Show the oali call of the h fl T by charles neville buck with illustrations korn from photographs of scenes in the play COPY copyright TIght tola baw J cliatt ti co 4 SYNOPSIS on alker crock creel at tho the foit of i a rock from holcli ho he hab f fillan lian sall 11 r finds george lascott a landa apo tal inlet t ei unconscious and lifter after aching bilm A for asil tance samson samon south an ant I 1 all tal ing Lei rott to simeon on q t rc met b spicer south dwal ot of tile tha faill who iho tells thorn them tant jc ic e puni hab bab been hot ho and that samson it u p 11 eted of the crime samson d alei it tile the Ilo otin of 0 breakie the true truce e in the Ti oliman south trul feill S irli son on tamarack spicer for telling that jim I 1 Is on the trill idith bloodhounds hunting the ohp mill 0 who o flint pun the IO 10 lossl A tho the trail at spicer salcer sauth B s dor I 1 ecott alb di ability in samson barnson CHAPTER V continued the two men ind had lost loit in an hour huddled under a canopy beneath the cannonading canno of 0 a sudden storm the hid had watched hatched titanic battalions batti hons ot of thunder clouds riding the shies in III gusty puffs ot of gale trill and raking the earth with lightning and hall and water nater at AI god exclaimed the mountain lo bon 10 abruptly id gaie anything ef I 1 could paint that lescott rose smili from his seat before the easel and surrendered his palette and sheaf of brushes tr try it he incited for a moment simson samson stood lies tant and oe oer lecome come with mth diffidence then with set lips lie he took his place and experimentally fitted his f ingers fingers about the brush bruh as lie he had seen les cott do ile he asked no adlao lie he merely merel gazed for a abile and then dipping a brush and experimenting tor for his color sent ent to sweeping sleeping in his mao mar tones tone samson even though he was as hopelessly hopeless daubing and knew it was sincere and the painter at his elbow caught his breath and looked on with ith the absorption ab of a prophet who listening to childish prattle 3 et lecog cizes the gift of 0 prophecy theta the way nay hit looks ter me the boy bo said simply teats the way ft a it is commended his critic for a while more samson worked at the nearer hills bills then he rose I 1 in done he said hain t abou a goin ter fool with them trees an things I 1 don dont t know kno nothing thet I 1 cant paint leaves an jsn twigs digs an birds nests 1 hat I 1 like is moun icings an skies an suchlike sech like things lescott looked at the daub before him A less trained eye ee would have seen only the daub just as a poor judge of horseflesh might see only awkward akard joints and long legs in a weanling colt though it be bred in the purple samson he said earn earnest earnesta estl that s all there is to art its the power poll er to feel the poetry of color the rest can be taught the genius must work of course work x work ork work and still work norl but the gift is the power ot of seeing true arid and by god boy bos ou have it louie auve got what man men have base struggled a lifetime for and failed I 1 d like to has baie e 3 QU ou study falth w till me I 1 id d like to be 3 our discoverer look here the painter sat down and speedily went to work he painted out noth gitig g he simply simp toned and with pre casely the right touch here and thele softened the crudeness laid stress on tile the contrast melted the harshness and when he rose he had built upon the rough cornerstone ot of samson s laving a picture that pron es it he said I 1 had oril to finish I 1 didn dian t has bale e much to undo doy boy youre oure wasting yourself come with me and let me make you iou ne e all pretend there Is no such thing in these days das as sheer genius but deep down we know that unless there is 1 there can be no such thing as true art there Is genius and nou halt haic it enthusiasm Eilt hubia in was again sweeping him into an unintended outburst rhe boy bo stood silent across his countenance swept a conflict of emotions lie he looked away anay as it if taking counsel with the hills its what I 1 in a honin ter fer he ad milled at last hits N what hat I 1 id d give halt half my life ter fer I 1 mout sell mv laud land an raise the I 1 reckon hit bit would take passels cassels of money wouldn t hit bif he paused and ills his eyes fell on the rifle leaning against ill tin tree his lips tightened in sudden remembrance lie he went over oer and picked up the gun and is as he did so BO he be shook his head no he be stolidly declared every man to his own tools this here a mine tiet let when they were again out sketching the temptation to play with brusaw once more seized him and he took his place before the easel easco neither he be nor lescott noticed a man who crept down through the timber and tor for a time watched them the mans face wore a surly contemptuous grin erin and shortly it withdrew but an all hour liter itter while the boy was aas still working industriously and the artist was lying on hh big back with a pipe between his teeth and his hilt half 4 closed eyes gazing up contentedly through the green of overhead branches their peace was waa broken by a guffaw ot of derisive laughter thov looked up to find at their backs a semi I 1 circle of scoffing humanity Le scotts impulse