Show Pursuit of Happiness f Adam Knew Country Folks Dont Don't Desert in Bad Times nU Jard Hoover Hoo and belle Macrae l Hoover cr pear pear Hubbard and Isabelle Isabella just come back from a afire am t. t e Jia fire lire and Im I'm tuckered out I d m use only m my right hand han on the tle writer The left one is a lit lit- and Ann insisted on s Jt siding rinding ding it with yards of bandage f odor of smoke is still strong me rite even after a bath ande and c nm n 1 binge e of clothes clothe Adam t n Barn Barretts Barrett's tt's p place ace Is on said aid Sadie Whitman the thed d pho jhone e operator when I roused iut t of ol bed earl early this morning to toj j ver S cr the phones phone's insistent ring ring- r That st was all No details no rations no request for help r t the stark announcement that l 1 was in bad trouble I II cries cries' I must get up and go to dam Barnett Barnett's s four miles out the village and do what I r could J I drove e down the Chester ter sid tid I recalled the tone and f of l Sadies Sadie's voice She took it itu or u Jr granted that that I and everyone Ii would go immediately It r rii ian an accepted civic duty to help jve f e a 1 mans man's property and to help i sae the burden of a fellow towns- towns townsa a its ain's s 's heart Adam Barnetts Barnett's s 's dace lice lace Is on fire that's all she it mid d. d And in m our simple demor demo- demo r tlc community com m u n 1 t that tha t was ShI Sh I Finds Inference When I got there the house was wasa wasti a inferno t-i t Men were taking the k and machinery out of the thc them m r in case casc it should catch fire hire titre was no water no hose no apparatus All we could i aas as to save a few things from x house Two women stood with lr arms around Mrs Barnett id other dother women were taking care the children We stood there and watched the house im mi JI don't dont suppose Adams Adam's got any aurance one man said No o none was the reply t going to be pretty tough Adam rAdam went on the first Yes e. e and his wife is pregnant Around morning mid women om m om the village drove e out with l d doughnuts and cof- cof e r We stood around drinking flee fee and talking things out as ase e watched the smoking ruins rums of ehouse Adam seemed lonely Id beyond the quiet sympathy of e emen men about him His thin face m w hard and stony I though no nol's nouis ui's uis ls l's face ever ought to look like tat lit I f Barns Barn's Saved Sand lYell Well Adam somebody said DU tiu u wont won't need to shingle the theof of cf of now I I J. J caught aught my breath with a quick I as I saw Adams Adam's face grow fifer and even more like flint fee ni fool I thought to say a l 1 Kg g like that But then the thees thes es s about Adams Adam's lips and eyes and a trace of a smile eked ed across his face What are you going to do donow donow donow now now asked another man and they nil all looked cd questioningly at Adam The barn is saved he said doggedly straightening his sagging sagging sag sag- ging shoulders Im going to start building a house tomorrow So help me I will put a roof up up- up then it'll have to be shingled the stuff Adam Good for you you chorused the men laughIng laughIng laughing laugh- laugh Ing loudly The tenseness which had been gripping all of us dropped away and the talk became easy casy comfortable comfortable comfortable com com- and comradely Adam unashamed wiped a few tears from his face with ith his blackened burned hands and then set his face hard but smiling toward tomorrow We Ve knew that Adam knew we would not desert him Your country cousins Rex n nf Ann Copyright 1918 1913 Hubbard Hoover I |