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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1923)
WKiQYUitM OhALLOR$N BV GENE STPATTQN PORTER) IConlinunl From Saturday.) Junior, passing, remembered he had -- - omised Jud Jason to bring a bun had left there, and stopped for it. stepped into the small front door And bent for the package lying in sight, when clearly and distinctly arose Mickey's voice lifted to reach Peter, at another task. "Course I meant him to get enougli to make him good and sick of it, like we agreed on; but I never intended him to get any such a dose as he had.'' Junior straightened swiftly, an as to hi shed look crossed his face and ills lower jaw dropped. His father's reply was equally audible. "Of course I understand I hat, Mic key." "Surest thing you know!'' said Mic key. "I like Junior. I like him bet ter than any other boy I ever knew, and I've known hundreds. 1 tell you. Peter, he was garner than you'll ever believe to hang on ns long as he did.'’ "Yes I think that too." said Peter. "You know he didn’t come because be was all in,” explained Mickey. ' You can take a lot of pride in that. He'd about been the limit when he quit. And he quit, not because he was robbed and knocked out. but be cause what he had seen showed him that Multiopolis wasn't the job he wanted for a life sentence. See'.’’’ "I hope you are right about that,” said Peter. "I'm glad to my soul to get him home, cured in any way; but it sort of gags me to think of him ns having lieen scared out. It salves my vanity considerable to feel, as you say. that he had the brains to sense the situation, and quit because he felt it wasn't the work for which he was born.” .Then Mickey's voice came eagerly, earnestly, warming the cockles of Junior's heart. "Now lenime tell you Peter; 1 was there, and 1 know. It was that way. It was just that way exact! Ho wasn't scared out. he’d have gone at it again, all right, if he'd seen any thing In it he wanted. It was just as his mother felt when she first talk ed it over with me. and the same with you later: that if he got to the city, and got right up against earning a living there, he would find it wasn't what he wanted; and he did, like all of us thought. Course I meant to put it to him stiff: I meant ^^»*iiciate him in the ancient and Pfwmorable third degree of Multiop olis all right, so he’d have enough to last a lifetime: but I only meant to pul him up against what I'd had my self on the streets; T was just going to test his ginger; l wasn’t counting on the robbing, and the alleys, and ihe knockout, and the morgue. Gee, Meter Then they laughed. A dull red surged up Junior's neck, and flooded his face, lie picked up the bundle, went silently from the ham, and ( limbed on the wagon. The jerk of the horse stopping at its accustomed place told him when to load the first can. He had been thinking so deeply he was utterly oblivious to everything save the thought that it had been prearranged among them to cur* him; even his mother knew about. If he heard aright, had been the insti gator of the scheme to let him go. to be what Mickey called ••initiated in the ancient and honorable third de gree of Multiopolis. Once he felt so outraged he thought .,f starting the horse home, taking the trolley, going back to Multlopolis and fighting his way to what his father would be compelled to ac knowledge success. He knew that he could do it; he was on the point of vowing that he would t^o it; but in his heart he knew better than any one tlse how repulsed he was. how he hated it. and against a vision or years of .lighting, came that vision of himself planning and wprking beside his father to change and Improve their home life. “Say, Junior, ar* >'ou asleep, railed Jud Jason. “You sit there like you couldn’t move. D ye bring mv bundle?’* . '•Yes, its back there,’ answered Jtfnior. "Get it’." Mow’d you like Multiopolis. ask ed Jud. , „ Junior knew he had that to face. •It’s a coldblooded sell Jud. he said promptly. "I’m 8lad } ve"1 when 1 did, and found out for ray self. You see It’s like this, Jud. i couid hgve stayed and made my way: but 1 found out in a few days that I wouldn't give a snap for the way when it was made. W e fellows ai« better off right where we are. and a lot of us are ready to throw away exactly what many of the men in Mul tiopolis are wild to gel. Now let me 1 Junior told him. and through put ting his experience into "^rds lic cased Ills heart and cleared his bio In. He came to hints of great and won derworking things that were going to happen soon. There was just. •» possibility that Jud gleaned an Idea i ha* the experience in Multiopolis had brought his friend home to astound and benefit the neighborhood. At any rate Jynir picked up the lines with all the sourness gone from hi" temperament, which was usually sweet, except that one phrase of Mic key's, and the laughter.. Suddenly he leaned forward. Tllnlnp • Jud, come here, he said. Junior