The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-04-20
Cy Whittaker's
Place
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Copyright. 1908. by D. Appleton
e Co.
[coNTINUED.l

30, at Simmons and the sewing
circle and after meeting on Sunday.
Cy Whitaker was again discussed and
derided. And this weeks Breeze, out
that morning. contained sarcastic
editorial which mentioned no names.
but limited at "a certain now notorious
person" who had boosted loudly, but
who had again been weighed in the
balance Of public opinion and found
wanting, for he had been a self ap-
pointed committee of one, who had
promised to succeed, if Atkins might
fail"
Miss Dawes did not seem pleased
with the captains none halant attitude
toward the Breeze and it's editorial.
Captain Cyrus" she said. IF you
intended doing nothing toward secur-
ing that appropriation. why did you
accept the responsibility for it al. the
meeting?'
Captain Cy looked up.
"Well," he said. 'afOre this Thomas
business happened. to knock all my
plans on their beam ends, I'd done
considerable thinkin' about that appro-
priation. 1t seemed to me that there
must be some reason for Heman's
comm about so sudden. He was sar-
tin sure of the thirty thousand for
spell; then. all to once. he begun to
take in sail and go on tother tack.
don't know much about politics, but ]
know he knows all the politics there
is. And it seemed to me that II live
man. one with eyes in his head went
to Washington and looked around he
might find the reason"
"But you still believe that you might
help ifAysu-weDt to WashingtOnY'
eyes. ! guess do. Anyhow, I'd
ask some pretty p'inted questions.
You see. / ain't lived here in Bay
port all my life. and / don't swaller
al the bait Heman heaves overheard"
"Then why don't you COP
"Hey? Why don't go? And leave
B0s'n and
Emily would be all right and per
fectly safe. Georgianna thinks the
world of her. And. Captain Whit
taker, / don't like to hear these people
talk Of you as they do. ! don't like
to read such things in the paper-that
you were only Dragging in order to be
popular and meant to shirk when the
time came for action. l know they're
not true. knew it,"
Captain Cy was gratified, and his
qualification showed in his voice.
THANK you. Phoebe" he said. II
am much obliged to you. But, you
see. l don't take any interest in such
things any more. When I realize that
pretty soon I've got to give up that
little girl for good ] can't bear to be
away from her minute hardly. l
don't like to leave her here alone with
Georgianna and
II will keep an eye on her. You
trust me, don't yOu?
'Trust you? BY the big dipper.
you're about the only one can trust
these days. don't know how I'D
have pulled through this If you hadn't
helped. You're diff'rent from Ase and
Bailey and their kind. not meanin'
anything against them. either. But
you're broad minded and cool headed
and-and- Do you know. if I'd had
q woman like you to advise me all
these years and keep me from goin' off
the course | might have been some
body by now"
~ think you're somebody as it is"
Don't talk that way. ] own up
like to hear you. but Pm 'fraid it amt
true. You say / amount to somethin'.
Well, WHAT? / come back home here
with some money in my pocket, think
in that was all that was necessary
to make me a good deal of Teller.
The old Cy Whitaker place, ] said
to myself. was gOin' to be real Cy
Whitaker place again. And I'D be 0
real Whitaker. a man who should
stand for sOmethin', as my dad and
granddad did afOre me. The town
should respect me- and I'd do things
to help 1t along. And what's it Al
come tor Why. every, young one on
the street is told to. be good for fear
he'll grow up like me. Ain't that 90:
Course it's 80. Pm
You shall not speak SO. Do you
imagine that you're not respected by
every one whose respect counts fol
anything? Yes. and by others too
Don't you suppose Mr.. Atkins respects
LHsu down in bis hearth h has one
Doesn't your housekeepeT. who eeei
lDeu, every day. respect and like you;
And little Emily doesn't she love yor
Ae6e. than she does an the, rest Of us
teOSthsr7'
We'll, / guess Bos'n does care fol
TIE old, man some. that's q fact. 6ht
says, she likes you next best, though
Did you know that?'
But Miss Dawes was indignant.
captain Whitaker" she declared
zone would think you were hundred
years old to hear you. You are always
calling yourself an old man. Does Mr.
Atkins call himself old? And he il
older than you.' M
"Well. Pm over fifty, Phoebe" II
spite of the habit for which he had
just been reproached. the captain
found this difficult statement tt