The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-03-04
The Luck of
the Lanes
By ELLA S. LAROUCHE

masculine sunlDuhs.
Then in cyciUnic fashion open flew
the Kitchen door and live feet s;A pch-
es of masculine whirlwind burst into
the room. Flourishng aloft the local
Weekly newspaper the excited little
man jerkily exploded;
'Rich-rich, my girl! Now we'll
have everything we want an'-an-
I'll he Square Lane. Oh, MArthy !"
and, making sudden leap, ne pulled
the astonished piddleaged matrop
away from her bread dough and pre-
sented her with two celebration
smacks,
Mate Lane! BE you craHyi" 4.
Gee, Marthyl Guess ! bc--almoSt.
LOCK !" And again Ire waved the pa
per--this time before her face, We're
rich!" he shouted "tec"llect that
knickknack peddler we gave free
board to for few days last winrrf
He said he'd pay us some time. Well,
he's dead. He was really mlser,
Marthy, and he's willed us'-he pauS,
ed for emphasis. and then slowly add
ed-"tifteen thousand dollars"
Gone was Mrs. Mates CompoSure.
Tremblngly she retreatcd into the
depths of the nearest rocker.
..Set down, Nathan. set down. You'd
make dead cow nervous hopping
about like a hungry graSShopper Wed
best decide on what to do right OF and
we must use-er-eiliciency,
Industrious tongues worked over
time Their fortune expanded with
each retellng, until the couple them
selves had vague belief in the cXng-
gerations, and a multi-misliOnairc Splr-
II pervaded their systems,
The church committee paid an early
visit and incidentally called their at
tention 10 the condition of the shingles
on the meeting house.
"Wal, Square drawled Deacon
Saunders, you'll he one Of our lead
ing citizens now. and we know you'll
show the right spirit. lectle con-
tribution just at the beginning, 50 10
EDtdk. "oulu llhlll XIV NV Wv
pie a feeling Of confidence in you. y"
reason why you shouldn't be church
treasurer now, Deacon Grimes is :"
poorly now, and you'll be Sc
lectman and on the school board next
year, of course.
Square" Lane beamed.
Him, er'-he hpsitat@d and glaNr"d
surreptitiousy at Martha, who appear
ed unimpresSed by the square 'Er
wal. I'll give you sUInethm, OF
course Marthy and I'll talk il over
and let you know. soon
The next morning the couple decided
to go to FitZwell and draw on jlt",r
entire savings for Immediate use pend
ing the arrival of the fifteen thousand
"We'll 90 shopping hr"cHily an
nounced the julHIanr Martha. Il IA
going 10 the Ladies Aid "Wednesday
afternoon in The best SIX dress This
town ever saw. You've grI to quit
chewing tobacco. Nathan. and hny
some cigars, and I'm going to get my
fingernails shampoDed.
That night Il weary, heavily Laden
couple returned TO a cold houS" ana
we're almost immediately forced t" adj
nit interested and enviuuS nelghhorS.
At eleven O'clock they were again
alone. Martha CHANGED tn glance to-
ward Nathan just as he was in the
act of biting OF II generous moulhful
of his favori,e tobacco That bite was
never coDsummated. .'."o ....
mr.. Lane, tobacco chewing is n
filthy habit. I'll have no Spitto0ns
whensI get my new carpets" p
''Ie don't sayt" sneercd the new
made CrOeSus III spile a carpet |
can buy new one. Maybe when We
git them new gewgaws on you'll he
casting about for another man"
Mrs. Croesus retaliated with force
and venom, and no peace treaty on
earth would have had any Influence
on that domestic battle. II.
In the early morning hours exhaust
ton triumphed and they rptired-to
separate bedrooms. s
Mr.. Lane in the cold discomfort of
the spare bedroom started 10 remove
his clothes. The latest edition Of the
city daily newspaper fell from one Of
his pockets. .
His mind reverted TO his inheritance
and with the idea of obtaining more
information concerning his eccentric
benefactOr he glazed over the head
ings Sure enough, there II was
He sat down on the edge Of the
bed, and, regardless Of the cold VI
stoned the glorious future. Martha
was always beside him. of coure uc
felt vaguely troubled Why had tley
quarreled? Really, il was his duty to
give her chance to apologize.
His wife stood before HMM tears.
''Marthy -Marthy" he suffered in
a tone Of deep contrition.
"Confonnd the money anyway" he
exploded I've never guarrpIcd like
that before Let's make mp Manhy."
Confused, repentant he filmblcd
aimlessly with the paper he held in his
hand, and with hardly thought Of
what he was doing glanced again AZ
the heading, "The millionaire Ped
dlcr." He read further. Their With