Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-04-29
.Autos.. SAID the man.


that, irritated, he turned to remon-
strate with Henrietta. One could not
explain the situation with any degree
of pride in the first place, still less so.
if some one behind we're apparently
endeayoring to suppress one.
| The Watermelon frowned. We
weren't breaking any speed limit, un-
less the snail is the standard you reg.
ulate your speed laws by" The men
no longer believed that they had
caught the thief, but il they insisted
on taking the party before magis-
| trate, each would have to give his
name. With the general present. nc
titious names would only be SO much
waste OF breath, and the Watermelon
had no desire to give his assumed
name to anyone in the. employ OF the
| law
| Nav" sneered the man, splitting
with gusto. ''There're other things to
break besides speed laws"
YES" agreed this Watermelon.
your empty head"
Nov, don't get sassy" warned the
man, growing angry. I'm an oft1cer
of the law and I'm not going to take
any of your sass"
AN officer of the law can't arrest
law-abiding citizen" snapped the
Watermelon with righteous indigna-
ton.
"Law-abiding jeered the man.
What have we done?"
TRY to guess suggested the man
pleasantly and the other laughed.
Il can't guess said the Water
melon. is it for riding through the
COW lane? We didn't hurt the lane
any. / rode through this same lane
last summer and the Browns didn't
kick up any row over it. In fact, they
were with me, that is. Dick and Lizzie
were"
The man stared and the Watermelon
frowned coldly.
DO you know the Browns?" de-
manded the fellow.
Not very WE'LL" admitted the Wa
| termelon. "I was through here last
summer and stopped over night at
their place. They were fine people,
all right. They told me If ever came
this way again to drop in and said
l would 1t was sort of joke. They
gave me latch key" He drew key
from his pocket and held it out as
proof of his integrity
Huh" said the man DULY, gazing
from the key to the Watermelon.
The second man took it. Which
door does it fit?" he asked.
1.-The front door," said the Water
melon promptly. go try it if you
| want proof"
Not so fast" said the second man,
who had taken the affair into his own
hands. eff you know the Browns, tell
me something about them? No, you
chuffer teller, hold on, back there.
Don't try to slip by, for you can't.
You automobilists think that the Lord
created heaven and earth for your
benefit and then rested on the seventh
day and has been resting ever since.
That's better. Now, then" turning
again to the Watermelon-"how many
! in the family?"
How many?" queried the Water
melon. II don't know. / only saw ma
and pa and the three kids, Dick and
Lizzie and Sarah. Sarah was young
lady about twenty, If l remember
! rightly; Lizzie was eight and Dick was
bit older, ten or twelve-twelve,
think he said. / remember his birth
| day came in January, anyway"
well, goldarn it," laughed the first
man, thoroughly convinced. well,
say, amt we the easy marks"
| Don't blame yourselves said the
Watermelon gently. Father used to
say that anything colossal, even stu
pidity, was worthy OF admiration"
What did Dick look like?" demand
ed the second man, loath to give up.
| The Watermelon Strengthened up.
See here, my man." said he sternly.
eve are in hurry. You have detained
US long enough. I have told you as
much as l am going to about the
Browns. It's year ago this summer
| that / was there and / haven't been
dwelling on their beautiful counte.
nances in rapt and joyful contempla-
/ ton ever since. have seen few peo-
pie during the interval. Dick was
fairly good looking, but Lizzie was the
cutest. / took them through the COW
! lane to show them how they could GO
/ for the cows in a motor-car, farming
up-to-date, see. Now move aside and
let us pass, please"
mo. you DON'T" returned the man
sharply Let that chuffer Teller in
the back car come up to the house
with me while / try this key. Tom,
you keep the others here, till l come
! back"
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