The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-03-21
.CY. WH|TTAKER'S
PLACE
BY JOSEPH c. LINCOLN.
CHAPTER vi.


high and dry with no tug in sight"
Mary Thomas was dead and her
daughter-her daughter, Of whose very
existence he had been ignorant-had
suddenly appeared from nowhere and
been dropped at his door like an out
Of season May basket, accompanied by
the modest suggestion that he assume
responsibility for her thereafter. No
wonder the captain wiped his forehead
In utter bewiderment.
Don't you think you'd better send
for the box?' repeated the child, shiv-
5rtng little under the big coat.
"Hey? What say? Never mind.
though. Just keep quiet for SPELL
won't you? l want to let this soak in.
By the big dipper! OF all the solid
brass cheek that ever run across this
Howes never limited! Probably you
would be glad to take Be gladl
Why, blast their miserable, stingy-
What do they take me for? I'll show
'em. Indiana amt so fur that can't
Hey! Did you say anything. sisY'
The girl had shivered again. mo,
sir" she replied. 1T was my teeth,
I guess. They kind of ratified"
"What! You amt cold, are you,
with all that round you and in front
Of that flre?'
mo, sir, ! guess not. only my back
feels sort Of funny, as If somebody
kept dropping icicles down 1t. Those
bushes and vines were so wet that
when l tumbled down twas most like
being in pond"
'Sho, sho! That won't do. Can't
have you laid up on my hands. That
would be worse than Humph! Tut,
tutl Somethln' ought to be done, and
I'm blessed II know what. And not
a woman round the place, not even
that Debby. Say, look here! What's
your MISUNDERSTANDING? Hadn't bet
ter get the doctorY
The child looked frightened.
"WhyT she cried, her big eyes open
ing. I'm not sick, am I?'
"Sick? No, no! Course not, course
not. What would you want to be sick
for? But you ought to get warm and
dry right off, l s'pose, and your buds
are all up to the depot. Say, what does
what did your ma used to do when you
felt-er-them icicles and thingsT'
''She changed my clothes and rubbed
me, and II ! was very wet she put me
20 bed sometimes"
BED? Sure! Why, yes. indeed!
Beds good place to keep Off icicles.
There's my bedroom right in there.
You could turn in just as well as not.
Bunk amt made yet, but | can shake
1t up In no time. Say-er-er-you can
undress yourself, can't your
"Oh. yes, sir! Course | canl I'm
most eight
"Sure you are! Don't act mite ba-
byish. All right; you set still till l
shake up that bunk"
He entered the chamber, his own.
ceeded literally to "shake up" the bed.
II was not u lengthy process. and when
1t was completed he returned to find
his visitor already Invested of the coat
and standing before the stove.
81 guess perhaps you'll have to help
undo me behind" observed the young
lady. This Is my best dress, and
can't reach the buttons in the mid
die Of the back"
Captain Cy scratched his head. Then
he clumsily unbuttoned the wet waist.
glancing rather sheepishly at the win
dow to see II any one was coming.
$50 this is your best dress, hey?" he
asked, TO cover his confusion. 1t was
obviously not very new, for 1t was
neatly mended In one or two places.
Eyes, sir"
$50 Where'd you buy it-up to Con-
cord?"
NO, sir. Mamma made 1t year ago."
There was a little choke In the child
voice. The captain was nightly taken
back.
Hum! Yes, yes" he muttered hur-
riedly well. there you are, Now
you can get along. can't youT
yes, sir. Shall go In that room y
''Trot right in. You mlght--er-
maybe you might sing out when you're
tucked up. In want to know II
you've got bedclothes enough"
Emily disappeared in the bedroom.
The door closed. Captain Cy. his
hands in his pockets. walked up and
down the length of the sitting room
The expression on his face was queer
one.
II haven't got any nightgown," called
n voice from the other room. The cap
tain gasped.
coed land, so you ain't!' he ex'
claimed. What IN the world
Humph | wonder
He went TO the lower drawer of a
tall "highboy" and from the tumbled
mass of apparel therein took one of
his own night garments.
Here's one" he said coming back
with 1t in his hand. II guess you'll
have to make this one do for now.
It'll Dit you enough Tor three times TO