The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-03-10
II Aler n or
q Winter
Evening
Ole South Shore Gather
Bureau
From the "Old Home House.
by JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Copyright. 1907 y 4. 5, B.rn.. = Co


\ IU "reading IN concert same as
- the youngsters do In school,
but" we says. will it work? win
anybody pay for ny
Work. says Peter T.. with his tin-
gers In the armholes OF the double
breasted danger signal that he called
/, a vest and with his cigar tilted up till
you'd think twould set his hat brim
atire. Work" says he. "Well. may
/ be 'twouldnt work II the ordinary
! brand VI canned lobster WAS running
il. but with me TO jerk the lever and
sound the loud timbreI-why. say. it's
like stealing money from blind Grip
| pie that's hard Of heating
This ani any Washington cold sIaw
like Weather for New England and
Rocky mannsalls Tuesday 10 Friday.
| cold TO wslrsa: Nell duue on the edges
with a rare streak IN the middle. pre-
ceded OF followed by rain. snow or
clearing Wind. north TO south. vary
ing east and west No. stree. This
is today's weather for Cape Cod arrived
right OF the griddle on HOT plate and
cooked by the chef at that You don't
realize what regular dime museum
wonder that Teller is" be says.
Twas In the early part OF May fol-
lering the year that the Old Home
House was opened. and II looked as II
our second season would be better'n
| our first
Then the DnIaway girl thought
'twould be nice to have what she called
a spring house party for her particu-
lar friends fore the regular season
opened. Cant you get" says she.
two or three delightful queer old
longshore characters to be ut work
round the hotel: It'll give such .
touch OF local color" she says.
.BarzIlla.- Peter says to me. Il
want some characters. Know anybody
that's character: What I'm after is
an odd stick. Teller with pigeons In
his loft. not lunatic. but jest queer
genius-littie queerer than you and the
cap'n here"
After awhile we got his drift. and
/ happened 20 think Of Beriah and his
chum. Eben Cobb. They lived In q
little shauty over 10 Skakit pint and
got their living clustering and 70 on
Beriah's pet idee was foretelling what
the weather was going TO be. He'd
smell a storm further u cat can smell
fish. and be hardly ever made mis-
take. Prided himself on IL. you under
stand. and you couldn't have hired him
to foretelI what he snew was wrong.
Peter said Beriah aud Eben was Just
the sort OF .cards" be was looking for
and drove right over TO see EN- He
hooked 'em too. They didn't have any
thing 10 do but 20 look picturesque and
say Il snum.' and Il swan 10 man.
and they could do that 10 the slippers
taste. The city folks thought they was
Just too dear and odd for anything.
The second day OF the party was 20
be n sailing trip clear down 10 the
Z life saving station 20 Setuckit teach.
II certainly looked as IL twas going
70 storm. and the gcv'merf predictions
said II was. but Beriah said no and
stuck out that 'twould clear Up by
and by. 10 they sailed away. and.
sure enough. II cleared up fine. And
the next day the gov'ment fellers said
'.clear'' and Beriah said rain and
she poured Hood. And after three
or four Of such experiences round
comes Peter busting with a new no
ton. What be caiIafed TO do was to
start weather prophesying bureau
all on bis own hook. with Berlah for
prophet and him for manager aud gen.
eral advertiser aud Jonadab and me
TO help put up the money to get her
going. lie argued that summer folks
from scituate TO Provincetown. on
! both sides Of the Cape. would pay
good prices for the real thing In
weather predictions. His idec was to
send Beriahs predictions By telegraph
TO agents IN every Cape town each
morning. and the agents was 10 hand
'em TO subscribers. First week free
trial; after that 80 much per prophecy.
And IL worked-oh. land. yes. IL
worked. Brown rugged up a little
shanfy on the bluf IN front of the
Old Home aud filed II full OF barome-
tiers and Thermometers aud chronome-
tiers and charts and put iIeriah and
Eben inside 10 look wise and make
b'lIeye do something. That was the
Office OF the South shore Weather bu.
reau. and twas sort OF sacred and
holy. and 'twouId Kill you 70 see the
boarders tIpioeIng up and pccking 10
the winder 20 watch them two old
coots squirting through telescope at
the sky or scribbIing rubbish on paper.
And Beriah was right most every
time. don't know why. hut 10 never
forget the first time Peter asked him
how be done IL.
"waal." draws Ierlah. now today
looks fne and clear. don't IT. But last
night my left elbow had rheumatic In
u. and this morning my bones ache.
and my right toe flint Is sore. 20 |
know wen have an ensterIy wind and
rain this evening. II II had been my
left toe now. why
Peter held up both hands.
"That'Ii DO" b. says. u Amt asking
any more plwgiunz. Only n the
bonrdera " Outsiders asIs you how you
work II. you cut ont TIE bonca and toe