That
girl's mind just naturally turns to evil. She knows there ain't ever
been a thing stolen in this town, less it was a kiss or two. But
Bessie's the only one, so far as I could hear, who was borrowing
trouble. The rest of the town is dying to get into that house that's
been closed so long. And everybody's curious to know just what Hen
Tomlins's been doing to the furniture. You know when the minister
found out what a fine wood-carver and cabinet-maker Hen was he had him
go through the house. And they say that Bernard Rollins, the
portraiture man, is mixed up in the housewarming too. But nobody can
figure out how. And that ain't the worst. Uncle Tony says that he
heard that the minister bought out the poolroom man, because some one
saw the music box being hauled over to the minister's house. You know
Jake and some others were planning to run that poolroom man out of
town, even whispering about tar and feathers. But the minister asked
them to let him manage and try to fix things up first. So they did and
he's done it, because the poolroom's closed; the stuff went out
yesterday and Effie Struby's brother Alf swears he saw that poolroom
man fooling with the minister's automobile out in the barn. But you
know how near-sighted Alf is and his word ain't credited much, and
everybody's so busy getting ready for the party that they can't stop to
investigate.
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