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Show ' tltvuiie ll.o I. m dulon ..f Mas ' , I eliii'.tl'. nre H' Iv li awiy 1 1 ir j rli'U (o (I'll In A..-iiu.in .ot ". ml. Ill !' lean' fill slit . I i.f iili l h lti l.i li i n tl.ll!.-i..iio m l I. nl.i - t : l i ili bur. j r !,:, h Hoy Into iiuhIm tli'.lr home, V. hi., in i..iioe l.y nt..l Teaoleo- I ma. illr.it i. .. . m.i.iiiih Maww.lt, recently lit. d Hi.- State Home and appealed for in., I.-, nun. Aa r i it 1 1 1 r . 1 1 i.kii.k nf Ilia limit I Ik,iii tlm !,,,, at., I. In li.-i. a liiri.fl ; Ik. rili. n i.f tlm ..ni ..f Hi" mill" for wMi li n. nliiT Hoy in r lli ,r nnr.Htors crtl ever paid, IIh-m- Ivsii ilnl.lii li i.f (hi. Indian nl.ii i,,. n. il I. In In art to tin- i.pl.i I J , t i . , , . t u mo now obliged In fl.-lil f,.r l ! i -1 r cxIMeiice. ; Heir riiM-i.,,,1 iiuiimh inn Mi lin.lft ml l n rl i Mllrlii'll. Kor Ki n. riv tlmiH thi'ir .. t.ple !, ,.. lived i.u iiu shone ( As-awiiiup it. All llilou.:ll 11.0 solium ,ln., ...U n:- lio f..lilnl Ilm niirl.,i in -m k Hi" boundary lines In Hi.' il, ... ejv,.n I.) Mu.:...lt lo liu m .11 in l.i. Il In Hi, ;r torr.troy liuii,:.-! ilo.ui in Ih, mii ,y ilii-lr lull- 1 lu. ImiiKt .,f 1 1... l - i.'ii Ik a farm mi Inn, I Kiiiihii u i II. m, t N, i It. n ) , l, in pinl i,r II,, i in. n. I. II. n. for years tl . y l.avo iii.miii. .1 a irmiiy living liv-ing l.y tilling ll.o will. 1 or ye.us limy lltnl lii ill" ,l,l h.,iin .ii'.i.l ii.,. ,..r In tbo wood, lint Willi Hi" yours Hint roll, ,1 l.y II I.I ll nli. r;i il. tiiyod. Mini Ihey ten f,, riiil to look for anoiliiT Ikiiiio. On a sunny knoll, III, 1. 1, n by whin perlng pin. with tin ir own linn'! 11. 1 y In. il. I, . I uimiii.i r. It wan hut a liny ott.ii;o at llri.1, bill from lime lo tlmo thi.y linvi, nut.lu a.l.llliotui, until thi'y ltiiyo a botno Dolt is beller than ism-ten-eil by (ho aver.mo whlln mun. They cl.'nroil away tlm brush, cut down In-os ami imt.ln their gardens. Krorr. dawn (III nlKlit they (olli'il, Willi no on" to lelp II I hut the old family horse. At ln.it. wln'n all win ready, (hi jr moved tlu lr sgeil mother hi tlm li.ni" nil Ilm clearing. I.lttle by lllllo tie y prospered, accomplishing: accomplish-ing: an much t in h tiny. Willi tliclr own hands lin y lnillt other cottages anil leased ihi'in In (hit fbihcrnion. IC v.T) l li l iik ill, out tlm fiirm In thn wiMida I, 'IN of thrift ami hard work. The wollstork burn. th poultry yiinls anil n.'wly (.Inwoil Rantcnt ahnw Ilm li.illnn liiHt lut-t for f.irnilui;. A but- lor for a home roul.l not hava lio-n rhomu. 'riiriuiKh (ha buililtna: tn-i'a ouu H.'i'a tlits (luni'lnK wnteri of thi Ink", hll tho knoll buck of tlia hnii" l pink with May dowi-ra. li. n your r.irr"iiionil"n( callcil at tli., boni", Mm. '.'I vlu lloliluaiiii. rlilur : alHti'r nf Wi'Htoiii kiiniiHky nml T"w- l."iiia, wan tlm only una at hotu", aha bavliiK lorn" from AbltiKlnn to k"P hiniHO for lo r Matcra whlln thiy wi.ra iliullim Willi tho l.'KUIutlvo commit' leu. 1 1 or fcalurca w"re Ihoaa of an In-illan In-illan and h"r nianora Ihoae of a per-aim per-aim of rvrolli'iit brlnalim up. Tliounh 7K youm obi bur brown oyea worn ki'.u anil ii'i'ni.'il lo ahoot aparka of Bro aa ahe lol.l nf lh" lli-.lil h"r alati'ra nia.lo to k""i boily anil aoiil Ioki-IIiit. "Mnny yrnra aKo." aha aalil. atrntch Iiik h"r