Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-19

at the front of the steps and looked up
at Mr.. Pierce
81 dare say" he said, trying to look
easy, that this is sooner than you ex-
pected us!"
Mr. Pierce looked down at the crowd.
Then he smiled, growing smile that
ended in grin.
"On the contrary" he said, "Pve
been expecting you for an hour or
more"
The procession began to move
gloomily up the steps. All of them
carried hand luggage, and they looked
tired and sheepish. Miss Cobb stopped
In front Of Mr.. Pierce.
do you mean to say" she demand
ed furiously, that you knew the rail-
road was blocked with snow, and yet
you let us go!"
"On the contrary, Miss Cobb" he
said politely, Il remember distinctly
regretting that you insisted on going.
Besides, there was the Sherman
| house."
Senator Briggs stopped in front of
him. Probably you also knew that
that was full. including the stables,
with people from the stalled trains,
he asserted furiously.
Two by two they went in and
through the hall, stamping the snow
off, and up to their old rooms again
leaving Slocum, the clerk, staring al
them as if he couldn't believe his eyes
Mr.. Pierce and l watched from the
piazza, through the glass.
| We saw Doctor Barnes stop and
look, and then go and hang over the
news stand and laugh himself almost
purple, and we saw Mr.. Thoburn bring
ing up the tail of the procession and
| trying to look unconcerned. I am not
a revengeful woman, but that was one
of the happiest moments of my life.
We gave them a good supper ant
Mr.. Pierce ordered claret served with
out extra charge. BY eight O'Clock
tney were all in better humor, ani
when they'd gathered in the lobb!
Miss Summers gave an imitation O.
Marie Dressfer doing the Salomt
dance With the exception of Mr.. voI
invalid, not one of them really wanted
to go.
At eleven o'clock we had the clam
bake with beer In the kitchen, and MI
Won invalid came, after all. They wer,
really very cheerful, all of them. A
the end, when everybody was happ,
and everything forgiven, Mr.. Pierc'
got up and made a speech.
He said he was sorry for what ha'
happened that day, but that much b
had said he, still maintained; that t
pretend to make people well in tn
way most sanatoriums did it was shee
folly, and he felt his responsibility to-
keenly to countenance a system tha
was clearly wrong and that the bes
modern thought considered obsolete.
Miss Cobb sat up at that; she is a
ways talking about the best moderl
thought.
He said that perfect health, clea
skins, bright eyes-he looked at tn
women, and except for Miss Patty
there wasn't an honest complexion O
bright eye in the lot-keen appetite
and JOY of living all depended on rs
J done now in thousand fresh-ai
!; farms, and succeeding. Men wen
back to their business clear-heade
and women grew more beautiful
At that, what with the reaction froI
sitting in the cold station, and tn
beer and everything, they all grew Ell
thusiastic. Doctor Barnes made
speech telling thar he used to be pun
and weak, and how he went into trail
/ ing and became a pugilist, and ho'
: he'd fought the Tennessee somethin
i or other-the men nodded as If the
: knew-and licked him In 40 seconds c
40 rounds, I'm not sure which. Th
: men were standing on their chail