Good old rose replied Red Old
y time smeller better suited to yon thnn
to me ketch
At the word he tossed It nnd Miss
Mntllc caught it dexterously Red had
an exceedingly keen eye for some
tilings and he noticed the certainty
of the action Tie hated fumblers A
person can do things right If theyve
got minds that work was one of his
pet sayings Taint the muscles at
all Its In the head and I like the kind
of head thats In use all the time
Therefore this small affair made an
Impression on him
Why you could he a baseball play
er said he
I used to play with Joe avIicii I
was a girl said Miss Mattle smiling
I always liked boys play better than
I did girls Joe taught me how to
throw a ball too lie said he wouldnt
plaj with me unless I learned not to
scoop It girl fashion I suppose you
will be wanting breakfast There
was a hint of sarcasm in the doubt of
the Inquiry
Thats what I do said Red You
must Just hustle down and get things
to boiling or Ill throw bricks through
the windows Ive been up for the
V
last two hours
Why I I believe It said Miss
Mattie
No more do I but it seems like it
replied Red Dont you want the fire
started Come down and open up the
house
When Miss Mattie appeared at the
door in he strode with an armful of
wood dropping it man fashion crash
on the floor
Skip out of the way said he Ill
show you how to build a fire
The early morning had been the most
desolate time to Miss Mattie As the
day warmed up the feeling of loneli
ness vanished perhaps to return at
evening but not then with the same
absoluteness as when she walked
about the kitchen to the echo of her
own footsteps in the morning
Now the slamming and the banging
which accompanied Reds energetic ac
tions rangiu her ears most cheerily
She even found a relish In the smoth
ered oath that heralded the thrust of a
splinter in his finger It was very
wicked but it was also very much
alive
Red arose and dusted off his knees
Now were off he said as the fire
began to roar Whats next
If youd grind the coffee Will she
suggested
Sure Wheres the hand organ
lie put the mill between his knees
and converted the beans to powder to
the tune of Old Dog Tray through
his nose which Miss Mattie found
very amusing
She measured out the coffee one
spoonful for each cup and one for the
pot Red watched her patiently and
when she had finished he threw in
the rest of the- contents of the mill
drawer I like it fairly strong said
he in explanation
Now Will protested Miss Mattie
Look at you That will be as bitter
us boucset
Thin her up with milk and shell be
all right replied Red
Well such wasteful ways I never
did see Nobodyd think you were a
day over fifteen
Im not said Red stoutly and
catching her chin in his hand and turn
ing her face tip toward him nobodyd
put your score much higher than that
neither if they trusted to their eyes
this morning
The compliment hit so tender a place
that Miss Mattie lacked the resolution
to tear it out besides it was so hon
est that it sounded much less like a
compliment than a plain statement of
fact She bent hastily over the fire
Im glad I look young Will she said
softly
Som I he assented heartily
Whats the sense in being old any
how Im as limber and good for
myself as ever I was in spite of my
forty years
Youre not forty years old ex
claimed Miss Mattie Youre joking
Nary joke forty round trips from
flying snow to roses since I hit land
Mattie why you were only a little
girl when I left here dont you re
member You and your folks came to
see us the week before I left I got a
thrashing for taking you and Joe to
the millpond and helping yon to t
good and wet The thrashing was one
of the things that gare me a hanker
ing for the west Xocy Hberai man
with the hickory father Spare the
clothes and spoi tho skin was his
motto He iccd to vmAiq me strip to
the waist phee hew Even a light
breeze rested heavy riy back when
dad got through with me Say Mattie
perhaps I oughtn t to ay so now that
hes gone but I dont think thats the
proper way to use a bv do you
No I CovW raM Miss Mattie
Your father rirant rcl but his way
was useless rvil cruel
Ive forgiven him the whole
sweep said llei liut d n me
if I had a boy I woi it club the life
out of him Id try ij v si with him
first anyhow Makes a boy as ugly
as anybody olee to get the hide whaled
off his back for nothing once in
awhile he needs it Boy thats got any
life in him gets to be tco much oc
casionally and then a warming is
healthful and nourishing Lord youd
think I was the father of my country
to hear me talk wouldnt you If
somebodyd write a book What Red
Saunders Dont Know About Raising
Children it would be full of valuable
information Hows that breakfast
coming on
All ready sit right down Will
Go you cried Red and incautious
ly flung himself upon one of the kitch
en chairs which collapsed instantly
and dropped him to the floor
Mercy on us Are you hurt cried
Miss Mattie rushing forward
Hurt said Red Try it Just
lBpnp in theair and sit onthe floor
I wilcre you arcnow and see ir you get
j hurt Oh no Im not hurt but Im
astonished beyond measure like the
man that tickled the mule Ill take