brown hanila towanl Ilia lake, "all lliln b"loiit"il lo Hi" TtiHiiuiilna, my motlii r'a pcnplv. Tlm whllo pinplo have fori;ott"n how koo1 old MaHaa aolt wna lo thi'in. "ThiTU aro not ninny of ua now, but wlill" wp llvo ili, nil. I wo not be al-lowod al-lowod to fMiloy thn laud of our fnttv era? After fntlmr dli'd we lived wilh mother In Alilnulon for aome time. I'tit'll aonmono lol.l ua that the peoilo worn" ali-al'.iiK awny our land and If we waiitcil to nave any we bad better rome back. "Slnee futher wenl away we had J not known what It wiim to be huppv. but we were lo Ket back to the dear Jj old wonilH. There were more of ua ,ij children then, but liko thn llowera they bliHimed and parsed away. Some ' j I a.x s were drowned In tho laka and others r weul to aleep. Hut we love old Aaaa- wampAlt. "When the atorms come be trice to play with the Bobbins plnoa. He la our companion and comforter, (he ono who knowa (he aplrlta of our dead. "Via. my win. wu aro the direct deiceiulatitK of Mafiiaiiolt on my nioth-cr'a nioth-cr'a Hide. Oh. but alie wiik a pihuI woniun. Hlle ill". I an nolile. Ifai. You see. vhc ( III .nr old. and one nl;l:l v- Miked If ln wiih llred. lie- (.1.1. e -I:.' I- I:. 'I It. 'Ye, rlill.lren,' i l " an d, I am tlr-l.' mid kIi" . ill to i Hleep j I:, it M:i'.aoll he mnrrl'-.l T'inl.n j T.i ..i.,in mid Ii.iiUiiiiii Tui.,.i.,iln wua my Kriilidln: 1.. r. He n a pr. a. h.'r ainoim tin ln,!:in and a i:.K,.l nun. loo. Tin n mum ninth, r, on I Hln, muni. ,1 ."' h M I' i li, II. lie v"i nrt Indian and ml while, tl.it la how wn i;,,l II, n mini" nf MUeh, II. It li.nki me fi . l real bad win n I think how hard my two l-t.-ra have lo wmk Tiny lo..l Inuny, f-. (he old (ninlly hor.o. and Hlie had lo walk It i ..1 l-masil.,y. , .',1 ,.-1 ; i about In Ilm hiiow all wind r. I hoiirht tin 'in iui.ii In r and Hoy are uxlini her (o ilo I In Ir plow ,iii. "That In Jink," mild Mia. rtolilnnon. poliiiinK to a 1. 1 . i it r i . of a hulldoc. "II" rot itud.r tlni rulii'i of the old hour" la it lull and hurt Ills lun k I r Iik; to iIIk out a wood. lim k. I'oor Jin k! Wn had to ehlorofi rm him." In one corner of tlm parlor wna a flint old piano that hud riot been tuned for lirtneii year, nml Ua tone waa Hoiimfhlnir wonderful. I've rythina; about ilm plaro wna aa in 'at aa win dm kitchen and dlnlni! room were aluu.nt a anow white. "Tbeao are ncoured with nand every day," ahe aald, amlllni;, "for Mellnda can I bear to aeo a mllu of ilunt about. That reniln.ln mo." aald tho nond woaiini. aa nhe opened Hie pantry door. "I uned to be (he one (o not Into mla-chief. mla-chief. Mother made mliien plea by the cartlond, and ahe wouldn't let ua children chil-dren eat much nf them. I did once. I neooped out the Innlde through a bole In the crtiat Then I got tt dead niniine and put him In the pantry. Mother IhoiiKht he waa the thief and that he died from overeattnK. I never told her until a few yeara before aim died, and tltrn be aelil, "I hare a mind 1(1 Whip you now,' " Mm. Ui.ti'e.aon and her sinters are well educated and are ellremely well vcrncd In lopiiH of tlir ilny. In the barn they have a framework and cor erliiit of a K I iik I ' I. II i u I, mil, that wna taken from the hike bottom a few years nun--a n.uiieulr of tho ilitys when Mummi'linnetm wan In tho hands of tho real American royalty. |