The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

How could you have the two bose,
queering each other and get any kind
resuitsf Studying this took his
mind OH his troubles.
NOW was my time. Discipline. INV
poyI said Get the best of herr
Put It all over her, nice and kind. and
He stared at me. Says he: az
thougnt you were really going TO saw
sometnlng, instead Of singing your
sen iunaoys. Why don't you teach
people to fly, It's very simple. All
you got TO do IS to draw your hind
iegs up and keep EN- therer
grabbed hold of him. "Listenr-
says i. You've heard about truth
lung at the bottom of a well, amt
Yes" says he, AZ have. What Of
What else do you find in N. bo,
tom of a well?"
! Water says he
I Il gave him gentle punch in IN.
TBS You can make it plural" I said
'Waters-Susie Waters, at that. A
prospect holes a good deal like a
well, amt II: And nobody could
come to any great harm at the bot
tom OF prospect hole, could thew,
Yet they might be good and glad 10
get out Of it if the party that put EN-
there was determined, hey? Now.
don't you ever say I interfered in anv
way, shape. manner, custom, nor
habit with your family affairs, but out
my little remarks between your wis
dom teeth and chew on EN-"
You could see him think. He wa,
an honest sort of Jimmy, and, like
most good-natured people, you'd have
to pry him loose with crowbar once
he got sot. Il get your says he,
slow. Il savvy the burro, and mi
go you once if It bursts me. | don't
know whether I'm much obliged or
not at this stage of the game, but
I'll say thanky, on an of chance"
He grabbed up his tools and pass
ed on.
Well. the next day I happened ac-
cidental, more or less, by the Wa
ters' shack. There was Bob in the
act OF lowering something down the
prospect hole. ] come up on my tip
py-toes. He hollers down the hole.
There's your breakfast. dear"
says he. Il amt much on making cof-
fee, and fspjacks is my limit in the
pastry line-hope you like it; it's good
and hot"
And there come a yell from the
bottom OF that hole. and a sound OF
rendering coffee-pots and smashing
fapjseks.
wells Susie "Oh, wait till get out Of
here"
"Sure-I'm waiting" saws Bob.
I'm about all there is in the waiting
line. Soon's you tell me you're going
to be a good little girl. up you come.
But not before No"
Then there was much talk from be-
low
NO" answers Bob: there amt a
thing to hurt you. II it rains. YOU can
crawl back in the tunnel I'll bring
you water and grub regular If YOU
don't want to eat, that's your funeral
I'm slow on the cook. and that's a
fact. | miss you terrible. Gee, its
lonesome, smoking all by myself
nights"
I learned something. waiting
around the top OF that prospect hole
for the next two days. I couldn't
have believed there was so many pos
sible arguments. and so May differ
ent ways of swearless cussings. She
sure was game I alrnot begun 10 be-
lieve Bob would have TO weaken. but
when ! spoke Of it he said he'd fight
it out on that line if it took ten
years. The other women come and
tried to argue and browbeat him. He
never lost, particle OF his temper.
Twould remind you OF little birds as
saulting a grizzly bear They wore
themselves out. But they kind OF got
mad. too, when they made nice pies
for Susie and she smashed EN-. out
OF temper
Well. the morning of the third day
she ate her breakfast. Bob apollo
gized for II. and she said it tasted first
rate. but that he didn't love h9 anv
more. He said he did. There was lots
10 talk about that
Finally Bob dropped easy WAYS and
told her blunt she had to stop her
foolishness and say she was going to
be good little girl. And then all the
quibbling and evading and lodging
and squirming and hedging | ever
heard was beaten out OF sight. She
said she didn't know what he meant;
she had been good-besides, if she
said so. how could she keep her
promise? And how did she wwhat
he meant by being good And what
was being good. anyhow? And If You
were good how could YOU tell it,
And so forth and more forth.
Listen" said Bob "All YOU got 10
do is say you're going TO be a good
little girl I'll chance your knowing
the details-just say them words. and
up you come. Don't say EN-. and
down you stay"
More talk from the bottom.
Say. I'll be a good little girl"
says Bob. She talks at him Say
you'll be good little girl
Talk.
Same old thing. same old thing.
same old thing, till l got dizzy.
Finally, seeing nothing was going
forward: "All right. says he. "I
reckon III sasshay along"
"Oo-o-o-ohl Bob"
. "Welle" says Bob. going back.
You don't give me any time to
think" says she. 81 was Just trying
to figure"
"Good,byT says Bob.
"BobT
No answer.
Bob
No answer.
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