Show I 1 I 1 miss selina lue luc AND TRE THE I 1 soapbox soap box babies by maris maria thompson daviess af illustrations illustration by magnus G kettner kellner ISO the dobbs merrill company Comp tOT continued from last week courso common sense makes people think alike from tennessee to jericho but aint li it funny how little ago KL K L almost the worst ruckus we ever had on the bluff of 0 it la Is let loose all along the road 9 I 1 wished we coulder had more of it in that eliat mothers meeting we ne had bad thle this morning which Is the cause of 0 all this cyclone trouble along of letting the children git away and into a mess of hornets while we talked about how to raise em A mothers meeting questioned cynthia in astonishment oh she mean any real harm she was sent out by some kinder hinder foolish union she came into the grocery about nine this morning I 1 got a chair quick ter fer her to puff and rest in from the hill climb she looked kinder feeble and pinched but my she had bad fire in her eyes and she liet up when she talked did she bhe come up tor for missionary purposes demanded miss cynthia indignantly oh yes I 1 reckon that is the way she put it to herself and it was lind kind ot of her but it did set back the work as this Is washday wash day mis dobbs was glad enough to leave her tubs and come oter to mis and set and listen stid of rubbing but mis lunney was as put out as could be and what did she have to impart to you about child culture miss cynthia again demanded oh they was all good enough little receipts that most women what lips lias owned a baby a week finds out for herself ler but I 1 was glad ter see them took notice of and writ up in fine talk ini ina book cause how bow do we know that some woman some day might rot need sich I 1 was glad ter have mary lary ellen hear bear her fell over a few things I 1 have said to her time and time again well it makes roe no indignant to think of her but wait until I 1 tell you about the husband experiences she began on the way she talked sounded kinder like training a lion or tiger by a kindness method I 1 seen itis his lunney begin to swell and I 1 got right uneasy youve saw kinney when her temper has riz she stood up and sorter shet that left eye of biern and asked in a pleasant voice did I 1 understand that you was miss bumpas or mistress Bli bumpas millas maam ra aam 11 11 1 I am M miss has bumpas bum pas answered the lady with vinegar and persimmons mixed in her voice well said alls kinney then I 1 excuses your re remarks marls child some woman have been joking kiili with you about her men folks you talking about no united states husband at all it must been abeen a some chinee man your friend was complaining pla ining over I 1 was surprised how mild and patient mis ills kinney was handling her remarks when women are content to sit with folded hands and let the lady got so EO far but ills kinney interrupted her in a very way 11 set with folded bands she kinder repeated dazed like why I 1 mako make mine do the work of four any day and it mr kinney was waa to come home and one me a setting cross handed dant here the ruckus began and I 1 hoard heard it coming down the street lick ety split ethel AN maud and was in n the lead hut but the others was close behind and the yelling was like what you call it a cyclone oh how bow delicious gasped miss cynthia as she shook with laughter at tho the picture what did miss sum burn pas do honey I 1 dont know I 1 didn dian t laye have time to see mis illis ickers cays she wait lor for the ten fifty car but tool took to the niu TM this la Is the first breathing minute I 1 have had bad zin eba and ana now im worrying caw cause she ethl 11 think we got a bit of man anro ners why you I 1 t help the cyclone yes I 1 know but you oughter aughter lc be thankful fer kindnesses done to you whether they are caps that fit or not ills kinney was riled ailed and but its easy for me to talk who aint got no husband tobi to bit tand and bridle like she recommended and lands alive it Is almost dinnertime dinner time and not it a thing thine on the stove set still honey while I 1 bring the beans beang out here to string miss cynthia sat for a few minutes in su smiling illing silence and then there floated down from the barn a tenor whistled rendition of an alda aida aria miss cynthia stiffened rose and called a hasty goodby good by to miss selina lue luc aho vho ft ho came to tho the door to look up tip the street after her 1 11 I do wonder why she had to go so she said to herself as she turned again toward the kit kl aben just then mr alan entered the back door with carrots wriggling la in his hands handa lie ile was a whimpering bunch of the exact hue of that part of the mother earth in the garden fence lands alive mr alan did carrots turn over his box at last exclaimed miss selina lue as she plucked him by the neck of his apron and set him down by the sink ile he was squirming over the geography of the garden paths when I 1 found him answered mr alan with a laugh carrots gave one sleepy little purr and rolled over on the floor tor for a nap well such a time as wo we have hare been a having baving remarked miss selina helln a lue as mr alan followed he S to the brolat tt of the grocery and they both seated themselves in reach of the biwer breeze she began to snap the