The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-03
Q eO O and I sO O
rKE FOLKS IN TIT YELLOW HovsE

fore. a. she picked up her date stamp
one April morning and bTought u
down vita a whack on the ink-pad,
she spoke her mind emphailcally 10
the dozen or more collected IL the
room. waiting FOR their mail.
They must be- poor and they may
be shiftless. said Mehitable. 0ut
they're strangers in strange land.
and when get 10 IL I'm going 10 cal.
She referred 10 the fye newcomers in
the long unused yellow house below
the summit
We'll. as for me shall not CALI
Mrs Cramer spoke with asperity, her
upper lip and nose ascending 10 yet
higher plane thaL hat 10 which ma
ture had raised ~ an. Mrs. CTamer,
formerly OF Patchunk City. was pro-
fessedly careful Of her social reii-
tons The children wanted 20 70
there Yesterday and play with the
boys. but DO yOu suppose I'd let them?
No indeed, Mrs Cramers head
followed the incline OF her nose.
Dear only knows what they'd catch
Edward Heiner tipped his chair
back against the counter Heiner
farm adjoiaed lot containing the vel
low house They came between TWO
DAYS he declared. suspiciously- AT
night when Went 10 bed they wannt
there. and in the morning when ! got
up there they was
Uncle Bily Loss. aiding his l.ece
Mehitable with the mail pushed his
speclacles along The bridge Of his
nose toward his ewes. and read aloud
the inscription on an envelope: Mrs
ID. C. Peasley That must be them
and he tucked The letter into the
pigeonhcle allotted TO such P.'s as did
not rem, pcstofice box
Mrs. Cramer drew her lips up
I scOrnfully We'll. let them call that
wants 70, / don't intend 70 get any
nearer the inside OF that house. ! can
see IN from our house and that :
enough, There's nothing TO see eN-
/ cept bare floors and stove. There
I are shades NJ the windOws-nOt a cur
tain. mind yOu-and they keep EN-
I rolled clear 70 the tops of the win
dows-
Here the outer door swung open
with a jangling OF the cali-bell fixed
10 the top. and three boys OF assorted
sizes trailei no 10 tSe counter and
looked over They were hatless. wore
gaping shoes and long blue overalls.
They secured the letter addressed 60
Mrs Peasley and fed down the hill
toward the yellow house. while Mrs
! Cramer continued. triumphan;ly.
There Don't they look like little
vagabonls3 I don't believe tha elure
family has a hat among 'em They 81
wandering around the hills in this aw
ful siush and mud without hats.
n Hfa.r fraa az los
The man looks sickly.' spoke
Miss Mehitable. from behind the STOCK
Of pos;ofiice boxes.
"sickly OF lazy" amended Edwa.S
Heiner
The following day Mrs. Cramer:
nose formed an exclamation point az
she entered the pOstoaice. "Thos'
people she began all focked up T.
our hack door yesterday. as cool a.
you please. while I was sweeping th'
stoop. and beran 70 talk tell yo'
finished sweeping in hurry am
! got irs.de'"
Probably spoke Mehitable. "thei
are lonesome. coming ont Of the city
Why did they come them aske'
Edward Heiner sliding down on hi
shonlder-nlade
His auditors were interested. but M
informed The question. however
seemed Hooded with light a few day
later whsl a certain drummer fror
FatChurk CITY arirei abOunding a
usual ir general informa ion.
Doesn't that yellow house belon
e 20 Judge ANGER down In Patchua
) Citv7" inquired TIE drummer.
Yes II does replied Heiner
The drummer. looking with satisfa
: ton az the depleted CANDY case. col
tinued. ma'ltafiveiy. II wonder II thi
family amt the Peasley's that used
a live in tha alley back OF Us. II s.
;. YOU reorie better put new locks @
your hen-housns AMI cellar doors.
course. dent know that they're u
J. same-n-an his wife and a mess
T. hungry children"
a. Guess you've hit the nail on q
head. responded Edward Heine
e ITS no work and a deal OF wand
n with EN-. Guess thew know The prem
q Sos OF every one in Mecca by th
time proving around as they do"
Il haven't wanted 20 speak Of IL
4, fore" Interrupted Mrs Cramer. wi
seeming reluctance and real prit
q "hut I've kent nv eye on EN-. a
N that's exactly the conclusion L
al come TO- I've seen EN- troop pa
i, outside our cellar door too often n
20 think"
- Edward Hoiner scratched his he;
III THAT beats me-" h calculated M
Is I'd not thought % that. but " it's
I'd II explains" he paused But tn
may be mistaken" He closed o
" eve. turned the other ceilingward. a
could not be induced 10 say more
Before the lapse Of an hour VI
~ GARNER had telephoned the part
~ history Of the Peaslcys far and W
"a In the neighborhood
10 You can put two and two togetl
always" she telephoned with vi
the drummer knows about en- .
ne what Edward Heiner and We HI
I'm seen with our own ewes"
.ct a day later Edward Heincr stroll
into the Office chewing a straw. ev
nu line OF his face telling OF informal
S. yet 20 be revealed.
no What Is it," asked Uncle b
IA Loss. 10 whom Heiner's face was
an open book.
a. Heiner looked attentively into
hat. and transferred the straw
ION the opposite corner Of his mouth
ms, ] nally he spoke. his eyes fixed on
nv r,,Stofrce boN. asst week | had