Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-17

amt you? I heard about you. Nate
Scudder told pa. He said he'd let
this place to Sol Pratt and q counl~ OF
crazy men from New York. | thought
sure you'd swear when the boat upset,
but you didn't. You must belong to
the church. What are you-Metho-
dist?"
grinned. $50 you think . ducking
like that would be apt to make q man
swear. do you?" says l.
"Yup. II he hadn't got religion. Pad
have cussed blue streak You'd ought
to hear him when he has his nervous
dyspepsy spells. Did you say you was
a Methodist"
Moo, I guess / didn't. Let's see.
Did you say your name was Dusen.
berry,"
She stopped and kind of fixed, like
a teakettle billing over. "Sakes alive!"
she snaps. Il hope not. Do look as
II was carting a name like that
around? My names Sparrow-Eureka
Florina Sparrow. What's the matter
--anything7"
mo, not special. You kind OF
fetched me up into the wind, striking
me head on so. unexpected Just say
that again and say 1t slow. Eureka
Peruna-what was IT,"
She switched around and stared at
me hard "Eureka-Florina-S
row." says she. slow and distinct.
Want me to spell II for you?"
NO, thanks You might mix me I'D
some II You did. had to leave school
early. Any more in your tamily?"
"Yup. Seven of MS, counting mo
and pa makes eight"
What's their names?"
well, there's Lycurgus and Editha
and Ulysses and Napoleon and Mar.
suerite and Dewey-he's tho baby.
Great names. amt they! Pas do.
ings. naming 'em that way was. Pa
says there's nothing like hitching a
grand name to a young one; gives EN-
something to live up to, he says. His
own names Washington, but he amt
broke his back living up to it, fairs as
! can see; and ma used to say the
same afore she died"
Ooh" says I. Il see" knew
who she was now. I hadn't lived
around Wellmouth so very long. but
Id heard OF Washington Sparrow. He
lived in little slab shanty off In the
woods about mile from Scudder's. and
had the name Of being the LATEST man
In town.
We'd reached the house by this time
and left Eureka Florina in the kitch.
en- and went to my room TO change my
buds. When | come down the Twins
was in the kitchen. too, and / could
hear the Sparrow girls tongue going
like house af1re, Martin had Just
paid her for the quahaugs and she
was telling how scarce they'd got to be
In the bay. and how her brother had
worked to get few bedded and how
he'd sold couple OF quarts to the
Baptist minister's wife and what she
sa!d about EN- and SO on. The Heav.
minute of 1t, judging by the way they
laughed.
Introduce us to the lady. skipper"
says Van. when come in.
done the honors. She's one Of
Wsshy Sparrow's tribe--I mean fami.
~" says I. They live over In the
woods hereabouts."
7 guess tribe'll DO" says Eureka,
cutting in quick. There's pretty near
enough OF Us to make a town, seems
sometimes. You'd think 80 II you had
to got the meals for ON, same's l do"
YOU" says l. DO you cook for all
that gang7 How old are your
Seventeen last March. Cook for
emf Guess dol And scratch to get
things to cook, TOO; else we'd have 10
live on salt air pudding with wind
sass. take IN washing. and Lycurgus
he goes fishing and claiming and
around. and Ed!tha helps me
Iron. and We oil take watch and watch
looking out for tho young ones"
Hartley spoke then. "We're looking
for u cook" no says. "Wili you come
and cook for W. and help about the
hnuxs hero7 Nh Draft npdn thu lob