Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-03

any-er-winter hannels."
Il never bet," l retorted, and went
on folding up the steamer rugs.
I'D like to help" he said. but
you're 20 darned capable. Miss Min
ME"
You might eco II you can get the
slot-machine empty" I said. ITS full
Of water. II wouldn't work and Mr..
Moody thought 1t was frozen. He's
been carrying out boiling water all
afternoon. II 1t stays In there and
freezes the thing will explode"
He wasn't listening. He'd been fuss
ing with his package and now he
opened 1t and handed 1t to me. In the
paper.
ITS . sweater" he said. not looking
at me. II bought 1t for myself and 1t
was too small Confound II, Minnie.
I wish I could lie! I bought them for
you! There's the whole b1siness-
sweater. cap. leggings and mittens. Go
on! Throw them at mel"
But I didn't. I looked at them. all
white and soft. and it came over me
suddenly how kind people had been
lately. and how much I'd been getting
the old doctors waistcoat buttons
and Miss Pats furs, and now this!
just buried my face In them and cried
Doctor Barnes stood by and said
nothing. Some men wouldn't have un-
derstood. but he did. After . minute
or % he came over and pulled the
sweater out from the bundle.
I'm glad you like EN-" he said.
but - I bought them At Hubbard's,
In Finleyville, and a. the old liar guar
anteed they wouldn't shrink, we'd bet
ter not cry on EN-"
Well. put them on and I was
warmer and happier than I had been
for some time. But that night when
l went out to the shelter-house with
the supper basket I found both the
honeymo6ners In wild state Of excite
ment They said that about I'VE
O'Clock Thoburn had gone ont to the
shelter-house and walked all around It.
Finally he had stopped At one Of the
windows of the other room, had
worked at 1t with his penknife and got
1t open. and crawled through. They
sat paralyzed with fright. and heard
him moving around the other room.
and he even tried their door. But 1t
had been locked.
By Friday Of that week you would
hardly have known any Of them. The
fat ones were thinner and the thin
ones fatter. and Miss Julia Summers
could put her whole hand inside her
belt.
And they were pleasant. They'd sit
down to q supper Of ham and eggs
and apple sauce. and yell for more.
They fused some still about sleep
ing with the windows open, especially
the bald-headed men.
Mr.. Won invalid was still there, and
not troubling himself to be agreeable
to any but the Jennings family. He
and Mr.. Pierce carefully avoided each
other. but knew well enough that only
policy kept them apart Both of them.
you see. were working for something
Minis Cobb came to the springhouse
early Friday morning. and from the
way she came in and shut the door I
knew she had something on her mind
She walked over to where I was pol
inning the brass railing around the
spring-it had been the habit Of years.
and not easy to break-and stood look
Ing 1t me and breathing hard.
Minnie" she exclaimed. Il have
Ros,uA tha thaafl~
Lord have mercy!" I said. and
dropped the brass polish.
II have found the theft" she repeat
cd firmly. Minnie. our sins always
ind N out"
II guess they d." I said shakily.
and sat down on the steps to the
spring. "Oh, Miss Cobb, II only he
would use Q little bit Of sense!"
"He?" she said. HE nothing! It's
that Summers woman I'm talking
about. Minnie. I knew that woman