The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-09
"Up in the Loft With You Quick,
Stannie!" He Yipped at Me.


III other words, 10 ohlitcratc swiftly
and completely all signs of the pres
ence ut Il third member of the family.
In Il minute or so there was II gruff
hail from somebody outdoors and Dad
dy got ny 10 20 and look out.
"Why hello. Ike. YOU old gcczer!'
he called. What under the shinin
sun fr.ches YOU up on old Cinnabar
this carly IN the mornin'? Light down
and come in; you're just in the nick
o time for breakfast"
While | was cudgeling my brain in
vain effort To recall what, if any,
, memory association there should be
awakened in me by the mention of an
Ike person, this particular Isaac pre-
sented himself at the cabin door and
dumped I'm with the stiff legged walk
of man who has ridden horseback
far and hard. l knew then why I
should hay" been able to dig that mem
ory association. This was Mr.. Isaac
Bcuslrv. my Angelic friend of the over
grown silver star and the unshaven
".~Tntcnancc.
"IIuh," he grunted, "them griddle-
cakes shore do look mighty righteous
to mc. ! been ri1'n' sense two hours
aforo Sun-up; wild-gooSe chase clear
over on t'other side % Lost mountain.
FOupl" o proSpectors blew into Angels
day afore yiSLdday and said they'd
seen that con-dummcd lunatic that got
loose from us and busted up car f'r
the railroad; them yoddleheads said
they'd seen him workin' in the Lost
Creek placers."
"a looney?" said Daddy Hiram as
innocent as n two-weekS- old lamb.
"Tep; that fellcr that stole an in
spection car and got it smashed up
and then took TO the hills. You hnint
seen anything of him, have YEP"
mary lunatic," said Daddy Hiram
calmly.
His breakfast eaten, Friend Isaac
showed no disposition to hurry away
much to my chagrin. He took time
TO smoke leisurely pipe with Daddy
Hiram md to ask n lot of Indifferent
questions about the drowned mine
"Hain't heard nothin' firm yer own
erS yit. have ye, lIiram2' he wanted
TO know, after-aS 1t seemed to me
the Suhirct had bcen nrottv thorou,b,v
talked tu dcuth.
! heard Daddy's reply, made as to
one with whom the matter he'd been
canvaSS"d before.
"E,tL;,, bu, tb,t o,;,,,,;r. f.,,, 1000
newspaper back East, tellin' about Mr..
Dudl"y'S paSsin' out"
"EirJ.o curio,s s,,,ohod,. dow. .ou
ve sn,un,,in, min, 10" tho ,,,rsho,
n,,t In az oots lilo .bo ro,re - NO
ei,Lor Gshir, =. c,,tt,, ,,,, 80, .hto
here, Cinr,hor lovn,t--no, &c ,t,a do
'em any Good ~ thnv l;I Di,1r,t onr
letter como with tbn no,vsp,,,or n;ooo -,
"Nory = r.u.scrotrb"
"Vhnrrohout was ,be er,.Iono
pnstcd?"
"WaShin'ton."
AHA ~ said | 10 myself 81 have you,
Cousin Percy. For some reason best
known I" yourself y"I didn't want
Daddy Hiram TO get hold of Grand
father l"Spcr's proper address,"
HIS nN" smoked out. the marshal
PREPARED 10 take horse. Daddy went
Wit him I" IN" far side Of the dump
and the murmur of their voices came
to IN" in diminishing cadenccS. After
hit Daddy came back and called up
10 me in the Sing-Song of the miners
after IN" final blast has been fired:
"A-a-l-I over Stannie. ! reckon We
can come down now and get you some
breakfast
Jcanic served me in silence whom
7 took my place at table and the good
old man stood in the doorway, kccpiny
watch, rs made no doubt. against
a poSSihI" second-thought return OF
Friend Isaac the brisue-bearded.
Ihrou2hout the working day which
followed re never made the slightest
rcfcr~n-e to thc epiSodr of ,be morn.
ing and, truly. I think the whole incl.
dent would have been buried I'm obliv
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