Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-04-28


I've got ter see Jehiel and Hannah
Jane fore l die"
"But-they-they'll come If"
mo, they won't come. We've tried
1t over an over again; you know we
have. Hannah Jane herself said that
II unythin' serious came up it would
be different Well, I'm goin' ter have
sonethin' serious come upI"
But, Harriet"
Now, Thaddeus," begged the woman,
almost crying, you must help me, dear.
I've thought 1t all out, an it's easy as
can be. l shan't tell any lies, Of course.
/ cut my finger today, didn't II"
| "Why-yes-I believe So" he 40
knowleged dazedly; but what has
that to do"
That's the accident ThaddeuA
You're ter send two kilograms at once
one ter Jehiel. an one ter Hannah
Jane. The kilograms will say: Acct
| dent to your mother. Funeral Satur-
day afternoon Come at once That's
jest ten words.''
Nov. that's all true, amt it?" she
asked anxiousIy. 1.-THE accident Is this
cut. The .fun'ral is old Mis- Went
worth's. / heard terday that they
couldn't have 1t until Saturday, so
that'll give US plenty Of time ter get
the folks here. I needn't say whose
fun'ral It is that's goin' ter be on Sat
urday, Thaddeus want yer ter hitch
up an drive over ter Hopkinsville ter
send the kilograms. The mans new
over there, an won't know yer You
couldn't send 'em from here, of
course"
Thaddeus Clayton never knew just
how he allowed himself to be per-
suaded to take his part In this "crazy
scheme" as he termed it, but per-
suaded he certainly was.
1t was a miserable time for Thad-
deus, then. First, there was that hur-
ried drive to Hopkinsvlise. Though
the day was warm he fairly shivered
as he handed those two fateful tele-
grams to the man behind the counter.
Then there was the homeward trip,
during which, like the guilty thing he
was. he cast furtive glances from side
to side.
Even home itself came to be q mis-
cry, for the sweeping and the busting
and the baking and the brewing which
he encountered there left him no place
to call his own. so that he lost his pa
thence at last and moaned:
Seems ter me, Harriet, you're a
pretty lively corpsel"
His wife smiled, and flushed little
There, there, dearl Don't fret
Jest think how glad we'll be ter see
'erli" she exclaimed.
Harriet was bIissf1.,ly happy. Both
the children had promptly responded
TO the kilograms, and were now on
their way. Hannah Jane. with her
husband and two children. were e1-
pected on Friday evening: but Jehiel
and his wife and boy could not possibly
get In until early on the following
All this brought scant JOY to Thad- |
deus. There was always hanging over |
him the dread horror of what he had |
70 how it was all going to end.
Friday came. but n telegram at the
asst moment told of trains delayed and
missed. Hannah would
not reach home until $40 the next
So it was with a four-seated
,arryall that Thaddeus Clayton started
'or the station on Saturday morning TO
meet both of his children and their
antilles.
The ride home was silent one;
'ut once inside the house, JehieI and
Hannah Jane, amid storm of sobs
questions.
The family were all In the darkened
lifting room-all, indeed, save Harriet.
rho sat in solitary state in the cham
er above. her face pale and her heart
eating almost to sufocation. 1t had
cen arranged that she was not to be
cen until some sort of explanation
ad been given.
Father, what was TIP sobbed Han
ah Jane. How did 1t happen?"
ut must have been so sudden" fall.
,red Jehiel. 1T cut me up COM
letely."
Il can't ever forgive myself"
loaned Hannah Jane Historically.
She wanted us TO come East. and |
ouldn't. Twas my selfishness-'twas
isier to stay where I was; and now
DIV"
"We'be been brutes. rather" cut IN
shlel, with a shake In his voice; "nIl
us. never thought never
can-can we see
,r?'
In the chamber above. woman
rang TO her feet. Harriet had quite
rgotten the stoye-pipe bole TO the
ON below. and every sob and moan
d waiiing cry had been woefully dis.
let 10 her ears. With streaming eyes
d quiyering lips she hurried down
e stairs and threw open the sitting.
ON door.
"Jehieli Hannah Jane Pm here,
IL