The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-08

4, JUNK mouse. His three comrades stared
open mouthed at one another until
Pepper broke the silence.
E ~Married"' be uttered dazeClly. did
be say THAR
Tony Coz solemnly nodded "And
be said her name IS Emmerett Hodge"
be said in an awed tone
= "Emmerett Hodge, repeated Probe
bitterly. "A girl with a name like
that always has tony wedding.
What did Raymond say about IT?
didn't sense It all. was so flabber
gasted"
AS near us I can r'collect he said
there was 10 be fancy time at her
house and we was invited. Tony here
has got to stand up with the bride
groom"
Jink Probe unJointed his long legs
and stood erect. towering above the
other two. what about a weddin'
presentT' he demanded.
That's easy. Wen all chip in and
GIT Mrs. Carwood TO buy 1t down TO
Penheld- Wimmen always know what
TO git"
Tony Goff shook his head. mix on
that. Pepper. Why. Raymond's been
our mate for three years-ever since
/ come 10 the Twin Star feel
mighty friendly TO him. reckon all
| OF us do. and we must pick out the
! present ourselves What sa-ayT
The others nodded assent. and as it
happened that the morrow was the
monthly pay day they decided to ride /
over 10 Penfield the next afternoon |
and select a wedding gift for Ray |
mond's bride
With pockets well lined and bronzed /
faces portentously solemn with the .
import of their mission. the three set 4
forth on the twenty mile ride from the |
Twin Star cattle ranch TO the largest
town in the county.
They stopped at Red Spider for the
mail. and the three wedding invita-
tons that faced them nearly caused
stampede. link Probe stared unhappi-
ly at the engraved words.
IT dunno" he hesitated. ut might
be this present business oughter be did
by an expert If We should make a
mistake she-the lady - Emmerett-
might take offense at what we got"
Tony Goff tucked his envelope away
and prepared to smoke. There amt
no use losing your nerve" he said ut
length. You braced us to the job. and
we got TO carry 1T through. Mebbe we
amt got TO go clean to Penfleld. What
YOU think OF that lamp in Cox's win
der?" He pointed lean foreflnger at
hn ~ |
played by the postmaster.
The three surveyed 1t longingly.
1t was a tall lamp of pink glass and
when freed from dust and lighted
might cast an added rosy glow over
the future OF the newly welded pair.
Mr.. Pepper strobe to the door and
bawled an inquiry.
He returned and flung himself on
his horse. Three ninety eight, includ-
ing the shade" he repeated contemp-
tuously, land us with a hundred in
our pockets TO spendv'
With one accord they resumed the
journey 10 Penfeld, leaving behind the
dark shadowing mountains with the
last glimmer of the sunset along the
upper ridges. 1t was after dark when
they pounded into the town. and, hun
cry and thirsty, they made their way
10 restaurant and satisfied their APP
petites.
Afterward they entered the Farnum
q maze of narrow aisles
between shelves and counters
laden with glass and china in every
form of fragility. The
side walls Of the store were lined with
counters upon which were piled house
hold wares, while the rear presented
D gloomy barricade of furniture against /,
n background Of gaudy carpets.
Jink Prole sidestepped down an
aisle and reached the barricade Just /.
rs a pretty girl arose from chair and !.
laid down piece of fancy work. !.
What can do for your she asked
brskly.
Before the tall ranchman could an :
5wer there came a terrific crash and .
The sound Of splintering glass. blended
with startled profanity. y
ooh" exclaimed the girl. That's
real cut glass;"
"'Tis considerable cut up" agreed
Prole as they reached the scene of
disaster, where Pepper and Tony Goff y
stood staring down at the havoc they u
had created. How'd you manage to u
lean OF the hull shelfT
Mr.. Pepper twisted his long mustache
'uefully. "Of course II can't be because n
rs narrow gauge here. We squoze i'
as wells we could. but some e
low there want no plnce for elbows.
Vow. miss, what's the damageP" He u
lug his hand deep into pocket and =.
brought forth his months pay. $40. u
The girl knelt upon the floor and 81
)ent her head above the fragments. ~
'iecing them together with little dis IL
mayed EXPLANATIONS. At last she tossed ~
Jack her misty black hair and looked
~ at them with slowly crimsoning q
heeks.
TITS too bad" she said regretfuly, IL
but this IL real cut glass. and it's aw- "
ui expensive. There was water bot
le and six tumblers.-S1O for the bot III
10 and 50 apiece for the tumblers. I'd
limits 500. I'm awful sorryr'
Without word Pepper and Con NJ