Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

so back to sleep. He runs over Their,
every minute she'll let him, / sup
pose. Go back to bed There's nothin
in it."
why amt there?' she urged. :"
know better-there is, tool You wal
and see. There's just one thing in tn,
world that'll wake the sleepiest youn.
man alive up-yes, and make hin
jump up-and don't care who he is o.
how sound asleep 1t looks like he is
That's when he takes 1t into his heat
to pick out some girl and settle dowi
and have a home and children Of hi,
own. Then, guess, he'll go out aftel
the money! You'll see. Now, dom
say that Bibbs has got the idea In hi,
head yet--'er else he wouldn't bt
talkin' that fool-talk about nine dol
lars a week beln' good enough for hin
to live on. But It's comm, papa, ant
he'll jump for whatever you want t.
hand him out. He will! And l car
tell you this much, too: he'll want al
the salary and stock he can get hold
of, and he'll hustle to keep gettin
more. That girls the kind that q
young husband just goes crazy to give
things to! She's pretty and fne-lookin'
and things look nice on her, and
guess she'd like to have 'em about as
well as the next And guess she
isn't gettin' many these days, either
| and she'll be pretty ready for the
change. saw her with her sleeves
rolled up at the kitchen window the
| other day, and Jackson told me yester-
| day their cook left two weeks ago, and
| they haven't tried to hire another one
He says her and her mother been dom
the homework a good while, and now
they're doin' the cookin, too. Course
Bibbs wouldn't know that unless she's
told him, and l reckon she wouldn't;
she's kind O. stiffish- lookin', and Bibbs
is too up In the clouds to notice any
think like that for himself. They've
never asked him to a meal in the
house, but he wouldn't notice that,
either-he's kind of innocent. Now
was thinkin'-you know, don't sup
pose we've hardly mentioned the girls
name at table since Jim went, but 1t
seems to me maybe if"
Sheridan flung out his arms, uttering
sound half groan, half yawn. you're
barkin' up the wrong tree! Go on back
to bed, mammal
"Why am II" she demanded, GROSSLY.
why am barkin' up the wrong treeT'
Because you are. There's nothin'
in It."
''I'll bet you" she said, rlsing-"Tn
bet you he goes to church with her this
morning. What you want to bet?"
Go back to bed" he commanded. 81
know what I'm talkin' about; there's
nothin' in 1t. I tell you"
She shook her head perplexedly
'Then-do you know something about
it that you amt told met"
Eyes, l do" he grunted. "Now go
on. Maybe l can get little sleep. !
amt had any yet!'
"Well--" She went to the door. her
expression downcast. 81 thought may
Debut" She coughed prefatorily.
"Oh, papa, something else wanted to
tell you. was talkin' to Roscoe over
the phone last night when the tele-
gram came. so | forgot to tell you, but
well, Si5yl wants to come over this
afternoon. They expect to get off by
the end O. the week, and l reckon she
wants to feel she's done what she could
| to kind o. make up. Anyway, that's
what he said. But what l thought
was, no use bein' rough with her, papa
Il expect she's suffered good deal
and don't think we'd ought to be, on
Roscoe's account. You'll-you'll be
kind O. polite to her, won't you, papa
He mumbled something which was
smothered under the coverlet he had
pulled over his head.
"WhatT she said. timidly. 81 was
just sayin' l hoped you'd treat SHY
all right when she comes, this after
noon. You will, won't you, papa?"
He threw the coverlet Off furiously
81 presume sop he roared.
She departed guiltily.
But If he had accepted her profferet
wager that Bibbs would go to churcl
with Mary Vertrees that morning, Mrs
Sheridan would have lost. They mean
| to 90 to church. But 1t happened
that they were attentively preoccupiet
in a conversation as they came to tn,
church; and they had gone an incredi
Bile number of blocks beyond it befor,
they discovered their error. However
feeling that they might be embarrass
ingly late If they returned, they de
cided that a walk would make then
as good. 1t was a MINDLESS winte
morning, with an inch of crisp snow
over the ground. So they walked. an,
for the most part they were silent, blu
on their way home, after they ha,
turned back at noon, they began to b
laxative again.
MARY" said Bibbs, after a time
Fam I a sleep-walker"
She laughed a little, then locke
grave. "Does your father say 20
areT
"Yes-when he's in mood to fiatte
me. Other times. other names. II
has quite list"
"You mustn't mind" she said, gently
Hes been getting some pretty sever
shocks. What you've told me make
me pretty sorry for him, Blbbs. Nv
always been sure he's very big"
Eyes. Big and-blind. He's like
Hercules without eyes and without an
consciousness except that of hi
: strength and of his purpose to gro,
stronger. Stronger for what? Fo
nothing"
Are you sure, Bibbs? II can't b
for nothing; it must be stronger 70