Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-04

panion on the seat, you can git dap
just rs soon Gs you want to-"
Once out OH the open road the sulky
received the full force Of the wind.
Mrs. Beasley clutched her drivers
arm.
Another gust tilted the carriage top.
Dolby clutched the arm still tighter.
why. it blows awful hard" she
cried. "IG no idee it blew like this"
want 80 bout ship and 20 home
agin?' whooped Bailey hopefully.
NO, no!' she answered. Il guess
If you folks core all the way from
Baypost | ,,aa stand It as f,ir's the
Center BIT hurry AL you can. wont
you? I'n kind of 'fra;d Of the
springs"
The e'idow's utop st the Atwood
house. which was II the Immediate
rear Of the Atwood store, was Of a
half Gcur's du-ation. Bailey refused
to leave .ne scat Of the sulky and sat
theve, speskipg 10 40 one, no. even
replying 20 .se quostiags Of a group
Of ouasess who s..hsvsd 60 tossect
the aac,ert vehscie and 2rceessed to
be In Sclbt rs to e'AGther It had been
washed in with the tide or been cleft"
70 him In 8 will
a, Jas, pebby made ner appsar-
ance, nsr arms allcd with newspa-
p~Ts, T'he latter she piled under the
carriage seat and thrn climbed 20 hlr
former place beside Ike driver. Hen
~, In response 10 slap frsrn the
reins, got under way once more. The
nxles squeaked and screamed
Gee" cried one youngstcr from the
steps OF the store. ITS the steam
call.ope. N'hcn's the rest Of the show
coni:a'?'
"IIi.' yelled another "See how
close they're Rugged up together
Amt they lovin'! It's weddn'"
shut up!" roared ont the tortured
Bailey, whose hat had blown back
into the body Of the sulky. leaving
his bald head exposed to the cutting
wind.
The audience begged him to give
them n lock Of his hair and added
other remarks Of personal nature
concerning the youth and beauty Of the
bridal couple and their chariot. MIR.
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, unheard because Of the non
adjustment Of the trumpet. she reached
under the seat and brought out the
pile of Blazeton 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 you?" shrieked the aeon.
lied Bailey. ''How'm goin' to see to
steer with that smackin' me between
the eyes every other second?"
Hey? Did you speak to me" asked
the widow sweetly.
did I speak; No. I 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
I've set on their piazza and seen him
come out and go to the city hall"
Keep it out Of my face, I tell you,
Reef it! Furl 1t. you-you woman,
/ wish to thunder the piazza had
caved in on you. never see such an
old fool in my born days. Take it
away"
Mrs. Beaslcy removed the paper. but
only to substitute another.
Here's Eva's brother-in-lnw," she
screamed Hes one Of the prominent
business men out there. so they put
him in the paper. Amt he nice
LOOKING"
Bailey's comments on the prominent
business mans appearance were any
thing but flatterine. Debby continued
to reach for more papers. carefully
replacing those she had Inspected in
the pile beneath her tect-
Il know what I'll do" declared the
passenger-"I'll hunt for that missin'
husband advertisement of Desire Hig-
gins, Let's see, now! Twill be down
at the bottom Of the pile, cause the
paper it's in Is last yesr one"
She bobbed Gown behind the high
dashboard.
Here It's" exclaimed Debby. II
remember tie in this number, cause
there's picture of the Palace hotel
on the front page. Let's see--'Dog
lost that amt it. Corner lot for
sale'-wish had money enough to buy
1t. I'd like nothin' better than to live
out there. information wanted of my
husband Here its, Uln-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
instant the air was filled with whirling
copies Of the Blazeton Weekly Courier.
Henry, the horse, Jumped sidewise.
The reins were jerked from the driv-
er'S hands and fell IN the road.
Mercy on u.s." shrieked Debby.
clutching her companion about the