The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-05-18

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Laying there laughin' in his slice
! and his little yellow curls just lik
/ you'd laid them there one by one"
! Il did"
wei, I'll be darned. Asleep an,
cool as a cucumber" He sank into
, chair, breathing rapidly and regardin.
! her.
| MIR. Foddie. you're letting yoursel.
J get all excited over nothing"
"I-Tm all right"
You mustn't let yourself get
worked up when he gets these little
spells. Just call me or Beasley. they
don't mean anything. You mustn't get
excited, Mr.. Foddie, the way your
heart can act up"
He was intent on watching her min
shut the slit in the teepee, the sleeves
fallen back from her arms, her head
thrown up so that her throat swelled
and he print crepe flowing about her
body.
"There, now"
"You bet it acts up when you're
around, Miss Annie. 1t acts I'D like
crazy
"Keep his head low now, Mr.. Fod-
die, but not too"
You just bet it acts up, you great
big white-skinned, fire-headed-"
"Now I've stood about as much of
that line of talk from you as I'm 60
Ing to. If this morning wasn't enough
to learn you that"
What's wrong about just tellin'
a"
IF you want to listen to what l got
to tell you about watching his TEN
perature-"
Yes, and if you want to listen to
what got to tell you about that great
big, beautiful, red head of yours and
them great big, ive-dollar-gold-piece
freckles and"
"Noww
"Aw, now, sweetness"
You dare to take another step over
here. Just you dare tor"
"Why, sweetness, I wouldn't hurt
one of them hairs in your head, girl,
not for nothing in the world"
You bet your life you wouldn't"
should say / wouldn't"
She could see him advancing through
the gloom, his white architectural :
teeth shining out. :
why, 1 wouldn't hurt one of the :
hairs on our head girl, not for two
worlds" He paused, dangling the =
cords. Cant a fellow, Just to :
prove to you how much he thinks of :
you, have one little" ),
"You can not!' She tried to pass +,
with a flashing movement, but at =
he sight of her scuttling from him in +,
detour, he reached out, grasping +
he edge of. her sleeve. O.
"Annie-" :
mo, you don't" And with a jerk
nd a tear was free of him, darling
he rooms width to the mirror and :"
DIV toward the door. -
Taken so suddenly that his fingers i,
like wax, Mr.. Foddie stood for q.
blinded instant, her cast the length
f his body across the table top,
eaching for the flying hem of her -
eeve as it slipped him. w
"Annie-come back-girl." Reached "
lrther, dragging the table cover, and /,
18th it the lamp until it tipped into a
lrst of flame. H
A geyser of fire shot I'D Immediate II
, blackening the white ceiling, it's
Election leaping at Annie Kineady III
rough the tip-tilted mirror like a
ng, swift tongue. For a moment she
used, gripped in fear, then hurled
ok and at it.
Stand back off that crib! Stand IN
ok Stand-backl The crib 7" And
tn her body's weight flung against u
reached out, dragging it across the .
width, the tent swinging and q
child whimpering. =
Now! Now, easy you, Mr.. Foddie. Z
u're all right. Easyl Quit waving. =
sy! For Gods sake quit waving! -
outl Easy" y
With her hands and an afghan IN
gged off the couch she beat at him AHl
ling out a series of quick blows ~
oss his shoulders, and with the
se ends spanking out the last =
rks on his singed collar and down y
flannel front of his robe. r
I amt touched, Mr.. FOddie. Was u
the flannel singed. Nothing's
Mt but the tablecloth. See? Was
the flannel tiared up. Y amt
he'd. Sit down. Don't faint!
t."
hen Annie Kineady returned with
pitcher, her own hands trembling
hat the water Topped out and over. that
Foddie was sitting upright in his rock,
+, quite as she had showed him, "R
with a pallor that caused her to uns
put: aslee
easley! Mr.. Foddiei Beasleyl TIL
lie! Oh, my God! Beasley!" and
hen Mrs. Beasley, her yellow mus eyes
lightgown clutched at her thin or
It, rushed into the scorched air nv G
ROOM a dim line of tallow- on ST
dodgers came peerihg after. Iing.n
easley, for Gods sake, Beasleyl arms.
lamp! Nobody burnt, but look at him.
Beasley, how-how he sits there "Sr