Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-08
CHAPTER X.
The Voyage Of the Ark.


The Heayenlies was late down 20
breakfast next morning. owing. ]
callate. to the loss OF Lord James. !
could hear 'em hailing each other,
asking: What's become Of my golf
stocking7" and the like Of that.
Trouble seemed to be that they had
too many clothes. II they'd been linn.
tied to one suit for Sunday and q pair
OF overalls 10 cover up the ruins the
rest OF the week, like l was, they'd
have got along better.
But they was rugged at last and nj
breakfast was clipper as a pair OF
mackerel gulls. They commenced 10
talk garden. Consarn 'em. l hoped
they'd forgot that.
The loan business Is all right, Sol"
says Van. "Scudder win bring us loan
at three dollars boat load. He says
it'll take about Is boat loads"
HE does, hey7" says l. AT three
dollars per? That's generous of him.
Anything else?"
Yes, He is to continue to bring us
milk. We have decided that perhaps
for the present we had better not keep
a cow"
Small favors thankfully received.
was glad that milking want going to
be added TO the general joyfulness.
Il think that's Q nice, far-sighted de.
cision," says l. Unless You could
learn your COW to eat seaweed. / don't
see"
"oh. Scudder could bring US hay"
says Van. And we could give the
animal the spare vegetables from the
garden"
"'Twoula be a long time between
meals for the poor critter, I'm afraid
says l. How much Is Nate charging
for the milk7"
Nine cents quart. That's only
one cent more than you have to pay
In New York, and, when you consider
how far he has to bring II, call II
dirt cheap"
Well, twas about as cheap as the
garden dirt. but didn't say nothing.
Were going to raise chickens. too"
says Hartley. "Scudder. so Van says.
will sell us live Plymouth Rocks at 30
cents n pound. Skipper, you might Ak
up the poultry yard in your spare
time"
In my spare" time. There was Joke
in that, but 1t want so intended.
Then Van Brunt began to preach
pig" Seems Nate had told him that
the one thing needful to turn Ozone
island into genuine Natural Life was
pig. and Of course he, Nate. had the
only pig in creation that was worth
buying.
He showed II to me the other morn
Ing" says Van. The prettiest little
black and white fellow you ever saw.
Martin. Miss Talford saw him yes
terday before she came over. and
she said he was a dear. You might be
repairing a sty for him IN your odd
moments, SOL"
Ny odd moments, and my even
ones, too. was pretty well filled up for
the next few days. The Heavenlies
loafed and Buperintended and smoked
and fished and ate. All had to dc
was to turn out with the gulls. and
cook breakfast, and clear away, and
wash dishes. and build hen yards and
tx up leaky pig pen. and get ready
them blessed gardens, and sweep and
dust, and dig clans, and make beds
and get dinner. and sail boat, and
chop wood, and bundle up washing foE
Nate 20 take to Hubby Ann, and seour
knives, and--and-well, there wal
plenty more. Seven or eight hundred
odd jobs have slipped my memory.
Tho gardens was ready for planting
on a Wednesday. Nate fetched over
the last dory load OF loan the night
afore and spread 1t afore got sup
per. The chickens and the hos was X
come On Thursday. was to take the
siiff and go after 'em, Nate being en-
gagged 70 cart q carry.all load OF board
ers to ostable. Hubby Ann was q
have the live stock at the shore read,
for me.
"How's the menagerie coming
Mater" asked. I'm cages or on tbs
hoofg"
"oh. III box EN- for you. SOL" h
says. The hens in one box and M
pig In another. The pigs pretty thin
~ mean young. so be Won't be no hef
TO you"
Wednesday morning the Heavenil
gardening begun. One patch for vHI
Brnnt and ths other for Hartley. The
had seeds' by the peck. more OF less
brought ever BY ScuddeF's express ans
charged for at undertaker'a prices
TIE Twins started In with a yes
geanco. ] showed 'em how. For one,
I was superintendent and tho joI
suited me fine--nofhing would havl
tackled me more. unless twas 70 turn
IN and take = nap.
Van takep one hoe and Hartley In
other Each Of EN- was actually
round.shouldered nom tho weight o
the seeda IN thelr pockets. They Ia,
/ cpcumbcr seeds, and melon soada. AM
! lnnd knows what. Wonder to me wal