Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-14
A TEMPERED WIND
By O. HENRY S.s III i: w. ;ss,:s e
Continued From Page one.)


the trick?"
Pocket money" says hes that's, all.
coup de rye straw is good for $40 IN a
| town of this size How do ] work 1t?
! Why, l involve myself, as you perceive;
in the loathsome apparel OF the rurii
dub. Thus embalmed l am Jonas STUB
blefeld-a name impossible to improve
upon. / repair noisily to the otflce OF
some loan company conveniently located
in the third-foor. front There | lay
my hat and yarn gloves on the moor ana
ask to mortgage my farm for 5000 70
pay for my sisters musical educat ton In
| Europe. Loans like that always suit the
| loan compa nies. It's ten TO one that
when the note falls due the foreclosure
couple of lengths.
well, sir, I reach in my pocket for the
abstract of title; but suddenly hear my
| team running away. | run TO the WIN
dow and emit the word-or exclamation,
rush downstairs and down the street
returning in few minutes. Dang tnen
mules, ! says; they done run away anu
busted the 'doubletree and two traces.
Now I got to hoof it home, for l never
brought no money along. Reckon we II
talk about that loan some other Time
| gen lemen
Then spreads out my tarpaulin, like
to drop.
why, no, Mr. Stubbleheld,' says the
lobster colored party in the specs and
| dotted pique vest; 'obltge us by aceept.
| ing this SO bill until tomorrow. Get
your harness repaired and call in at 10
| Wen be pleased to accommodate you In
the matter of this loan
TITS a slight thing, says Buckingham
Skinner, modest, but as / said only Tor
| temporary loose change"
TITS nothing to be ashamed Of" says
| /, in respect for his modification; IN
case of an emergency. OF course, It's
small compared to organizing q trust or
bridge whist, but even the Chicago Uni.
versity had TO be started In a small way
What's your graft these daysf" Buck
| ingham skinner asks me
The legitimate" says Il m hand
| ling rhinestones and Or. Oleum Snaps
Electric Headache Battery and the Swiss
War5Ier's Bird Call, a small lot of the
new queer ones and twos, and the 30,
nanza Budget, consisting OF r9llea goiiG
wedding and engagement ring, SIX
Egyptian lily bulbs, combination pickle
fork and ail-clipper. and fifty engraved
/ visiting cards-no two names alike all
for the sum Of 80 cents"
Two months ago" says Buckingham
! Skinner, Il was doing well down In
| Texas with q patent instantaneous fire
kinder, made of compressed wood ashes
| and benzine. I sold loads of 'em in
! towns where they like to burn niggeTs
| quick. without having to ask somebody
| for light. And just when | was do
4 ing the best they strikes oil down there
/ and puts me out of business. Your ma
/ chimes too slow. now. partner, they
| tells me We can have a coon In hell
/ with this here petroleum before your old
| Finland finder truck can get him warm
enough TO perfess religion And so /
/ gives up the kinder and drifts up here
to X. c. This little curtain raiser you
! seen me doing, Mr.. Pickens. with the
simulated farm and the hypothetical
team, amt in my line at sll, and I'm
ashamed you found me working it."
- n %
ashamed of putting the skibunk on
loar corporation for even so small a sum
as SO. when he Is financially abashed.
| StiA, 1t wasn't quite the proper thing.
It'sp too. much liks borrowing money
without paying it back"
Anything" says Buck, that is not
actually dishonest will find me willing
and ready, Let us perforate into the
| inwardness Of your proposition. l feel
/ degraded when I am forced to wear
property straw in my hair and assume
/ q bucolic air for the small sum of ten
| dollars. Actually, Mr.. Pickens, II makes
me feel like the Ophelia of the Great
4 Occidental All Star One Night Consol-
| idated Theatrical Aggregation"
! This scheme Of mine was one that suit
| ed my proclivities. BY nature ] am
some sentimental, and have always felt
/ gentle toward the modifying elements
| Of existence am disposed to be
| lenient with the arts and sciences; and
4 find time 20 instigate q cordially for
| the more human works of nature such
/ as romance and the atmosphere and grass
and poetry and the seasons. / never
skin a sucker without admiring the pris-
matte beauty of his scales. l never sell
a little auriferous trifie to the man with
the hoe without noticing the beautiful
! green. And that's why / liked this
scheme; it was so full of outdoor air
and landscapes aud easy money.
/ We bad to have young lady assisted
to help us work this graft; and ! asked
/ Buck II he knew of one to fill the bill.
/ one" says /, that is cool and wise
/ and strictly business from her pompa-
1 dour to her Oxfords. No ex-toe dancers
or gum chewers or crayon portrait can
vassers for this"
| Buck claimed he knew a suita BILE fem
mime and he takes me around to see Miss
/ Sarah Malloy. The minute ] see her I
am pleased. She looked TO he the goods
! 90 ordered. No sign of the three p's
about her-no peroxide. patchouli, nor
| peau de sole; about %, brown hair,
| pleasant ways-the kind OF a lady for
/ the place.
"A description of the sandbag. II you
| please" she begins
why, maam," says I, this graft of
ours s. so nice and refined and romantic
! it void make the balcony scene in 'Ro-
F., meo and Juliet look like second story
! work"
We talked IT over and Miss Mallcy
( aSEeeQ 10 come IN as a business partner.
| She said she WAS glad to get a chance
TO give up her place as stenographer and
secretary to a suburban lot company and
go into something respectable.
This is the way we worked our scheme
First, / figured it out by a kind OF a
| proverb. The best CRAFTS in the world
! are built up on copybook maxims and
/ psalms and proverbs and Esau's fables
! They seem to kind of hit off human ma
I ture. Our peaceful little swindle was
constructed on the old saying; "The
/ whole push loves a lover"
One evening Buck and Miss Malloy
drives ur like blaZes in buggy to a
farmers ioor. She is pale but affection
| ate, climbing to his arm-always cling
ing to his arm. Any one can see that
They claim they are clipping for to be
married on account of cruel parents
They ask where they can find a preacher.
Farmer says, "B'gum, there amt any
| four miles over on Caney Creek" Farm
eress wipes her hand on her apron and
rubbers through her specs.
Then, 10 and look We! Up the road
from the other way joys Parleyvoo Pick
ems. in gig, dressed in black. white
ting a spurious kind of noise resembling
the long meter doxology.
'B'Jinks!" says farmer, ''if thar amt a
preacher now"
1t transpires that I am Rev. Abijah
Green, travelling over to Little Bethel
| The young folks will have 1t they must
| be married, for pa Is pursuing them with
! the pillow mules and the blackboard. SO
| the Reverend Green, after hesitation, mar
ries 'em in farmers parlor. And farmer
grins and has in cider, and says
"B'gum!' and farmeress sniffles a bit
and pats the bride on the shoulder. Aad
Parleyvoo Pickens, the wrong reverend,
/ writes a marriage certificate.