is lii is to laugh for on the comedy of the situation at the mo ment struck him A stage director setting a corned coined scene with that most ancient of jests the gashing of hoobs at some ue new sight could hardly hae base on this tableau at the front stood tamarack spicer the returned wanderer his loan can wrists is stretched out of a ragged rlee sleeve aall all too short an aej his tattered jimmy I 1 was mas shoed back ox oer er a face all a grin ills his eyes ees were arc bloodshot alood shot nith lecent drinking but ills manner manlier was as in exaggerated eig and cumbersome initiation imitation of a rural mas tei of ceremonies at his back were the raw rii boned men and ft women omen and children of the hills to the number of a dozen ozen kielies ladles and gentlemen gentle men announced lamai ick ack spicer in a coughing olce noice swing so 30 partners part p nerg an babli iolli ill li 13 forward fort tard see the only son on of the late henr south engaged in ins his marve mare lous an heretofore undiscovered ocell pation of loin doin finci fatic work ork ladies dies and gentlemen gentle men after this thib here show sho Is i concluded keep keel our sells seats for the con colt cert in the main tent this here fa J P 1 1 4 t J av A Z J I 1 A 1 k 7 yere a truce bustin murdena Mur denn derin bully performer will fanor f nor e with a little exhibition of 0 plain an fane fanci sock barnin after the first surprise samson had turned ills hib back on the group he was mixing paint at the time and he pro ceedee to experiment with nith a fleeting cloud effect which would not outlast the moment he finished that and reaching for or the palette knife scraped his fingers and wiped them on his trousers legs then lie he deliberately rose without a word he turned tama rack had begun ins his harangue afresh the bo tossed back the long lock from his bis forehead fore heid and then with art an unexpectedly swift movement mo ement crouched and leaped ills his right list shot fora ard to tamarack bricer chattering lips and then abrupt li ceased to chatter as the teeth were drinen dm en into their flesh spicer s head snapped back and he staggered against the onlookers where lie he stood rocking on his unsteady legs his hand swept instinctively ely to the shirt concealed holster bolster but before it had connected both of samson s fists were playing placing a terrific terr ilic tattoo on oil ills his face tile the in glorious master of the show dropped and lay la groggily grog gili trying to ing to rise the laughter died as suddenly as tamarack s speech samson sam on stepped back again and searched the faces of the group tor for any an lingering sign of mirth or criticism there was none ever countenance was inas sober and ex e onless but the boi bo felt a weight of tin unuttered uttered disapproval disappio a and lip glared glare defiance one ot of the older onlookers spoke up reproachfully samson 3 je e hada t hardly ought te ta done that he was jest a bunnin u with till ye git him up on ins his feet I 1 ire ve got Bo so methin ter say ter him the boy a voice was dangerously quiet it was his first word they lifted the fallen cousin whose entertainment had gone astray astral and led him fors forward ard grumbling threatening and sputtering but emilic ing no immediate desire to renew hos tili ties har bei be ae e been beena demanded samson rhet s my business came the td fa billiar alli ir mountain phrase hy er cr ayar when them come by why was e the only south thet gunned ana aw a when the was wa sm smell ellin ln round ter jesse pill puis s assassin 9 I 1 run awa awai tamarack i bloodshot eyes flared wickedly wi cRedi I 1 thet et ef I 1 round har with them damned Holl hollmann mans stickle stick klit ln then noses inter our business I 1 id d hurt somebody some Lods so I 1 went nent oer inter the next neu county ter er a spell lou ou feller mout be able to take things often tile the hollmann Holl mans but I 1 hain t thet s a damned lie ile said sams samson on qui it ye gunned away an ye gunned in the water nater so 60 then them daggs t trail ie ie e done hit because 0 e o shot hot them shoots at jesse purly puny front from the baui lauick el because 3 ie e re a truce bustin murde murdean mur denn bull thet shoots off his face in is kcf bcd to fight sam son paused for breath told and went on with regained calmness I 1 16 e knowis knewt it all along N to w was as tile the man mail au an I 1 i e kept hept quiet because ye re my kin if jells eie got an thing else ter sa sa hit but et ef I 1 eer ketches er about me or ter sally sail I 1 in a coln take ye hi by tho the scruff of the neck an drag yo plumb into glixon an all stick ae e in ill tho the jailhouse jail bouee an I 1 im m a abom goin ter tell the high sherifa that the south spits ye their mouths lake him ass aai awi the broj farned ano and left the place when men they were gono gone samson seated himself at hla his ease easel again and picked up his bis palette CHAPTER VI I 1 cscott cott had come to the mountains anticipating a fisit of two weeks his accident hid bid resolved solved ip him to shorten it to the nearest day upon which he felt capable of biking m king the trip out to the railroad yet june hid had ended jul juh had burned the slopes from em cm 1111 1 lid to ru august hid had brought purple