Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

| hands is full. | guess"
IF things was little mite dif'rent
ell round I could prognosticate who
Waitstin could keep house for was
Peter Morrill's opinion.
You mean Ivory Boynton? Well. II
the deacon was asked he'd never give
his consent. that's certain. an Ivory
amt in no position to keep n wife
anyways What was Il Won heerd
bout Aaron Boynton up to New Hanp-
shire. Peter?" asked Abel Day.
"Consid'able. one way an another
an none of Il would "A been any com
fort to ivory I guess Aaron n Jake
Cochrane was both OF 'em more inter
ested in sav1n' the sisters souls than
the brothers. Aaron was a fine ap-
pearin' man. and so was Jake for that
matter. n they both had the gift o
CAB. There's nothin' like Timber
tongue II you want TO please the wo-
men folks. II report says true, Aaron
died of a fever out in Ohio some
where's. Cortland's the place. blieve.
Seems s IL he mid his trail all the way
from New Hampshire somehow, for as
a usual thing n man o book learnlr
like him would be remembered wher-
ever he went. Wouldn't you call Aaron
Boynton n turrible Earned man, limo
thy
Timothy Grant. the parish clerk, had
Just entered the store on an errand;
but. being directly addressed and tudg-
ing that the subject under discussion
was a discreet one and that ii was too
early in the evening for drinking to
begin. he Joined the group by the fire
side He had preached in Vermont for
several years as an itinerant Metho-
dist minister before settling down TO
farming in Edgewood, only giving up
his profession because his culver was
so full of little Grants that wander
ing life was difficult and undesirable.
When Uncle Bart Cole had remarked
that Mis- Grant had n little OF every
thing in the way of baby stock now
black. red an yaller haired. dark and
light complicated. fat an lean. tall an
short. twins an singles-Jed Morrill,
had observed dryly, Yes. Mis- Grant
kind a. reminds me OF charity
''How's that" inquired Uncle Bart.
she beareth all things" chuckled
Jed.
Aaron Boyton' was indeed n man of
most adhesive larnin'." agreed Tim
othy. who had the reputation of the
largest and most unusual vocabulary
in EdGewoOd. Next TO Jacob Coch-
rane ! should say Aaron had more
Graudeloquence as an orator than any
man we've ever had in these parts. 1t
don't seem : If Ivory was goin' to take
after his father that way. The little
Teller, now. is smart s a whip an
.,IT- @,fI ~
Yes. but Rodman amt no kin 10 the
BoyntOns," Abel reminded him. He
inhails from the other side O. the
house"
That's so. Well, Ivory does for GER
tain. an takes after his mother. right
enough. for she hain't spoken doz-
en- words in as many years. I guess.
Ivory'S got n sight o book knowledge.
though. an they do say he could talk
Greek an Latin both. if we had any of
EN- in the community TO converse with.
I've never paid 40 intention 70 the
dead languages, bcin' so Ockerpied with
other studieS''
Why do they call EN- the dead Ian
guages. Tim asked Rish Bixby.
Because all them that ever spoke
'em has persisted of the face o. the
land" Timothy answered oracularly.
Dead an gone they be. lock. stock
and barrel: vet there was a time when
Latins an Crustaceans an Hebrews
an ProOshianS an Australians an ST.
mcsians was chatterin' away in their
own tongues. an so pow'ful that they
was wdllopin' the whole earth, you
might say
Il bet yer they never tried to waIlop
these here United States" interpolated
Bill Durham from the dark corner by
the mOlasses hogshead.
is Ivory in here:' The door opened
and Rodman Boynton appeared on the
threshold.
NO. sonny. Ivory amt been in this
evenin'." replied Ezra Simms. II hope
there amt nothin' the matter over to
your house:"
NO, nothing particular" the boy an
swered. only Aunt Boynton don't
seem so well as common, and can't |
find Ivory anywhere"
Come along with me. I'll help You !
look for him. an then I'll go as fur as |
the lane with yer if we don't find him. !
And kindly Rish Bixby took the boys |
hand and left the store.
Mis- Boynton's had n spell, Cuessr, !
suggested the storekeeper, peering |
through the door into the darkness. |
" faint like Ivory to be out nights |
and leave her to Rod"
she don't have no spells" said Abel |
Day. Uncle Bart sees consid able of |
Ivory. an he says his mother Is as |
quiet as lamb. Couldn't you git no /
kind of certificate OF Aaron's death |
out o that Enfield Teller. Peter? Seems
s II that poor woman oughter he stop
ped watchin' for dead man; tucker
in herself all out an keepin' Ivory an
the boy all nerved up"
i've told Ivory everything I could
gather up In the way OF information
and give him the names of the folks
in Ohio that had writ back to New
Hampshire. l didn't dilate on Aaron's
COINS on in Etfingham and Portsmouth.
cause ! dassay twas nothin' bur scan