The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-11


Bangs was In a state of dumb frenzy.
Debby, who without her trumpet had
heard nothing OF all this, was smiling
and garrulops.
81 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 emp"
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. II cracked and
snapped In the wind like loose main
sail
Keep that drafted thing out of my
face, won't your" shrieked the agon-
lied Bailey. "How'm goin' to see to
steer with that smackln' me between
the eyes every other secondr
"HeyP Did you speak to me2" asked
the widow sweetly.
did speak? No. scseeched!
What in tunket'-
81 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 1t out Of my face. I tell you'll
Reef 1t! Furl It, 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. Beasley removed the paper. but
only to substitute another.
Heres Eva's brother-in-law," 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 fattering Debby continued
to reach for more papers. carefully
replacing those she had inspected in
the pile beneath her feet.
81 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 year one"
She bobbed down behind the high
dashboard.
Here 'tisv' exclaimed Debby. II
remember It's In this number, cause
there's picture Of the Palace hotel
on the front page. Let's see-'Dog
lost'-no, that amt 1t. Corner lot for
sale'-wish l had money enough to buy
1t. I'd like nothin' better than to live
out there. Information wanted Of my
husband Here tbs! Um-humr
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 filed with whirling
copies of the Blazeton Weekly Courier.
Henry, the horse. jumped sldewise.
The reins were jerked from the driv-
er's hands and fell In the road.
"Mercy on usr' shrieked Debby,
clutching her companion about the
waist. What
Let go of mer' howled Bailey. push.
ing her violently aside. whoa! Stand
still"
But Henry refused to stand still.
The tapping paper still chung to his
agitated head. He reared and pranced.
jerking the sulky back and forth. its
wheels still wedged in the ruts. rai-
ley sprang to the ground to pick up
the reins. He seized them, but fell as
he did so. The tug ut 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
Debby-tllted over the lower wheels,
and the rusted bolts. failing to hold,
slid with thump to the frozen road.
The wind. catching 1t underneath as II
slid, tipped 1t backward. Then Henry
ran away.
Miss Dawes, left alone In the house
at the foot of the hill, had amused her.
self for time with the Beasley libra.
ry, which partially filed shelf In the
sitting room.
Sitting there, she was witness OF
the alarming catastrophe on the hill
top and reached the front gate just In
time to see Henry go galloping by
dragging the four wheels and springs
Of the sulky, while sprawled across
/ the rear axle and still cllnging to the
reins hung familiar bowling and
most wickedly profane individual OF
the name Of Bangs.
The upper part OF the sulky. with
its boxiike curtained top, lay on III
side in the road. From somewher,