began to speak, and Jud began to un kierstand and sympathize with the >oy ■fe^^ad known from childhood. ^tuld we?" asked Junior. “Could we? Well, I Just guess we could; ■When?" queiled Junior. “This afternoon, if he s going to be off," said Jud. • •Well I don't know what hi* plans are, but I could telephone from here and by rustling l could get back by 2. I’ve done it on a bet. Where will we go. and what for. “To Atwater. Fishing is good *n'uffihrt?hUK-th.r will let me take ' '"Hayseed! Isn’t walking good enough to suit you? What s the mat ter with the Elkhart swale, Atwat.i nmrsh, and the woods around the >,C“Ho*d ‘the hor*; till I run in and ■’ThenTe'came down the walk he reported: "He wants to K1* fishing i awfully had, and he'll be ready by -• That's all settled then. We II have ‘'"•Willy*’ said Ju.l laconically, and Started to th* house of another friend where a few words secure" a boy of his age a holiday. Junior drove fast as he dared and hurried with h s work- so he reached home a little before 2, where he found Mickey With poles and a big can of worms M V • despite the pressing offer of the car, ,'hey walked * order to show Mickey 4he country which he was eager to explore on foot. Junior said the sun (i„h were big as lunch plates .it Water, the %ch One and often r you caught a grasshopper Olr a i icket for «k*H. you got a big base Loiind the shore, and If they had the Lk l., reach the lake, when there ■ ..a- ahead of them, s»id so iled a boat they were sure of ink •Wouldn’t 1 like to sec idly eating •. fish 1 caught," said Mickey, search ing the grass snd kicking rotting wood as lie saw Junior doing l>> find l,,-- bull. "MI.,Idea a 111 the leal thing. plained Junior. "When we get the scheme father laid out going, before we start fishing, you and I will take a net and come to this creek and catch a bucketful of right bait, and then we'll have man's sport, for sure. Won't It be great'.’" "Kxactly what the plates arc do ing," said Mickey, "(lee Junior, if your pa does all the things he said he was going to. you'll be a plute yourself." "Never heard him say anything in my life he didn't do.” said Junior, "and didn't you notice that he put you In too? You’ll be just as much of a plute as I will." "Nfd on your bromide," said Mic key. “lie is your father, and you'll be In business with him: I'll just be along sometimes, as a friend, maybe.” "I usually take father at just what he says. I guess he means you to stay In our family. If you like.” "I wonder now!" said Mickey. "books like it to me. Father and mother both like you, and they’re daffy about Peaches." "It's because she's so little, and so white, and so helpless,” Mickey hast ened to explain, "and so awful sweet.” "Well, for whatever it is. it is.” said Junior, "and I'm just as crazy about her as the rest. book out kid That fellow’s coming right at us!” Junior dashed for the fence, while Mickey lost time in turning to see what "that fellow" might be; so he faced the ram that had practiced on Malcolm Miriturn. With lowered head, the ram sprang at Mickey. Ha flew In air and it butted space and whirled again, so that before the boy’s breath was fully recovered he lifted once more, with all the agility learned on the streets of Multlopoiis; but that time the broad straw hat he wore to protect his eyes on the wa ter, sailed from his head; he dropped the poles, and as the ram came back at him he hit it squarely in the face with the bait can. which angered rather than daunted it. Then for a few minutes Mickey was too busy to know exactly what happened, and movements were too quick for Junior. When he Faw that Mickey was tir ing, and the ram was not. he caught a rail from the fence and helped to subdue the rani. Panting they climb ed the fence and sat resting. "Why I didn’t know Higgins had that, ram.” said Junior. "We fellows always crossed that field before. Say, there ain t much In tnai Gentle sheep pray tell me why. in the pleasant fields you lie?” business is there?” "Not much but the tie,” said Mic key earnestly. Junior dropped from the fence and led the way toward a wood thick with underbrush, laughing until his heart pained. As they proceeded they heard voices. "Why that sounds like my buncn. said Junior. He whistled shrilly, which brought an immediate response, and soon two boys appeared. "Hello!” said Junior. ' Hello!” answered they. "Where are you going'."' asked Junior. "To Atwater lake, fishing. Where you?” "There too!” said Junior. “Why great! We ll go together! Sam, this is Mickey.” Mickey offered hand and formali ties were over. "But I threw our worms at the ram.” said Mickey. "We!!, that was a smart trick!” cried Junior. “Wasn't it?” agreed Mickey. "But you see the rani was coming and I had the worms in my strong right, ho I didn't stop to think I'd spent an hour digging them; I just whaled away—’’ "Never mind worms,” said Jud. “I guess we got enough to divide; if you fellows want to furnish something for