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Show "COTJUMTT 2S BOUGHT. . Brooklyn Eagle. It happened in the South not tht new South, but the old South, where they lived In the same old way. Tht enterprising Yankee thought he aw some "opportunities.' "This looks like good land, he commented. com-mented. ' v - . . .: , nt Is,, replied tht native, carelessly. "But tht people here don't make tht most of It" ' f -' " j "You could. If you could get It "Can't J ret nr WtU, hu01f.m . " "Not If I par twice what lt' worth to tht present owners f "You -couldn't buy it for ten timet what it's worth to them." ) "Why notr . Stranger,"- said the. native, wearily, "you don't seem to quite get the hang of things here. If they sold they'd have to move away, wouldn't theyf . "Of course." "Well, they're loo lasy to move |