New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

|
watch them two old coots squirting through tel
! escope at the sky or scribbling rubbish on paper.
And Beriah was right most every time I don't
know why-rny notion IS that he born that
way, some folks born lightning cal
culators-but III never forget the FIRST time Peter
asked him how he done it.
Wall" drawls Beriah, nov to-day looks fine
and clear don't It? But last night my left elbow
had rheumatic in it, and this morning my bones
ache and my right toe flint is sore I know
we'll have an oasterly wind and rain this evening
If ii had been my left toe, now, Why
Peter held up both hands
'~Thatu do" he says. Il amt asking any more
questions. Only. II the boarders outsiders ask
you how you work IT. you cut out the bones and
toe business and talk science and temperature to
beat the cars Understand, do your It's science or
no eght-ffty in the pay envelope Left toe joint"
and he goes off grinning
We had 10 have Eben. though he wasn't wuth q
green hands wages a prophet But him and
Berish stuck by each other like two files IN the
glue pot and you couldn't hire without tother.
Peter said twas all right-two prophets looked bet
tern one. anyhow; and as subscriptions kept Up
pretty well and the bureau paid fair pro1t jon
adab and NE didn't kick.
In July Mrs. Freeman-she had charge Of the
upper decks in the Old Home ana rated head
chan1becunaid - up and quit and beirg we
couldn't get another capable Cape Colder Just
then, Peter fetched down a woman from New
York; one that a friend OF old Dnlaway's recon-
rlended. She able seaman far's the
work was concerned. bat she'd been good looking
once and couldn't forget IT, and she Of
them clippers that amt happy unless they've got
d man IN tow You know the kind; pretty nigh
old enough to be a coal barge but sll rugged mp
with bunting and frtlls Ike yacht
Her name was Kelly. Emma Kelly, and she
i widop-whether from choice act Of Proyi
dence I don't know. The other women serYants
was all down on her Of course cause she had city
ha- Ia
their Sunday gowns and bonnets look like dis
tress signals. But they couldn't deny that she
d driver so far's her work concerned. She'd
whoop through the hotel like a no'theaster and
have everything done, and done well, by o'clock
in the afternoon. Then she'd be ready 70 dress up
and 90 on parade 10 astonish he natives.
Men-except the boarders Of course-was scarce
around Wellmouth Port. First the Kelly lady be-
gun TO flag Cap'n Jonadab and me. but we sheered
off and took the offing. Jonadab being wild
over had had his experience, and never had the
marrying disease and wasn't hankering to catch 4
So Emma had TO look for other victims and the
prophet shop looked 10 her Ike ths most likely
feeding ground.
And would you bIieve IT, them two old critters.
Beriah and Eben gobbled the bait like sculpirs
If she'd been q woman ;tke the kind they used
to-the Cape kind, I mean-I don't spose they'd
have paid any attention to her but she was
diff rent from anything they'd ever run up against,
and the first thing you know she had 'enl both
along. I caTIate but pretty soon some idiot let
out that both OF 'em was wuth money. and then
the race was on in earnest.
She'd drop IN at the weather factory long in the
afternoon and pretend TO be terrible interested in
the gongs there.
I don't see how you two gentlemen tell
v hether 1t is going 10 rain not. 1 think you
are the most wonderful ,lneni Do tell me. Mr..
CrocEer, VIII It De good weather to-mcrrer?
wanted to take q little walk up TO the village
a bout ! O'Clock If it was.
And then Berlah'd swell out like putting pig
and put on airs and look out Of the winder. and
crow:
''Yesm. I jedge that wen have a southerly
breeze in the morning, with fog but nothing
to last nothing last. The afternoon, cal'late
II be fair. I-I-that is TO say. was hgsering on
goin' to the village myself to-morrer"
Then Emma would pump up blush. and smile |
and purr that she was glad, cause then she'd (
have comp'ny And Eben would glover at Beriah
and Berah'd grin sort of superior like, and the
mutual barometer, SOS to speak, would fail about
a foot during the next hour. The hratherly busi-