The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-04-13
Cy Whittaker's
Place
By JOSEPH C. LINCOLN
Copyright. 1905. by D. AppIeten
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Once ont oss4be epen road the .snlky
peeeited the fplis force of the wind.
. MIS- .Beesley elpteled 6eF dyfsess.
Another gust tf,te4 he catriaee top.
Debby clutebed the ayas still tlGiteF.
why. II blows awful hardg she
cried. I'D no idee II blew like this"
WANT 70 'bent ship and. 90 home
aginY wheoped Bailey hopefully.
mo, nor she answered II guess
II you folks come all the way from
Dsypeyt 3 feaA stand II AZ fur's the
Center. But hurry all you can. won't
you? I'm hind Of 'fraid of the
springs"
The widows stop at the Atwood
house, which was In the immediate
rear OF the Atwood store. was Of q
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
Of 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 will.
At last Debby made her appear
ance. her arms flled with newspa-
pers. The latter she piled under the
carriage seat and then climbed to her
former place beside the driver. Hen
~. In response to q slap from the
reins. got under way once more. The
axles squeAked and screamed
"Geew cried one youngster from the
steps Off the store. Its the steam
calliope Wben's the rest of the show
comin'?'.
"Hir' yelled another. See how
close they're Rugged up together.
Amt they lovip'! It's weddin'y'
''Shu: upm reared ont the tortured
Bailey, WHOSE hat bad blown back
into the body Of the snlky. leaving
his bald head exposed TO the cutting
wind.
The audience begged him to give
them a lock OF his hair and added
other remarks Of 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?'
In spite Of her drivers remon.
strances, unkeard because of the non-
adjustment of the trumpet. she reached
under the seat and brought out the
pile of Biazeton weeklies. With her
feet upon the pile to keep it 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 your" shrieked the agon-
tied Bailey. "How'm goin' to see to
steer with that smackin' me between
the eyes every other second?"
Hey? Did you speak to meY asked
the widow sweetly.
did I speak, No. screeched!
What In tunket'-
II 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
uO NJ hnir ,3o0 ov,1 n;
come ont and go to the city hail.
Keep it out Of my face, tell you!
Reef it! Furl 1t, you-you womanl
] wish to thunder the piazza had
caved in on you! never see such an
old fool in my born days. Take it
awayy'
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'r'
Bailey's comments on the prominent
business mans appearance were any
thing but flatfering. Debby continued
to reach for more papers. carefully
replacing those she had inspected in
the pile beneath her feet.
II know what I'll do" declared the
passenger-"I'n hunt for that missin'
husband advertisement Of Desire Hig-
sins Tets see. now! Twill be down
q lFe bott"a r the pile. cause the
s-spaf s.'F % y last year ONE
eoeDef 4Swn behind the high
aasluosus 800
dsrs sisr claimed Debby. II
sstseso' z rs ~ this number, cause
Inere's picture of the Palace hotel
on the front page. Let's see Dog
lost-no. that amt it. Corner lot for
sale'-wish had money enough to buy
# I'd like nothin' better than to live
out there. Information wanted of my
husband Here it's. Um-humw
She Strengthened up and eagerly be-
gan reading the advertisement. A ter
rife burst Of wind tore around the
corner of the bluff The widow in her
excitement at finding the advertise
ment had inadvertently removed her
feet from the pile of papers In an
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