The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-11-19

him. ITO what do you attribute your
good health at your time OF life?"
Abe grinned all over his face and
cleared his throat Importantly. but
before he could answer. Samuel
growled:
Ter me! His health an his life
both. I dragged him up out OF a death
bed only n week ago"
The editor took out his notebook
and began scribbling.
What brought you 80 low. Captain
Rose?" he inquired without glancing
up. Again. before Abe could answer
Samuel trod on his Toe
Thirty mollycoddling women.folks.'
Abe found his voice and slammed
the fist OF one hand against the palm
Of the other.
~ you 20 an put that in the pa.
per, ln-iI-'
Words failed him. He could see the
sisters fairly lighting for the posses.
sion Of the Shoreville Herald tomor.
row, evening. as they always scram
bled, each for the first glance at the
'hAE wy Aoh'h NJ Aht hbHA's aht Nv
could hear n reading his name aloud
reading Of the black ingratitude OF
their brother member.
Jest say" he added eagerly. that
the time fer old folks ter stick home
under the cellar door has passed. an
nobody is tew old@ter go a.gallivantin'
nowadays. An then yew might men
ffgVN Tho ola V,uat. ga,. v.u. .ktala.
now as he imagined Angy's pleasure
that Mis- Rose is gone deown ter
Twin Coves ter visit Mis- Samuel bar.
by fer a week. an Cap'n Darby an
Cap'n Abraham Rose his breast
swelling out. lis a.goin' ter spend a
week nj Bleak Hill. Thur, hain't that
Cap'n Eph a.scootin' In naow?
guess them air new runners o. Bill
Green's didn't work. He hain't no
where In sight. He"
Les be a.gwlne, Abe" interrupted
Samuel, and leaving the editor still
scribbllng, he led the way down the
bank with a determined trudge. his
market basket In one hand, his grip
In the other, and his lips mutterins
that "A feller couldn't dew nuthin' in
Shoreyille without gettin' his name
In the paper But a moment later.
when the two were walking ~gingerly
over the ice to the spot where Eph
had drawn his scooter TO a standstill.
Samuel fell into a self-congratulatory
chuckle.
HE didn't ind out, though. that |
had my reasons for leavin' home tew
Women.folks. be II only one, hain't
good all the time fer nobody. come
ter see Blossy tWict "A year afore wa
was married, regular. an naow, I
caklate ter leave her twict a year
fer a spell. A week onct every six
months separate an apart" proceeded
the recently made benedict, lis what
makes "A man an his wife learn haow
ter put up with one another In be.
tween times"
why. me an Angy." began Abe.
have lived %tergether year In an year
Out fer"
IAN aboard" interrupted Captain
Eph with a shout. It's a fair wind.
! bet on making 1t In five minutes and
fifty seconds"
Seven minutes had been the record
time for the hve.mile sail over the ice
TO Bleak Hill. but Samuel and Abe,
both vowing delightedly that the skip
per couldn't 20 too fast for them.
stepped into the body OF tho boat and
squatted down on the hard boards.
They g%rinned at each other as the
scooter started and Eph jumped
aboard-grinned and waved to the
people on tho shore. their proud old
thoughts crying:
II guess folks will see now that
were as young as We ever was!"
They continued to grin AZ the boat
spun into full flight and went whizzlng
over the ice, whizzing and humping
and bouncing. Both their faces grew
red, their two pairs OF eyes began TO
water, their teeth began to chatter:
but Samuel shouted ut the top OF HE
voice In defiance OF the gale:
Abe. we've cut the apron strings!"
"Hy guy" Abe rnouted in return.
his heart flying as fast ms the sail.
back 10 youth and manhood again,
back to truant days and the vacation
time OF boyhood. "Hy.guy, Saml.
Hain't We a-gwine ter have a regular
A No, l spree!"
GRO BE Continued