The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-16
CHAPTER VII.
(Contlnued.l


Colonel" he spoke. somewhat
sheepi5h grin on his lips. .alkin
about tightin and bein skeered ana
al that. got TO tell YOU, sub. that
I'm facln' a proposition in that line
right now that's got any ordinary
war skinned mile sub"
what's the difficulty. SIM" asked
the Colonel interestedly.
why sub, it's Miss Angelica FIX
al's ma that's what il is, sub.
Things is takin mighty serious
shape. Colonel Todhuntor. That dod-
rotted old lady is a-movin' heaven
and earth TO make a maycn between
Miss Angelica and Pointer ScrUggs.
sub. for the simple reason that be
owns good farm ans got few
thousand dollars i'm bank. and she
wants Miss Angelica 10 sell herself
for them things. sub. And her first
move to'ards catchin' Pointer Scruggs.
Colonel. is TO make Miss Angelica get
rid OF me. KNOWN | amt as well on
as him. sub"
That's pretty bad. Sim. But you
shorely amt thinkin' OF leavln' the
field, are your"
I'll be dog goned IL know just
what TO do, sub. II looks mighty poor
spirited for man TO let himself be
bullyragged ont of his rights b. n
woman. but the cold truth Is. Colonel.
that Miss Angelicas ma is an alfred
terrifyin' lady, sub. The case looks
very serious TO me. Colonel Tod
hunter"
III is serious. Sim The reason why
It's serious is that you've let that
old brigadier OF Mrs. ExaH blum YOU
I'LL you're skeered half 10 death OF
her
I'm skeered all right, there's no
I TWO ways about that sub I'm SC
skeered that ! get weak and trembly
/ IN my shank bones ever time have
TO face her. and that's the Lords
( truth"
And that's right where you're go
ing TO lose out. Sim. You've let thai
old catamaran see that you're skeereC
or her. and she amt a-goin to show
you no more mercy'n a rabbit. It:
all right for man 10 feel shaky be
fore the girl herself. sub. but II ths
girls got such a cantankerous mother
as Miss Angelica Exalls got, his only
play Is to blum the girls mother TO 1
standstill. You ought to be like q
roar-in lion TO that old lady. Sin
Birdsong-it's the only chance you'v,
got OF winnin Miss Angelica"
That's all very well. Colonel. II.
mighty easy for you to r'ar back anC
advise me along them lines, but IL
like TO see you try any roarin' lioI
business with Miss Angelica ExallI
. ma, sub. brave man though | vel
know You TO be You begin roarin
round her, sub. and she give you ;
jolt thatll make ycur back teetl
come loose. Colonel"
How come you TO know all thii
beyond the peradventure of a doubt
10 stand up to old Mrs Exall and fgh
| il out with her. subj"
See here. now. Colonel" crieC
Sim .aghast. I'm havin' trials AM
tribulations- enough holdin on I,
Miss Angelica Exall, without cuttin
of my nose TO spite my face that-a
way. sub wouldn't last in tina
house any longer'n you can say 'Jacl
Robinson II | didn't behave might!
mealy-mouthed when old Mrs. Exall'
around. sub know what I'm talkin
about"
Sim" cried Colonel Todhunter. Il
that's the way you feel about II. yo'
amt no more goin' TO get Miss An
geica Exall than you're goin' 10 fly
|, Your goose is cooked right now
| sub"
What do you mean. Colonel
IL mean Just what | say, Sim. Tha
old female war-hoss knows that She
got you and Miss Angelica skeered t
FRAGILE. sub. And she's got her hea'
set on marTyin' her daughter 70 Poh
ter Scruggs for his farm and ban
account sub. She'll shoe you out o
the way just like YOU was fly. Sim
and the first thing YOU know your Mis-
Angelica Exall will he Mrs Polite
Scruggs, sub. and old Mrs. Exall, sh
will be a-settin' in their fine hous
a-laughin at you for sway.backe
fool that didn't know he held n VIII
min hand II he'd only had the gri
TO play his cards straight. sub"
Sim seemed unable TO make repl
: 10 this.
Look here. Sim Birdsong," aske
the Colonel Indignantly. have 20
ever come right out fatfooted an
told Miss Angelica EXaii that you 10y