Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-21

GOOD nealtn at your time OF n1eI
Abe grinned all over his face and
cleared his throat importantly, but
before he could answer, Samuel
growled:
Ter mel His health an his life
both. | dragged him up out of death
bed only a week ago"
The editor took out his notebook
and began scribbling.
What brought you so low, Captain
Rose?" he inquired without CHANGING
up. Again, before Abe could answer,
Samuel trod on his toe
Thirty mollycoddling women-folks."
Abe found his voice and slammed
the fist of one hand against the palm
of the other
IF you go an put that in the pa
per, I'1l-I'll-'
Words failed him. He could see the
sisters fairly fighting for the posses
sion of the Shoreville Herald tomor-
row, evening, as they always scram-
bled, each for the first glance at the
only copy taken at the home, and he
could hear one reading his name aloud
reading of the black ingratitude of
their brother member
Jest say" he added eagerly, that
the time fer old folks ter stick home
under the cellar door has passed, an
nobody is tew old ter go a-gallivantin'
nowadays An then yew might men
tion"-the old mans face was shining
now as he imagined Angy's pleasure
that Mis- Rose is gone deown ter
Twin Coves ter visit Mis- Samuel Oar
by fer a week, an Cap'n Darby an
Cap'n Abraham Rose" his breast
swelling out, lis a-goin ter spend q
week at Bleak Hill. Thar, hain't that
Cap'n Eph a-scootin' in naow?
guess them air new runners O. Bill
Green's didn't work. He hain't no
where in sight. He"
Les be a-gwine, Abe" interrupted
Samuel, and leaving the editor still
scribbling, he led the way down the
bank with a determined trudge, his
market basket in one hand his grip
in the other, and his lips mutterine
that "a Teller couldn't dew nuthin' in
ShOreville without gettin' his name
in the paper" But a moment later
when the two we're walking gingerly
over the ice to the spot where Ept
had drawn his scooter to a standstill
Samuel fell into a self-congratulatory
chuckle.
He didn't find out, though, that
had my reasons for leavin' home tew
Women-folks, be it only one, hahn
good all the time fer nobody. l come
ter see Blossy twict a year afore We
was married. regular; an naow,
ak'late ter leave her twict a year
fer a spell A week onct every si1
months separate an apart" proceeded
the recently made benedict, lis what
makes a man an his wife learn haow
ter put up with one another in be
tween times"
why, me an Angy," began Abe
have lived tergether year in an yeal
out fer"
All aboard" interrupted Captain
Eph with a shout. IT'S a fair wind
bet on making 1t in five minutes anc
fifty seconds"
Seven minutes had been the record
time for the five-mile sail over the Ice
to Bleak Hill. but Samuel and Abe
both vowing delightedly that the skip
per couldn't go too fast for them
stepped into the body of the boat anC
squatted down on the hard boards
They grinned at each other as the
scooter started and Eph jumped
aboard-grinned and waved 10 the
people on the shore, their proud ole
thoughts crying:
Il guess folks will see now thai
we're as young as we ever wasl"
They continued to grin as the boa
spun into full flight and went whfzzine
over the Ice, whizzing and humping
and bouncing. Both their faces grew
red, their two pairs of eyes began t.
water. their teeth began to chatter
but Samuel shouted at the top of hii
voice in defiance of the gale
ABE, we've cut the apron stringsi'
"Hy-guyl" Abe shouted in return
his heart flying as fast as the sail
back to youth and manhood again
back to truant days and the vacation
time Of boyhood. "Hy-guy, Sam7
Haint we a-gwine ter have a reg'lal
A No. spreei"
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