Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-01-08

shclI.rimmed glasaca. and nudding his
head. with hts fcatares all screwed up
like q blessed old Eargoyie, the way
no always did when something iickled
him That's how sure I am.
T. A. Ruek stood up abruptly lie /
shrugEcd bis shoulders Hle face |
looked strangely white aud drawn |
"Tii leave II TO you i1i do my share /
half convinced. remember.
That's enough fer tas present an
swered Emma MeChesnsy. bElaAiy
Wen. now. suppose we ITALIA machins
cry and girls. and cutters for
while"
Two months later found r A. Buck
and his safes manager. both shirt
siceVed, both smoking nerVously. a.
they marked. gicketcd. folded. ar
ranged They were getting out the
| travellers spring lines. Entered MrHs
| McChesney. and stood cycling them,
! worrtedly. II was her doEcnth Walt
I to the stock room that morning \
/ strange rcstiessnaaa seemed to trou-
| Bile her She wandered from once to
show room. from show room TO fac.
tory
What's the trouhleg" inquired T
A. nuek. squirting up At her through
cloud Of cigar smoke.
"oh. nothing" answered Mira Nc
Cheaney, and stood lingering the piles
OF giiatenlnK satin garments. y queer.
faraway look IN her eyes Then she
turned aud walked llstlessly toward
the door There she encountered
SpaldinE Eilly spalding OF the Gov.
eted middle western territory. hilly
SpaidinK. the lonK.headed. quick
thinking, Spalding the persuasive,
Spaidtng tho mixer. spaidlng on whom
depended tho fate OF the T. A. Buck
foathcrloom knickerbockcr and "a.
jana,
Morningi when do you start
outg" she asked him.
IN the morning Cad. that's some
line. WHAT I'm itching to spread It.
You're certainly wonderchild, Mrs.
MccheHney Why. the boya--"
Emma MeChoency sighed, Homberty
That line docs sort nf-wcil, tug ai
your heart strings. doesn't nf' ~
eight the next morning there burst
upon Mira. McCheaney o distracted z,
A. Buck
Hear about spaldinEY'' he demand.
cd.
"spaiding: Nc"
His wife 'phoned from 81. Luke's
Taken with an appendicitis attack 81
midnight They operated 81 ave this
morning. One OF those haditbeen
twenty .four-houFn.laterete operations
That settles us"
Poor kid" replied Emma McChea
ney. Rough on him and his brand
new wife"
Poor kid wee. but how about
. his territory How about our ==S
line7 How about"
oh. that's all right" said Fsmms
McCheaney. cheeFfuliy
I'D like 10 know howl We havena
n man equal TO the territory. Hos oal
ona best bet."
"oh. that's eli right" said Mira Ne
cheaney again. smoothly.
+. A little impatient exclamation brokl
= from T. A. Buck. AZ that Emma No
Chsaney smiled. Her new liatleaanea
and abstraction seemed 70 drop iron
4 her. She braced her shoulders, al
= smiled her old sunny. hearieniuI
smile
I'm going out with that line III
going 70 leave = trail Of paiamas an
= kulckerboekers from Duluth 10 Cas-
= ton"
eYoui No. you WON'T" A dai
painful red had swept into 7.
= Bucks face II was answered BY
food OF scarlet In Mra. McChosDef
= eountenanee.
4 don't get yon~ she aald. -
= afraid you don't realize what this ri
ae means It's going 70 be = fgh
= They'll hrys 20 be coaxed and builie
~ and caioled. and reasoned stth. u
going 20 be a .show.ma, trip
2 4. A. Buck took q quick step 70
~ ward. That's just why. ! won't ha,
you lighting with. buyers. taking the
= Insults. kowtowing 70 them. SALIVA
:. them. lit liant woman'a soFk."
- Emma Mcchesnsy was sorting 4
O. ntanta Of her demk with quick. mar
w ous fingers. ~Tll get the twsntisi
Al century she sald. over her shoulds
- '.Dou't argue. please, II L. 10 wol
IT. for = woman then ! suppose II follos
2; tkss I'm anwomasiy. For Ten yea
y Travelled this country ceiling T.
Bucks gesthsFloom pettieoata. =
as arst trip on the road ! vas u q
twentiss--ana pretty. loo. I'm woi
siy IN og ahiFty.Gessn Bow."
M she arose. and shut her aesh With
no bmm@. ioeksd q. and taFnsd 6uah.
~ ana beaminR fare toward r. A. Bee
Aa be stood frowninE baf0re her
Ne Your fathaF believed In metro
DO the Eround up. We understood go
Ter other, be and /. You've learned .
Al in the last year and > hall. 7. A. J
) ] nior-thaewas. but there's one thii
al you haVent mastered. Whsn win y
ne learn 20 bSlisye In Emma aechs
nd neyr'
ass she vas out Of tbs once bsfoFe
sat haa time 20 answer, Ieaying him stan
10 there.
re In the dusk Of . ate winter -
nIna Just three weeks later. -
- paused mt the door Of the unllghtsd