The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-04-13
WHITTAKER,S
PLACE
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Copyright. 1908. by D. Appleton 6 Co.

ashamed than am. There! The ark's
off the ways All aboardw
Turning to the expectant widow. he
boosted her. not too tenderly. up to
the narrow seat Then he climbed In
himself Two on that seat made a
| tight fit Bailey took up the reins.
Debby leaned forward and peered
around the edge of the curtains.
Your she shouted. You. Miss
Whats-your-name Dorcas! Come here
minute. ! want to tell you some
thin"
The schoolmistress, her face red and
her eyes Aloist, approached.
81 just wanted to say" explained
Debby. that | amt real sure as that
diary's there. burnt up lot of my
old letters and things a spell ago. and
seems to me burnt some old diaries.
too. but maybe that want one of 'em.
Anyhow, can get them Arizona pa
pers, and ! do want you to see 'em.
| They're the most interestin' things.
Now" she added. turning to her COM
panion on the seat, you can git dap
| just as soon as you want to-"
Once out on the open road the sulky
received the full force of the wind.
Mrs. Beasley clutched her drivers
arm.
Another gust tilted the carriage top.
Debby clutched the arm still tighter.
why, it blows awful hard" she
cried. I'D no idee It blew like this"
Want to bout ship and go home
agin? whooped Bailey hopefully.
mo, nor she answered Il guess
Bayport | can stand it as fur's the
Center. But hurry all you can. won't
you? I'm kind of 'fraid of the
springs"
The widows stop at the Atwood
house. which was In the immediate
rear of the Atwood store, was Of
half hours duration Bailey refused
TO leave the seat of the sulky and sat
there. speaking to no one. not even
replying to the questions of group
If loungers who gathered to inspect
the ancient vehicle and professed to
be in doubt as to whether it had been
washed In with the tide or been "left"
to him in a will.
At last Debby made her appear
ance, her arms filled with newspa-
pers. The latter she piled under the
carriage seat and then climbed to her
former place beside the driver. Hen
ry, in response to slap from the
veins. got under way once more. The
axles squeaked and screamed.
"Geep' cried one youngster from the
steps of the store. Its the steam
caIliope. When's the rest of the show
comm
"Hiw yelled another. See how
close they're Rugged up together.
Amt they lovin'! It's weddin'!'
shut upp' roared out the tortured
Bailey. whose hat had blown back
into the body of the sulky, leaving
his bald head exposed to the cutting
wind.
The audience begged him to give
them a lock of bis hair and added
other remarks of a personal nature
concerning the youth and beauty of the
bridal couple and their chariot Mr..
Bangs was In state of dumb frenzy.
Debby, who without her trumpet had
heard nothing of all this, was smiling
and garrulous.
II found all the papers" she said.
They're right under the seat I'm
goin' to look 'em over SOS to have
the interestin parts all ready to show
Miss Dorcas when we get home. Amt
it nice found 'em?"
strances, unheard because Of the non
adjustment of the trumpet. she reached
under the seat and brought out the
pile of Blazeton weeklies. With her
feet upon the pile to keep 1t from blow
ing away. she proceeded TO unfold
one of the papers. 1t cracked and
snapped in the wind like loose main
sail
Keep that drafted thing out of my
face, won't you?" shrieked the agon
lied Bailey. "How'm goin' to see TO
steer with that smackin' me between
the eyes every other second?"
Hey? Did you speak to me?" asked
the widow sweetly.
Ibid speak? No. l screeched!
What in TINKER
IL want you TO see this picture OF
the mayors house in Blazeton. Eva,
my husbands niece. lives right acrost
the road from him. Many's the time
I've set on their piazza and seen him
come out and go to the city hal"
Keep it out of my face, | tell you!
Reef it, Furl it, you-you woman!
l wish to thunder the piazza had
caved in on you! ! never see such an
old fool in my born days. Take 1t
awayr'
Mrs. Beasley removed the paper, but
only to substitute another.
Here's Eva's brother-in-law," she
screamed. Hes one of the prominent
business men out there. so they put
him in the paper. Amt he nice
lookin'?'
Bailey's comments on the prominent
business mans appearance were any