The Snowflake herald., 1921-10-21

them. Some way the news Oh my act
has got here from Springfield. Sarah
was kind of cut up. Jack KelsO has
nicknamed me The man with the iron
arms and Abe, who is better man
every way, laughs at my embarrass-
ment and says ought to feel honored.
For one thing Jack Armstrong has
become a good citizen. His wife has
fOxed a pair of brceches for Abe.
They say McNoll has left the country.
There has been no deviltry here since
that day. l guess the gang is broken
up-too much iron in its way"
Sarah enjoyed fixing up the cabin.
Jack Kelso had given her some deer
and buffalo skins to lay on the floors.
The upper room, reached by stick
ladder, had its two beds, one of which
Harry occupied. The children slept
below in trundle bed that was
pushed under the larger one when it
was made up in the morning.
"Some time I'm going to put in
| windletrap and get rid o. that stick
ladder" Samson had said
England home maker. Under her
hand the cabin, in color, atmosphere
and general neatness, would have de-
lighted higher taste than was to be
| found on the prairieS, save in the
brain of Kelso, who really had some
acquaintance with beauty. To be sure
the bed was in one corner, spread
with it's upper cover knit of gray yarn
harmoniZing In color with the bark
of the log walls. A handsome dark
brown buffalo robe lay beside it, The
rifle and powder horn were hung
above the mantel. The fireplace had
its crane of wrought iron.
Every one in the little village came
to the house warming. The people
were In their best clothes. The women
wore dresses of new calico-save Mrs.
Doctor Allen, who wore a black silk
dress which had come with her from
her late home in Lexington. BIN
Kelso came in dress Of red muslin
trimmed with white lace. Ann Rut-
ledge also wore red dress and came
with Abe. The latter was rather
grotesque in his new linsey trousers,
Of a better length than the former
pair, but still too short.
''It isn't fair to blame the trousers
or the tailor" he had said when he
had tried them on. "My legs are so
long that the imagination of the tailor
is sure to fall short If the cloth don't.
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ure with ten-foot pole instead of
yardstick. If they're too long / can
roll 'em up and let out link or two
when they shrink. Ever since was
boy / have been troubled with shrink
ing pants.'
Abe wore a blue swallow-tail coat
with brass buttons, the tails of which
were so short as to be well above the
danger Of pressure when he sat down.
His cOwhide shoes had been well
blackened; the blue yarn of his socks
showed above them. "These darned
socks of mine are rather proud and
conceited," he used to say. ''They
like to show off,"
He wore shirt of white, .un-
bleached cotton, a starched collar and
black tie
In speaking of his collar to Samson,
he said that he felt like a wild horse
in a box STALL
Mentor Graham, the schoolmaster,
was there-a smooth-faced man with
large head. sandy hair and small
mustache, who spoke by note, as it
were. Kelso called him the great
| articulator and said that he walked
in the valley Of the shadow of Lindley
Murray. He seemed to keep watch
| full eye on his words, as If they were
lot Of schoolboys not to be trusted.
They came out with a kind of self
conscious rectitude.
The children's games had begun
and the little house rang with their
songs and laughter, while their elders
sat by the fire and along the walls
talking Ann Rutledge and BIN Kelso
and Harry Needles and John Mcneil
! played with them. In one of the
dances all joined in singing the
| verses:
| / won't have none o. yer weevily wheat,
l won't have none o. yer. barley;
i won't have none O. yer weevily wheat,
| To make a cake for Charley.
| Charley is fine young man,
Charley is a dandy,
| Charley likes to kiss the girls,
| Whenever it comes handy.
| When a victim was caught in the
flying scrimmage at the end of a pas
sage in the game of Prisoners, he or
she was brought before the blind
folded judge:
Heavy, heavy hangs over your
head" said the constable
Fine or superfne?" the judge in
/ CURED
Fine" said the constable which
meant that the victim was a boy.
Then the sentence was pronounced
and generally it was this:
| "Go bow to the wittiest, kneel to
| the prettiest and kiss the one that YOU