Mountain advocate., 1922-09-29
DAD

waved a pebble at me and dashed
down the hall to Dads refuge. ]
groaned inwardly, because Dads so
tired that he barks worse than ever
He's trying to earn enough overtime
TO buy us all new summer togs, so
he keeps bringing home work from
the office
went bach to the sitting room
where Ed and Gabe were studying, and
little Ada petting her kitten. We
could hear Mr.. Beebe roaring about
something and Dads barked replies.
Ada begnn to cry with fright 30 ]
had to take her right TO bed
Both men went 10 the sitting room
and had q scene with the boys be-
fore Mr. Beebe slammed out.
"He said we broke his parlor win
dow cried Ed choking with wrath.
"After we'd promised Dad to stop
using our slingshots Mr.. Beebe would
not believe us, but Dad did, and Dad
wouldn't pay for his old window" de
clnred Gabriel.
The window got broken Tuesday AFT
ernOon. and Monday night the boys
were forbidden slingshots. Mr.. Beebe's
own sons were in their parlor at the
time Excitable Mr.. Beebe hated like
poison TO part with a dollar, and his
sick wife was In Colorado, 30 could
not calm him down Somebody broke
the window; the shot came from our
direction; hence the rumpus
"He said his boys shouldn't speak to
us nor we to them until we confessed"
groaned Ed.
"And we live next door and play to-
gether always and go to school to-
gether,' lomented Gabriel.
"Dad said speak to EN- at school;
the whole town needn't know about
this One-sided squabtte," said Ed
"Jimminy," exclaimed Gabriel, his
face clearing, Il know how we can
communicate"
mo written notes. began
Dad, -.
sWhistied ones" interrupted Gabe.
There's the list Of words, GO OF en-
we made at F'lO's party: words formed
with letters used on the musteui ssan.
"Hur'rah o. cried Ed, we've al gd
nicSnames tlfat fft, and We can whistle
at each other. let's type some more
copies Of that list-"
That night ! had stOc9frgs to mend
and bread TO set, and Ada TO look an
er. Besides / couldn't tall one note
from another by eaE, though I've
learned to play some by note the bt-
tie ones had another mother who went
when Ada came) But ] poticed my
brothers began right on 20 wfnstfe
queer little snatcbes 10 each othef.
They understood, and Ada could tell
what they said, though couldn't The
new amusement seemed to entertain
Ada at first. and was 50 glad Shss
always poorly In the spring
Our boys went out In fhe bac8 yafc
behind an evergreen Wednesday after
noon with their lists Ed wfdsued
something over and Ove. Geee and
Abram Beebe, 90 the Othee aos ct The
fence, began looking for the pc~ bird
Gabriel wf1tsrieA but gssaed afd cor
neighbors spotted him.
What are those Dee chaps up 10Y
through the open window becra coee
say.
II DON'T know" returned &twsm
Then en- 0bilging breeze waited ccp4es
of the list over tine fence. Al fcof
boys laughed and tbeS Vflfst4o8 lUf
back and forth
Wen, the boys nept Up thetp funny
snatches OF whsstflne ard nook sreut
comfort IN "communtcattns" Dad IN,
derstood, and sosnetirps b sxtrred
and sometimes be fooSe5 sudrevAy oad
and worried That ioUs cufB wf,en
Gage (wfro hoif chdneed % vtnesE the
accident, w1tsraed sou,Shfng tts al
Ways mmde Ada eremd5te nd Fly d
ma Over and dve Cage vfzfst&et
that when Adu was N ssgSh> snd shd
fed 70 me md cffed and oaed2 No
body told me then whot he saf6 bck
he wns pieadina HAda, Ada- fccS Dud
Dee"
BY Fr1dny noon / ifectted %. toaro
Ada out OF school Saturday ass lag
on The lounge @hfle worried, an5
we watched Mr.. Beebe eardenang vIt6
his boys He gives them eyefFthina
that costs no monsy. Gage hoUiEed ut>
saw us, and whfstfed that queer mes
sage Ada shut dIe window ana trenS
bled md cried 50 thar cailen out
doctor. He safd she bad something
on her mind and e.oulduH give Sier any
medicine.
/ couxed dn1 cUaSed> gud ciSss Che
u7ah come ouA She'd vented to tTs
a sIfngshot; oHfle roS boys Las
on the table before being De
stroyed sine had t14ed ~just once'' ana
hit the Beebe window. She dared
not ten at first Now Dad wouiS
whip her If she totds ha hated defsep
tion.
insisted DAD fixed us despite lfii
bark. Then l henrd Quer little snDr'
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