Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-15
PART l-continued.

HerlAerl at once withdrew few
steps. placing his hands behind him.
Listen. here" he said you think we
got time 10 read LOT o writin' In
yaur 81" handwritin' that nobody can
read anyhow, and then 60 to work and
snii ant mol to print II on the printin'
press? guess we got work enough
prnfin what we wrote for our news
paper our own selves! My goodness,
Florence, told You this isn't any
t.hIld~ piay!'
Florence appeared to be somewhat
ialfied well" she said. well, you
better PIT this poem In your ole news
paper II you want to have anyhow one
thug In II that won't make everybody
sick that reads It,"
Il went do Ill" Herbert said, more
firmly.
What you take us for?n his partner
added. convincingly.
"All right, then" Florence respond
I'd, with apparent decislveness. an
go bacl. ard tell Uncle Joseph and he'll
take tlis printing press back"
File will not take II back. | already
did Tell him how you keep pokin'
around iry.n' to run everything, and
Ne just Worried our lIfes out tryin' 10
keep YOU away. He said he bet 1t was
hard job that's what Uncle Joseph
said. SO go on, tell him anything you
want 70. You don't get yor ole poem
In our newspaper
moi If she lived to be two hundred
years o,d." Henry Rooter added
Then ie had an afterthought mot
unless she pays for It,"
How 90 you mean2 Herbert asked,
puzzled
lienry's brow had become corrugat-
ed with no little professional impress
siYeness. "you know what we were
iaiEin about this morning" he said
.'How the right way to run our news
paper, we ought to have some adver-
tiscInents In II and everything Well,
we want money, don't we? We could
pui this poem In our newspaper like
an advertisement; that Is, IL Florence
has got any money, we could
Herbert frowned. III her ole poem
isn't too long. guess we could, Here,
LETS sse Ii, Florence And, taking
the sheet OF paper In his hand, he
studied the dimensions of the poem,
si.ougi, without palnlng himself to read
1t. "Weil, | guess, maybe we can do
II. he siid. "How much ought we to
charge iier?'
THIS question plunged Henry Rooter
into i state of calculation, while Flor
cnce observed him with yelled anxl-
efy. but after time he looked up,
ITS brow showing continued strain.
EDO You xeep bank, Florence-for
olckels and dimes and maybe quar-
ters. you know" he inquired.
II was her cousin who tnpulsively
replied for her. mo, she, don't" he
said.
.Sot since was about seven years
did! Florence added sharply, though
wlti dignity. "Do you still make mud
I,ir. III sanr back yard. pray?"
"Som, see here!" Henry objected.
n Try and he lady anyway for a few
p.lI,utes, can't your got to figure
nuf i.)w lauch we got to charge you
~. yc..r ole poem, don't II"
.slAeii. them" Florence returned,
y ,nu better ask me somep'm about
ti,at. fatn't your
Mel" said Henry Rooter, have
~, trt any money at homer
"No. | haven't"
siiarc YOU got any money with
yMl?"
ayes. have"
"Hnw much Is itf'
II won't tell you
Hetry frowned. II guess we ought
10 make her pay about two dollars and
Il half" he said, turning to his part
ner.
Herbert felt deferentlal; 1t seemed
"a him that he had formed business
association with genius, and for a
moment he was dazzied; then he re-
memheref Flnrence's financial capac-
flies. always well known to him, and
lie looked depressed. Florence, her
Atif. Looked indignant.
"Twn collars and half!p she cried
t.why. coria buy this whole place
fas two dollars and half. printing
press. railing. and all--yes. and you
ti;rowt IA, Mister Henry Rooter!"
10. bara EYnranca Harry said