San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26
Lucius had said: I'm afraid to meet
Maud and Bill !" .~ ~ ID.

tOWn ike MurlOW.
But the parasol was not sent, nor
did Lucius bring it. 1t remained. as
did Mr. Allen himself. obscUed, from
her sight and from her knowledge.
Mortimer dropped into Mr.: Aliens
office and expressed surprise at find.
ing its tenant in town. II been up
here two three times day fer week
Lu," he said, seating himself. Where
on earth you been?"
Argument before the federal court.
in Springfield" Lucius answered.
What did you want to see me about,
Mortimore"
Mortimer removed his hat. "Heard
about Henry Ledyard yeti" he in
quired.
NO"
"Well, sir. he went up there, said
Mortimer. "He only went once"'
What was the trouble?"
Mr.. Fole cast his eyes high aloft.
MAUD and BILL" he said.
what did they do?"
Henry was settin' in the parlor
talkin' to their mother. and, the way j
heard it, all of sudden they heard
somep-n go pop outside, in the
hall, and when they come to look, it
was that new, stiff, high-crowned
straw hat he went and ordered from
New York and had shipped out here
by express. Them two chuldern have
just about got this town buffaloed.
Lu"
"0h. only breaking a straw hat"
said Luc,rs. II don't see how
that's"
''The two Of 'em come uptown"
Mortimer interrupted firmly. '''Uhey
come uptown and they went into Il. j.
Fuller's store and Ed says they come
mighty near drivin' him crazy, walk
in up and down behind him singin'
'Gran-mammy Tipsytoe.' Then they
went on over TO Milo Carriers, and they
had a dollar and forty cents with 'em
that they'd went and got out of their
little bank. They ct seven big ice
cream sodies apiece and got sick right
in the store. And that amt half Of
it,"
whats the other half?" Lucius
asked gravely.
"well, you heard about Bore, of
coursey
mo, I haven't"
Mortimer rubbed his head. 81 reck-
on that might be So" he Omitted. IL
guess you must of left town by the
time it leaked out"
by the time what leaked out?"
"Well. you remember how he start
cd off, that day." Mortimer began, ito
git her 10 go out buggy-ridin' in his
phaeton with ole General:"
Eyes"
"Well, sir. he turned IN at the hard
ware store about two hours later and
says she wasn't feelin' too well. and
so they just set around and talked, in
stead of ridin'. But Bore ne err went
back there, and amt gCi..' to, you bet,
any more than what Henry Lanyard
is, There amt hardly man in town
but what Maud and Bills got buff
faloed, Lu."
Mr.. Allen occupied himself with the
sharpening of n pencil. What did
they do to Thompson" he asked cas-
uGlly.
We'll, sir, after he went up there
/ and wasn't no sign of him on the
square fer awhile, walked around
there the back way. by Copes's alley.
and Just as / was turnin' in one end
the alley, by Glory. here come p.
Borodino Thompson leadin' ole Gen
cral and the phaeton in at the other
end, and walkin' as fur away from
i him as he, could and yet still lead him.
"Well. sir, pore ole General-hopest.
he looked more like n slaughter-house
than he did like a horse. Lu, What
is the matter, Bore l says, and you
never hear man take on the way he
+, done. - .va>
Seems Maud and Bill had painted
ole General red while Bore was in the
house fixin' to- take their mother ont
OH this here buggy-ride. And, well.
| sir. TO hear him take on, you'd of
thought was responsible for the whole
business. Says it might as well be all
over town, now he'd ran into me. But
kind o. soothed him down, and last
fixed it IN with him TO give me
credit fer little insurance my wifes
been wantin' to take out on her step
mother il I'd put General and the
nhaeton in George Coles's empty barn,
there in the alley. until after dark,
and not saw nothin' to George or any
body about it. and then drive him over
10 Bore's and unhitch him and wash
him off with turpentine that night.
"Well, sir, if I've told Bore Thomp-
son once I've told him hundred times,
what's the use his actin the fool about
il! What earthly goods it goin' to
do says. to 20 around mad, | says,
and abusin' the very ones, L says.
that done the most to help you out:
The boys are bound TO have their joke
/ says to him, and il it hadn't been
You, why. like as not they might OF
been riggin' somep'n oil Lu Allen or
Cal Burns, or even me- says. be-
cause they don't spare nobody Why,
look I says. Amt they goin' after
Milo Carter almost as much as they
are you and Henry, 1 says, 'on ac-
count of what happened TO Mics
store? 1 says. And look at L. j.
Fuller / says. Amt the name o.
Gran nanny Tipsytoe perty near fas-
tened on him fer good? He don't go
all up and down pickin' at his best
friend says. e. J. Fuller's got
little common sense" l says"
Mortimer sighed. and prepared to
conclude the interview.
"Yes. sir. them rvo children. Maud
and Bill. have perty much got our
whole little city buffaloed, They
quite some talk goin' on about the
brain work you been showin' Lu. |
expect your reputation never did stand
no higher in that line than what II
does right today. l shouldn't wonder
it'd bring you a good deal extra law
practice. Lu: Mrs. Rolfo Williams
says she always did know you were
the smartest man in thi town
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