my breakfast right here shouldnt
wonder a bit If the floor went back
on me and landed me in the cellar No
sir I wont get up Hand me the
supplies I know when Im well off
If you want to eat breakfast with me
come sit on the floor Im not going to
have my spine pushed through the top
of my head twice In the same day
Will you are the most ridiculous
person I ever did see said Miss Mat
tie and she laughed till she cried lu
sheer lightheadedness But theres a
chair you can trust Come on now
Well If youll take your solemn
oath that this one has no mustache to
deceive me said Red doubtfully It
looks husky Well Ill try it Hooray
She didnt give an Inch This kind of
reminds me of the time Jimmy Hen
dricks came back from town and
walked off the edge of the bluff in the
dark It just happened that Old Scot
ty Fergusons cabin was underneath
him Jim took most of the roof off
with him as he went in He sat
awhile to figure out what was trumps
having come 150 feet too fast to do
much thinking Then Hello he yells
Old Scotty was a sleeper from way
back but this woke him up
Hello says he Waser matter
Jim saw he wasnt more than half
awake yet so he says Why I was
up on the bluff there Scotty and see
ing it was such a short distance I
thought Id drop in
Aw ri grunted Scotty Make
yself t home and with that he rolls
over
Jim couldnt wait for morning and
though his leg was prbtty badly
sprained he made the trip all the way
round the trail and woke us up to tell
us how hed gone through Fergusons
roof and the old man asked him to
make himself at home Next morning
there was Scotty out in front of his
cabin his thumbs In his vest holes
looking up
Whats the matter Scotty says I
Well I wisht youd tell me what
in the name of God went through that
roof says he
I swallered a laugh crossways and
put on a serious face Must have been
a rock says I
Rock nothin says he If it had
been a rock twould have stayed in the
cabin wouldnt it Well there aint
the first blasted thing of any shape nor
description in there but the hole You
can go in and look for yourself
It cost Scotty one case of rye to
make us forget those circumstances
I should have thought the man
would be killed striking on the roof
that way said Miss Mattie
Oh no Roof was made of quaking
asp saplings just about strong enough
to break his fall Scotty was the
sleeper though It wasnt hardly nat
ural the way that man could pound his
ear through thick and thin He had
quite a surprising time of It once Hed
been prospecting round the Ruby re
fractory ore district and he came out
at Hank Cutters sawmill just at sun
down Hanks place was full of gold
rushers so Old Scotty thought hed
sleep outdoors in peace and quiet He
discovered some big boxes that Hank
was making for ore bins for the new
mill and as the ground was kind of
damp from a thunder shower they had
that day he spreads his blanket inside
the box and goes to sleep Ore bins
have to be smooth and dust tight so
it wasnt a bad shanty
Well there came a jar and waked
him up The box was rolling a little
and going along going along forty
mile an hour Scotty lit a match and
found he was In a kind of big tunnel
but the wall Avas flying by so fast he
couldnt make out just what kind of
a tunnel it was Now hed gone to
sleep in peace and quiet on a side hill
and to wake up and find himself boat
riding in a tunnel was enough to sur
prise anybody First he pinched him
self to see if it was Hanks pie or a
cold fact found it was a fact then he
lit another match and leaned over and
looked at the black water underneath
but this made the box tip so it scart
him and lie settled down in the bot
tom again no didnt try to think
What was the use No man living
could have figured things out with the
few facts Scotty had before him All
of a sudden the box made a rush and
shot out into the aL and Scotty felt
they were falling God sakes he
says to himself Whats next I won
der Then they hit the water below
with a kerfiap that nearly telescoped
Scotty and sent the spray flying Aft
er that they went along smooth again
Well says Scotty I dont know
where I am nor who I am nor whats
happened nor whos it nor nothing
about this game So far I aint been
hurt though and I might just as well
lie down and get a little more rest
It was broad daylight when he
woke up again and a man was look
ing into the box Hello pardner he
says I hope youve had a pleasant
journey Do you always travel this
way
Scotty raised up and found his
craft was aground high and dry no
water within a hundred feet of it
On one side was quite a little town
Say says he could I trouble you
to tell me where I am friend
Youre at Placerville answers the
other
Placerville yells Scotty And I
went to sleep at Cutters mill sixty
five miles fuoni here What are you
giving us man
Im putting it to you straight says
the stranger Take a look around
you
Scotty looked and there was all
kinds of wreckage from a dead beef
critter to a wheelbarrow
What in nations all this says he
Washout says the man Cloud
burst up on the divide worst weve
ever had your box Is about high
KaiexjnnrkW Tou see there was water
enougn ror awhile 1 reckon youro
