Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-06-11

here? what'd yew come ferY When'd
yew git here7"
"What'd yew come fer7" retorted
Abe with some spirit. "Haowd yew
git here2"
None o. yer durn' business"
A glimmer of the old twinkle came
back into Abes eye, and he began to
chuckle.
Il guess we might as wal tell the
truth, Sam1. 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 weak smile, and
drawing up stool took the cat upon
his knee.
Yes" he confessed grudgingly, Il
found out fer one that l hain't no
spring lamb"
"Ner me, nuther," Abe's old lips
trembled 81 had eyester-stew an
drunk coffee in the middle o. the night;
then the four-o' o'clock patrol wakes me
up ag'in. Here, be a sport they says,
an sticks a piece o. hot mince pie I'M
der my nose. Then was so Uneasy l
couldn't sleep. Daybreak l got up,
an went fer a walk ter timber up my
belt, an sorter wandered over ter the
bay side, an not a mile out / see tew
men with one O. them big fishinsc
ers a-haulin in their net An l 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 growl Las time
l see that kid, he want knee-high tew
a grasshopper.
WAL, says tew EN-, l says
Want ter drop a passenger at Twin
Coves' Yes, yes they says. Jump
in An so. Sam1, l gradooated from
yer school o. hardenin on top a ton o.
squirmin' fish, more or less I thought
I'd come an git Angy," he ended with
a sigh, IAN yer hired man'd drive us
back ter Shoreville; but thar want
nobody hum but 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 Samue's
tongue and made him understand that
as little child misses his mother so
Abe had missed Angy, and as 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 message could be sent
to the Quogue station, and from there
forwarded to Bleak Hill.
I've had my lesson" said Abe. 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 yeI
week out. Yes, yes" as Abe would
have thanked him. 81 take It," plung
ing his hand into his pocket, 'yew ain'i
slowed away nothin since that mince
pie; but l can't offer yer nothin' tc
eat till Blossy gifts back an opens VI
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
heavy snow; but, nevertheless, theil
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 Oh
the roll of canvas and the Other
crouched on his stool, and both Rugged
the fire, and both felt very old, anC
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 OF
his face that nothing had gone amiss.
Samuel heard the shutting of the
kitchen door, and knew that Bloss!
was at home, and a strange shynesi
submerged of a sudden his eagernesi
to see her.
What would she say to this unex
pected return? Would she laugh a
him, or be disappointed?
"Yew go fust," he urged Abe. IAN
tell my wife that I've got the chilblain'