The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-06-24
THEIR DAY
OFF


-. ~" are going on this merry lit.
'e Jduh' mo the country Won will
nave TO rise with the lark" explained
l''e 'hih man, because the car leaves
NV" Town al nine O'clock"
On, we'll. it isn't as if We couIdn,t
~ - sald the tall girl. heroically
90 the next morning the four Of
"'eih caught the electric car
mere had been a sudden faint driz.
~'e oi ram, but as they wbizzed nm
past the last cottages on the nratr,o
rs Vi town the sun bobbed out again
ne ,eVel country was a rich green
anu me sky was very blue
ieeI, said the fat man. as though
were threatened with good time
today" 9""u '''iie
have exactly the same feeling"
@ald the thin man.
Aller time the level country was
succeeded by country that was broken
ahu rolllng. There were glimpses OF
BROOKS with the willows trailing vel.
~" green myers in the water and
ciullips or naples and sycamores nut.
ing out glistening young leaves Soma
grazing cattle threw up their heads
%"u switched their tails and a scared
morse galloped to the farther end Of
meadow as the car shot by.
lhrough the open car windows came
lhe persistent cheerful melody Of
meadow larks. The tall girl had mild
MYSTERIES when she actually saw two
OF the little songsters balancing IN a
renee ran When the short girl spied
real robin excitement ran high.
IN some of the neat yards of farm
houses there were little round patches
OF tulips in bloom and the bushes
covered with golden flowers whose
name no human being remembers vii.
lages decorated with gorgeous coun-
Try cubs and plain villages in their
natural state of simplicity fed by.
The streets were full of people enjoy.
ing the remarkable spring day
lhey were al the end of the electric
line before they knew it and got sur
| rey and two white horses, one of
which seemed tame and one savage.
because it had a wall eye and rolled
It,
Excuse me-" said the tall girl, but
as none of us knows how to drive I
shall feel far safer if | hold the lines
myself Driving will occupy my mind
so that | shan't have time to WORRY
about what may happen I am posi-
tive that the wall-eyed horse doesn't
like us. No doubt We'll have a rum
| away"
That being the case" said the thin
| man, 81 will sit in the back seat.
where egress from the doomed vehicle
is easiest. l am great on backward
somersaults"
1t was noon and much warmer A
big white butterfly 1oated along the
| roadside and yellow dandelions
speckled the grass. Some freshly
plowed land sent forth it's rich earthly
| fragrance, and in one farmyard six
| sprawly little colts stumbled up against
their mothers and stared The world
was very new to them. A bunch of
fat pigs squealed and galloped away
with their absurd rocking horse gait
| Presently by gray rail fence ap-
peared flock of sheep, sadly In
need of laundering. Among them were
dozen lambs with funny black legs,
looking as though they had waded
through ink
Stop the horses!" commanded the
fat man. Then he waved his hands at
the flock. "Gambol, little lambs" he
ordered. "Gambol, consarn you!"
And they did If you have never
seen infant lambs with stick-up ears
and stiff black legs shooting out at all
angles, just as though they had never
heard Of the theory of gravitation, nIt.
ting over the green, you have lived in
| vain!
Like most things In life the horses
did not act as had been expected The
walleyed one plodded along steadily,
but every time II turned n corner the
tame one ran away. The driver got
excited and hunted up corners just to
convince herself OF the truth of this,
but still the tame steed invariably ran
All these corners OF course had to be
negotiated on the return trip. so the
ride was rather abrupt in spots
After dinner at hotel they took
the electric car again and rode along
the bank of the river with fishermen
fishing and aspiring canoes shooting
out from unexpected spots. past foamy
dams and clumps of woodland, past
high hills crowded with rich mems
country mansions overlooking miles Of
river valley and farm land and past
little hooks in the rocky hills shelter
ing bungalows and summer cottages.
Finally they turned about and took
car back to Chicago Suddenly a
Jagged lightning fash ripped the sky.
there was thunder crash and the
April rain stormed down. 1t 5lotted
out the brooks and trees and wood
lands and turned the car window gray.
II found little cracks in the car roof
and dripped down into the collar Of
the fat man and on the airy sleeves of
the short girl. but nobody cared They
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