Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-09-30
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Concerning Consuella
BY STACY E. BAKER
Copyright, 1910. BY Associated Literary Press

and beautiful battle was precipitated
thereby. The fight was all In favor OF
the excited fisherman until the arrival
Of the long-whiskered one who had
been distanced in the race. The third
man jumped into the battle with
raucous shout His hands were as
hard as boulders and fiuke blow
from one of these deprived the fisher
man Of his senses.
When Heating recovered conscious
ness he found himself neatly trussed
up, and two red and perspiring farm
ers standing by and cycling him with
little favor.
You darned city bug" growled the
younger. What kind o. rowdyin' Is
that you are up to? Chasin poor
defenseless critter until she falls down
winded!"
You're crazy" snarled Heating
Couldn't you see that she had my
hshhook stuck in her silly wool?"
Fine thing for you to be dom, :"
added the other rustic. "Stickin' your
hook in other peoples sheep"
Al OtuoA pCOpAC SACCR WOoAO A~As
sticking their noses In my affairs they
would not be hooked"
But you did hook her." came from
the younger one.
Certainly / hooked her." snapped
Heating. And now tell me what you
are going to do with me. Burn me at
the stalker"
a ~ cvn
whiskers of the ancient. We're going
to hold you until Mrs. Griggs comes
home"
And who, If may ask, is Mrs.
Griggs?'
She's the owner of that poor perse'
cuted lambie-shes also the local rep.
resentative of the S. P. c. A." an.
swered the youthful granger. She'll
fix you for having been cruel to Con
suella."
"Consuella!" cried Heating. "Do
you mean to tell me that that old
sheep Is named Consuella."
"Uh. huh, an the more names you
call her the harder it'll go with you"
Heating, In the city. was Charles
Heating, Esq, managing an agency
for a well-knowa cash register con.
Germ. He bore the respect of his Eel.
lows.
In his bonds before these country.
men, Tuning and fretting, and with
Precipitation running down his fore.
head, his dignity was conspicuously
absent.
The mind of the youth was on The
austere Miss Decker, his fiancee.
He mentally thanks fortune that
this little misadventure was a thing
Of the country
Pad, pad; pad, pad!
Heating, his back to the driveway,
heard the approaching rig before IL
had come to stop beside him.
What is this?" asked chilly voice
"a woman's voice.
This man was chasin of Con.
suella," explained the farmer. "He
had fishhook in her wool, and his
pole and line hangin' to it. and he
was runnin' her to beat Time. We
knew--Hiram and what store you
set by that sheep, Mrs. Griggs, an we
kept him, thinkin' as how you'd like
TO sick the law on him"
A musical laugh rang out, and the
marrow in the bones of the prisoner
CONCEALED as he heard It, He knew
that laugh
Turn him over" came in soft
contralto. You don't care IL / look
upon the classic profile of your pris.
oner, do you, aunt?"
Hiram's foot prodded the youth face
about--and beet-red face it was!"
The girl in the carriage broke into
a historical scream.
'Oh, aunt" she gasped when she
had recovered her breath. This is too
much Your sheep chaser isis my
fiance."
Following the orders of Mrs. Griggs
Heating was speedily liberated. Elk.
plantations followed. Mrs. Griggs
laughed Miss Marion Denton scream.
ed again. Heating, whose sense OF
humor would not spread to cover the
situation, frowned ominously at the
two embarrassed ones who were re.
sponsible for his predicament With
awkward apologies the two made
hasty departure.
THAT is the first time i ever saw
you give indications Of being real
flesh and blood" growled Heating,
towpbound, and with the girl by his
side
Now that find you something be-
sides business automaton and q crea-
ture OF conditions, like the rest Of us,
we may understand each other bet
ter" laughed the girl
Too Many Hospitals.
Medical advices from New Zealand
Indicate that that country is snfYorinr