about the only thing that camo through
alive
Well wouldnt that knock you
says Scotty
While the rest of the folk at the
mill was taking to the high ground for
their lives with the water roaring and
tearing through the gulch Scotty had
mtimXf Cg
What in nations nil this says he
peacefully gone off in his little boat
down the creek and instead of going
over the rapids where hed have been
done for all his luck the box ambles
through the flume they was building
for the new mill Of course there was
the jounce over the tail race but that
hadnt hurt him much and after he
rocked in the cradle of the deep until
he got beached at Placerville
Come along friend says Scotty
to the feller You and me are going
to have a little drink on this if it is
the last act And I reckon probably
they made it two for when Scotty got
back again he was in a condition that
made everybody believe that hed only
guessed at the story he told But they
found out afterward it was a solemn
fact Mattie give us some more cof
fee
Thus abruptly recalled to Fairfield
Miss Mattie started up
Well Will it does seem as if that
was a dangerous country to live In
said she
Oh not so awful said Red Just
as many people die here as they do
there This worlds a dangerous place
to live in wherever you strike it Mat
tie
Thats so said she thoughtfully
And now said Red pushing back
his chair its time I got to work and
left you to do the housework undis
turbed
What are you going to do Will
First place theres fences and
things to be tinkered up I see I
suppose a millionaire like me ought to
hire those things done but Id have
measles of the mind if I sat around
doing nothing
I have been wanting to get the
place in good order for some time
said Miss Mattie but what with the
money I had to spend for this and
that and not being able to get Mr
Joyce to come in for a days work
when I wanted him its gone on until
there is a good deal of wrack to it
Well wrack it tother way round in
no time Got any tools here
Out in the barn is whats left of
fathers tools People have borrowed
em and forgot to return em and
theyve rusted or been lost until Im
afraid there aint many of em left
Well Ill get along today somehow
and later on well stock up Want any
help around the house
Thank you no Will
Then Im off
It was almost with a feeling of ter
ror that Miss Mattie beheld him root
up the fence Her idea of repairing
was to put In a picket here and there
where it was most needed Reds was
to knock it all flat first and set it up
in Al condition afterward So in two
hours time he straightened up and
snapped the bwsat from his brow be
holding the slain pickets prone on the
grass with thorough satisfaction Yet
he felt tired for the day was already
hot wIVu a moist and soaking seacoast
heat to which the plainsman was un
accustomed A three quarter grown
boy passed by lounging on the seat
of a farm wagon
Hey hailed Red The boy stopped
and turned slowly around
Yes sir he answered courteously
enough
Want a job said Red
Well I dunno replied the boy
He was much astonished at the ap
pearance of his interrogator and he
was a cautious New England boy to
boot
You dont know retorted Red
Well with some sarcasm dye sup
pose I could find out at the postoffice
The boy looked at Red with a twin
kle in his eye and a comical drawing
of his long mouth
I calclate if you cud fin out any
weres twould be there said he
Red laughed He had noticed the
busy postmistress rushing out of her
store to waylay any one likely to have
Information on any subject a stream
of questions proceeding from her
through the door
Say you got anything particular
to do
No sir leastways thaint no hurry
about It
Can I buy stuff to make a fence
with around here
Yes sir Mr Pettigrews got all
kinds of buildin material at his store
two mile over yonder pointing with
the whip-
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every first and third Tuocilay of the mouth at
800 p in in Masonic hull
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iu Odd Followb hall
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McCook LodjjoNo 3 D of 11 meets every
second and forth Fridays of eacli mouth atSXJ
pm iu Guuschows hall
Miw Laura Osuurx C of II
Mbs MatikG Welles Hec
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McCook Aorio No 1114 F O E meets tho
second and fourth Weduosdajs of each mouth
at 800 pm iu Gaufecliows hall Social moot
idKS on the first and third Wednesdujs
W II Cummins W Pros
II P Peteuson W Sec
EABTEKN 8TAU
Euroka Chaptor No O E S moots the
second and fourth Frida j h of each mouth ut
800 p m iu Masonic hull
Mas Sarah E Kay W M
Sylvester Cokdeal Sec
G A K
J K Unrnos Post No 207 G A II moots ou
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Guuschows hull
J M Henderson Cmudr
J II Yargkr Adjt
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
McCook Council No 1126 K of C meets tho
first and third Tuesdajs of each mouth at 800
p in iu Ganschows hall
C J Ryan G K
F G Lechleitek F Sec
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
McCook Lodco No 42 K of P meots every
Wodnesday at 800 p in iu Masonic hall
