Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-18

since. And the gossip has been goin'
on. s'posc. Well. by the big dipper.
it'll stop now. III see to that"
The board Of strategy and the house.
keeper were amazed.
COSBY repeated Bailey. well, ]
guess there mint nothin' said against
her now-not in this town, there amt.
Why, oil hands can't praise her enough
For nor smartness IN findin' ont about
hat Ttcraas. II ii want for her he'd
be botherin' you yet, Cy. You know it.
What arc yea taix5n' sbout?"
Cap.sis Cy passed his hand over his
forshead.
"Rosn," he sah s1owly, You run
end help QsSryssa4a in tire kitchen q
spell. Sues gut her d!pnrr to look out
for. I guess likely. Georgianna," to
lbs housekespsr, VITO looked enything
ha,t eag ss 'you bsst.r see to your din
ner rtghe OF, ard take Emrie with
ytsn.'
,ttsp Taylor refuctaitly departed,
leading Corn by TIRE hand. The c,zild
Was lcath to leave her uncle, but he
told hsr he wou.tnt give n cent FOR
lts first dtrnsr at hSrsse II she didn't
help in prxpa ring it. So che went out
happy.
Nov, then" demanded the captain,
"whsrs this about Phoebe and ThoIn-
as? want to know. Stop, Don't
ash another question. Answer me
iirst-"
SO the board Of strategy, by turns
and in concert, told Of the drive to
Trumet and the call On Debby Beas-
ley. Asaph would have narrated the
story to the upset sulky, but Bailey
shut him up in short order.
Never mind that foolishnees," he
snapped. You see, Cy, Debby had
Just been out to Arizona vis1tin' old
Beasley's niece. And she'd fell In with
a woman out there whose husband had
run of and left her. And Debby she
read the advertisement about him in
the Arizona paper, and 1t said he had
the springhalt in his off hind leg, or
somethtn' similar. Now, Thomas, he
had that, too, and there was other
things that reminded Phoebe Of him.
SO she don't say nothin' to nobody, but
she writes to this woman ask1n' for
more particulars and a photograph OF
he missin' one. The particulars come.
but the photograph didn't; the wife
didn't have none, l b'i1eve. But there
was enough to send Phoebe hOtfoot to
Daos>oav And Peabody he writes
to his lawyer friend in Butte. Mont.
And the Butte man he'-
well, the long and short Of 1t is
cut in Tfdditt, that it looked safe
and sartin that Thomas had married
the Arizona woman while his real
wife, Bos'n's ma, was Twin and had
run OFF and left her same as he did
Mary. And the funny part Of 1t is"-
THE funny part Of 1T is" declared
Bangs, drowning his friends voice by
raising his own. that somebody out
there, some scalawag friend Of this
Thomas, must have got wind of what
was up and sent word to him, cause
when they went to hunt for him IN
Boston he'd gone, skipped. cut stick.
And they amt seen him since. He was
afraid Of bein' took up for bigamfst,
you sector bein' bignmy, l mean,
say. Anyhow, If It hadn't been for me
and Phoebe
You and PhoeGe.'' snorted Asaph.
You had a whole lot to do with it.
didn't you9 Yoe AMI Amt Debby II
Go to 90 to7sther understand she's
cruisin' round maxim proclainations
that sfse was Responsible for the
whole thing. No, stree! It's Phoebe
Dawes thxt the credit belongs to, and
this toxn amt done Ioti1in' but praise
her Gtnce 1t come out You never see
such o auict cou,e-aSout In -FOUR life
unless twas Harlen's. But you knew
an this afers. Whit Peabody mus,
hsvc todd you"
Captain Oy had listened to hi;
friends story with n face expressive
pf the most blank establishment, A:
be learned Of the trip to Trumet ant
It's results HE eyes and mouth opened
and he repea tediy rubbed his forehead
aad nauttered ordinations. Now, a
the mention of hts lawyers name. h,
seemed to awaken.
'Hoid ony' he interrupted, waving
his hand. Hold OH! By the big dip
per, this Isis Where ia Peabody?
want to see him.
Here l am, captain said the attor
ney. EIe had been out to the barn t
superintend the stabling OF the span
but for the past five minutes had beer
standing. unnoticed BY his client, OF
the threshold OF the dining room.
"See here" demanded Captain Cy-
see here. Peabody, is this yarn true
10 it, now-this abont Phoebe and all ?
Certainly it's true | supposed yol
knew 1t. You didn't seem surprise(
when told you the case was settled"
Surprised! Why, no! though
Heman had Never mind that. Lane
Of love, she did it-shel'
He sat weakly down The lawye
looked anxious
"Mr. Tidditt," he whispered. Il thinl
the present He's just up from a sick
bed, and this has been trying fore
noon. Come in again this afternoon
| shall try to persuade him to take
nap"
The board Of strategy. Its curios,
ty unsetished, departed reluctantly
When MI Peabody returned to the sit
ting room he found that maps were fa
iuJaet frarn tho papfoipfa oh &c