Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-28
Moving
the Movers
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BY ]. L. JAMES
iCopyright)


mournfully about the caves. A lone
drummer, two or three farmers, and
myself. were waiting for the local go
ing west, q Swaying Combination of one
rickety passenger coach, any number OF
freight cars, and a sputtering little hog
back engine.
The train made daily trips, but on
its return each afternoon, or midnight,
beeameNo. instead of No. Its west
bound cognomen.
The road boasted of another train,
subject, also, to daily change of num-
bers-No. 2 and No. "A real passen-
ger train, due late in the afternoon,
and likely to arrive at any time there
after.
On this particular morning, No. /,
known by the boys as "The Great Un-
limited" was also late. No one was
surprised. The drummer, who had
worked the whole town since break
fast, and had then defeated all the local
checker champions, was trying to kill
time by doing in a corner, or slapping
at some stray fly.
1 had kept awake watching his an
ties for while, then discovered dirt
dauber's nest on horseshoe over a
door, and for an hour or SO divided
time between wondering how that indi
vidual discovered that a horseshoe
brought good luck, and listening to the
progress of domino game in the office,
hot no OnIV "
man in town.
Suddenly the outer door opened with
a crash. man, a woman, and several
children entered, showing by all signs
in sight or hearing that they were emf
grants, or, as locally termed, mowers"
The woman was carrying, in one
hand, an old umbrella, a frying pan,
and bird cage with half-grown rab-
bit in it. In the other hand she had
hatbox. Under one arm was square,
boxlike old clock, and from her wrist
hung bag that bulged with conglom-
GRAFTON of articles.
Behind the woman came q girl Of
perhaps, eight years, carrying another
clock of different shape, and an anX-
| ious-looking gray cat that seemed to
have it's attention divided between fear
of falling and the desire to eat the rab
! bit.
The man carried nothing but a big
| fat bawling baby of two years,
| wrapped up in. red and green
| blanket. Other children followed, some
carrying various articles some crying,
| others eating peanuts.
The children all came into the depot
| readily enough, but seemed to have no
further idea what was expected of
| them, and stood gazing at the lurid
| posters, maps and excursion notices, or
| stumbled over seats and suitcases.
"Now, set down. commanded the
mother, land don't stand around gapn'
! like lot O eegiots!' y
The youthful mowers" broke ranks,
some to Chamber into seats, others TO
! go on tour of inspection of every
thing within range. The mother pushed
| one clock under seat. found q lamp
bracket for the bird cage, and sat down
with the baby and the other clock in
her lap. having deposited the bag on
the seat beside her.
Then the clock under the seat began
| to strike Justify. AS it finished the
| thirty-seventh stroke, the alarm in the
| clock in her lap went off with such
| bang that the baby took fright, and fell
| off it's mothers lap onto the floor with
| fresh yells of terror.
| stole a look over the top Of my
magazine, behind which had been try
| ing to screen myself, and vainly tried
| to catch the drummer's eye, but he was
| gazing out of the window pinching him
self to keep from disturbing the peace.
| The baby, in falling, landed some
| where near the middle of the catch-all
| bag, and the mother made plunge for
/! it as if the child were on fire. Then
| the clock in her hap began striking
| some unknown hour.
"Now. Elviry.' she shrieked. there
| you've went and done it | bet you
| broke yo paws mushtash-cup."
The guardian OF the household eff
| fects had just rearranged the baby, the
| Dag. ana Ille CLOCK, NHeil htT Whittier
| ing gaze missed her first-bOrn. a shock
| headed boy who had not remained in
the waiting room long after the arrival
| of the family.
The baby was at once deposited
upon the floor, where it beloved
] wrathfully. The panic-stricken wOm-
nm sped for the door, jerked it open
and set up a shrill:
| "Bus-s-ter! You Buster! Bus
ter-r-r-r" winding up with an ear
| splitting whoop.
The wind made straight in at the
! door for the papers on the agents
neglected desk The freight bills flew
over the Office and disturbed the check
er game long enough for the agent TO
| interfere with the remark: Here, I'll
bust you!"
Then, as he leaned out of the ticket
window far enough to see that the of
/ fender was a woman, his chivalry got
| the better of him, and he toned down
| bit, saying: Madam. if you don't
| shut that door, l won't have paper
| in the house. and they will be suing
| me- for soaring all the horses ant of