The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-06

| lurked in the corner of her eye, ac-
cused her of dallying and almost said
aloud, Eventually! why not now?"
Finally she slipped off the rest of her
dainty clothes and with eyes screwed
tight shut, CROPPED for the presence
seized 1t and put it on in two parts.
"Oh" she gasped in a rage, that
l should have to wear that beasts silk
pajamas !" She put out the light,
hurled herself at the cot, curled up
like kitten, drew the sheet over her
head, cuddled into the pillow and
sobbed, "Poor Andrea Poor Andrea
Pel-Pe---"
Brutal, elemental sleep had choked
the words in her throat.
There Is no telling when Andrea
would have awaked had it not been
for Bathtub, who Numbered on her
door at the scandalously late hour in
that cline Of eight in the morning.
bath ready, Missis Bath ready,
Missisl" he was chanting monoto-
nously. She arose, put on her cloak,
opened the door and rubbed her eyes
at the shock Of monday glare.
The boy grinned from ear to ear.
Bath readyi" he exclaimed with a
happy f1nality and bearing towels and
soap led her to the newly constructed
little hut in the yard. He placed the
paraphernalia on chair set close to
collapsible canvas tub and from a
neighboring smoldering fire fetched a
big tin of water.
"Hot water' cried Andrea. "Why
I'm boiling myself. Bring me cold
water"
Gold water no good" affirmed Bath
tub as he emptied the tin.
"But wish cold water" said An
drea.
"Cold water plenty no good fol
white Missis." reafiirmed Bathtub ant
behind him.
Andrea enjoyed the bath and learned
in ten minutes the soundness of the
tropical rule that it had taken some
old-timer ten years to evolve: The hot
ter the day the hotter the water. Feel
ing refreshed, almost cool. she started
back to her room, but stopped on thu
veranda, her eyes held by sundry things
on the table, mans soft shirt, freshl,
ironed, a roll of khaki cloth, scissors
a thimble and one of those pepper-po
tins OF assorted needles. She stare,
at them long and helplessly her lowe
lip trembling; then she went in, pu
on her things except her frock ant
covered its lack with her cloak. Sh
did her hair last of all, by way o
change, and just as she finished hear
Bathtub's call to breakfast.
Neither white man nor black was il
evidence, but even so the day passe
swiftly, so many were the new feature
Of the craaps changing scene. Sh
chose a book at random had her han
mock-chair dragged into the shade G
the dining tree and stretched out I
her first lesson in lazy content. Graz
ually she grew drowsy with the hea
but not so sleepy that she failed
hear from away Off the far-carryin
report, six times repeated, of higl
| powered rifle.
Bathtub, squatted near by, locke
I'D with beatific smile. master" b
stated.
1t was two hours later when tn
incident was repeated in every deta
save that the shots came from sti
farther away; and about three houl
after, once more the thing happene
Bathtub rolled his eyes and huge
! himself in gormandizing anticipate
as he breathed the word, "MasterW
Andrea was vaguely interested unit
the sequel TO those eighteen sho
began to arrive and then she WI
}, stunned with horror. Amid the shou
of men and the shrlll ulululooing I
t the women they began TO come
:. beast after beast, each trussed to
d pole and borne by six, sometimes eigh
t naked and straining blacks.
k First to arrive were five sable ant
) lopc, beautiful even in death, the pror
sweep of their glorious horns inverte
p shick tongues dragging in the dus
n che bearers did not stop within II
s. craal. but passed through 1T, char
ID Ing wildly as though they were e
a. gagged in a perverted Bacchanalia
~ pageant of blood. Women and chi
le dren streamed after them, and eve
r Bathtub looked Ionpinply I'm the dire