Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-12-22

bank. Guess he must We gone to see
Lockwood bout that note"
"Well. l don't envy him his call on
Blinky Lockwood none"
"Mebbe he went in to deposit his |
coupons" Watty chuckled
Hiram snorted. and there was silence
while he filed and lit his pipe.
II hearn tell this mornin'," he re-
sumed. that Josie Lockwood's goin'
to give party next week."
"Yes: l hearn it too. Angie Tuthill
was talkin' bout it to Name Garrison
up to Leonard & Calls. She said
they was goin' to have the biggest time
this town ever see-goin' to decyrate
the grounds with lanterns and have ice
cream sent from Phillydelphy, and
cakes too. Can't make out what's
come into Blinky to let that gal of his
waste money like that"
81 fgger," says Hiram after sa-
pient pause. "she must be gettin' 1t
up for that New York dood."
"Duncan"
"Uh-huh."
81 didn't know he was 'quainted with
the Lockwoods.'
Il didn't know he was 'quainted with
nobody"
Nobody 'ceptin' Homer Littlejohn
and Hetty Carpenter, and they don't
seem to know much about him. call
| him darn Gurus. Hetty says he's allus
a-settin in his room a-studyin' and
| a-studyin' and a-Studyin'.
He goes walllin' mornins, Hetty
told me-
"Waal. he don't come downtown
much. Nobody hardly ever sees him
'cept to church."
Hiram ponders this profoundly, final
ly delivering himself Of an opinion
which he has never forsaken. Il claim
he's s'picious character"
Don't look to me as though he knew
'nough to be much of anything"
"Waal, now, II he's real student and
they amt no outs bout him, what in
tarnation's he dom here? That's jest
what I'd like to have somebody tell
me, Watty." N"''''F't's' Esaa2SG
"Hetty seq he sez he wants quiet
place to study.
Hiram shorts with scorn. ooh, fd-
die! You don't catch no Moo York
young Teller a-settlin down in Radville
unless he's era or somethin' worse
"'Tain't no use tellin' Hetty Carpen-
ter that"
mo II anybody SEE word agin
him she shets 'cu isht up"
"'Tain't only Hetty. but all the vim
min s on his side"
"Thats proof enough to me he ain't
right"
"Wimmin," says Watty as the result
of a period Of philosophical considcra
! ton, sis all crazy about clothes. Whel
t feller's got good clothes you can
make them see no harm into him, II
r matter what he is. | pressed some q
Duncan's last Satddy. | never sc
; clothes such goods and linin's. The
! was made for him, too-made by ta
I Tor on Fifth avenue, Moo York. fel
. git the name now
$ ~Waal, Roland Barnette SEE the
amt stylish. He SEE they're too niue
. like an undertakers gitup."
t "Waal, Roland oughter know. lie
? the fanciest dressed up felier in til
county"
Eyes, | guess he be-"
n The subject apparently languishe
but | know that it still occupies the
$ sage meditations, and presently this
demonstrated by Hiram, who eXpe
Of
when this cuss Duncan fust CON
here" he says, with a self contninc
g chuckle. Everybody but me figgere
/ he had stacks of money. Guess the
= be singin' "A different tune now sim
he's been goin' round askin' for work
This is news to me, and ! sit u
sharing Watty'S establishment.
I, BE he a-dOn' that. Hiram
II That's what he's been a-doin.'
II "Funny | missed hearin' about it."
J. HE only started this mornin', I
a went to Sothern X Lees and Leo
ard & Calls and Godfreys, and the
| guess he must We quit discourage
They wouldn't none of them give hi
nothia'. Leastways that's what th'
said after he'd gone out. lie d!dI
give anybody a reel chance to say an
thing. | was in Leonard Call
and he came in and asked for a 10
but the minute Len looked at him
turned right round and SUNK o
without a-wsitin' for Len TO say
word" Hiram smoked in huge enjo
. ment of the retrospect. Hes I
curiousest critter we ever had in II
: town"
! Yes agrees Watty; II guess he bt
1 At this juncture comes an interrt
/ ton. Tracey Tanner returns hotfo
S Either he has been running or
/ breathlessness is due to exciteme
! Before the two upon the bench
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