The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-03-12
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at the front OF the steps and looked up
at Mr.. Pierce.
y dare say" he said. trying to look
easy. that this is sooner than you eI-
pected us!"
Mr. Pierce looked down at the crowd.
Then be smiled. a growing smile that
ended in q grin.
"On the contrary" he said. I've
oeen 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
of. and up to their old rooms again,
leaving Slocum. the clerk, staring at
them as II he couldn't believe his eyes.
Mr.. Pierce and watched from tie
piazza, through the glass.
We saw Doctor Barnes stop ard
look, and then go and hang over the
news stand and laugh himself almost
purple. and we saw Mr.. Thoburn b ing
ing up the tail OF the procession and
trying TO !ook unconcerned. | am not
a reveng sful woman, but that was one
OF the happiest moments OF my life.
We gave them a good supper and
Mr.. Pierce ordered claret served with
they we're all in better humor, and
when they'd gathered IN the lobby
Miss Summers gave an imitation OF
Marie Dressler doing the Salome
dance. With the exception OF Mr.. Won
invalid, not one OF them really wanted
to 60.
At eleven o'clock We had the clam
bake with beer in the kitchen. and Mr.
Won invalid came, after all They were
really very cheerful. all OF them. AT
the end, when everybody was happy
and everything forgiven. Mr.. Pierce
got up and mgde a speech.
He said he vas sorry for what had
happened that day. but that much he
had said he still maintained; that to
pretend to make people well in the
way most sanatoriums did IL was sheer
, folly, and he felt his responsibility toe
keenly to countenance a system that
was clearly wrong and that the best
modern thought considered obsolete.
Miss Cobb sat up at that; she is al
ways talking about the best modern
thought.
He said that perfect health. cleal
skins. bright eyes-he looked at the
women. and except for Miss Patty
there wasn't an honest complexion ol
a bright eye in the lot-keen appetite:
and Joy OF living all depended on ra
J uonal and simple living. 1t was being
, done now in thousand FRESHMAN
! farms, and succeeding. Men wen
back to their business clear-headeC
and women grew more beautiful
At that, what with the reaction from
: sitting in the cold station. and thu
: beer and everything. they all grew en-
thusiastic Doctor Barnes made
> speech telling that he used to be pun!
/ and weak, and how he went into train
! ing and became a pugilist and how
: he'd fought the Tennessee something
! or other-the men nodded as II the.
? knew-and licked him in 40 seconds o
? 40 rounds. I'm not sure which. Tn,
men were standing on their chair