The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-17

Charlie says. The wldder was hol-
lering for Ananias to go in and save
her pOcketbook and her gold watch
from under her pillow, and Miss Phoe-
be was screeching at him if be loved
her to go and do the same kindness
for her.
$50 Ananias. being brave in some
ways, tied a handkerchief over his
mouth and sailed into the house. He
had to grope his way around upstairs
to find their pillows with the treas
ures under them and not trying to save
anything of his own he staggered
downstairs again and gave the widder
bundle tied in a handkerchief and
another one just like it to Miss Phoebe.
Then, being little man and not much
stamina to him, he just tainted away
from swallowing too much smoke.
Just then the fire company arrived,
towing the engine, and by the time
they'd flooded the widder's dining room
/ and kitchen they discovered that the
fire was in the stove and nowhere else,
but the smoke was all over the house.
"Cap'n Charlie says that them three
was the maddest people he ever saw.
Both the wimmen being caught disha-
billy, as Miss Pringle said, was bad
enough, but it seems that Ananias had
mixed up the bundles under their pill
lows, and while the wilder had Miss
Phoebe's watch and pocketbook and
small cargo of Ananias' poems to her
Zone of them was called, TO my Phoe-
be Bird,') why Miss Phoebe had the
widders watch and money and pack
age Of Ananias' love letters tied with a
blue ribbon-Maria, do you sleep with
my love letters tied with blue ribbon
under your pillow?" demanded the cap
tain, turning to his good wife.
DO go on, Barnabas. We're dying
to hear the rest of it" urged Maria.
"Well, the rest of it was a terrible
wrangle between the widder and Miss
Phoebe Pringle when the two ladies
exchanged private and personal prop
erty and private and personal opinions
of each other, and their opinions
wasn't fiattering, neither. As for Ana.
MAS, when he found out what had
happened he give himself up for lest,
and naturally he come to me to wealth
er the gale. Miss Phoebe went hot
foot back to Little River, while the
widder's been busy cleaning up her
house., M
"And where's Ananias been keeping
himself all this timer asked Maria
suspieiously.
Captain Barnabas removed his pipe
from his lips and pointed out to the
bay where his ship. the Indus, lay at
anchor, enjoying an idle old age in her
home port.
"Ananias shipped aboard the Indus
the very next day, and if you look you
will see his little dory bobbing out to-
ward her now. | reckon he's got his
victuals in basket, and he cooks for
himself, and he'll have quiet, peace
full time till the wilder Rowell for.
gives him and sends for him to come
back again"
"How about Miss Phoebe Pringle and
her blighted affections?" asked curl.
ously.
."Homely as scrag fencel" inter.
polated Maria.
Miss Phoebe-why, she took her
blighted affections back to Little River,
and she's having the poems that Ana.
MAS wrote to her all printed in the
Little River Echo with her own name
signed to 'em, and Ananias is bitter
against her, but he don't dare say a
word"
That's the punishment of the deceit
full and the cat-footed," said Maria as
she arose to prepare supper.