South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-24

G<k&2AA1 it for the ,eason
the Teller that
tumb,ed overheard went to the b~ttom-
twas the handiest place to go.
Anyway We was there. and was prop
PIN up the stove with my feet and hold
In down a chair with the rest OF me,
when Jonadab heaves alongside flynn dis
tress signals. He had an envelope In
his starboari mitten. an. comm to an
Choir with a flop in the next chair. sets
shiftin' the thing from one hand TO the
other as ~ It twas red hot.
watched this performance for spell.
waitin' for him to say somethin', but he
didn't. so I hailed. kind of sarcastic. and
says: what you doin'-playin' solitaire?
Which hands ahead?"
He kind OF woke up then. and passes
the envelope over TO me.
"Barzilla." he says. what in time do
you s'pose that is?'
Twas a queer loolkin' envelope. more'n
the average length fore and aft. but kind
OF scant in the beam. There was a pud-
die OF red sealin' wax on the back OF it
with a "D'' In the middle. and W in one
corner was a kind OF picture thing in
guags underneath IL. / b'lieve twas
what they call "eoat-of-arms." but 1t
looked more like a patchwork comforter
than 1t dld like any coat ever I see. The
envelope was addressed to Captain iona
dab wixon. Orham. Mass"
took my turn at twistin' the thing
around. and then hands back to iona
dab.
- pass" / says. "where'd you get
IT."
Twas in my box" says he. Must
have come in to-night's mail"
didn't know the mail was sorted. but
when he says that got up and went over
and unlocked my box. jest to show that
I hadn't forgot how. and 1 swan to man
II there want another envelope. Jest like
Jonadab's. except that twas addressed to
"Barzilla wingate."
"Humph." says 1. comm back to the
stove: you amt the only one that's
heard from the Prince OF Wales. Look
herel"
He was the most surprised man. but
one, on the Capes was the one.> We
couldn't make head nor tail of the bus
ness. and set there comparin' the en-
sent' EN-. Ptetty soon lily Tucker heads
over towards our moorin's. and says he:
whats troublin' the ancient mariners?"
ne says.
"Barzilla and mes got a couple OF let
ters." says Cap'n Jonadab: land we was
wondrin' who they was from.
Tucker leaned away down-he's always
sun'rin' from a rush OF funniness to the
face-and he whispers. awful solemn.
For Heavens sake. whatever you do,
don't open 'em. You might find out"
Then he threw of his main-hatch and
"haw-hawed" like a loon.
To tell you the truth. we hadn't
thought OF openin' 'em-not yit-so that
was kind OF one on us. as you might say.
But Jonadab amt SO slow but he can
catch up with a hearse II the horse stop
70 drink. and he comes back quick.
ely" he says. lookin' troubled. you
ought to sew reef-points on your mouth.
'Tain't safe TO open the whole OF 1t on
a windy night like this. Fust thing you
know you'll carry away the top OF your
head"
Well. we felt considerable better after
that-havin' held our own on the tack.
post office and up to my room in the
Trav'lers' Rest. where we could be alone.
Then we opened our envelopes. slick and
smooth as a maek'rel's back. and inside
OF that wah letter. printed. but lookin'
like the kind OF writin' that used to be
IN the copybook at school. II said that
Ebenezer Dillaway begged the honor OF
our presence at the marriage OF his
daughter. Belle, TO Peter Theodoscius
Brown, at willsmead House. Cashmere
o1-the Hudson. February three. nineteen
hundred and so forth
We were surprised OF course. and
pleased in one way. but in another We
want real tickled TO death. You see.
twas s good while sence Jonadab and
me had been TO a weddin'. and We knew
there'd be mostly young folks there and
a good many big-bugs. We presumed like
". and twas goin' 20 cost consider'b bic
TO Kit rigged-not TO mention the price OF
passage. and one thing a mother. But
Ebenezer had took the trouble to write
us. and so We felt twas our duty not to
disappoint him. and especially Peter who
had done so much for US. managin' the
Old Home House at wellmouth Port.
I've told you already how the Old Home
House come 70 be started. and how Peter
T. Brown dropped in from nowhere and
made such howlin success OF the thing.
and how he got engaged 10 the star
bosrder. Ebenezer Dlllaway's daughter
Dillaway OF the Consolidated Cash Stores.
Well. We see twas our duty 20 90.
30 We went. I had a new Sunday cut
away and light pants to go with It. so
nggered that ! was pretty we'll found.
but Cap'n ,JOnadab had 10 pry himself
loose from consider money. and every
cent hurt as Il twas nailed on. Then
he had chllblains that winter. and all
the way over IN the Fall River boat he
was fumln' about them chilblalns. and
addin' up on a piece OF paper how much
cash he'd spent
We struck Cashmere-on-the-H Hudson
about three o'clock on the afternoon OF