The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-01-15

things In order when Alvin's chair.
man"
mo sign Of Cy or Heman yet" Oh.
served Mr.. Cahoon, craning his neck In
the direction Of the door. Its the
queerest thing ever | see"
Queer enough about Cy, thars n
fact" concurred Captain Dimick. II
amt so surprised about Heman's not
comm. Looks as u Whit was right -
he always said Atkins lodged a row
where folks could watch H. Does most
Of his ighrin' from round the corner
Hello. there's Tad! Now you'll see
the crown OF glory set on Ionzo
Shows head. Hope the crowns pad
ded nice and soft. Anything with
sharp edges would sink in"
But Captain Cy soon had entered the
hall. He was standing In the aisle.
and with him was Bailey Bangs. The
captain looked very tired. almost worn
out, but he nodded coolly to Mr. Slmp-
son.
Here am. Tad" continued the
captain. Say your piece"
But Tad. II appeared. was not apx.
ious TO SAY his piece" lie was wins
pering earnestly with a group Of his
followers. Finally. however. he took
the platform and made sneering re.
marks that plainly referred to the cap
tain. Captain Cy held up his hand
MIR. Moderator" he asked. "can
have the floor minute! All want
10 say Is that ! cal'late I'm the Teller
the last speaker had reference to. |
have said that didn't see why that
appropriation was so hard TO get. I
say II again Other appropriations are
got. and why not ours? ! did say II
was congressman I'd get II. Yes.
and I'll say more" he added. raising
his voice-"I'll say that II was sent
TO Washin'ton by this town. congress.
man or not, Id move heaven and
earth and all creation from the presi-
dent down TIL did get It; that's all
So would any live man. should
think"
He sat down There was some ap
plause. Before II had subsidized Abel
Leonard. one Of the quickest witted
OF Mr.. simpsons workers. was on his
feet gcsticulating for attention.
"Mr Moderator he shouted. II want
to make a motion. We've all heard the
big talk that's been made All right.
then! I move you. sir. that Captain
Cyrus Whitaker be appointed a com
mittee of one to go to Washinton. II
he wants TO. or anywhere else. and see
that we get the appropriation And II
we don't get 1t the blame's his! There.
now
There was a roar OF laughter This
was exactly the sort OF Tit for tat"
humor that appeals TO Yankee
crowd. The motion was seconded half
dozen times. Moderator Knowles
grinned and shook his head.
a jokes joke" he said. "and we
all like a good one. However. this
meetin is supposed TO be for business.
not fun. So oil,
Question! Question:! It's been sec
onded. We've got to vote on itr
u NDOIus.
Don't you think-seems to me that
amt in order" began the moderator.
but Captain Cy rose to his feet The
grim smile had returned 10 his face.
and be looked at the joyous assem-
blage with almost his old expression
Of appreciative alertness
"Never mind the vote" he said. IL
realize that Brother Leonard has rath-
er got one on me. so to speak. All
right: won't dodge I'll be a commit
tee OF one on the harbor grab. and II
nothin' comes Of IL III take my share
Of kicks. Gentlemen. I appreciate your
trustfulness In my ability"
This brief speech was a huge sue
cess. II for a moment the pendulum Of
public favor had swung toward Simp
son, this trumping Of the latter's lead
ing card pushed II back again. The
moderator had some difficulty In re-
storing order to the hilarious meeting
Then Mr. Myrick was accorded the
privilege Of the door. In spite Of Tad's
protests. and proceeded to nominate
Cyrus Whitaker for the school com
mittee
Josiah Dimick seconded the cap
tain's nomination. Then MIR. Simpson
stepped to the front and. after a visit
full glance al the door. began TO speak
"Feller citizens" he said. 1t is my
privilege to put In nomination for
school committee a man whose name
stands for all that's good and clean
and progressive In this township. But
afore l do II I'm goin' to ask you to
let me say word or two concernin
somethin' that bears right on this mat.
ter and which. I believe. every one
Of you ought to know. It's somethiD
that most Of you don't know. and itll
be a surprise. big surprise.
"Feller Bayporters." went on Tad
there's one thing we've all agree or.
no matter who we've meant to vote
for-that Is. that a member OF our
school committee should be an up
right. honest man. one ft morally to
look out for our dear children. Amt
that so? Well. then. ask you this:
Would you consider a man Of for that
job who deliberately came between a
father and his child. who plzened the
mind OF that child against his own