The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-05-25
WHITTAKER,S
PLACE
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Copyright. 1908. by D Appleton 6 C

Copyright. 1908. by D. Appleton 6 Co
of Importance TO communicate and was
pulled up In consequence.
1.-THE wires all right again. Georgi
anna" he said to the housekeeper. who
had hurried 10 the door TO meet him
"Fust message just come through
Guess who it's fort"
"Stop your fooishness. Gabe Lum.
leyr' ordered Miss Taylor. Hand
over that telegram this minute! Don't
you stop to talk! Hand it overt"
Gabe didn't intend to be ''corked''
thus peremptorily.
ITS pretty important news, Georgi-
anna" he declared Kind Of bad
news too. | think I'd ought to prepare
you for 1t sort of. When Capn Obed
| Pepper died r.
| Died! For the land sakes! What
are you sayin'? Give me that. you
fool head! Give It to mer'
She snatched the telegram from him
and tore 1t open. 1t was not as bad as
It might have been. but it was bad
enough. Lawyer Peabody wired that
Captain Cyrus Whitaker was at his
home In Ostable sick In bed and threat
ened with pneumonia.
Captain Cy. hurrying homeward in
response to the attorneys former tele-
gram. had reached Boston the day of
the blizzard. He had taken the train
for Bayport that afternoon. The train
had reached Ostable after 0 o'clock
that night, but could get no farther.
The captain. burning with fever and
torn by chills, had wallowed through
the drifts TO his lawyers home and
collapsed on his doorstep. Now he was
very Ill and at times delirious.
For two weeks he lay, fighting Off
the threatened attack of pneumonia.
But he won the fight. and at last
word came to the anxious ones at
Bayport that he was past the danger
point and would pull through. There
was rejoicing at the Cy Whitaker
place The board Of strategy came and
performed an impromptu war dance
around the dining room table.
'Whe-e-er' shouted Bailey Bangs,
Uncle Cy's weathered the Horn and is
bound for clear water now. Three
cheers for our sidei Won't we give
him a reception when we get him back
here"
Wont wer' crowed Asaph. well,
l just guess we will! You ought to
hear Angie and the rest of 'em chant
hymns of glory about him. body ID
think they always knew he was the
salt of the earth. Maybe | don't rub
1t in little. hey? oh. no, maybe
notr'
"And Hemanr' chimed in Mr.. Bangs.
"And Heman, Would you ever believe
he'd change so all of sudden? Bully
old Whit | can mention his name
now without Ketury's landin' on to
me like a snowslide. Wheel l say
wh-e-e-eI
He continued to say it, and Georgi-
anna and Asaph said what amounted
to the same thing. A change had come
over our Bayport social atmosphere.
marvellous change. And at Simmons
and-more wonderful still-at Tad
simpsons barber shop plans were
being made and perfected for proceed
ings in which Cyrus Whitaker was to
play the most prominent part.
Meanwhile the convalescence went
on mt a rapid rate. AS soon as he was
permitted to talk Captain Cy began
to question his lawyer. How about
the appeal? Had Atkins done any
thing further? The answers were sat
isfactory. The case had been dropped
the Honorable Heman had announced
its withdrawal He had said that he
had changed his mind and should not
continue to espouse the Thomas cause
In fact, he seemed TO have whirled
completely about on his pedestal and.