The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-23

OeDDI, CQdC am real sure as IndC Tiary's there I burnt up lot of my sld letters and things a spell ago, and eeems to me burnt some old diaries, Boo, bat maybe that want one of 'en- Anyhow, I can get them Arizona pa pers. and do want you to see 'em- They're the most interestin' things Now she added. turning to her com panion, on the seat, you can git dap Bust as soon as you want to-"
 Once out on the open road the sullzy received the full force of the wind. Mrs Beasley c1utched her drivers arm
 Another gust tilted the carriage top. Debby clutched the arm still tighter.
 +rWhy, it blows awful hardp' she rried- ''Pd no idee it blew like this.'
 Want to bout ship and go home agin? whooped Bailey hopefully
 No. noi'' she answered ''I guess If you folks come all the way from Bayport I can stand it as fur's the Center. But hurry all you can, won't you? I'm kind of 'fraid of the springs
 The widows stop at the Atwood . house which was iR the. immediate rear of the Atwood store, was of a half hours duration. Bailey refused
 
 there, speaking to no one, not even replying to the questions of a group of loungers who gathered to inspect the ancient4 vehicle and professed to be in doubtf as to whether 1t had been washed in with the tide or been ''left'' SO him in a. 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 a slap, from the reins. gotalhdst wsz @nde tnqre- The axles sqneaked and sefeameH
 ''Gee" cried one youngster from the steps of the store Its the steam ~HsIlf0pe- When's, the rest of the show Bom1n'?
 HIT" yelled another ''See how close they're hugged up together. Ain't they Iovin'i It's a weddinsrs
 s-Shut- ups'' roared out the tortured Bailey. whose hat had blown back into the. body Of the suIky. leaving his bald head exposed to the cutting wind
 The audfanee begged him to give them "a lock of fahfs hair and added otber remarks of personal nature eoncenRng the youth and beauty of the bridal couple and their chariot MT. Bangs Gzas in state of dumb frenzy. Debby, who without her trumpet had heard uUthing of all this, was smiling and garrulous-
 '1 fpund all the papers, she said. They're right under the seat. Pm gofn' to look lem over so's to have inc tnfEresfin' parts all ready to show Miss DcGcas when we get hoIne- Amt It nare found 'em7''
 In spRte of her drivers remon- strauces, unheard because of the non adjustment of the trumpet, she reached under the seat and brought out the 1 pile of Bsazeton weeklies. With her feet uponsthe pile to'keep it from blow ing away, she proceeded to unfold ! one Of the papers. It cracked and snappe5sin the wind like a loose main sail
 Keep that dratted thing out of my face, won't you f'' shrfeked the agon- fzed Bailey. ''How,m goins to see to steer with that sInackia' me between the eyes every other second2"
 'HEy7 Did you speak to me2'' asked the widow sweetly.
 Did I speak2 No. l. screeched! What in tunkets'-
 WGA-A JOA tD SCC JA4S P4CIuIS O4 the mayors house in BIazeton. Eva. my husbands niece, lives right acrost Ehe road from hina. 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! Reef fit FRr1 it. you-you womanI I wish to thunder the piazza had caved in on youI I never see such an old fool in my born days Take it awzyr'
 Mrs. BeasIeyyremoved the paper, but Dnly to substitute another
 Here's Eva's brother-in-law," she screamed He's one of the prominent business men out there, so they put him in the paper. Amt he nice Iookin' T'
 Bailey's comments on the prominent business mans appearance were any shing but hattering. Debby continued 90 reach for more papers. carefully replacing those she had inspected in the pile beneath her feet.
 sI know what I'll do,' declared the passenger-AI'n hunt for that nnissin' husband advertisement of Desire Hig- gins. Let's see, nowt Twill be down at the bottom of the pile. cause the paper it's in is a last year one"
 She bobbed down behind the high dashboard
 Here 'ttss'' exclaimed Debby. 'fI remember 1t's in this number, cause there's a picture of the Palace hotel on the front page. Let's see-sDog iost'-no, that afn't 1t. Corner lot for gale'-wish had money enough to buy 1t I'd like nothin' better than to live out there 1nformation wanted of my husband Here 'tis! Um-humt''
 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