The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-13

, II suppose So" said Sheridan, with
out exhibiting any interest. Quincy s
crazIer n Bibbs, but IL he wasn't-if
what he says was true-what of itT'
Listen. papa. Just suppose Bibbs
took 1t into his mind to get married.
You know where he goes all the
time"
"Oh, Lord, yes.' Sheridan turned
over in the bed, his face to the wall,
leaving visible of himself only the
thick grlzZle of his hair. You better
go back to sleep. He runs over there
every minute she'll let him, sup
pose. Go back to bed. There's nothin
In It."
why amt thereT' she urged 81
know better-there is, too You wait
and see. There's just one thing in the
world thatll wake the sleepiest young
man alive up-yes, and make him
jump up--and don't care who he is or
how sound asleep 1t looks like he IS
That's when he takes it into his head
to pick out some girl and settle down
and have a home and children Of his
own. Then, | guess, he'll go out after
the money! You'll see. Now, / don't
say that Bibbs has got the idea In his
head yet-'er else he wouldn't be
talkin' that fool-talk about nine dol
lars a week bein' good enough for him
| to live on. But it's comm, papa, and
| he'll jump for whatever you want to
| hand him out. He will! And I can
| tell you this much. too: he'll want all
| the salary and stock he can get hold
| Of, and he'll hustle to keep gettin'
more. That girls the kind that
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 'em about as
well as the next. And l 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 good while. and now
they're dom the cookin', too. Course
Bibbs wouldn't know that unless she's
told him, and I reckon she wouldn't;
she's kind O. stifflsh-l ookin', and Bibbs
is too up in the clouds to notice any
think like that for himself. They've
never asked him to n meal In the
house, but he wouldn't notice that.
either-he's kind of innocent. Now I
was thinkin'-you know, I 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
a 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 tree?'
Because you are. There's nothin'
in it."
I'm bet you," she said, rising-"I'll
bet you he goes to church with her this
morning. What you want to bet!'
go back to bed" he commanded. Il
know what I'm talkin' about; there's
nothin' in 1t, tell you"
She shook her head perplexedly.
'Then-do you know something about
II that you amt told me-"
rs, L 10, he II uAlSu. A>oV ~
on. Maybe I can get little sleep. l
amt had any yet.'
well" She went to the door, her
expression downcast ~ thought may
be-but-' 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. 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 I thought
was, no use bein' rough with her, papa
Il expect she's suffered a good deal
and I don't think we'd ought to be, on
Roscoe's account. You'll-youll be
kind O. polite to her, won't you, papaT
He mumbed something which was
smothered under the coverlet he had
pulled over his head.
"what7" she said, timidly. IT was
just sayin' l hoped you'd treat Sibyl
all right when she comes, this after
noon. You will, won't you. papa?"
He threw the coverlet of furiously.
| II presume SOL" he roared.
She departed guilty.
| But IL he had accepted her proffered
wager that Bibbs would go to church
with Mary vertrees that morning, Mrs.
Sheridan would have lost. They meant
to go to church. But 1t happened
that they were attentively preoccupied
In a conversation a. they came to the
church; and they had gone an tncredi,
BILE number Of blocks beyond 1t before
| they discovered their error. However,
feeling that they might be embarrass-
ingly late II they returned, thsy de-