Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-10
and unsusplcious. I'm very fond Of
people like that"

and unsusplcious. I'm very fond o
people like that" -..
I'VE thought when you had tn
board nicely nailed on, you might rop.
it securely to the limbs above. The!
are in very good position, and that vii
make it absolutely safe. Do you sup
pose you can do that, Jerry? Do 20,
get seasick when you climb high?"
ooh, no, high attitudes never make
me seasick. I've very good head fol
such purposes" T..
"Then suppose you get busy before
it grows dark. We're in great hurry
And we do not want Connie to catch
us putting it up. It'll be such fun tc
sit up there and swing when the wind
blows and have poor Connie down be
meath wondering how we manage to
stick on. She can't see the seat from
the ground. Won't it be a good joke
on herr" .-
"Oh, very-yes, indeed Well, let's
begin. Now observe! I will just loop
this end of the rope lightly about my
-er-middle. The other end will
dangle on the ground to be drawn up
at will. Observe also that I bestow
the good but rusty nails In this peck
ct, and the hammer here. Then with
the admirable board beneath my arm,
mount to the heights Of Say twins,
didn't I see an old buggy seat out in
the barn today? Seems to me"
"Oh, Jerry!' The twins fairly smoth-
cred him. ooh, you darling. You are
the incest old thing. Now We can I'M
derstand why Prudence seems to like
you We never once thought of tho
old buggy seat! Oh, jerry"
Then they hastily brought the dis
carded seat from the barn and with
the help Of Jerry it was showed up on
the woodshed. From there, he lifted
it to the lowest limb of the old maple
and second later he was up himself
Then it was lifted again, and again he
followed-up, and up, and up-the
loose end Of the donated rope trailing
loose on the ground below. The twins
promptly-as promptly as possible,
that is-followed him into the tree:
ooh, yes, we'll come along. We're
used to climbing and we're very agile.
And you will need us to hold things
steady while you hammer"
And Jerry smiled as he heard the
faithful twins, with much granting and
an occasional groan, following in his
wake.
It was a delightful location, as they
had said. So heavy was the leafy
screen that only by lifting branch
1t. The big seat fitted nicely on the
two limbs and Jerry fastened it with
the rusty nails. The twins were jubi-
liant and loud in their praises of his
skill and courage.
"Oh, Jerry" exclaimed Carol, with
deep satisfaction, cts such blessing
to discover something really nice
about you after all these months!"
Now, we'll just"
"Hush!" Kissed Lark. Here comes
Connie. Hold your breath, Jerry, and
don't bulge"
isn't she in on this?" he whispered.
He could hear Connie making weird
noises as she came around the house
from the front. She was learning to
whistle and the effect was CHASTITY in
the extreme. Comics mouth had not
been designed for whistling.
Ssh! She's the band Of dark browed
gypsies trying to steal my lovely
wife" >.
Pm the lovely wife, interrupted
Carol complacently.
But Connie does not know about it.
She is so religious she won't be any
of the villain parts. When we want
her to be anything real low down we
have to do it on the sly. She would
no more consent to a band of dark
browed gypsies than she would"
Connie came around the corner Of
the parsonage, out the back walk be-
meath the maple. Then she gave a
gleefuf scream. Right before her lay
a beautiful heavy rope. Connie had
been yearning for good rope to make
a swing. Here it lay, at her very feet,
plainly a gift Of the gods. She did not
wait to see where the other end of the
rope was. She just grabbed what she
saw before her and started violently
back around the house with it yelling,
prudence! Look at my rope!'
(To be continued.)
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