The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-12-10

yeW GIT hereT'
"What'd yew come fer7" retorted
Abe with some spirit "Haow'd yew
git here7"
None o. yer durn' business"
A glimmer OF the old twinkle came
back into Abe's eye. and he began TO
chuckle.
Il guess we might as waai tell the
truth, Sam1. We both tried to be 30
ALFRED young yesterday that we got
played out, an concluded unanermous
that the best place fer a A No. l spree
was ter hum"
Samuel gave a weak smile. and
drawing up a stool took the cat upon
his knee.
Yes" he confessed grudgingiy, ~
found out fer one that hain't no
spring lamb"
"Ner me. nuthcr." Abe's old lips
trembled. II tad eyester.stew an
drunk coffee In the middle o. the night:
then the four.o'clock patrol wakes me
up agin. Here. be n sport they says.
an sticks a piece o. hot mince pie un.
der my nose. Then I was so Uneasy |
couldn't sleep. Daybreak ! got up.
an went fer a walk ter timber up my
belt. IN ! sorter wandered over ter the
bay side. an not q mile out | see tew
men with one o. them big tishin'scoot.
ers a.haulin' in their net. An | walked
a ways out on the ice. a-signalin' with
my bandana han'kercher: an after a
time they seen me. IT was Cap'n Ely
from lnjun Head an his boy. Haow
them young 'uns dew grow! Las time
! see that kid. he want knee.high tew
a g~rasshopper.
WAL. ! says tew 'em, I says:
Want ter drop n passenger nj Twin
Coves' Yes. yes.' they says. Jump
in An so. Sam1. I gradooated from
yer school o. h%ardenin' on top a ton O.
squirmin' fish. more or less. I thought
I'd come an git Angy." he ended with
a sigh. AN yer hired man'd drive us
back ter Shoreville; but thar want
nobody hum but a mewin' cat. an the
only place I could git inter was this
here shop. Wonder whar the gals has
gomez"
No mention Of the alarm that he
must by this time have caused nj the
station. No consciousness OF having
committed any breach against the laws
Of hospitality. hut there was hat in
the old mans face, in his worn and
wistful look. which curbed Samucl's
tongue and made him understand that
as a little child misses his mother 70
Abe had missed Angy. and as a little
homesiclt enid comes running back "a
the place he knows best so Abe was
Fastening back to the shelter he had
scorned.
SO. with an effort, Samuel held his
peace. merely resolving that as soon
as he could get to n telephone he
would inform their late hosts Of Abe's
safety.
There was no direct way OF tele
phoning; but n message could be Sent
to the Quogue station. and from there
forwarded TO Bleak Hill.
I've had my lesson" said Abe. THE
place fer old folks Is with old folks"
"But"-Samuel recovered his aa
thoritative manner-'the place fer al
Oiu IMAM am I WIN ~ uthos tNubN
Abe. ef yew think yew kin behave yer
self an not climb the ilagpole or iumI
over the roof, | want yer to stay right
here. yew an Angy both. an spend yei
week out. Yes. yes" as Abe would
have thanked him. II take IT," plung
ing his hand into his pocket. "yew aim
slowed away nothin' since that mincs
pie: but | cant offer yer nothin' e
eat til Blossy gifts back an opens M
the house. 'cept these here pepp'mints
They're fine; try EN-"
With one OF those freakish turns oI
the weather that takes the conceit GU
OF all wcather.prophets. the snow hat
Cling out Of the clouds. and the wine
was swinging around to the west.
Neither OF the old men could Longer
fret about their wives being caught IL
a heavy snow; but. nevertheless, theil
anxiety concerning the whereabouts
> OF the women did not cease. and the
Inconsistencies which Abe felt for Angy
and Samuel for Blossy. rather In
] creased than diminished as one eat OF
: the roll OF canvas and the otheI
crouched on his stool. and both huge,
. the fire, and both felt very old. an,
J very lame. and very tired and sore.
! Toward noontime they heard III,
welcome sound of wheels. and on rush
ing to the door saw Ezra driving alone
7 to the barn. He did not note their ap
pearance In the doorway OF the shop
but they could see from the look OF
his face that nothing had gone amiss.
Samuel heard the shutting OF th'
kitchen door. and knew that Bloss!
was nj home. and n strange shynesi
submerged OF a sudden his eagernesI
i to see her.
What would she say TO this unex
pected return? Would she laugh a
him. or be disappointed?
/ "Yew 90 fust." he urged Abe. IAN
tell my wife that I've got the chilblain'
an lumbago so bad ! can't hardly 81
tew the house. an ! had ter come hun
fer my st. Jerushy lie an her receip