The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. Solomon Pratt began comical mar
cation Of story, Introducing well,to-do
Van Brunt and Martin Hartley, two rich
New Workers. seeking rest. Because of
latter pairs lavish expenditure of money.
with lunatics. Van Brunt, 1t was learned.
was the successful sutton for the hand
OF Miss Agnes Page, who gave Hartley
tration at Eastwich. Hartley rescued a
boy. known as "Reddy." from under a
horses hOs e feet Mis. and pa1 the G GrargsI proved %bSm to sb be
had taken to the country for an outing:
Out sailing later, Van Brunt, Pratt and
; hnSed' safely Seis and aepS a search for the other
We're found. Van Brunt tp rented It from
Charge of a Of New York poor
children Miss Talford and Miss Page Wis
tied Ozone island. In another storm Van
ing wrecked, having aboard chickens,
pigs, ETC., with which they were to start
q farm. Eureka Sparrow. a country girl.
and Hartley paid q visit to her father,
who for years had been claiming con-
sumption as an excuse for not working.
Eureka diagnosed Hartley's case as one
Of love for Agnes. At a lawn fete, Van
Brunt shocked the church community by
rafting a quilt for the church's benefit.
Hartley invented a plan to make, Wash
!ngton Sparrow work. In putting the plan
pa, Paee eH for H WARNS the incur" msic wra man 81 s Mrss
Agnes then appealed to Van Brunt., Spar
row to escape the treatment proclaimed
bound on Ozone island Van Brunt and
Hartley tired Of the Natural Life"
CHAPTER xvII.-continued.
I expected for sure that they'd lick
Nate Scudder for charging his dry
season rates for secret keeping. But
they never mentioned 1t to him. When
i spoke of 1t to Van Brunt, he laughed.
ooh, Scudder's all right" he says.
He had a corner in secrets and
squeezed the shorts, that's all. That's
legitimate. Scudder has a talent OF
his own"
Eyes, and he's making 1t ten talents
In q hurry, like the Teller in Scripture"
says /.
"Well, he doesn't hide 1t in a napkin,
anyway" laughs Van.
mo-" says !. II believe he uses one
of Hubby AIMS stockings"
About three o'clock we got into the
skin, the three Of us, and rowed to the
main. Twas a hard wet row. ! judged
the gale want all owe yet. We
walked up as far as Mates and there
ne was waiting in his buggy to drive
Van Brunt to the Wellmouth depot.
Martin and Van said good-by and had
a inal pow-wow over the Tea Lead.
"Good-by" says /. "Ain't got any
real g~ilt-edged expensive secrets you
want kept while you're gone, have
you? I'd like to squeeze a short or
two. myself"
You ought to have seen Nate Scud'
der bristle up and glare at me. But
his passenger only laughed as usual.
NO" he says, mot a one. My con
science is clear. But I may. unearth
a few while I'm away"
Well, he did. But not the kind he
expected.
I had to step into Mates house tc
get a few eggs. Our own hens was toe
weighted down under the Natural tc
be working overtime. Hubby Ann hat
the remnants Of a nicked blue set o.
dishes that was handed down from hel
great aunt on her grandmother's side
and she thought maybe Hartley'd bt
interested at a dollar a nick. It tool
go long to make her believe Ne want
that we wasted an hour or more there
When we got to the hill by the beacl
twas most five O'clock.
'erhs winds hauled clear around.
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