The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-04-13
start for that fifteen mile ride through

" LIE DIS Il IL twas gong TO Fdlu
'sThe predictions for this day., says
he, lis cloudy in the forenoon, but
clearing later on; wind SOU east, chang
ing to south and sou'west.
did Beriah send that out?' says /,
looking doubtful, for IL ever it looked
like dirty weather / thought it did
right then
Me and Beriah sent it out he says,
jealous-like, but knew twas Beriah's
forecast or he wouldn't have been 50
sure of it,
Pretty soon out comes Peter, looking
dubious at the sky.
"Hey, Elijahm says Brown. He was
always calling Beriah Elijah or
isaiah" or Jeremiah or some other
prophet name of Scripture Does
this go!' And he held out the tele-
graph blank with the mornings pre-
diction on it.
Beriah looked to me sort of sick and
pale.
THE forecast for today says he.
looking at the water again, lis cloudy.
in the forenoon, but clearing later on;
wind sou'east, changing to south and
sou'west."
Right you are!' says Peter, joyful.
eve start for Setuckit then. And
here's where the South Shore Weather
bureau hands another swift jolt to
your Uncle SAM
| So, after breakfact, the catboats
loaded up. Beriah didn't watch 'em
go. He stayed in the shanty. But by
and by, when Eben drove the buggy
out by the barn and Emma come skip
ping down the piazza steps, see him
peeking out of the little winder
The Kelly critter had all sail sot
and colors flying. Her dress was some
sort of mosquito netting with wall
paper posies on it, and there was more
ribbons tapping than there is reef
p'ints on a mainsail.
/ "Oh!' she squeals when she sees the
buggy. "Oh Mr.. Cobb! Amt you
afraid to go in that open carriage? It
looks to me like RAIN
But Eben waved his ripper scorn-
full. 'My forecast this morning" says
he, lis cloudy now, but clearing by
and by. You trust to me, Mis- Kelly.
/ Weathers my business"
"Of course l trust you, Mr.. Cobb"
she says-"of course trust you, but
/ should hate to Spite my gown, that's
ALL
They drove out Of the yard, fine as
folders, and 1 watched 'em go. Be
riah was watching 'em, too, and he
1 e., haA
morning.
Twas nearly when the catboat
party come stopping up the steps. And
such passed. of drownded rats you
never see. The women folks made for
their rooms, but the men hoped
around the parlor, shedding puddles
with every hop and hollering for us
to trot out the head of the weather
bureau.
Bring him to me-" orders Peter,
stopping to pick his pants loose from
his legs. 81 yearn to caress him.
/ And what old Dillaway said was
worse'n that But Beriah didn't come
to be caressed. Twas quarter past O
when we heard wheels in the yard
by mighty yells Cap'n Jonadab,
''it's the camp meeting pilgrims!
forgot them. Here's show"
He jumped to open the door, but it
opened afore he got there, and Beriah
come in grinning the grin that a terrier
dog has on just as you're going to let
the rat out of the trap.
Somebody outside says, "Whoa-con-
sarn your Then there was thump
and sloshy stamping on the steps,
and in comes Eben and the wilder
/ had one of them long haired, for
eign cats once that British skipper
gave me. Twas yeller and black one.
and it fell overheard. When we fished
it out it looked just like the Kelly
woman done then. Everybody but
! Beriah just screeched; we couldn't help
it. But the prophet didn't laugh; he
only kept on grinning.
Emma looked once round the room,
and her eyes fairly snapped. Then
she went up the stairs three steps at
time.
Eben didn't say word. He just
stood there and leaked-leaked and
| SmlloQ. les, SIT HIS lace, over lue
mess that had been that rainbow neck
tie, had the funniest look of idiotic joy
on it that ever / see.
Twas Beriah that spoke first.
HE. he, her he chuckled .He
he, he! Wasn't it kind of wet coming
through the woods, Mr. Cobb? What
does Mrs Kelly think Of the day her
beau picked out to go to camp meet
ing IMP
Then Eben came out of his trance.
"Beriah,' says he, holding out drip
ping flipper, shaker
But Beriah didn't shake, just stood
STILL
1--WE got a s'prise for you, shipmate,'
goes on Eben ''You called her Mis-
Kelly, didn't you?" gurgled Eben.
s'Waal, that amt her name. Her and
me stopped at the Baptist parsonage
over to East Harniss when we was
on the way home and got married.
She's Mis- Cobb now" he says.