Graham guardian., 1911-06-02
I Cy WIhittaker's
Pace |
80.
lace

VIZ N~o'ua ySe 49,
us II note to Mrs. Atwood and let us
stop for the diary on our VA. home!
| could return u 10 you by mail. or
YOU might 20, 1t yourself some other
day and n,ail II TO me-"
NO. no Never put of till iomor.
rcr what you ran do today. My 'hus.
band was Il great hand TO put OF and
put pT For The hast eight years of
his lite was AZ him to buy new
co-t6 nas'in' ,uit of clothes. The one
he hn,' WIS h,Ie to- start with. but
II faded To u brown, and toward the
last ut II declare II II didn't COM
meu"r to juiu green Nothin' ! could
say wou.,! make him heave II away
even ;l,rn: seemed 10 think more of II
than ever. sail ne wanted to hang to
II u spell and seq what twould turn
next Fui ne died and was laid out
In that same suit. and was so morti-
fed AZ thc funeral couldn't think Of
nothin' else No: I'll so after them
papers and the diary while they're
sfresh In ,ny mind. And. besides. do
sou s'pose I'D let Sarah Ann Atwood
rummage through my trunksf ! guess
not!"
Phoebe began to be sorry she had
Thought Of sending for the diary. par.
ticulariy as the chance of Its contain
Ing valuable information was so re-
mote. Mrs. Beasley went into the
house 10 dress for the ride. The
schoolmlstrcss went with her as far az
the sitting room. The perturbed Bal.
ley stalked OF. muttering. to the black.
smiths.
In q little while he returned, leading
Henry by the bride. Debby. adorned
with the beaowered bonnet she had
worn when she arrived at the Cy
Whitaker place and with black cloth
cape over her lean shoulders. was wait
ing for him by the open door Of the
barn. The cape had fur collar. "cat
fur" so Mr.. Bangs said afterward In
describing It.
"Pull the sulky right outv' command
ed the widow.
Bailey stared into the black interior
Of the barn
(which is itT' he shouted.
Mrs. Beasley pointed with her ear
trumpet
"why, that one there, of course.
Tother's a truck cart. You wouldn't
expect me to ride In that. would you?"
Mr.. Bangs entered the barn. seized
the vehicle Indicated by the shafts and
drew II out into the yard lie inspect
ed 1t deliberately and then sat weakly
down on the chopping block near by.
Apparently be was oyetcS5,m.e, by emo emo
hon. ''' = ' '
The 'sulky. beaueathed By the late
doctor bad been built to order for Its
former owner II was OF the ''carry-
air. variety. except that It had but a
single narrow seat Its top was
: square and was curtained. the curtains
TAelng tightly buttoned down Alto
'gcther II was something OF a curiosity.
N'.. Dawes. who had come out TO see
ils start looked at the "sulky," then
hir SiE. 'bangs kscs ana r9sAed ksg
back. Her shoulders shook. u \ ("
'It used TO be real nice carriage
when Ezra had It," commented the
widow admiringly 1T needs Hin and
spFpcla aP eog., pHi ! gAsss 'twill a2'
romeg' 70 Haley, who" had not risen
from tho ohopping block. fHnrry HB
and harness or we'll never get started.
Thought you wanted to get back for
dinnerY
Mr. Bangs stood up and heaved a
stgh
81 did," he answered slowly, but"
with a glance at the sulky. "somethiD'
seems to have took away my appetite
Teacher, do you mean to-
But Miss Dawes had withdrawn IA
the corner Of the house. from which
viewpoint she seemed to be inspecting
the surrounding landscape. Bailey
seized Henry by the bride and back
ed him into the shafts.
nBack upw he roared .fsack up, |
tell you! You needn't look at me that
way" he added In lower tone. ~
cant help II You amt any worse
ashamed than am. There! The nrk's
OF the ways All aboard!"
Turning to the expectani widow, he
boosted her. not too tenderly. up to
the narrow seat Then he climbed In
himself Two ON that seat made
tight IT. Bailey took up the reins.
Debby leaned forward and peered
around the edge of the curtains.
Your she shouted 'You. Miss
What's-yonr name Dorcas! Come here
minute want to tell you some
thin
The schoolmistress, her face red and
her eyes moist. approached.
~ just wanted to say" explained
Debby. that ain't real sure as that
diary's there. burnt up lot of my
old letters and things spell ago. and
seems to me I 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. "yoa can git dap
Just as soon us you want to-"
Once out on the open road the sulky
received the full force Of the wind.
Mrs Reasley clutched her drivers
arm e.
Another gust tilted the carriage top.
DeblF clutphed the arm still tighter.
"Why, 1t blows awful hardv' she
cried "Td no idee II blew like this"
"want 30 bout ship and 20 home
aginY' whooped Bailey hopefully.
si"No. mol" she answered. y guess