Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-09
Cy Whittaker'S
Place
BY JOSEPH G. LINCOLN
Copyright. 1908. by d. Appleton
q Co.
Continued from yesterdays paper)
Mr.. TIdditt was all smiles.

"The new school committee mans as
good as elected. Lonzo Shows goln'
TO take It."
The captain laid down his plane.
"Lonzo Snowp he repeated. You
don't say! Humph! Well, well"
Eyes, sir" exclaimed Bailey. Hes
come forward and says It's his duty TO
do 80. He
'Humphl His duty, hey? l wonder
who pointed II out to himW
"Well, / don't know. But even Tad
Simpsons glad. He says that he
knows Heman will be pleased with
that kind Of candidate and so he
won't have TO do any more huntin'.
He thinks Lonzos comm out by him
self this way is kind Of special prov
idence"
"Yes, yesl ! shouldn't wonder. Did
you ever notice how dead sure Tad
and his kind are that Providence Is
workin' with 'em? Seems TO me
'twoud be more satisfactory II we
could get a sight Of the other partners
signature to the deed"
What's the matter with your de-
manded Asaph. you amt dndln' fault
with Lonzo, are your Amt he good
manW
"Good Sure thing he's good No
body can say he isn't and tell the
truth"
No one could truthfully speak III OF
Alonzo Snow-that was a fact. He
lived at the lower end Of the village,
was well to do, leading cranberry
grower and very prominent in the
church. A mild, easy going person was
Mr.. Snow, with an almost too keen
fear Of doing the wrong thing and
therefore prone to be guided by the
opinion Of others. He WAS distinctly
not politician.
"Then what ails you?" asked Asaph
hotly.
"Why, nothin' maybe, only I'm al
ways suspicious when Tad pats Prov
ldence on the back. | generally figure
that | can see through doughnut
when there's Il light behind the hole.
Who is Lonzo's best friend in this
town2 Who does he chum with most
of anybody"
"Why, Darius Ellis, l guess. You
know It."
"Umhum.. And Darius ia on the
committee-w whyY
"Well, s'pose cause Heman Atkins
thought he'd be u good feller to have
there. But
ayes, and Lonzo's pew in church
is right under the Atkins memorial
window. The light from It makes n
kind OF halo round his bald head every
Sunday"
well, what Of III Heman nor no
body else could buy Lonzo Snow"
"Buy him? Indeed, they couldn't
But there are some things you get
without buyin'-the measles, for In
stance. And the one that's catchin'
em don't know he's in danger till the
speckles break out Fellers, this com
mittee voted In Phoebe Dawes by just
two votes to one, and one OF the two
was Lem Myrlck. Darius was against
her. Now, with Tad and his Prov
idence putin in Lonzo Snow and
Heman Atkins settin' behind the
screen workin' his normal school
music box SOS they can hear the tune
well, Phoebe may stay this term out,
but how about the next"
"Hey2 Why, don't know"
"From what l hear, this Phoebe
Dawes, for all her pesky down east
stubbornness, is teachin' pretty WE'LL
aud. anyhow. she's one little woman
against Tad Simpson and Hemsn At
lSlns and-and Tad's special brand OF
Providence She deserves fair
shake, and, by the big dipper, she's
goln' to have It! Look here, you two
how would look ON the school com
mitteer
"You| repeated the pair in concert
"You2"
"Yes, me amt Solomon for
wisdom, but cal'late I'd be as near
the top OF the barrel as Darius Ellis
and only one or two layers under
Eben salters or Lonzo Snow. I'm a
candidate, see"
"But-but Whit" gasped the town
clerk, are you popular enough? Could
you get electedW
~ don't know, but I can find out
You and Bailey II vote for me, won't
your"
Course we WILL but
"All right There's two votes. A
hundred and odd more'll put me In.
Here goes for politics and popularity
l may be president yet; you can't tell.
And, say. this town meetln' won't be
dull, whichever way the cat jumps"
This last was safe prophecy. All
dullness disappeared from Bayport the
moment II became known that Cap
min Cyrus whitaker was "out' for
the school committee. The captain
began his elcctioneering at once. That
very afternoon he called upon three
people -Eben Snlters, Josiah DimicI'
and Lcmuel Myrlck.
! Captain Saters was chairman or SO