The Beggs Independent (Beggs, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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BEGO SOKLA' INDEPENDENT
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CHAPTER XV
Till “Hardening" Process
Tho life-saving station waa ver y
itlll Noa and 6 bad gon out on
Ih eight-o’clock patrol The seventh
man waa taking hla twenty-four boura
off at hla home on the thorn The
keeper waa working over bla report
In the office The other membera of
the crew were upatalre asleep and
Abe and Samuel were bearing eacb
other company In the meearoom
Abe lay aaleep on the carpet-covered
aofa which had been dragged out of
the captaln’e room for him eo that
the old man need not apend the night
In the cold eleeplng-loft above He
waa fully dreaaed except for hla
boota for he waa determined to con
form to the rulea of the eervlce and
aleep with hla cloth ea on ready for
tnatant duty
“Talk erbout him a-dyln’l" growled
Samuel to hlmeelf lounging wearily
la a chair bealde the a tore "He’e jeat
etartln hla life He’a a regTar hoe
I didn’t think he had It In him'
Samnel’a tone waa resentful He
n little Jealous of the dlatlnctlon
which had been made between him
and Abe and drawing cloaer to the
be ahlvered In growing dtataate
for the cot aaalgned to him with the
crew upatalre where the white front
lay on the window latcbee
What uncomfortable chalra they bad
In thla atatlon! Samuel llatened to
the mooing of tbe breakera to the
wind rattling at the caaementa— and
wondered If Bloaay had mlaaed him
About thla time ahe muat be alttlng
in her chintz-covered rocker combing
out the rlngleta of her golden-white
hair In the cheery firelight
Now that would be a night worth
aeelngl Abe opened hla mouth and
began to snore What dlaguating hide-
oua creaturea men were reflected
Samuel Six montha living with an
unuaually high-bred woman had Inaen-
albly ralaed hla atandarda
Why ahould he apend a week of hla
aveabortenlng life with auch Inferior
belnga Just for Abraham’a take— for
Abraham ’a aake and to bear out a the-
ory of hla own which be had already
concluded a mistake?
Abe gave a snort opened bla eyes
and muttered aleeplly: “This la what
I call a A No X spree Naow termor-
rer— " But mumbling Incoherently
he relapeed Into slumber pulling hla
lips out Into a whistling sound
Samuel reached for a newspaper on
the table folded It Into a missile and
started to fling It Into tbe innocent
face of the sleeper But fortunately for
dtan Over on Ha Fingers the List of
High Crimes
Abraham It waa Captain Darby's cue-
tom to count ten whenever seised by
an exasperated Impulse and at the
ninth number he regretfully dropped
the paper
Then he began to count In another
way Using the forefinger of hla right
hand as a marker be counted under
Ills breath “on" on hla left thumb
than after a frowning Interval “two”
on bia left foreflnger “three" on the
middle digit and so on giving time
for thought to each number until be
bad exhausted the fingers of bla left
band and was ready to start on the
Sight' -
Count count went on Samuel until
thrice five was passed and he began
do be eonfoeed
Onoe more Abe awoke and tngulred
M tbe other were trying to reckon the
number of new wigwags and signals
which the service bad acquired since
they bad worked for the government:
but on being sharply told to “Bhet
up!" went to sleep again
What tbe projector of the trip was
really trying to recall was how many
timea that day he had regretted sav-
ing Abe from the devastating dutchee
of the old ladles
“Him need hardenin’ T" muttered
Samuel blacklyt “Why he's harder
now n nails an’ hardtack!
Again he ran over on hla fingers the
list of high crimes and misdemeanors
of which Abe bad been guilty
First— thumb left hand— Abe had
Insisted on extending their scooter
sail until he Samuel bad felt hla toes
freezing In his boots
Second — forefinger left hand— on
being welcomed by the entire force at
Bleak Hill and naked how long they
expected to stay Abe had blurted out
“A bull week” explaining that Sam-
uel's rule requiring at least seven days
of exile from hla wife every elx montha
barred them from returning In leas
time
Tbe keeper was a widower all the
other men were bachelors How could
they be expected to understand? They
hurst Into a guffaw of laughter and
Abe not even conscious that he bad
betrayed a sacred confidence sput-
tered and laughed with the rest
Samuel had half a mind to return
tomorrow "Jeat to spite ’em" Let's
see how many days of thla plagued
week were left? Six Six whole
twenty-four hours away from Blossy
and hla snug warm comfortable nest
She wasn’t used to keepln’ house by
herself neither Would she remem-
ber to wind tbe clock on Thursday
and feed tbe canary and water the
abutllon and begonias reg'lar?
