The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09

were lucky! Marry her? The man
that found himself tied up to that
girl"
Terrible funny. terrible funnyw
said Roscoe. with sarcasm. "It's so
funny l broke 4 cut glass decanter
and spilled . quart Of"
"Waitw she begged. you'll see. l
saw a big wagon drive up and some
men go into the house. Well. l
thought I'd see. SO slipped overland
1t was their plano! They'd sold 1t and
were trying to sneak 1t out after dark.
so nobody'd catch onw Again she
gave way to her enjoyment, but re-
sumed, as her husband seemed about
to interrupt tho narrative, "Wait a
minute, can't your Yes, they'd sold 1t;
and I hope they'll pay some of their
debts. They owe everybody, and last
week q coal dealer made an awful fuss
at the door with Mr.. Vertrees. Their
cook told our upstairs girl, and she
said she didn't know when she'd seen
any money. herself Did you ever
hear Of such a case as that girl in your
nfeT
what girl! Their cookY'
THAT yertrees girl! Don't you see
they looked on our coming up into this
neighborhood as their last chance7
They were just going down and out,
and here bobs up the green, rich Sheri-
dan family! So they send her out to
get Sheridan-she's got to get one!
And she just goes In blind; and Jim
was landed-there's no doubt about
that! But Jim was lucky: he didn't
live to stay landed, and it's a good
thing for himw sibyl's mirth had van
tshed. and she spoke with virulent ra-
pidity. "Well, she couldn't get you.
because you were married, and she
couldn't get Jim, because Jim died
And there they were. dead broke! Do
you know what she did7 Do you know
what she's doing?"
mo. don't" said Roscoe, gruffiy.
SibyPs voice rose and eliminated in
a scream Of renewed hilarity. "Bibbs!
She waited in the graveyard, and drove
home with him from Jim's funeral
Never spoke to him before! Jim wasn't
coldw
She rocked herself back and forth
upon the divan. "Bibbs!" she shrieked
"Bibbs! Roscoe. think of 1t! Bibbsr
He stared unsympathetically. but
her mirth was unabated for all that.
"And yesterday" she continued, be
tween paroxysms-"yesterda she
came out OF the house-just as he was
passing She must have been looking
out-waiting the chance; l saw the
old lady watching at the window! And
she got him there last night-to play
to him: the old lady gave that away!
And today she made him take her out
in machine! And the cream OF 1t Is
that they didn't even know whether he
was insane or not-they thought may
be he was, but she went after him
just the same! The old lady set her
self to pump me about 1t today. Bibbs'
oh. my Lord. Bibbs!"
But Roscoe looked grim. $50 it's
funny to you, Is 1t? 1t sounds kind of
pitiful to me. I should think 1t would
to a woman, too"
"Oh. 1t might" she returned, sober
ing. "It might, II those people weren't
such frozen-faced smart Alexis II
they'd had the decency to come down
OF the perch a little probably
wouldn't think 1t was funny. but to
see 'em sit up on their pedestal all the
time they're eating dirt-weIl. I think
it's funny! That girl sits up as II she
was Queen Elizabeth. and expects
people to wallow on the ground before
her until they get near enough for her
| to give 'em a good kick with her old
| patched shoes-oh, she'd do that, all
| right!-and then she powders up and
goes out to mash-Bibbs Sheridan"
"Look here" said Roscoe, heavily:
Il don't care about that one way or
another. If you're through. l got
something want to talk to you about.
was going to, that day just before we
heard about JIM"
At this Sibyl stiffened quickly; her
| eyes became intensely bright. What
is it?"
"Well." he began. frowning. what
was going to say then" He broke
OF, and, becoming conscious that he
was still holding the wet napkin in his
hand, threw it pettishly into a corner.
Il never expected I'd have to say any
thing like this to anybody married :
but I was going to ask you what was
| the matter between you and Lam
horn"
Sibyl uttered q sharp monosyllable.
"WellY"
II felt the time had come for me to
know about It," he went on. "You
never told me anything"
| You never asked" she interposed.
curtly.
"Well. we'd got In a way Of not
talking much" said Roscoe. "It looks
to me now as II we'd pretty much lost
the run Of each other the way a good
many people do. I don't say it wasn't
my fault I was up early and down to
work all day, and I'd come home tired
| at night and went to 10 to bed soon n