tops to the ironweed and still he found himself lingering and this was true although lie lecog nihed a growing sentiment of digap croil for himself in III samson lie he thought lie ho recognized recognised twin gifts a spark sp irk of a genius too tare iare to be at al oiled to flicker out and a potentiality for constructive work mork among his own people w litch needed for its perfecting and experience simson samson lie he suggested one day is 11 hen the vere is ere alone I 1 is vant ant 3 jou ou to come coma last lou ou say that gun Is jour our tool and thit that each man mail must bitch to his hib own onn lou ou are in part right in III pirt part wrong A man utes uses any ani tool bet ter for understanding other tools you have hale the light to use you lour r b brains and d talents to tile full the boy bo s face was somber in th the intensity of his bis mental struggle e an and d ills his answer had that sullen ring which was as not re lilt sullenness at all but self gelf repression I 1 reckon a fetters feller s biggest right Is to stand by b his kintol kt une unc spicer s gittin old he iles s done been good ter me lie he needs me here I 1 appie clate that lie he will bo be older liter later I 1 ou oi can go now and come back to him when nilen he needs you ou more it IE what I 1 urged meant disloyalty to your people I 1 could cut out mi tongue bf be fore I 1 argued for it aou ou must believe me in that I 1 want ou to be in tile the fullest sense your our peoples leader I 1 want jolt ou to be not only then sam son but their the bov boi looked up and nodded 1 I reckon 3 se e aims tor ter be friendly friend li all right was ills his conse conservative rathe re the painter went berit on earnestly I 1 realize that I 1 am urging things of 0 which your people disapprove but it is only because they then misunderstand that they the do disapprove e they are too close samson to see the purple that moun bains hive base they are tar far alay aay I 1 want vint you vou to go where aou ou can see the it if iou ou are the eort of man I 1 think you ou wont be beguiled i oj oa wont u on t lose 5 our toy alan 01 1 ou ol w wont on t be ashamed ot of houi oui people I 1 reckon I 1 w t be ashamed said the youth I 1 I 1 lechon ecron there halu hain t no better folks no uliar I 1 in sure ot of it are going to be sweeping changes in these moun talus conditions here hive have stood as immutably changeless as the hills bills tor for a hundred years thit that dij di to ia at its twilight I 1 tell you ou I 1 what im fin talking about the state of kentucky Is looking this way the state must develop and it is her that it can develop here are mriln forests and almost in mex exhaust haust ible coal eins beins capital Is turning from rom an orange squeezed dr and cast ing about for fresher food capital has seen our hills capital is inevitable relentless omnipotent 1 here it comes it makes its laws conditions that hane hae existed undisturbed will als the law iann of the feud winch which militia and courts hae not been able to abate w will ill anish before capital s breath like tile the mists whets heir the sun strikes them unless you son learn to rida adf the which will presently sweep oer your jour counti nou on and your our people kill so go under lou ou niad ma not arealue realise it but thit that is true it is w written ritten I 1 7 ahe lie boy boi had bad listened intents but it tile the end lie smiled and in ills his espres slon was something of the soldier who scents battle riot not without welcome I 1 reckon it if these hero here tellers air a cornin comin up here ter run things an drowned out my folks bits a right good reason ter me tier ter stay stav liere here an holp ni folks by staying staging here ou cant help them it won wont t be worl work for guns but for brains by going awa anna and corn com ing back armed with knowledge you can save them you will N ill know how to pla the game I 1 reckon the wont git our land tier ner our timber tier ner our coal without we wants ter sell hit I 1 reckon et ef they tries thet guns will mill come in hand things has stood here like the Is now tor ter a hundred 5 sears ears I 1 reckon we km kin keep em that away aw a ter fer a 1 spell longer but it was evident that samson nas mas arguing against his own belief that lie he wab waa trying to ing to bolster up ills his rebola tiou and impeached loille loil lt and that at heart he was sick bick to be up and go ing to a world which did not despise eddi cation after a little he waved big hi hand vaguely toward down be low ef EC I 1 went down he questioned suddenly and would I 1 liev hev ter cut my ha r ra 1 ay my iy dear boy boi laughed lescott I 1 can introduce sou ou in new york studios to man gentlemen who nho would feel that their heads head had been shorn it if they let their locks get as short as bours ours in new york you might stroll along broadnax Bro adna garbed la in turban and a burhouse bur without great ly exciting anybody I 1 think ray my own hair I 1 as long as pours ours because doggedly declared the mountaineer I 1 t allow nobody clr make me cut my lily liar ha r wh questioned question Ld lascott lc scott amused at the stubborn stub boin inflection I 1 dont don t hardly know wh 1 ile he paused then admitted with i i glare as though debing criticism sally |