12/28 I've been washin' carriages and cleanin' up the barn all day and I cal'late I've overdone. I'm gettin' old, and hard work's likely to bring on shakin' palsy to old folks." His wife tartly observed that, if WORK was the cause of it, she guessed he was safe from palsy for quite a spell yet. At any rate, a marked recovery set in and he signaled no more during the meal. But when it was over, and his task as dish-wiper completed, he hurried out of doors and found Mr.Tidditt, shivering in the November wind, on the front porch. "I know there's somethin' and I've froze to death by sections waitin' to hear it." "Have you seen Cy ?" whispered Bailey, glancing fearfully over his shoulder at the lighted windows of the house. |