The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09

HELLO hEIUR1 YOU IKE JUST AS GOOD
LOOKIN' AS EVER
side the hotel as quick as the Almighty
would let him. Gabe FASTENED to obey.
Mrs. Bangs opened the door of the
perfect boarding house and stood ma
jestically waiting to receive the pro-
spective guest Over her shoulders
peered the faces of the boarders.
Good afternoon" began the land
lady. Il presume likely yon would
like to-
She was interrupted. The newcomer
turned toward her and extended his
hand.
Hello. Keturyr' he said. II amt
seen you sence you wore your hair
up. but you're just as good lookin' as
ever. And amt that Bailey? Yes,
tbs, and Asaph too. How are you.
boys? Shaker
M. Bangs and his chum, the town
clerk. had emerged from the doorway.
Their mouths and eyes were wide
open, and they seemed to be suffering
from a sort of paralysis.
wen. WILLIS Tic uudLlcT WIFI you
demanded the arrival "Aint too
stuck up to shake hands after all these
years, are you"'
Bailey ejaculated: well, swan to
man! II b'lieve you're Cy Whit
takerv'
-
Miss Angelina Phinney made no less
than nine calls that afternoon. Be
fore bedtime it was known from the
last house in "Woodchuck lane' to the
fish shanties at West Bayport that
young Cy" Whitaker had come back;
that he had come back "for good"
that he was staying temporarily at the
perfect boarding house; that he was
lawful well off," having made lots of
money down in South America; that
he intended to FIX over" the Whit
taker place and that 1t was to be fixed
over not in q modern manner, with
plush parlor sets-a la Sylvanus Ca
hoon-or with onyx tables and blue
and gold chairs like those adjoining the
Atkins mansion. 1t was to be as near
as possible reproduction Of what it
had been in the time of the late
"Cap'n Cy." young Cy's father.
Il think he's out of his head" de-
clared Miss Phinney in confidence to
each of the nine females whom she ia
vored with her calls-'not crazy, you
understand. but sort Of touched in the
Of fn Nofi
Tripp-said it right out too. 'Matildy.'
l says, he's got screw loose up aloft
just as sure as you're born woman
What makes you think SO? says she
Well says l. do you s'pose anybody
that want foolish would be for spend
in good. money on an old house to
make it older? l says. Coin to tear
down the piazza the fust thing! Per-
fectly good piazza that cost $9SGO to
build; l know. because l see the bill
when the Howeses had it done. And
he's goin' to set out box hedges, some
thin that amt been the style in this
town sence Congressman Atkins pull
ed up his. What in the wide world.
Cap'n Whitaker says to him. do
you want of box hedges? Homely
and stiff and funeral lookin'! l might
have 'em around my grave in the bury
In ground says, but nowheres else.
All right. Angie says he, you shall
have 'em there. Ill cut some slips pur-
pose for you. It'll be a pleasure he
says Now. amt that crazy talk for
grown manr
Miss Phinney was not the only one
In our village to question Captain Cy
whittaker's sanity during the next
few months. The majority Of our peo-
pie didn't understand him at all He
was generally liked. for. although he
had money. he did not put on airs. but
he had his own way Of doing things.
and they were not Bayport ways.
True to his promise. he had squad
Of carpenters busy. on the day fol-
lowing his arrival. tearing down the
loathed piazza These carpenters and
more were kept busy throughout that