
II foundered across it.
e Albeit stopped at the bank and b
gan to throw stones at his tormentor
They moved out Of range of the mi
siles and walked downstream unit
the settlement Of cottages came I'M
u. view from behind the rocks whel
- they had been sitting on the oth'
at side of the creek.
is Albeit followed them downstrea