Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-07

than ever. And he himself had heard
Angy warn this man in a whisper not
to "rile him upI" Remorselessly went
on the rejuvenated Darby:
"Hain't a-goin' ter git up. heh7 Yew
old mollycoddlel Yew babyl Old
Lady 81 Kitty calf But I hain't
a-blamin' yew eff had lived In this
here place year an half, I'd be
stark. starin' mad! Leetle tootsie-
wootsiel Git upl"
Abe had onened his eyes and was
once more staring at the other, his
mind slowly coming to the light of the
realization that Samuel might be more
sane than himself.
That's what told Angy all along.
he ventured. Il told her, says, says
/, 'Humbug! Foolishnessl Ye're a.
maxim eglar baby of me. Why,
| says, what's the difference between
me an these here women-folks except
that wear beard an smoke a piper"
Then why don't yew git up?" de.
manded the memorable Samuel. "Git
up an fool EN-; or, gosh all hemlock
lfltJ III NC gOW lCi CA SOAii
next week When | come inter the
hall, what dew yew think these here
sisters o yourn was a-discussin? They
was a-arguin the pint as to whether
they'd bury yew in shroud or yer
Sunday suit"
Abraham put one foot out of bed
Samuel took hold of his arm and with
this assistance the old man managed
to get up entirely and stand, though
shaking as if with the palsy. upon the
floor.
Feel poorly good, don't yew?" de
manded Samuel but with less sever
ity.
"A leetle soft, leetle soft" NUT
tered the other. Gimme my cane
| Thar, eff one o. them women comes il
the door Pll-I'll-" Abraham raised
his stick and shook it at the innocent
air. "Whar's my pipe? Mis- Holman
she went an hid 1t last week"
After some searching, Samuel founC
the pipe in Abe's hatbox underneath
the old mans beaver, and produced
from his own pocket package of to
bacco, whereupon the two sat dowI
for a quiet smoke, Samuel chucklini
to himself every now and again, ABB
modestly seeking from time to time t.
cover his bare legs with the skirt o
his pink-striped nightrobe, not daring
to reach for a blanket lest Samue
should call him names again. Wit
the very first puff of his pipe, the ligh
had come back into the invalid's eyes
with the second, the ashen hue com
pletely left his cheek; and when h
had pulled the tenth time OF the pipe
Abe was ready to laugh at the sisters
the whole world, and even himself.
"Hy-guy, but it's splendid to fee
} like a man ag'in!"
The witch of Hawthorne's stor
} never gazed more fondly at he
"Feathertop" than Samuel now gaze
at Abraham pulling away on his pipe
but he determined that Abraham
, fate should not be as poor "Feathel
: tops" Abe must remain a man.
J 'Naow look a-here, Abe" he bega
after a while, laying his hand on tn
others knee, dew yew knaow tha
yew come put nigh gittin' swamped
the big breakers? Eff | hadn't com
along an throwed out the lifeline
yew-"
: "SamI," interrupted the new ABR
) ham, not without touch of asperit,
l 'whar yew been these six months
| A-leavin' me ter die of apron string
> an doctorsl OF course didn't spec
nuthin' o. yew when yew was jist
bachelor, an we'd sort O. lost sight {
4 each other fer many a year, but artt
! yew got connected with the Hum /
marriage sorter-"
D Connected with the Hum by ma
l riagel" broke in Samuel with sno
: of indignant protest. Mel" Wore
. failed him. He stared at Abe wit
4 burning eyes. but Abe only insiste
sullenly:
"Whar yew an Blossy been all tn
4 timer"
5 Dew yew mean ter tell me, AL
9 Rose, that yew didn't know that Aul
3 Nancy forbid Blossy the house 'cau'
D she didn't go an ask her permissic
ter git spliced? oh, l forgot"
. added. "Yew'd gone upstairs ter tai
3 a nap that day we come back fro
= the minister's"
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