Graham guardian., 1911-04-21

OF, as there Is considerable business
to Ge doaa and II ought TO be goin
ahead" He then proceeded TO read
the call for the meeting. This cere.
mony was no sooner over than Abed
nego Small, Uncle Bedny," was on
his feet loudly demanding to be In
| formed why the town hasn't done
nothiu toward fixing up the Bas
sett's Hollow road. Uncle Bedny's
| speech had proceeded no further thar
fellow citizens. In the name Of an
outrageous--l should say outraged
portion of our community I'-when
he WAS chokel off by u self appointed
| committee who knew Mr. Small of
/ old and had seated themselves near
him to be ready for just such emer-
gencies The next step. judged by
been to unanimously elect Eben Sal
| ters moderator. but MS Captain Eben
| refused To serve owing to his interest
| In the Whitaker campaign Alvin
! Knowles was. by Il small majority,
| chosen for that office. Mr.. Knowles
was devout admirer Of the great At
kins. and his election would have been
considered a preliminary victory for
| the opposition had II not been that
many Of Captain Cy's adhercnts voted
| for Alvin from love of mischief.
| knowing from experience his ignorance
| Of parliamentary law and his easy co
Ing rule Nov thcrell be fun!' de
clarcu one delighted individual ANY.
things In order when AIvin's chair
man"
no sign of Cy or ucmap yet" Oh.
served Mr. Cahoon. crauing his neck in
| the direction ot the door Its the
| Qurer,st thing ever | see.
Queer enough about Cy. that's e
fact" concurred Captain Dimick II
ain, SO surprised about Heman's nnt
comm Looks as If Whit was right
he always said Atkins lodged row
where folks could watch 1t. Does most
of his tghlin' from round the corner.
Hello. there's Tad Now you'll see
the crown Of glory set on Lonzo
Shows head Hope the crowns pad
sharp edges would sink In
But Captain Cy soon had entered the
hall He was standing In the aisle.
and with him was Bailey Bangs The
captain looked very tired. almost worn
out bur be nodded coolly to Mr., Simp-
son
Here am. Tad" continued thu
captain "Say your piece"
Rui Tad 1t appeared was not anx-
ions to say his piece" He was whis-
lpring earnestly with group of his
followers Finally, however, he took
thr pat form and made sneering re.
marks that plainly referred to the cap
tain Captain Cy held up his hand
"Mr Moderator" he asked. can
have the floor minute? All want
TO say is that ! cal'ate I'm the feller
the last speaker had reference to
have said that | didn't see why that
approximation was so hard to get
say II again Other appropriations are
got. and why not oursi | did say If
WAS congressman I'd get it. Yes.
and I'll say more" he added. raising
bis voice-"I'll say that II was sent
to Washin'ton by this town. congress
man or not. I'd move heaven and
earth and all creation from the presi
dent down till did get IT.; that's all.
So would any live man. should
think
He sat down There was some ap
plause. Before II had subsided Abel
Leonard. one of the quickest witted
Of Mr.. Simpsons workers. was op bis
feet gesticuiating for attention.
"Mr. Moderator" he shouted. "a want
to make motion. We've all heard the
big talk that's been made All right,
then! move you. sir. that Captain
Cyrus Whitaker be appointed com
mittec Of one TO 20 10 Washin'ton II
he wants to. or anywhere else. and see
that we get the appropriation And If
we don't get II the blame's his. There
nowr :.
There was n roar of laughter This
WIS exactly the sort of III, for tat
crowd The mnli,n n Wis seconded half
dozen times Mn3."raIol Knowles
grinned and shook his mead
"A Jokes Il inkc." lir s.; =. "and VIZ
all like II good unp. Hnrrver this
mcetin' Is supposed to be far business,
not fun. sn"
Question. Question. It's been sec
onded, We've 70, To vote on IL"
shouted a chorus
"pont you think --sPe.rs 10 me- that
ain't In order" began the moderator
but Captain cy rose to his feel The
grim smile h;)d returned Ia his face.
and h. looked nj The iGinus Assem-
blage with almost his old expression
OF apprrin'i.e alertness
"Neyer mind the vote" he said IL
realize that Brother '.auImrd has rath.
er got one on me. so To speak All
right; lMont Gut!2r I'll he a romuh,
tee Df one on the hari'or grab, and II
noi hin comes of !, III take my share
of kicks Gentlemen. appreciate your
trustfulness In my ability"
This brief speech was huge sue
cess. II for moment the prudulum of
puiplir favor had swung toward Simp
son. this irumping of the latter's lead.
Ing card pushed II back again The
moderator had some difficulty In re-
storing order TO the hilarious meeting
Thel, Mr Myrick was accorded the