New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

tell thishere Dills wait a minute, an
walk in the liberty. Oh, ladies!"
"What'd he say?" Herbert asked
eagerly.
"He dim say nothin'," Mrs. Silver
replied eloquently. "He hollered."
What did. he holler?"
"He want know dim he never tell
her thishere DiIls can't smoke no
mo- cigareets Gu his property. an
dim he tell her he WASH goin' allow
him on the place nohow! He say she
got to go back on the po'che an run
thishere lii Dills off home. He say
he give her fair choice; she kin run
him off, or else he go on out an
chase him away hisse'f. He claim
III Dills ain got no biznuss roun'
callin' nowhere t all, cause he on'y
make fo'teen dollars a week an ain
wuth it. He say"--
She was confirmed in this report
by an indignant interruption from
Florence. That's just what he did
say, the old thing! / heard him, my
self, and if you care to ask me, I'll
be glad to inform you that think
grandpa's conduck was simply in
sultingl"
Deed It were!" said Mrs. Silver.
"That's dess whut he claim hisse'f
he mean it fer. But you tell me,
please, how you hear whut YOU
grampaw say? He mighty noisy, but
you new could a-hear him plumb to
whur you live"
III wasn't home," said Florence.
IL was over here"
"Then you mus a. made you u'se'f
mighty skimpish, cause amt seen
youl"
Nobody saw me. I wasn't in the
house." said Florence. u was out
in front"
S'Whurbouts 'out in front'?"
We'll, was sitting on the ground
up against the Iattlcework of the
front porch"
"Whut fer?'
well, it was dark" said Flor
ence. Il just kind Of wanted to see
what might be going on"
An you hear all whut you gram
paw talkin on about an ev'ything?"
Il should say SOL You could Of
heard him lots farther than where
/ was"
Ian o misery!" Kitty Silver
cried. "If you done hear him whur
you was, thishere III Dills mus a.
hear him mighty plain."
"He did. How could he help it?
He heard every word, and prettv
soon he came down off the porch
and stood minute; then he went
on out the gate, and | don't know
whether ne went home or not, be-
cause it was too dark to see. But
he didn't come back"
You right he didn't" exclaimed
Mrs. Silver. II reckon he got TO-
thought 'ncugh fer that, anyhow |
bet he ain new goin' come back.
neither. Iou' grampaw say he goin'
be fix fer him, if he do"
eyes, that was while he wa,
standing there said Florence rue
fully "He heard all that, too"
Miss Julia, she s'picion' he don
hear somep'm mother, gue~s."
Kitty Silver went on. "She shet
the liberty do right anos' on YOU
grampaw's nose, whiles he still a.
rampin,' an she slip out on tie
po'che an take look 'roun'; then 90
on up to her own room. 'uz up
there, while after that, turn down
her bed, an she injoyin' herself
readin' book. She feel kline O. nu1
out, I reckon, but she amt stedvio'
about no young III Dills. She want
EN- all to have nice time an like
her, but she goin' lose this one, an
she got plenty to spare. She show
too much class fer to fret about m
Dills."
Il don't care" said Florence. Il
think she ought to fret, whether She
does or not, because | bet he was
feeling just awful. And | think
grandpa behaved like an ole hooo-
ium."
"That'll do," Herbert admonisl1ed
her aternly. "You show von1e rp-
spect for your relations, if You
please"
But his loyalty to the Atwater
fan had bad effect on Florence
"Oh, will II" she returned promptly.
Well, then, if you care to in
qulre my opinion, just politely
think grandpa ought 10 be hangeG,,
"See here"--
b4r Florence and Kitty Silver In
terrupted him simultaneously.
Look at that" Florence cried