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Show 7HE TOAD- AT BRACKtTT 3 uORNEnj A lUr'. nctrTKfia IThlrh llav A Mflf KMn'ti In Than. lot"--hr-. Knoclt Uronn ittl cm tbo turn ttoop at DracVtl Corwn, Slutf ro entfnllyat the down poorof rain whicl bat bmi falllnK atcwllly for thrra ft four days ad had clunged th roai Into rirrn or ran I. Hi liorar hah tipifd, but with Iio WAon hlttrml t. the hanim, alncl under ttt Urrri ahd. 13 An t by ol 1 Illll Gordon drori alowlynp with noma jvle-1 by n fir mil full orrr allcky ruAd And will watm H thrall r plvlfrvd with inuX 0 onion cllmUil dnwiu "Jlorrdn, llaocli," lit Mil to tin ftloomy occupant cf tboatoop. How'i thogoln down rmrtl.r 4UiL Powerful baL Iftatticklnthi toller tbcro An hnJ tu unhitch find br1nj my twin tip btt till 1 o'n Kit aoiu on tu donbl up Ait go down nn lid p to out 1 brok two trwi try in to tit out aloni Uforv I (fire npv" VaaI, Enoch, t a'poi 1 cn Mich oo irllhyuui but Ida go In an rmtiv finf Tbo landlord Va1 a jolly chap. " air-.," ho u.li I "Tin Koln I Jua awfnL Ilrnr About old B-indcr' wn Jlitil1 Nut VAt. yoa h- Jim be m-ido up Ida mtivJ to Kit married to HI bloc u in a dantfhttt .Mary. The Hlormnn tltoaht ih"y'd giretheyonn folk a Rood Mnd otf ad j arW hou4ffuI o'folki. Hut the lir-I lir-I ton ho didn t ahow tip. Hytneby, whrn t renin come, tliey lnnn to git ftnxloiu, Alout 'itu and inAdeupthelr toln'i .on aoinbody afur 'tin Jim wai tirnaibt) natvouii, aii llnAlly henid boM tfu 'ln ftelf. So bit tool, bli hofMi An butf'y ao aUrted oat "WaaI, they mltnl An waU1 frr 1m to com back. JS'lno o'clock carao An no Jim Anriopjnon. Ten o'clock, an atlll I hoy didn't rit titer. Tbo women folki wo inij-tly nil of 'cm cryln by l bat time, an ol I Hlocum lui If alartod out. There wm IjIihuI In Id rye, I'm told. I gaM h thon.bt Jlui lwtl put up a job on 'tin, def-ttnt Mary an clrnrnl out 'It wu 8 o'clock In tho morula bo for lie e-td back, but ho hiil Jira An tin. latum with 'lin. bomo' tho folk, hid Rune to btd they wouldn't let itomjol 'uiu co home but thty bad to iff t light up, uii Jim i-u JUry wa uunll tltn aiithtTn." What wa the tnattr akl Inoch, MU"y tho iron gut attwk In tbo mod down by tho Krla' mi)L When Jim dror up. A-louklnf.r'lm, MtrlvUto jmll 'lm out an got atuck 'Imwtf. An tliira they bad to amy, wddlti or no wvddin, till oldSlocum comoAlmg. Then tUeyall tLtve Lltchel together au Anally got OUta" llyandbytho two farmer., tlodJIna alotu behind their bone, atarted out to tvicuo Uiiooh w agon. "That wAaktudo'lianlonyoniiSand en to lure tho liad ro.ids otoLf '1$ wed dlu, womi t HT aid (Jordon. 'TwAjiii't eo bad at Item Walker' luck. lboufjh,NauiwrrrHUInoch. "Lcm'i little- girl got u tUubono In Vr throat Tbo folk conldut git It out, an lein aUtted after tho doctor. Tbo rood wat pretty bad, an it took Jm an the doctor acoupbf of hour to git back, although tbey pretty luar til lei. Lcm'a horao. When they got there tho llttlo girl wai dead. b'd choked to death. If tho doctor could 'a got there prompt ahe might V lcn aliyo today." When they rrachnl ilnoch'e wtigoa they foand it lab deep in tho mndhole After nnrly an hour a work they pulled Itont, but thty brols another trac-o la doing It. When this bad been accom pllthetl their tempera vrvro &)n com I pleltly. "Dogouo inch Imilne, sal 1 Enoch. "I'anumalu't what it tuvd to be. It aetuialumegeUworMi an worto every year. 1 don't Ullero then a farm ia tbo county that alu't mortguto " "(lu.-M tlitTB ain't," ald llrown. Aud aomelhtn ' alwnj a tnrntn uiV went ou Hiioch, tu coat money and cut down profit. Now, today, thertia I my liarneAaallniA4hl to plocea. It'll I cont (Ire dollars to fix It up." I "Hut after all," remarked IJrown, to they dlmuuctid from llnoch'e rvcul but dUUgure4aul itralne.1 wagouattbo t Urern, "we rv better of! than eome. i Tberu plenty of meu hereabout that couldn't get their crum tu market Uforo thl ruin lud aoftencd tho road up. Of ' ouuriu tliey can't pull nny load llirough It hi i mud, and they're lotln tho bfiicul cf good i ricea. 1 jw it'll vverlattln'ly kuock out young I'ttcraon. Jlo'a only been married a litllo while nn aeomeil ! to have a patty good a tut too," Uy and by ho addnl thoughtfully, "If It wasn't for Increatin tbo taxes, I btltero I'd help along thl uioio thit they're talklu about tu put down broken atone rind." "Uood graclontl tald Hnoch, as be Cotihod tixamltiln hit at rained and ilauingol wugon aud Atartftl to go acrona to tho banu-tts ahop with hU broken bar ncaa, "don't Ut that craw get hold of )ou. Wo work on tho road, all of u, two or threo dayi uvery year, a It Is, though it don t acem to mako 'tin much Utter, im wo caut aSord to hare our taxea lucrvaaed. Tbe'ro too Uj al K-a ly," And jet, if the county In which Inoch Drown linM ehould Imuo bond nnd build gihl riuvl In place of tho "mortar bed abomination" that now prevail, hU jrnrlyhhare of tbo taxta would bo lea than hi lu In wear and Karon bar uvM.. w.gou and honte for that one diy. If the roAdero Improved )oi.ng Teterfeon could auo hi farm, no more wuddh-gsuould bo delayed and tho doctor doc-tor coul 1 utumtr tho call of bis j-itlentt proioptly, 'lliero I a moral In It all which it will j-ny f cry farmer to atudy OUU UWALD MA(U.IUU- |
