The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-29

usual thing there is more rain than Bnow and more wind. than either. But we can countsw1thsc certainty on at least pne blizzard between November and April, and about the time when Cap tain Cy. feSerish and i'll, the delayed telegram in his pocket and a great fear in his heart, boarded the sleeper of the eastboundy train at Washington, snow was beginning to fall in our viii lage-
 Next morning. when Georgianna came downstairs to prepare Bosn's breakfast-the housekeeper had ceased to ~go home nightsf' since the cap tain's absence-the world outside was a tumbled, driving vwhir1 of white. The woodsFned ands barn, dimly seen through thes smother, were but gray shapes, emerging -now5 and then only to be wiped from theRvisfon as by a great dapp1ng cloth yielded by the mighty hand. of the wind. The old house shooksins the blasts, the window panes rattlede as if handfuls of small shot were Ibefngs throwns against them, and the caEpet on the floor of the dfn- ing room pufed Sup in@miniature bill lows
 ooIsvvasaout ofstheequestlon, and Hos'n. hex breakfastteaten, prepared to put ina cozvs day w1ths her dolls and Christmnsspla playtlARgs- ssWhen do you s'pose8 Uncle Cyrus will get homer she asked of the housekeeper. She fhads asked the same thing at leastsfhree stirnes as day during the fortnight and. Georgiaunass answer was always just, as unsatisfactory:
 s'I don't ogEsdear3e, I'm sure. He'll be here pretty soon. though,sdonAt you fret"
 .toh, I a4n't~going to fret know he-l come He said he vvou1d, and Uncle Cy always does whatYhe says he wI1l-'
 About 12 Asaph. made hist appear ance, a white statue.
 sGodfrey sctssorsP' he rpan&ed, shak- ing his snow plastered cap over the coal bod s'Say, this is one of lem, ain't 1t7 Don't knows I ever see more of a one Drift out by the front fence pretty nigh up to my waist Thfs'Ii be a nasty night aIongSthe Or ham beach. The life savers Il have their hands full WhewI Pm about tuckered out"
 Been to the postofhce7'' asked Georgianna in a low tone.
 teYup. I been there. Morntn' mall just this minute sorted. Trains two hours late. Gabe says more'n likely the evenfn' train won't be able to get through at all if this keeps up.'
 sFWas there anything from
 Mir Tiddftt glanced at Bos'n and shook his head
 'sNOt a word," he said Funny. ain't it7 It don't seem bit like him And he can't be to Washin'ton, because all them letters came back. IT swan to man, I'm beginnin' to get worried" 4'Worried7 Pm pretty nigh crazyi TNl-.-
 -'She don't say much. It's pretty tough, when everything else is workin' out so fine. thanks to her. to have this happen No; she don't say much, but she acts pretty solemn.'
 Say, MT Tidditt 2'' f4sas
 'sYe1what is itF'
 'sYcu don't s'pose anything that hap pened betwixt her and Capp Whit taker that afternoon is responsfbee for for his stay1n' away so, do ycu? You know what he told me to tc1 her about her not comin' hereT'
 Asaph f1dgeted with the wet cap.
 "Aw, that ain't nothin'," he -stam- mered--that is, I hope it atn't. did say somethin' to him that-but Phoebe understands. She's smart woman"
 'FYoa haven't told them boardin' house tatt1etales about the-Emmte,
  from the kitchen, won't4you-of4what's been found out about that Thomas khingF'
 ~Course I afn't. Didn't Peabody say not to ten a soul till we was sure? E'poSe I'd tell Keturah and Ang1e7 Nights well paint it on @ sign and be done with 1t. No, no! I've kept mum, and you do the same. We'll, I must be goin'. Hope to goodness we hear some good news from Whit by tomorrer."
 But when tomorrow came news of any kind was unobtainabie. No trains could get through, and the telephone and telegraph wires were out of com mission owfngito the great storm. Bay port was bnsded under a White coverIet three feet thick on a level which shone in the winter sun as if powdered with diamond dust. The street shovel ing brigade, meaning most of the ac- i've male citizens, was busy with blows and shoVels. Simmons was de- serted in the evening, for most of the regular habitues went to bed after sup per tired out
 Two days of this; then Gabe Lum- ley, his depot wagon replaced by B1edgh, drove the panting Daniel into the yard of the Cy Whitaker place. Gabe was much excited. He had news of importance to.communicate and was pufed up in consequence.
 ~Ehe wires all right again, Georgf- anna." he said to the housekeeper, who mad. hurried to the door to meet him. sSEzst message just come through. Guess who it's for?"
 '-Stop your fooIlshness, Gabe .Lum- IeTfD ordered Miss Taylor. Hand over that telegram this mtnuteI Don't you stop to talkI Hand it overI"
 Gabe didn't intend to be "corked'' thus peremptorily.
 sItss pretty important news, Georgi- anna.~ he declared. '.Kind Of bad