Show WAS WAITING FOR HIM Mountaineer Would Have Missed the Usual Fool Questions The traveler was well schooled In the current literature concerning the natives of the Southern mountains IP which he was traveling Consequent ly when about noon he rode out of n lonely woods into sight of a small cabin heapproached It with a certalr air of Jaunty confidence The owner of the cabin was sitting on a bench by the door sunning himself with legs outstietched and hands claspec behind his head lie was the picture of ease The traelcr reined In his hors and cleared hIs throat Then ho said jocosely Waiting for the potatoes to dig themselves by outgrowing their landThe The mountaineer smiled a bland mild smile The Joker went on en conraged Perhaps youre expecting the sun II to get hot enough to fry your bacon right on the hogs Not just that grinned the native Or maybe youre looking for some inveler to come along and stub his toes on those stumps and grub em out for you Or even talk fast enough to keep your windmill going The mountaineer rose lie towered almost above the mounted tourist Fact Is he said Ive been wait log for you while I digested my din nw After getting out at 4 milking n cow killing Bn two goat chopping > feeding ten pigs an a heap o wood riling five miles nn back an plow Ing that flelll there I felt right hungry I ate a big dinner so I reckoned sit Id here a few minutes till like Homebody you come along an asked me hem questions I digest my dinner ouem every day Glad you didnt Oh IIU long stranger BO long Youths Companion I |