Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-02-24
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BY MYRrA ALICE LITTLE.

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g, 1871. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The exasperaiea chairman OF III,
sta.e fair room cumlmttee mos. c.
his tortured brow ana iayed the A4a.n
causes OF the torture. There were tNu
Of them, tlepzibah Pepper, ....u.l5
bespectacled and determined, ana h,l
husband IchaooI-lu.k, scared, lons.
suffering victim Of Hep's notions,
chiefly her notions about air,
Il can't fnd you folks any room III
this city with -four windows IN it.
All taken. Move On. Mrs Te2apr.
Give ,he rest of the folks chance"
Hepzibah giared. Her voice b0anled.
Il tell We, We've come ter this state
fair and I've entered my pound lol
pound cake and my crazy silk c1m
lortable and we've GOT -FOUR win ers
u our room Ter home. / was brou-ni
up with fom wiuders. I'll die uitl.od
EN-. Ich lac promised if I'd come with
him-he'd--"
a feeble tap from Ich's nervous
fingers only added zest to Helps Ii
rade. 81 tell ye Mr.. Chairman iii
plant m'seH right here b this desk
o yourn, this time, till We tell IL
where we en- go ter find thet room
with four Winders in it,"
Here, madam; here's your room =
\ change had come over the irate
chairman. In his hand he held a key.
Mrs. Pepper, I'm sending woman
over to show you your room"
-Four windowsY interrupted Hep
zibah Pepper
ION my word of honor, four win
dows, Mrs. Pepper" grinned the chair
man. Nov, go"
Hep went, footsore, but triumphant.
dragging her trembling spouse behind
her.
"All Imagination grumbled Ich,
spaslnodically. "Air Air. Air!
Hope It's to the poor farm she's tal1in
us, er ter the jail! Serve yer right! !"
"Shet up" said Hepzibah scorn-
fully.
Their destination proved to be
pretentious frame dwelling in the sub
urbs whose parlor was indeed pro-
yided with a bed lounge, stuffed
chairs and glass bookcases, but prin-
G!pally with the four windows. Hep
dropped into a chair. The woman
opened the bed and vanished. There
was grin on her face.
Don't yer light the gas There's
light 'nough from the street." Hep an
nOunced. AN yer amt goin' ter
drag me roun' ter look at no hens ter
morrer. Go ter bed, eff yer so beat
out; I'll tend ter the winders."
Ich went, and slept directly the
sleep of the suffering just. He was
aroused by terrific clutching in the
region of his arms.
Get up an open EN-, Ich; l can't
find the fasteners. I'm faintin'. Get
up"
plenty of air comm in roun' the
casin's," murmured Ich sleepily.
Helps ready fists came into use.
"Shet up an open them wnders," she
snapped.
Ich arose and began fumbling around
in the half darkness. "Tll fix EN-"
muttered Ich Pepper. "Ev'ry last
winder!' There followed the awful
sound of crashing, splintering glass.
II can feel 1.-THE good fresh air
from all four winders," she lire thad.
'Ye'Ye saved my life, Ich, we've saved
-" Helps response to the crashes
and the consequent floods of ozone
was complete. She slept like nice
gray eat till morning.
1t was a morning of revelations
Helps pound for pound cake wore Il
blue ribbon, and her crazy comforter
wore red ribbon, and the room com
mittee chairman wore a life-size grin
that expanded with every word which
Ich Pepper spoke to him. Moreover
the chairman accepted the greenbacks
which Ich offered, though he made
the cryptic remarks: Worth 1t, the
bother, the laugh I've had. I start
for Florida tomorrow. Family been
there a week. s why my house was
shut up. 1 knew you folks were all
right Looked you up. SO l let you
in. Sure, the windows were fastened
down. but your wife didn't specify
the opening variety to me-"
The chairman's remarks ceased being
cryptic when the news spread over
the fair grounds that the glass which
Ichabod Pepper, half asleep and
wholly desperate, had demolished to
let In the ozone that had saved Helps
life, was not in one Of the four win
dows. but in the glass doors of the
book cases which lined the walls of
the parlor bedroom.
Reckon Wen hev reasonable lot
o air in our room the res O. our
lives" Ich chuckled.
"Shet upw advised Hepzibah, grim
ly.
Don hev ter shet up" declared
Ichabod. "Talk when like an what
like; Shet up yerself. Now come
an look at the Plymouth Rocks.
Han oona and looked Isb had come