The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13

toGether-if he sver wakes up he
says. Wasn't that exactly what he
saysf'
Il suppose %" said Sheridan, with
ont exhibiting any interest. Journeys
crazier n Blbbs, but II he wasn't:
what he says wal true-what OF it7'
Listen. papa. Just suppose Bibbs
took It into his mind to get married.
You know where he goes ail the
time"
"Oh, Lord. yesl~ Sheridan turned
over in the bed. his face to the wall,
leaving visibs OF himself only the
thick grizzle Of his hair. you better
go back to sleep. He runs over there
every minute she'll let him, l sup
pose. Go back to bed. There's nothin'
in It."
"Why amt there1" she urged. II
know better-there 10, too! You wait
and see. There's Just thing In the
world thatM wake the sleepiest young
mar alive up-ye4 and make him
Jump up-and I don't carr who be Is or
how sound asleep II looks like he Is.
That's when he takes It into his head
to pick out some girl and settle down
and have . homo and children Of his
own. Then, I guess, he'll go out after
the money! You'll see. Now, l don't
say that Bibbs has got tho idea in his
head yet-'er else no wouldn't be
talkin' that fsol-talk about nine dol
lars : week bein' good enough for him
to i've on. But It's comm, papa, and
he'll Jump for whatever you want to
hand him out. He Will! And can
tell you this much, to-: he'll want ali
he salary and stock hs can get hold
Of. and he'll hustle to keep gettin'
moro That girls TIE kind that a
young husband just goes crazy to give
things to! She's pretty and nne-lookin',
and things look nice on her, and
guess she'd like to have EN- about as
well ~ the next And l guess she
isn't gettin' many these days, either,
and she'll be pretty ready for the
change. l saw her with her sleeves
rolled up at the kitchen window the
other day, and Jackson told me yestcr-
day their cook left two weeks ago, aud
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 dom the cookin'. too. Course
Bibbs wouldn't know that unless she's
told him, and l reckon she wouldn't:
she's kind o. stifish-lookin', and Bibbs
II too up In the clouds to notice any
think like that for himself. They've
never asked him to Z meal in the
house. but he wouldn't notice that.
either-hc's kind OF innocent. Now I
wal thinkin'-you know, l don't sup
pose we've hardly mentioned the girls
name at table since Jim went. but 1t
seems to me maybe IT,"
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 I'm II" she demanded. GROSSLY.
Why am I barkin' up the wrong tree7 r
because Jon are. There's nothin'
n It"
I'm bit you," abe said. rising-'I'll
bet you he goes to church with her this
morning. What you want to bet9"
"0o back 70 bed." he commanded. Il
know what I'm talkin' about: there's
nothin' In Il ! toll ron"
She shook her head perplexedly.
'.Then-do ron know something about
Il that you Amt told ne1'
"Yea, I Do" hs gruntcd. "Now 90
on. Maybe I car set . little sleep. !
amt had any yet!'
"Well-" She went to the door. her
expression downcast. Il thought may
be-but-" She cougLed %prefatorily.
"Oh. papa, something else l wanted to
tell you. I was talkin' to Roscoe over
the phone last night when the tele-
gram came, 70 I forgot to tell you. but
well, Sibyl wants to come over this
afternoon. They expect to get OF by
the end o. the week, and | reckon she
wants to feel she's done what she could
to kind O. make up. Anyway, that's
what he said. But what | thought
was, no use bean' rough with her. papa
II expect she's suffered Z good deal
and l don't think we'd ought to be. on
Roscoe's account. You'll-you'l be
kind o polite to her. won't you, papa?"
He mumbled something which was
smothered under tho covsrlet he had
pulled over his head.
"What7" che said, timidly. Il was
just sayin' | hoped you'd treat Sibyl
al right when shs comes, this after
noon. You will. Won't you, papa?"
he threw tho ~covcrlet on furiously.
II presume soy" no reared.
She departed guilty.
But II he had accepted her profered
wager that Bfbbs would so to church
with Mary yertrecs that morning. Mrs.
Sheridan would have lost. They meant
to 60 to church. But It happened
that they wer attentively preoccupied
II = conversation ~ they came to the
church: and they had gone nm incredi-
BIZ number Of blocks beyond It before
they discovered their error. However,
loollng that thsy might b smbarra0-
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