Grimly Samuel took up offense No
t Abraham bad further told the men
that he had been brought over here
for a hardening process but ha was
willing to bet that If Samuel could
keep up with him he could keep up
with Samuel
Then followed jqffejn jn offense
Was Samuel to he outdone on hla own
one-time field of action by as old
Iadlea’ darling? No I
When Abe sat for a half-hour In the
lookout up In tbe freezing cold cu-
pola and did duty “Jest to be smart"
Samuel sat there on top of hla own
feet too
When Abe helped drag out tbe ap-
paratus cart over the heavy sands for
tbe drill Samuel helped too And
how tugging at that rope brought back
hla lumbago!
When Abe rode In the breeches-
buoy Samuel Insisted on playing the
sole survivor of a shipwreck too and
went climbing stiffly and lumberlngly
up the practise mast
Abraham refused to take a nap after
dinner so did Samuel Abe went
down to the outdoor carpenter shop In
the grove and planed a board Juat for
the love of exertion Samuel planed
two boards and drove a nail
“We've got two echoolboye - with
ua“ said the keeper and the crew
“Elf I’d a-knowed that yaw had more
lives n my Maltese cat" Samuel waa
muttering over Abe by this time
I’d— “
Count count went Captain Derby's
Sagers He heard the keeper rattling
Payers In the office Just across the
threshold beard him say he waa about
to turn In and guessed Samuel bad
better do likewise but Samuel kept
on counting
Count count went the arraigning
flngera Gradually be grew drowsy
but a till he went over and over poor
Abe’s offenses counting on until of
sudden he realised that he was no
longer numbering the alns of hla com-
panion he waa measuring In minutes
tbe time be muat apend away from
Blossy and Twin Coves and the
gonlaa and the canary and the oat
What would Blossy say If she could
feel the temperature of the room In
which he was supposed to aleep?
What would Blossy aay If aba knew
how hla back ached? Whatever Would
Blossy do to Abe Rose If she could sus-
pect how he had tuckered out her “old
man?"
He's a reg’lar hoea" brooded Sam-
uel “Oh my feet!" grabbing at hla
right boot “I’ll bet yer all I got It's
them air chilblains That's what" ha
added unconsciously speaking aload
Abe’s lids slowly lifted He rubbed
hla eyes and yawned He turned his
bead on hla bard blue gingham -covered
pillow and stared sleepily at the
other
'Tew been noddln Sami? Ain’t
glttln sleepy a'ready are yer?" He
glanced at the dock “Why It's only
half-past nine Say what’s the matter
with me an yew gain west ter
No 6? Lee tie breath o’ fresh air’ll
make ua sleep splendid"
He started Up from the couch but
dropped back too heavy with weari-
ness to carry off bis bravado Samuel
however not noticing the discrepancy
between speech and action waa al-
ready at the door leading upstairs
“Tew don’t drag me out o’ thla ata-
tlon ternlglit Aba Rose YeWre a
reg’lar hoaa that's what yew be A
reg’lar hoes I reg’lar— a reg’lar—"
He flung open the door and went
trudging as fast as his smarting feet
could carry him up the steep and nar
row steps wherein the passing of
other feet for many years had worn
little hollows on either aide
Abraham limped from the couch to
the door himself and called after him:
‘'Sami don’t yew want tew aleep
by the fire? Tew seem a leetle softer
than I be Let me come upstairs"
There was no answer beyond the
vicious slamming of Samuel's boots
upon the floor above
Abe raised his voice again and now
came In answer a roar of wrath from
tbe cot next to Samuel's
“Go to bed!" shouted No 6 a burly
red-headed Irishman “Go to bed wld
yel Tb’ young folks do be nadln’ a
little schlape I"
the table the empty dishes the two
members of the crew sleepily Jocular
with their blue flannel elbows spread
over the board the old man's rumpled
bed and hla brilliant cheeks and
bright eyea
“Boys you shouldn’t have woke up
Cap’n Rose" he aatd reprovingly
“I’m afraid sir" turning to Abraham
"that you find our manners pretty
rough after your life among the old
Iadlea”
Abe dropped hla eyes In confusion
Was he never to be rid of those apron
strings?" '
“Well there’s worse things than
good women" proceeded the captain
1 wish we had a few over here" He
Catarrh of Kidneys
Cored By Perona
CHAPTER XVI
“A Reg’lar Hoaa
Abe flung himself back on hla hard
couch drew the thick gray -blanket
over him and straightway fell Into a
deep childlike slumber from which he
was aroused by the rough but hearty
Inquiry:
8y Cap like to have some oyater
atew and a cup of coffee?"