J F CORHEAL C C
C W Barnes K R S
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
St John Commaudery No 16 K T meots on
tho second Thurday of each month at 800 p
in in Masonic hall
Emerson Hanson E C
Sylvester Cordeal Rec
LADY MACCABEES
Valley Queen Hive No 2 L O T M meets
overy first and third Thursday evenings of each
mouth iu hall
Mrs W B Mills Commander
Harriet E Willetts R- K
locomotive engineers
McCook Division No 623 B of L E meets
every first nnd third Saturday of each month ht
800 in Berrys hall
W C Schenck C E
W D Burnett F A E
five thousand people talked with him
and purchased his medicine This
is an average of over two thousand a
day
His success was so phenomenal as
to cause universal comment hoth by
the public and the press There must
be a reason for this Here is the
reason given in his own words by Mr
Cooper when interviewed on the sub
ject He said
The immense numbers of people
who are calling on me nere in Boston
is not unusual I have had the same
experience for the past two years
wherever I have gone The reason is
a simple one It is because my medi
cine puts the stomach in good condi
tion This does not sound unusual
but it is in fact the key to health The
stomach is the very foundation of
life I attribute 90 per cent of
all sickness directly to the stomach
Neither animals nor men can re
main well with a poor digestive appa
ratus Few can be sick with a diges
tion in perfect condition As a matter
of fact most men and women today
are half sick It is because too much
food and too little exercise have grad
ually forced the stomach into a half
sick condition My medicine gets the
stomach back where it was and that
is all that is necessary
Among Boston people who are
staunch believers in Mr Coopers
theory is Mr Frank D Brown of 57
LOCOMOTIVE FIBKMEN
McCook LodKt No 199 H of L F E
moots overySaturduyut 800 p in in Gans
chows hull
W It Pennington M
W S Bixler Sec
MACIIINIHTH
Red Willow LodKe No M7 I A of M moots
every Hccoud and fourth Tuesday of the mouth
ut 800 p m in Gauschow hall
D O Hewitt Pros
W II Anderson Rec Sec
MODERN WOODMEN
Noble Camp No 061 M W A meets ovory
second and fourth Thursday of each mouth u
8tf0 p in iu Ganschows hall
John Hunt V C
Uarnky Hofeu Clork
ODD FELLOWS
McCook Lodge No 137 1 0 0 F moots every
Mouday at 800 p in in JanschowH hall
E II Doan N G
Scott Doan Sec
P E O
Chaptor X l E O meets tho second and
fourth Saturdays of each mouth at 230 p m
ut tho homes of the various members
M its W IiuiTT Iros
Mks J G Schoiiel Cor Sec
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
Harvoy Division No Wi O R C moots tho
second and fourth Sundays of each mouth ut
300 p iu iu Diamonds hall
Joe Hegeniiergeu C Con
M O McClure Sec
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
C W Bronsou I odgo No -187 U of R T
meots every Friday at 800 p in iu Berrys
hall
II W CONOVER M
F J Huston Sec
WORKMEN
McCook Lodge N 61 AOUW moots every
Monday ut800 p in iu Diamonds hull
Weu Stephens M W
C B Gray Rec
R A M
King Cyrus Chapter No 3T R A M meots
every first and third Thursduy of euch month at
8KX p m in Masonic hull
Clarence B Gray II P
Clinton B Sawyer Sec
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
Noblo Camp No 862 R N A meets every
second uud fourth Thursday of each month at
230 p m in Ganschows hall
Mrs Mary Walker Oracle
Mrs Augusta Anton Rec
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Council Nol6RSS M meets on
the last Saturday of euch mouth ut 800 p in
in Masonic hall
Ralph A Hagbeug T I M
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Meots second aud fourth Thursdays at 8
o clock in Diamond s hall
Chas F Markwad C C
W C Moyer Clork
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Cooper Explains Reason for Remarkable
Average of Boston Callers
During L T Coopers recent stay
in Boston it is estimated that sixty-
Bloomingdale street Chelsea Mass
He says
For five years I have sought re
lief for indigestion stomach trouble
and dyspepsia spending nearly all my
wages with doctors and obtaining no
results I had dull pains across my
back radiating to the shoulders I
had splitting headaches which nothing
seemed to cure There was a gnawing
and rumbling in my stomach and
bowels I was troubled with vertigo
and dizziness and at times almost
overcome by drowsiness
I felt tired and worn out all the
time my sleep was not refreshing
and I would get up in the morning
feeling as weary as when I went to
bed My appetite was
at times then again nauseated at
the sight of food Sometimes my face
was pale at other times flushed I
was constipated and bilious and had
catarrhal affection in nose and throat
which caused me to hawk and spit
a great deal especially in the morning
I heard so much of the Cooper reme
dies that I decided to try them After
taking one bottle a tapeworm 50 feet
long passed from my system I felt
better almost immediately All my
troubles disappeared as if by magic
and my improvement was rapid I
now feel entirely well and can honest
ly recommend Mr Coopers medicine
to anyone who suffers as I did
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