your share, you can find some grubs in these woods, and we'll get more chance at the bass.” "Sure!” said Mickey. '“What are grubs and where do you look for them?” "Oh, anywhere under rotting wood and round old logs,” said Jud. "B’lleve It's a good place right here, Mickey; dig in till I cut a stick to help with.” (Continued In The Morning Bee.) Adele Garrison “My Husband's Love” How the lllnner Passed Off Pleasantly. Lillians rough sympathy and ab surd exclamations comforted me for i ne culinary tragedy which Mrs. Schwarts's well-meant interference with my cooking threatened. Care fully I cut off tiny pieces of the chickens where the slicing would not S. Herbert Bttnon * production with n Antonio Momw Egbert Van AUtye A Co. Rialto Orchestra o' 21 Taillight Comedy Organ News ^venti Thrill* com* *o fay you will ba afraid to wink for f**r of mining on*. —in— Tljp When loconds I llv means a wife Eleventh Hour” at the THIS WEEK-ENDING FRI. be Keen when they were served, pass ed one to Lillian and ate one myself. "Saved!” she ejaculated dramati cally. “These are perfect—poems dripping with metre. But how are you going to keep them hot?” I dapped the cover of the roast ing pan on hastily and bent to my refrigerator, drawing out the drip pan and replacing it with a smaller basin, "Resourceful lady!” Lillian com mented. as I poured out the Ice wat er, and after warming the pan from liie hot water tap, partly filled it with hot water and set the roasting pan in It. "The potatoes are about ready lo drain for masliing,” I said, testing them again, “and I'll cream the beans on the electric grill. That will leave those two gas hole£ free, and the Ice pan will just tit over them, i But that squash! It was baking just right when I left it and only with butter, pepper and salt. Imagine Hubbard squash served with one of those awful disguising sauces.' Useless Worry of a Hostess. "I know. It’s a catastrophe equal ed only by the first battle of the Marne,” she replied, and something in her voice—the merest trace of an elusive, Intangible intonation—sud denly sent the blood to my cheecks. With the real griefs and tragedies In the world. I had no right to fuss or worry over a ruined dish, or even a whole spoiled dinner. Yet I think most hostesses have sinned even as I in the face of similar calamities. To conceal my flushed face I bent over the potatoes again, testing them. “There! these are just right,” I commented, taking them from the fire. “Give them to me,” Lillian or dered. "That's about the acme of my culinary knowledge, mashing po tatoes. I have a good right arm, but I want you to season them.” I was about to make the laughing comment that I emphatically wished to season them, but bit it back. I hnve learned that even ns sane and poised a woman as Lillian may make all sorts of sport of her own house wifely shortcomings, but often de velops an unexpected sensitive streak If some one else teases her. This is especially true when the teasing has a soupcon of truth in It. Not that Lillian would ever by the tiniest flicker of an eyelash betray her irri: tatlop, but not for anything in the world would X hurt the friend who has been so loyal to me through the years. Mr. HehwarU Brings the Squash, Without any protest, however—we are too well used to each other's ways for the unmeaning polite protests which worm n so often exchange in the doing of any task—1 set t ream, butter, pepper and salt on the table, and us she mashed them vigorously, l added the season tug. We barely had finished when Mr. Ke’nwurtz again appeared, this time with the squash, covered with a syrupy-looking sauce, which, when I tasted it, confirmed my worst tears, it was not only high ly flavored, hut sweetened! With the memory of that subtle intonation of Lillian's, however, I made no com ment, except a gracious message of thanks to Mrs. Schwartz, which I tried to make sincere. Lillian waited only until the genial janitor’s buck was turned before tasting the dish. Then she looked at me thoughtful ly. "Vim and I will detest this. I can feel it in my digestive bones. And 1 don’t think your sister-in-law will care for it. But I believe Dicky and the doctor will fall for It, hard." And to my mingled delight and pique—trust any cook to understand my latter emotion—her words came true. All my guests and Dicky did yeoman justice to every Item of tho dinner, and Lillian made an enter taining story of the gravy episode. But the hit of the repast with my '• husband and my brother-in-law was , the sauce-garnished squash. Both ; asked for repeated helpings of it and both complimented mo upon it—Lil lian had not told of its origin—and : were embarrassed In masculine fash ion when I transferred the credit to my officious but efficient janltress. And 1 tucked away in my memory the lesson which I have conned many times but forgotten as often, that one never can tell what will please a man. 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