The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-03-31
TAR AID FEATHERS
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

noisy clothes; that is Griggs.
He passed through Evesham twice
year and stayed. of course. at the
Phoenix, where he used to swap
yarns with the rest of US IN the eve
ming People liked Griggs pretty well,
but he wasn't exactly the kind OF man
they would have preferred for a neigh
Dor.
He had a wife somewhere along his
route, but none of us had ever seen
her. We learned of the fact only from
a word that he casually let drop one
day
Miss Amy Bellairs was the beauty
of Evesham. Her father, Squire Bel
lairs, was one of the few mon who,
belonging to the old type, had adjusted
himself to the conditions OF the pres
ent
Well, II Griggs was interested in a
maid. 1t wasn't anyone's business, and
It wasn't up to us to interfere.
You can imagine the upshot. If there
is one thing that enlivens Evesham
more than another it is a married man
paying attentions TO an unmarried
woman-or a married one, for that
matter, unless she happens to be MS
wife. OF late Griggs seemed to have
been making Evesham his headqaur-
tiers more than his business warranted
The slsterhood didn't speak to Martha
they ostracized her. They didn't
speak to the squire, for he was not a
sympathetic man. They attacked
where they thought the best chances
of success lay-at Miss Amy.
A deputation visited the squire's
daughter and laid the facts before her.
Ladies'" said Miss Amy quietly, lin
my opinion you have come on a spite
full errand. 1t is no business of mine to
inquire into the character of my
maids callers and won't do It"
So the sisterhood retired bafiied.
They didn't dare to be insolent to
Miss Amy and they knew she wouldn't
care for anything they might do to an
noy her So they held a consultation
in Miss Jones' house.
What | says is" said little Miss
Blossom. the confectioner, we've got
to strike at the man. It's men who
bring harm to us poor women"
Inasmuch as no man mad ever
brought any harm to Miss Blossom.
who was wizened. dried up and sixty,
this does not seem to have been first
hand evidence, but her suggestion was
acclaimed with great enthusiasm.
'whatn we do to him?" inquired
Miss Jones.
"A thick coat OF tar and few feath-
ers-chicken feathers" answered Miss
Blossom.
The sisterhood kept very quiet after
that, but they kept their eyes on
Griggs. 1t was about four weeks later
that he stepped on the train on Eve
sham platform, with his perpetual
smile and Jolly air. He hadn't done so
before a female scout was hurrying up
town with the news.
Griggs had a good dinner at the
Phoenix and then. feeling at peace
with himself and all the world, he
started uptown toward the squire's
kitchen-the squire was away at the
time-and they saw their opportunity,
too.
It must have been an hour later that
Miss Jones and Miss Blossom crept up
to the kitchen door to reconnoiter. Be
hind them came a cohort OF nearly a
dozen Infatuated ladies, two of whom
carried the tar-pot, while the rest car.
ried mostly feather pillows, ripped up
at one end.
Ladies'" said Miss Blossom. 1t isn't
usual to tar and feather over the coat,
is it,"
This idea had not occurred to any
body, but Miss Blossom was equal to
the occasion.
lover his head" she said, and with
that the Infatuated band burst open
the door to find Griggs with his arms
about-whom do you suppose? Martha
Bayliss7 No, sir, the squire's daugh'
ter, Miss Amy Bellairs herself.
Well, you can imagine the silence OF
petrified establishment. Nobody remem
bered the tar-pot. Nobody would have
dared to tar Griggs in Miss Amy's
presence. But they didn't forget their
tongues.
80 now we understand" said Miss
Blossom, what the attraction here
WAS"
"As also why you didn't think 1t was
no business of yours to interfere"
snickered Miss Jones.
But of course we understand now"
oaJd Nisa Rlossom land we came to