The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-04-04
A SINGULAR
VEHICLE
By ELNcR STEWART CATcN
Copyright by American Press Aeso-
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cooking cS though be had slept tao
night In tie park. stopped gentleman
on the sidewalk urd said:
my friend. you haven't seen fam
lly consistin' Ut d woman and fou:
small thildren-two boys and two girls.
the girls .lool:in. like me and the boys
like their mother 80 ridin by here to
day in q two story frame house paint
ed yaller?"
Excuse me. my friend. l'ra in bur
~"
The v:yfa-cr passed on. leaving the
seedy man standing looking after him
as though lie fe:t very much hurt
Leaning up against tree box. he
waited for another person to question
A lady came along. and the nan. i.ull
Ing the rim Of hts hat. :lccosted her,
Beg your pardon. ma'am. 1lave you
seen anything Of u poor woman with
four children eajoyin' themselves on an
afternoon ride IL Il waller house ON
wheels down this here street.
The lady looked so:rowscul'y IT the
man. too.i out LEI. rorte:nunaa!e. l'ic!;ct
out silver CON to the value OF IL
cents. save it to hin and walked on
He looked at the retreati2g hC?. tAcu
down at the coin il his hand. end
DIDN'T seem to understand.
The next person to whom he n
piled was a benevolent lao,.:aS gen
tleman with mutton chop v!l:skers aud
spectacles.
I'm lookin'." said the saeiy man
"for family ard stopped SHORT.
Wei. NY good man. tell ule about
what family you're locking for"
I've tole that to two pussons al.
ready. and they don't seem to know
what I'm talkin' aboat. thort lid
just car 'e1 Il family to you. SOS
| wouldn't mix YOU up. and say nothin'
about the rest Of it,
Tut how can he'll, Won to become
reunited to this family without you,
telling me more about them"
We'll. If you're sure you'll under
stand. I'm iookin' for EN- to ride by
here about this time in Il yaller house
enjoyin' theirselves'-
I'm yellow house:"
Eyes. two story. single roof"
"My good man. said the other after
him thcuGhtfully for
some time. tell me where you live
I'm going to take you home"
MY residence Is anywhere from ~
Union street to no number at all at
present. Hopkins street.
Poor fellow" sighed the benevo
lent man.
Il tole you YOU wouldn't understand
me. None q the others did. What's
the use o my tellin' people all about
IT They only think I'm gone daft
He looked very much troubled. TAX.
Ing out his bandanra handkerchief. he
blew his nose generously
Come with me-" said the benevo-
lent man coaxingly.
Il dO2't want to 30 anywheres With
nobody. just want to catch my wife
and children az they go by and enjoy
the rest o the ride With EN-"
II think ] can take you where you'll
earn all about 1t. Come"
Where you gOin' to take me:"
'Oh. III take yom where your be
jared for
want to know whether my family has
gone past. There's Il pun Of smoke
)lOwin' around the corner now. =
shouldn't wonder II it's them:~
II see. They're coming in an automO
bile. You confused 1t with Z yellow
house."
Il didn't do TO such thing. The
smoke I'm talkin' about comes out y
the chimbly." Fsfs
The gentleman assumed an authori
tative toae. Now. my man. either
walk with me to police station or
I'll cali policeman and have you
taken there by force. You're or your
bead. l don't know whether you are
q dangerous lunatic or not. but. you
need to be shut up. II not for the pub
lie good. for your own" ~
Il knowed it." said the man lugu-
briously. Il knowed If l tole you the
hull thing I'd get myself into trouble"
will you conner"
"WhO are you aryways?
I'm the president of the Society Of
General Charities. Now you know
that intend you no harm. wish to
help YOU"
But don't need no help. There!
There's another puff O. smoke. l reck-
on they'll be turnin' the corner purity
soon. Will you wait few minutes?
II they don't come along just as said
they would I'll go with YOU"
Instead of waiting I'll 80 with you
II you are satisfied the smoke you see
romes from another cause than what
you suppose. perhaps you will go with
me-"
"Reckon I'll risk it,
They walked down the street to the
one where they saw the smoke and.
turning into it. saw windlass pulled
around by horse. Ropes led from it
to two story yellow house about 100
feet away. which was bein. moved In
the middle Of the street.
There she are!" exclaimed the
Cnodv man ssCOYno IN y.u ..e..~., ron