beans busily 1 I heard about it answered mr alan and I 1 had a drink ot of lemonade that bucket saved many amany a ot of yells and soothed a heap of pain answered answer an ad miss selina lue filth a laugh but dearle dearie rii me I 1 wonder it if miss cynthia coulder been stung by one of them jackets as a reason for leaving so sudden I 1 saw one crawling around the steps a little while ago ive just thought ot of it miss selina luea lucs hands bands were idle from anxiety as she peered up the hill ft A ith distress in her usually serene eyes no said mr alan calmly 1 I don dont t think it was a yell yellow ow jacket that caused her flight it might have beert been a gray serge he added under his breath well I 1 jest feel too uneasy to rest calm until I 1 find out said miss selina lue you bennie come here a minute I 1 want you and she hailed the wounded hero as he straggled up the road with the empty bucket you ought to teach her to negate pain as you do tho the kiddies was mr vindictive remark which tailed failed to lodge in miss selina lues kind mind but he seemed glad when bennie enthusiastically consented to run up tip to the hill mansion to take a bottlo bottle ot of camphor and find out about the possible accident ile he went so tar far as to hand him a dime with thel the entreaty that he hurry and relieve tho the anxiety of miss selina lue he even stood and watched impatiently the rag head of oc the messenger which seemed to crawl up the hili hill like a big white snail 1 I know im foolish said miss selina lue as she began on the beans again 1 I dont hold with thinking up bad happenings onto people tor for sometime it might kinder lilt hit era em on some blind side we dont know about and take but that child Is jest the fernl ot of my heart she Is one of the ibe whys ghys ot of me miss cynthia Is since I 1 come to the bluff why I 1 thought aou ou had always been til the bluff alis miss sell selina lue said mr alan anxious to turn her thoughts from her favorite topic ot of conversation he bore no malice but a snub Is likely to bring return ripples of resentment and that witching mischievous smile anille his ears began to burn from reflex action oh no indeed ive only been here eight years answered miss selina lue and her eyes rested on the far dini dim hills across the just eight years yeara and two months for ethel maud was horned bornea tire the night after I 1 got here how on earth did they get along without you before you came asked mr alan with sincerity in his tone well they so many babies on the blurt bluff then jest bennie though h he e was a mighty poor bobr specimen when I 1 took a hand band with him thebie kept a coming along in bunches ever sinco since how lid did you vou happen to come to them asked mr alan gently ez f for he saw that miss laiss selina fu lues e mind jor was back in the past yes she answered softly it do look like the little unborn unburned ed things called me me a setting lonesome u ud on a side of one of the hills bills over in warren county I 1 have nothing but some land a empty home and a lull full graveyard over by the garden wall it was jest about rundown un down one ona day and I 1 was a fixing round the graves the wild eilets was bloom abloom a ingon ing on fer the first time when I 1 looked up and se seen en the light of glory on the hills and somehow I 1 dont know but all of a sudden the grieving love in me turned lito lato love of 0 god that he jest poured down into my heart and I 1 was so filled with it that it hurt mo me not to be a giving some 0 of it out to other folks the next day I 1 sold eold the land and home to cousin dave elkins and hitched up and started down to where I 1 could find folks to need me im surprised you got this tar far said bald mr alan his voice a bit husky as he be looked into miss selina lues fageot beautiful tenderness well it was with many marty a a stop she answered as her lace face broke up into a shower of smiles it took two full weeks to make the seventy miles and it if ever a woman found things a walting to 0 be did it was me as I 1 come along the road miss selina lue laughed reminiscently tell me about it please do begged mr A alan like a small mall boy wheedling for an adventure tale well let me see I 1 was all hitched and ready to start by sunup sun up I 1 had been real stern with myself about leaving most mast everything behind me packed up la in a corner 0 of the garret but I 1 never had any mind not to drive Char Charl itys tys mother down before me cause no matter where a body lands a cow is a convenience to have along mr alan laughed and moved a stop step nearer how far did you get that first day he inquired oh only as s far as cousin patty pally they had word and vaa i as a looking tor for me I 1 V heard the children barking like dogs when I 1 turned in the gate it was the worst crowd of whooping I 1 have ever saw raw it was IL a mercy I 1 got there when I 1 did fer it took me three days dosing with onion syrup and brown sugar which she had bad never heard on to git rem em where they could pull through I 1 left em but on the road to mend I 1 was so glad I 1 found a job of helping that I 1 could wade through so BO well it if you wade through peoples troubles miss selina lue you would be sure to strike out and swim said mr alan as he snapped a bean across across