Abe sat up rubbing hla eyea won-
dering since when they had begun to
serve oyster atew for breakfast on the
beach then he realised that he he
had not overslept and that It waa not
morning
The clock waa striking twelva the
midnight patrol was Just going out
and the returning “runners were bid-
ding him partake of the food they had
Juat prepared to cheer them after their
cold tramp along the surf
The old man whiffed the smell of
the coffee tempted yet withheld by
the thought of Angy’s horror and the
horror of the twenty-nine sisters
“Cap’n Abe”— Clarence Havens No
S with a big Iron spoon In hla hand
and a blue gingham apron tied around
hla bronzed neck put him on hla
mettle however— ’’Cap’n Abe' I tell
yew we wouldn’t have waked no
other fellow of your age out of a sound
sleep Cap’n Darby he could aneose
till doomsday but we knowed yon
wouldn’t want to miss no fun a-
golng" 'Cap’n Sami does show his years"
Ahe admitted "Much obliged fer yew
a-wakln me up boys" as he drew on
hie boots "I waa dreamln’ I waa hun-
gry Law I wish 1 had a dollar apiece
for all the eyester stews I’ve et on
this hare table twlxt sunset an’ sun-
rise" Under the stimulus of the unaccus-
tomed repast Abe expanded and be-
gan to tel yarns of the old days on
the beach — the good old days Hla
cheeks grew red bis eyes sparkled
He smoked and leaned back from tha
table and ate and drank smoked and
ate again
“A week amongst yew boys" be as-
serted gaily “la e-gotn tew be the
makln' of ma Haow Sami kin waste
so much time In sleep 1 can't under
stand"
“I don't think he la asleep" said No
“When I was upstairs Jest now
fer my slippers I heard him kind o’
sniffin’ Inter his plller
The laugh which followed brought
the keeper out of hie offlce In hla car-
pet slippers a patchwork quilt over
hla shoulders Hla quick eyes took In
the scene— the lamp sputtering above
1 had Ca
tarrh of the
Kidneys and
Bladder 1
Am Very
Thankful
For Peruna
I Feel Well
My tongue
! clear I
have no bitter taste In my
mouth 1 am glad to say I
do not need Peruna any
longer I am perfectly well
I have Peruna in the house
all the time When 1 have
cold or when 1 do not feel
well 1 take Peruna We
were all sick with the grip
last winter We took Peru
naand it helped us Peruna
is the best medicine for grip
or cold”
nJahJa c"1—
Began to Tell Yarns of tho Old Days
on tha Beach
sighed with the quiet dull manner of
the men who have lived long on the
beach "Since they mede the rule that
the men must eat sod sleep In the
station It’s been pretty lonely That’s
why there’s so many young fellows tn
the service nowadays married men
with famillee won't take the Job"
'Them empty cottages out thar"
admitted Abe pointing to the win-
dow "does look kind o' lonesome
a-goln' ter rack an’ ruin Why the
winter I was over here every man had
his wlfs an' young uns on tho beach
’cept me an’ Sami"
Again tbs ‘keeper sighed and drew
his coverlid closer “Now it’s Just
men men nothing but men Not a
petticoat in live miles and I tell you
sometimes' we get mad looking at one
another don’t we boys?"
