Graham guardian., 1911-06-02

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| The widows stop at the Atwood
| house. which was In the immediate
rear Of the Atwood store. was Of a
half hours duration Bailey refused
to leave the seat of the sulky and sat
there. speaking to no one, not even
replying to the questions Of a group
Of loungers who gathered to inspect
the ancient vehicle and professed to
be- In doubt as to whether 1t had been
washed In with the tide or been left"
to him In will
At last Debby made her appear
ance. her arms filled with newspa-
pers The latter she piled under the
carriage seat and then climbed to her
former place beside the driver. Hen
/ ry. In response to slap from the
! reins. got under way once more. The
axles sQueaked and screamed
"Gee! cried one youngster from the
steps Of the store IT'S the steam
calliope When's the rest of the show
comln'y
"Hiw yelled another. "See how
close they're Rugged up together.
| Amt they ioyin'. It's weddin'!'
| "Shut upw roared out 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 70 give
them q lock nj his hair, and added
other remarks of n personal nature
conccra!ng the youth and beauty of the
bridal couple and their chariot. MIR
Bangs was In II state Of dumb frenzy.
Debby. who without her trumpet had
heard nothing Of all this. was smiling
and garrulous
IL found all the papers" she said.
They're right under the seat I'm
goin' to lpnk 'em over SOS to have
the interestin' parts nil ready to show
Miss Dorcas when we get home, Aip't
II nice found emp"
In spite of her drivers remon-
strances. unheard because Of the non.
al dlustmcnt of the trumpet, she reached
under the seat and brought out the
pile of Razcton woeklies, With her
feet upon the pile to keep It from blow
ing away. she proceeded to unfold
one of the papers II crackled and
snapped In the wind like a loose main
sail
Keep that drafted thing out of my
face, won't you?" shrieked the agon-
lied Bailey "IIow'm ] goin' to see to
steer with that smackin' me between
the eyes every other secondT
"Hey? Did you speak to me?' asked
the widow swcetly. y s.
ibid | speak? mo. screechedl
What In tunket"-
~ 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.N' e
".KeeR I! 9H! of my face,'l fell you!
Reef #! !sprl It, yop-y0u woman!
wish to thunder the piazza had
cayed IN on yau! never see such an
old fool In my born days. Take II
awayr'
Mrs. Beasley removed the paper. but
only to substitute another.
Heres Eva's brother-in-law," she
screamed He's one Of the prominent
s.-.".a. '... Ma. .... Out out there, so they put
him In the paper Amt he n.c. cc
iookin,1. ~
n'Bafies's comments on the prominent
business mans appearance were any.
thing but Gathering pebby continued
10 reach Tor more papers, carefully
Eeplacias ihpss sGs had lAspssted N
tbs Gi'e beneath tsE fsst
II Know what III do" declared tho
passenger-"l'll hunt for that missin'
husband advertisement of Desire Ilig
gins Let's see. now. Twill be down
nj the hetlom Of the plle, 'cEASe its
bhper IFS iii IL a ast Saaf one"
She bobbcd down behind the high
dashboaru
Here 'tis!'' exclaimed Dcbby II
remnmler IFS W this nnmpep cause
there's n picture of the Palace hotel
on the frcni page. Let's see--'Dog
lost no that ain't It. Corner LOT for
sale wish | had money enough 10 buy
It. ia like nothin' better than to live
out there 'lnfGruai.on wanted of my
husband, Here It's, I'm huRn
She Strengthened lin and eagerly be.
gan rcadIig The advertisement. a ter
rife burst of wind tore around the
corner of the blnT. The widow in her
excitement at fnding the advertise.
men, has. Inadvertently removed her
feet from the pile of papers In an
Instant the mir was filed with whirling
copies Of the Bluzeton Weekly Courier.
Henry, the horse. jumped sidewlse.
The rcins were jerked from the drlv,
er's h,ntls aud fell In the ROAD n
.AIercy ON us!' slrcked pebby.
clutching her companion ABOUT the
waist What
nIet so Of mer' howled Bailey. push
ing her violently aside. "Whoa! Stand
still"
But Henry refused to stand still
The Tapping paper, still clung to his
agitated head. He reared and pranced,
jerking the sulky back and forth, It's
wheels still wedgcd In the ruts. Bal
ley sprang to the ground to pick up
the reins He seized them, but fell as
he did So The tug at his bits turned
Henry's head. literally and fgurative-
ly. He reared and whirled about The
sulky rose on two wheels. The
screaming Mrs. Beasley collapsed
against Its downward side Another
moment and the whole upper half of
the sulky-body. seat. curtains and