the step well I 1 found a trouble down the road to mis alls deacon jennings that come mighty nigh going over my head and I 1 had to hold on tight to the hand of god and try and pull against the tide fer them and me too it was a babas funeral she had bad six living boys and jest this one ona little woman child seemed like I 1 sewed stitches in my own soul as I 1 made the little white shroud miss selina LUGS lues voice quivered but im plad pad you were there to make it faltered mr alan so was 1 I and I 1 helt belt rem em up all I 1 could in the arms of prayer but it was the lee ice houses caving lit in that saved li her r 1 l the lee ice houses caving in a yes for it broke two boys arms and one collarbone collar bone you see sorrowing can go hand band in hand band with work all day and they can lie down together at night but they both sleep yes said mr air alan ajan thoughtfully that la Is as true as it sounds but where next miss selina lue then next I 1 got to uncle jere sommers in time to witness the calamity of a man been deaf thirty years bitting gitting his hearing back agin by a hearty sneeze well do you call that a calamity asked mr air alan well whatever people dont want to happen to era em is a calamity when it comes announced miss selina lue lie ile said lie had been minding hla his own business and not having to bother with other affairs for moren morea 0 0 0 06 0 how on earth did they get along without you before you came put a porous plaster on the chest and take a good cough syrup internally it you would treat a severe case or of sore lungs properly get cot the dollar size BALL AllDS HOREHOUND SYRUP with each bottle there Is a free HERRICKS RED PEPPER POROUS PLASTER for tho the chest sold by brigham ili city pharmacy advertisement thirty years and now he had to hear bear every tool fool rooster in the neigh neighborhood boyhood express hla his opinion as to whether day was nigh or not he jest wrapped his bis head up tip in a old flannel shirt and went about his work as ag usual hearing only what the tho shirt stop ile he was mad plumb through and he had bad ent cm all walking around on they toes like craw crawfish lish it strange how one persons crank can turn the wheels ot of the whole family mr alan laughed heartily at the idea of tho the old recluses protest at being dragged into the world again and miss selina lue joined in merrily from the back ol of the grocery came a taint faint sleepy chirp which had bad a more energetic echo there now they are all a waking up said miss selina lue but bat maybe be quiet while I 1 tell you about the bridegroom and the cake caie that I 1 hall had the trouble with at carrie Lo louises ulses lN wedding edding as I 1 come on over the ridge it always did seem a shame to me how folks biks hand band a bride around on a feather so to speak and jest let the poor groom shift for fer hissett his self like he were some sort ot of a criminal andy were all dressed in his wedding clothes about tour four and a walting somebody oughter aughter been setting by ter keep his mind often hasselt but the poor door boy wandered down the back hall to the porch to sit git a drink of water to quench his thirst and help him ler the lump in his hie throat and had the misfortune to git mixed up with the wedding cale cake wb what at they had st set on IL a table in a dark corner by the door to be lit up with candles when I 1 got there they wai waa both on tho the floor and he had bad run his loot foot plumb through it and was vas with frosting something terrible I 1 used soft soap and patience and by hard work I 1 got him aud the clothes ready to stand up at the wedding then I 1 whirled in and mixed another sixty egg cake in a mill milk crock and baked it in a dishpan dish pan ith astonishing luck I 1 frosted it liberal with curly cues and ine and it both was ready by the time folks got to coming I 1 laughed all the way down the road next day at the remembering ot of his face when I 1 found him arid miss selina lue chuckled at M mr r shout of amusement wait lie he said as she rose to go 90 in and quell the calls from the soap boxers which were fast becoming a demonstration tell me some more let them roar theres not much more to tell she said as she looked up and down tile the quiet street A temporary lull hill had descended upon the back regions 1 I drove in here along about sundown I 1 knew that tom withers a warren county man inan kept a grocery somewhere wll re on the bluff but it like this is now they was a crowd of loafers setting on the steps talking loud and they was a counter back there where the soap boxes are now with kegs and bottles under it and his poor wife was almost to death before I 1 laid my head bead on the p pillow in the leanto lean to that night ii I 1 f had ed bought sm fimm vu ul t fi at lar lair price r e with the horse borse and rockaway to boot so he could start light oft off with her to the west chig a hole in my ot of money but that woman was a dking and had bad to go so you intended to enter commercial life asked mr altin alan his eyes bright ft nith ath interest oh no ho answered miss lue but I 1 had bad to put ray my ast to follow any good leading that come if you had seen me go at this grocery with a broom and a mop the next day and first 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