The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-15

the same as boss racing or gambling.
but you elbowed the crowd back and
made nine guesses. Don't deny 1t,
Samuel. Don't add lying to gam
bling"
The deacon didn't propose to deny 1t.
He was wondering who owned Mag
ara falls and whether or not there
was a mortgage on the property.
Has Been Silent Since.
"And another thing Mrs, Britt told
me, Samuel. She didn't tell me to
make trouble, for she's not that kind
Of a woman, but she thought | ought
to know the man was living with. A
year or so ago you went huckleberry-
ing over to the big swamp. You start
ed out alone, and | supposed you went
alone, but 1t seems you didn't You
went with others, and among 'em was
the wilder Snyder. You sorter had
charge of her all day. You helped
her over logs and through brush, and
Mrs. Britt says you was frolicky. You
didn't say word about 1t to me when
you came home. You have never said
a word since. Did you ever ask me
to 60 huckleberrying with you, Sam
uel2 Did you ever help me over logs
and through brush? Did you ever
canter and frolic around when we
were out walking together? Never,
Samuel Dolby! There isn't the least
doubt in my mind that II should die
you'd marry the wilder Snyder. Dare
you hold up your right hand and say
you wouldn't?'
The deacon's right hand didn't go up
neither his right nor his left The
photo was so lifelike that he was lis
tening to see IL he couldn't catch the
roar. He wasn't yet quite sure wheth-
er he could or not when Mrs. Dolby
observed:
Until Mrs Britt came In tonight
never heard about your trouble with
the lightning rod man last spring. You
had gone down to the store one after
noon to get me spool of black thread,
No. 4. and you found the man talking
to Elder Davis and trying to get the
job of rodding his barn. You at once
butted In and said that lightning rods
was a swindle. Pretty soon you and
the man was jawing, and you called
him a liar. 1t wasn't a common liar,
but you put a swear word before 1t.
Yes, you did, Samuel, because Mrs.
Britt was passing at the time and
heard 1t, and Elder Davis wife has
never been the same to me since. She
has looked at me with a plying ex-
preston. You swore, Samuel, and you
was going to fight, and yet when you
came home you looked as humble as a
rabbit. 1t was profanity, and it was
hypocrisy, and Mrs. Britt said II you
was her husband she'd leave you In a
minute. Samuel. do you think ! can
stand these things? Are you going to
keep ON being a pirate or are you going
to go down on your knees and ask me
to forgive your"
The deacon had laid the photograph
down and was looking at the wall pa
per and wondering who invented 1t and
If 1t could be used as wire fencing by
driving tacks into 1t. Not movement
betrayed that he had heard word OF
Mrs. Dolby's conversation. She waited
to see If he would answer, and when
he didn't she threw up her arms with
yell and sank back on the lounge
MFR. Dolby didn't even look that way
He went out into the kitchen and shut
up the stove for the night and bolted
the door and then, returning, slowly
wound up the clock and saw that the
cat hole in the door was In working
order. Then he said:
Its time to 60 to bed"
He picked up the lamp and led the
way upstairs, and Mrs. Dolby followed
him. and halfway up she paused to
say:
1--WE think everything of each other.
don't we, Samuel?
And Mr.. Dolby's "Um" might have
maant TINT thav did or thav didn't