The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-09-12

uh.ch they found they could obtain
without prepaynent They we're 70
move n o. the list Elsie Vas too
heart broken to stay out the entire
zoaih As FOR Stiupeor. uher be
hesrd TIE news he r71bhed his hands
and grnnec
-johz. exclaimed Elsie suddenly.
10 YOU knoE What day o, the week
ue are roint 70 Dcve back 20 town
Yes 90 John answered norcse-
ly It's Friday. because ~e car &c;
moving vsn eve dollars cheaper
o. that Gay And may the hocdoo
cone sloas With us and 90 his dsrrc.
est
Elsie clspp~d her hands They had
snsriec 50 long under their nisfor.
;unes-one AFTER another. and all u.
,o-e.eea--thsi they found childish
pleasure IL cetyins their evil genius
and Friday. the :ist. might have been
Friday. the i,th. for all they cared
TIE day arrived the house Vas
s1pted arc licked. and the house
hold goods pilec IL the vac In pel;.
irr rz,n -hich proved the prelude 70
tropical thuntertoru. Elsie and
John made their way to the station
We; 70 the skin. they took their
seau and. too vretched TO ak.
stared out over the rain-svept fields
Tie hoodco EAs still al work
They reached town without az &C
cideni and engaged a taIicAb TO take
them 10 their ne- home We may
as well be eItrsvaEant. said John
Things couldn't be much worse"
But worse things happened
orAsh. Jar. and the vehicle was
thrown or its side John emerged
bleeding from q shower o, glass. Elsie
unin!ursd except tor a bad shaking.
rose 10 her feet beside him, and they
stood staring at the wreckage
The ts1ioab had collited with q
large motor van-their motor van.
bound for the same destination. The
van was not much injured. but It's
contents had been AunE TO the ground
There vas rent IN the Wilton rug.
the living.roou table was a bundle OF
fre~ood. and every piece o' glass was
broken. including the pier mirror.
The hoodoo showed no signs o, let.
ting Up.
You don't take furniture insur.
ance, DO you. John" asked Elsie.
thoughtfully
No answered John. rubbing his
chin 4 wonder whether our home
is TO be found. There may have been
an earthquake. Elsie"
But there had been no earthquake.
They found their fat, entered. and
sat down on the floor II had been
newly vanished. as they discovered
about 90 seconds later.
L think" said John. that shall
go out and buy bottle OF p-ussic
acid I'd get a revolver. but the acid
Is cheaper"
Il wouldn't do that, dear" answered
his wife Let's go out TO lunch in.
I stead"
This proposition proving more
agreeable. they lunched very we'll at
hotel nearby. escaping with nothing
more serious than a plateful OF soup
over Elsies dress When they got
home a telegram was awaiting John.
He tore Il open. II was from Stimp
son
Your house struck by lightning
and burned down" it read. Can offer
you terms"
The mean scoundrel!" shouted
John 1T isn't any good to him now
and he wants to lure US back and get
II away again after II has been built
and partly paid for. I'm going back
TO break his neck"
But. John" said Elsie. didn't you
carry FIRE insurance.
'Yes-vhy'-vhat-" Johns mouth
opened. and then he seized his wife
by the hands and they danced all
over the vanished floor.
"T'll get the whole four thousand"
shouted John. III pay the balance
due and it1l be ours, with two thou.
sand 20 spare. | guess that hoodoo
didn't know about fire insurance"
Let's hurry 70 the insurance Of
hces. John" said his practical wife
, You know. the company may 60
bankrupt before ve get there"