The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-03-11

PLACE
BY JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Copyright. 1908. by D. Appleton 6 Co.

the chancesT" asked Asaph eagerly.
"Well. sometimes he thinks Yes and
then again he thinks No." replied
Bailey. "He says, Of course, IL Heman
is able to get 1t he will. but IL he amt
able to he-he'-
HE won't, s'pose. Well. can
think that myself, and don't set up
to be no inspired know-it-all. like Joe
Dimick. He amt heard from Heman
lately, has hep
| mo, he amt. Neither's anybody
else, so fur as i can find out"
"Oh, yes, they have. l have, for
one"
Mr.. Bangs stopped short in his dou-
BILE quick march for home and din
ner and looked his companion in the
face.
"Ase Tidditt," he cried, do you
mean to tell me you've had letter
from Heman Atkins from washin'.
tonT
Asaph nodded portentouslv.
Eyes, SIR" he declared. "a letter
from the Hon. Heman G. Atkins Of
Washin'ton, d. c., come to me last
night read 1t afore turned in"
you did! And never said nothin'
about tip
"Why should say anything about
1t? Twas addressed to me as town
clerk and was concernin' a matter to
be took up with the hoard Of s'lect-
men. l amt In the habit of hollerin'
town affairs through a speakin' trum-
pet. Folks that vote for me town
meetin' day know that guess Angie
Phinney says to me only yesterday.
Mr.. Tidditt,' says she, there's one
thing I'll say for you-you don't talk"
"Humph" Bailey snorted indignant
ly. "She thought twas good thing
not to talk. hey? She did, Well. by
MIGHTY! You never get no chance to
talk when she's around. Angie Phin-
ney! Why, when that poll parrot of
hers died Alph'us Smalley declared up
and down that what killed it was jeal
ousy and disappointed ambition; he
said 1t broke its heart tryin' to keep
up with Angie. Her ma was the same
breed of cats. What did Heman say
about the appropriation? Is he goin'
to get tip
Mr.. Tidditt paused before replying.
Then. bending over, he whispered in
his chum's ear:
n "He never said one word about the
appropriation. Bailey. not one word.
He wanted to know IL we'd got this
years taxes on the Whitaker place
and II we hadn't what was we goin'
to do about 1t. Bailey. between you
|. and me and the mizzenmast. Heman
, Atkins wants to get a-hold of that
: place the worst way"
He does. He does! For the land
r sakes. amt he got property enough al
ready? Amt "a palpce Ike tina
+ I enough for one man without wantin
) TO buy rattletrap llEr that"
( The first that" wns emphasized by
7 brandished but reverent left hand
4 the second by derisively pointing
Q right The two friends had reached
: the crest OF the long slope leading M
+ from the town hall. On one side Of
the road stretched the imposing front
. age of the Atkins estate with 1t!
I iron fence and stone posts; on the 9th
i er slouched the weed grown. tumble
t down desolation of the ICY Whittake
place" The contrast was that of opu
d lent prosperity and poverty stricken
: neglect
t Heman was our leading citizen, gu
I representative in Washington and tn
towns philanthropist. He gave tn
b Atkins memorial window and the Al
o kins tower clock to the Methods
church. The Atkins town pump. ais
his gift. stood before the town hal
The Atkins portrait In the Baypor
Ladies' library was much admired, an
the size of the Atkins fortune was tn
principal subject of conversation a
sewing circle. at the table of the pei
feet boarding house." around the stov
in Simmons store or wherever Bay
porters were used TO gather.
The 10y Whitaker place" faced tn
Atkins estate from the opposite sid
of the main road. but 1t was the ger
eral opinion that 1t ought to be asian
ed to face 1t. Originally it had enjoye
the dignified seclusion afforded by
white picket fence with square gait
posts, and the path to its seldom use
front door had been guarded by rigi
lines of box hedge. This, howeve
was years ago, before the second Cal
tain Cy Whitaker died and before til
Howes family turned it into the Sc
Sight House, hotel for summt
boarders
The Howeses improved" the hous
and grounds. They tore down II
y picket fence, uprooted the box hedge
!, hung sign over the sacred front dot
and built wide veranda under Il
=, parlor windows. They took boardel
:. for FIVE consecutive summers. The
y, they gave up the Improbable unde
- taking, returned to Concord, n, II
~ their native city, and left the Cy VIII
" taker place to bear the ravages I
~ Bayport winters and Bayport sma
4 bnyc host n MIGHT