Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-16

! but pure cream on this cake.
amt a goin' TO count the expense
Uncle Peabody danced around the
table and sang a stanza OF the old
ballad, which l have forgotten, but
which begins:
"Come. PhiIander, let us be
a-marcin."
How well I remember that hour
with the doors open and the sun
shining brightly on tho blossom
ing fields and the 10y OF man and
bird and beast in the return OF
summer and the talk about the late
visit Of Alma Jones and Mr.. ana
Mrs. Lincoln!
While we were eating 7 told them
about the letter of old Kate.
Fullerton" Aunt Deel excIaim-
ed. Are ye sure that was the
name, Bart?"
Eyes"
Goodness gracious sakes alive!"
She and Uncle Peabody gave each
other looks of surprised inquiry.
DO you know anybody by that
name?" I asked.
I'VE used to-" said Aunt Deel as
she resumed her eating. Cant be
she's one O. the Sam Fullertons,
can it,"
"Oh, probIy not" said Uncle Pea
body. Back east they's more Full
lertons than We could shake a stick
at. Say, I see the biggest bear this
mornin' that l ever see in all the
days o. my life.
the fify-mile woods an down along
/ the edge o. the mash an up into
the bushes on the lower side o. the
pastur. All to once I heerd some
thin'i l stopped an peeked
through the bushes couldn't see
much-so dark. Then the OF bear
riz up on her kinds legs clus to me.
We didn't like the looks o. one
mother an begun to edge off very
careful.
Seems so I kind o. said to the OF
bear: Excuse me-
Seems so the OF bear kind O. an
swered: 'Sart'nly.'
Il got down to a little run, near
by, steppin' as soft as a cat.
could just see a white stun on the
side o. it, / lifted my foot to step
on the stun an jump across. B-r-r!
The stun jumped up an scampered
through the bushes. Then l was
scairt. Goshalmighty! ! lost con-
fidence in everything. Seemed 50
all the bushes turned into bears.
| Jerusalem, how ! run. When !
got to the barn I was purity nigh
used up"
How did it happen that the stone
jumped?" | asked.
"Oh, o guess t was a rabbit"
said Uncle Peabody.
Thus Uncle Peabody led us OF
into the trail of the bear and the
problem of Kate and the Sam Full
lertons concerned us no more at
that time.
A week later we had our raising.
Uncle Peabody did not want pub
lie raising, but Aunt Deel had had
her way We had hewed and NOR
tised and bored the timbers for our
new home. The neighbors came
with the pixies and helped 10 raise
and stay and cover them. A great
amount of human kindness went
into the beams and rafters OF that
home and Of others like IL. ] knew
that The Thing was still alive IN
the neighborhood, but even that
could not paralyze the helpful
hands of those people Indeed what
was said of NY Uncle Peabody was
nothing more or less than kind
of conversational frewood ! can
noe think that any one really be-
lieved il.
We had a cheerful day A barrel
of hard cider had ben set up in the
dooryard, and l remember that
some drank it too freely The he-o-
hee of the men as they lifted on the
pixies and the sound of the hammer
and beetle rang in the air from
morning until night. Mrs. Rodney
Barnes and Mrs. Dorothy came 70
help Aunt Deel with the cooking
and a great dinner was served on
an improyised table in the door
yard, where the stove was set up.
The shingles and sheathes and
clapboards were on before the day
ended.
When they were about TO 60 tho
men filled their cups and drank 10
Aunt Deel.
Continued tomorrow