The two young men had sobered
and their faces also had taken on that
look engendered by a life of dnll rou-
tine among sand hills at tho odgo of
a lonely sea with seldom the sound
of a woman’s voice In their ears or the
prattle of little children
“For two months last winter nobody
came near ns said Havens “and ws
couldn't get off ourselves either half
the time The bay broke up Into porridge-ice
after that big storm around
New Tear’s yew dsan’t risk a scooter
on It or a catboat Feele to me" be
added as be roes to hie feet "aa If It
waa blowln’ up a genuwlne old nor'-
neater again"
Tha other man helped him clear tha
Ubls “I’m goln’ to gat married tn
June" he said suddenly "and give np
this hero blamed service"
"A wife" pronounced Abe carrying
bla own dishes Into tha kitchen "la
dretful handy onct yaw git used to
her"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Only Worse
A Philadelphia school teacher has
lately been Instructing her pupils In
Grecian mythology It la the plan to
have the children read the tales aloud
and the next day recount them In their
own language One lad to whom was
given tha assignment to render in his
own language tha story of tbe Oor-
gons did so In these terms:
"The Gorgons were three sisters that
lived In the Islands of Hespertdes
somewhere In the Indian ocean They
had long snakes for hair tusks for
teeth and claws for nails and they
looked like women only more hor-
rible" — Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
SIMP OF FII1S FOB
A CHILD’S MELS
It is cruel to force nauseating
harsh physio into a
sick child
Look back at your childhood days
Remember the “does" mother Insisted
on — castor oil calomel cathartics
How yon hated them how yon fought
against taking them
With our children It’s different
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physio simply don’t realise what they
do The children’s revolt le well-founded
Their tender little "inaldee" are
Injured by them
If your child’s stomach liver and
bowels need cleansing give only deli-
cious “California Syrup of Figs" lte
action la posl’ive but gentle Millions
of mothers keep this harmless “fruit
laxative" handy they know children
lovo to take It that It never falls to
clean the Uver and bowels and sweet-
en tbe stomach and that n teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row Ask at the store for n EO-cent bottle
of “California 8yrup of Figs" which
baa full directions for babies children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle Adv
Except for their vanity It would be
Impossible to please some people
Alweye sura to plea Red Cross Ball
Blue All grocers cell it Adv
Some people would rather die n nat-
ural death than tend for n doctor
Personalities In Court
Counsel used to Insult on another
pretty freely tn court Mr J A Foote
K C who waa called to tha bar in
1176 writes In “Pis Powder":
“It la not tha custom lor leading ad-
vocates of tha present day to quarrel
except occasionally with tha Judge or
during’ the luncheon Interval but It
baa not always been so and things
have been said In public even by man
of acknowledged position which ap-
pear almost incredible when written
down
’I remember for example n Board
of Trade inquiry where the lender on
one side Interrupted bis opponent by
declaring that bis nerves would not
aiiow him to remain In court unless
his learned friend moderated his stri-
dent voice Ths strident ona replied
that be would endeavor to do so If hla
friend would turn away hla ngly mug
Both criticism were perfectly Just
Jewelry Perhaps
A western court has Just decided
that a wooden lag tn “wonring ap-
pnreL" Under what e least OcaUoa
weald K put a boa head?— Puek
Hollanders' Tima ef Celebration
One hundred years ago a big cele-
bration la honor of the emanclpetion
of Holland was held In Albany N T
Word that tha Hollanders ud suc-
ceeded la throwing off the French
yoke and had proclaimed the prince of
Orange sovereign prince of the United
Netherlands had Just reached Amer-
ica though tha events had taken
place two months previously Albany
which was originally called Fort
Orangs bad been settled by tha Duteh
la the early part of tha seventeenth
century Many of the descendants of
these original settlers still lived la
tha city and Its vicinity By thee peo-
pin tha newt of the emancipation of
tha mother country was received with
great rejoicing Celebrations similar
to that tn Albany warn held about tha
eamo tlmo la New York city In Phila-
delphia and In other place wnaro
largo colonies of Hollanders war tip
eluded In tho population
For Every
Kind of
Lameness
A Quaatlon
“Dobbs a a mild-mannered man1
“Tan ho la I wonder if be e aatumb
ly a cr married?"
HANFOnD’Q
Balsam of Myrrii
For Cuta BurM
Bfuiaea Sprains
Strains Stiff Noels V
Chilblains Lame Rafr
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