Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26

here? Whatd yew come fer? When'd
yew git here?"
"What'd yaw come fer" retorted
Abe with some spirit "Haow'd yew
git hereT
None o. yer durn' business"
A glimmer of the old twinkle came
back into Abe's eye. and he began to
chuckle.
Il guess we might as waal tell the
truth, Saml. We both tried to be so
alfred young yesterday that we got
played out, an concluded unanermous
that the best place fer A No. / spree
was ter hum"
Samuel gave a weak smile, and
drawing up stool took the cat upon
his knee.
Yes" he confessed grudgingly, 81
found out fer one that / hain't no
spring lamb"
"Ner me, nuther," Abe's old lips
trembled. Il had eyester-stew an
drunk coffee in the middle o. the night;
then the four-o'clock patrol wakes me
up ag'in. Here, be sport they says,
an sticks piece o. hot mince pie un-
der my nose. Then / was so Uneasy
couldn't sleep. Daybreak / got up,
an went fer a walk ter timber up my
belt, an / sorter wandered over ter the
bay side, an not mile out / see tew
men with one O. them big f1shin scoot-
ers a-haulin' in their net An walked
a ways out on the ice, a-signalin' with
my bandana han'kercher; an arter a
time they seen me. IT was Cap'n Ely
from Injun Head an his boy. Haow
them young 'uns dew grow! Las time
/ see that kid, he want knee-high tew
grasshopper.
WAL. says tew 'em, / says:
Want ter drop passenger at Twin
Coves' Yes, yes they says. Jump
In An SO, SamI, gradooated from
yer school o hardenin' on top ton O.
squirmin' fish, more or less. thought
I'd come an git Angy." he ended with
sigh, IAN yer hired man'd drive us
back ter Shofeville; but thar want
nobody hum but a mewin' cat, an the
| only place l could git inter was this
here shop. Wonder whar the gals has
gomez"
No mention of the alarm that he
must by this time have caused at the
station. No consciousness OF having
committed any breach against the laws
of hospitality. But there was that in
the old mans face. in his worn and
wistful look. which curbed Samuel's
tongue and made him understand that
as little child misses his mother SO
Abe had missed Angy, and as a little
homesick child comes running back to
the place he knows best so Abe was
Fastening back to the shelter he had
scorned.
So. with an effort, Samuel held his
peace, merely resolving that as soon
as he could get to a telephone he
would inform their late hosts of Abe
safety.
There was no direct way of tele-
phoning; but a message could be sent
to the Quogue station, and from there
forwarded to Bleak Hill.
I've had my lesson" said Abe. 1.-THE
place fer old folks Is with old folks"
"But"-Samuel recovered his au-
thoritative manner-"the place fer an
old man amt with old hens. Naow,
Abe, eff yew think yew kin behave yer
self an not climb the fiagpole or jump
over the roof. want yer to stay right
here. yew an Angy both, an spend yer
week out. Yes, yes" as Abe would
have thanked him. 81 take it," plung.
ing his hand into his pocket, "yew amt
slowed away nothin' since that mince
| pie; but l can't offer yer nothin' to
eat till Blossy gifts back an opens up
the house, cept these here pepp' mints.
| They're fine; try EN-
With one of those freakish turns of
the weather that takes the conceit out
of all weather-prophets, the snow had
now ceased to fall, the sun was strug-
Cling out of the clouds, and the wind
was swinging around to the west.
Neither of the old men could longer
fret about their wives being caught In
a heavy snow; but, nevertheless, their
anxiety concerning the whereabouts
of the women did not cease, and the
inconsistencies which Abe felt for Angy,
and Samuel for Blossy, rather in
creased than diminished as one sat on
the roll of canvas and the other
crouched on his stool, and both Rugged
the fire, and both felt very old, and
very lame, and very tired and sore.
Toward noontime they heard the
welcome sound of wheels, and on rush
| ing to the door saw Ezra driving alone
to the barn. He did not note their ap-
pearance in the doorway of the shop;
but they could see from the look on
his face that nothing had gone amiss.
Samuel heard the shutting of the
kitchen door, and knew that Blossy
was at hore, and a strange shyness
submerged of a sudden his eagerness
to see her.
What would she say to this unex-
pected return? Would she laugh at
him, or be disappointed?
"Yew go fust," he urged Abe. IAN
! tell my wife that I've got the chilblains
! an lumbago so bad / can't hardly git
| tew the house, an had ter come hum
/ las INA