The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-08

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noisy clothes; that u 0riggs.
He passed through nvesham twieo
: year and stayed. Of course. q ~
Phoenix. where he used to sWap
Yarns with the rest OF n IN TIE eve'
ming. People liked 0riggs pretty weAAs
but he wasn't exactly the kind Of men
they would have preferred for he'sn'
Dor.
He had q wife somewhere along his
route, but none Of ~ had ever seen
her. We learned Of the fAcf only nom
. 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 men whos
belonging to the old type, had adjusted
himself to the conditions Of the pres
emit.
Well, II Griggs was interested In
maid. it wasn't anyone's business. and
it wasn't up to US to interfere.
You can imagine the upshot. II there
is one thing that enlivens Evesham
more than another 1t is married man
paying attentions to an unmarried
woman-or q married one. for that
matter, unless she happens to be his
wife. OF late Griggs seemed to have
been making Evesham his headqanr-
tiers more than his business warranted
The sisterhood didn't speak to Martha
they ostracized her. They didn't
speak to the squire. for he was not .
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, In
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 bafied.
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 l 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 had 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.
| "What'll we do to him?" inquired
Miss Jones.
i "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 of the train on Eve
sham platform. with his perpetual
smile and jolly air. He hadn't done &C
before female scout was hurrying up
town with the news.
| Griggs had good dinner at the
Phoenix and them, feeling at peace
with himself and all the world, hs
started uptown toward the sQuire's
kitchen-the squire was away at the
time-and they saw their opportunity
too.
1t must have been an hour later tina
Miss Jones and Miss Blossom crept III
to the kitchen door to reconnoiter. Be
hind them came a cohort OF nearly l
dozen infuriated ladies', two of whom
carried the tar-pot, while the rest car
ried mostly feather pillows, ripped III
at one end
Ladies" said Miss Blossom, 1T ism
usual to tar and feather over the coat
is it?"
This idea had not occurred to any
BODY but Miss Blossom was equal t,
the occasion.
over MS head" she said, and witt
that the Infatuated band burst opel
the door to find Griggs with his arm
about-whom do you suppose? Martin
bayhss! No, sir, the squire's daugt
ter. Miss Amy Bellairs herself.
Well, you can imagine the silence @
petrined astonshment. Nobody remer
oered the tar-pot Nobody would hav
dared to tar Griggs in Miss Amy
presence. But they didn't forget thei
tongues.
90 now we understand" said Mis-
biossom. what the attraction her
was"
AS also why You didn't think it wa
no business Of yours to interfere,
snickered Miss Jones.
But OF course we understand now,
said MISS Blossom, and we came I