Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-21
before that big wheel took up its slow
and stately movement again.

before that big wheel took up its slow
and stately movement again.
Young man. this is purity howde-
do exclaimed the fat woman when
the news was shouted aloft Here
am up here half scared to death. and
down there is my Samuel almost in n
| fit
piled Mr.. Hawkins.
Il believe you ar. | can see vii
lain written in every line on your
face Lay as much as the tip of your
finger on me and I'll make you rue it
to the last day of your life.'
You shut up and keep quiet" shout
ed the young lawyer at her. Cant
you see that your hitching around may
upset this carr"
I'm dead woman-I know | am"
she walled as she began to shed tears.
didn't tell you to keep still!"
She sank down in the bottom Of the
car crowding his legs until he had to
haul them up. and Mr.. Hawkins swore
according to Coke and Blackstone.
In the next car below Mr.. Winter
bury and the old maid were also hav-
ing some conversation. He was n
young man and looked like good
thing. and her heart went out to him.
AS her heart went out she exclaimed:
What romantic bower for a pair
of lovers! All around us the meadows.
overhead the sky! | hope you APP
preciate the beautiful"
I'D appreciate Il chance to punch
that fellows head down there." was
the savage reply.
"Say not so. I could ride on for
ever"
You may ride all you please after
get out"
1t was an unkind remark, and the old
maid took it SO and fared up and told
/ Mr.. WATERBURY that he was evidently
a loafer in disguise and that her broth
err down below would wallop better
manners into him as soon as the wheel
turned. Then the rivals caught sight
of each other and began to shake their
fists and indulge in epithets These
began to shrek and angered the old
maid until she threatened to stab her
vis-a-vis with hatpin If he didn't give
over He gave over, but not until he
had said:
"If l ever catch that long nosed
young man on the solid earth I'll rend
him limb from limb. and II hung for it
I'll go to the gallows with song on
my lips!'
A thunderstorm had been creeping
up. The owner Of the machine didn't
know whether he had earned his $40
or not. He finally decided that he
hadn't. and, while seemingly industri-
ously at work making repairs, he ac
complished nothing and left all his
patrons to get wet.
There was strong wind ahead of
the rain. and the people alOft sat with
their hearts in their mouths. The thun-
der roared. and they roared with it.
The lightning cut up didos, and shrieks
rent the air. When the rain came all
were soaked in a minute. This includ-
ed the fat woman and the old maid.
and they privately Informed Messrs.
Hawkins and WATERBURY that their
vengeance would be deep and deadly
and last through three generations.
The owner of the wheel was man
who believed in giving full measure for
the money. He kept the wheel still for
the full time he had agreed upon and
then added ten minutes. BY that time
the storm had ceased and the sun of
Joy shone again. Messrs. Hawkins and
WATERBURY gave him one long, linger
ing look as the wheel came round and
then leaped from their seats and walked
away.
They walked toward and past the girl
Of their hearts as she stood smiling be-
side her mother, but they didn't see
her They didn't want to. The thun-
derstorm had washed their love away
never to return. Henceforth no more
caramels, no more roses. It was as If
nothing ever had been-nothing but
law and literary work.