Show the old settler 0 aly aay dear san jua ners ile he was an old crank everybody said so and he himself an the charge with nothing but a smile s M lile which might inight be pity might be exultation but nobody disproved his claims nd nobody I 1 could ifould refute his arguments As a superannuated old fossil which the grim reaper with his scythe failed somehow to cut down the old man lived on and on and traveled amaia aej iq the he rocks and mountains as a creature peculiarly culi arly in arcard with their then stern p excepts he blew blev in on us just as henry wat vas cecilia to leave me ine alone with alir our L important hiroji broj ct cl laj travel all the way out to civilization hunting a doctor henry had rheumatism anil and stomach trouble and heart trouble and 1 eyo eye trouble he was the niest most troubled man you ever saw in I 1 spite of appearing to be as husky as a young bull 1 they aint no sense in you going all the way out there for a I 1 doctor declared the old crank when he headd henrys complaints with a look indicating that he 1 expect to be believed and care if he be he went on likely give you some high priced physic and maybe do some carving on your anatomy and be worse off than i if f you stay here and aej take care of yourself henry believe a word of it he began listing the multitude of his infirmities which nothing but a doctor had any business to monkey with 1 I aint interested in none 0 them symptoms snarled the old man all that concerns me is is the cause remove the cause give nature a chance and be as good as nature intended henry tried for an hour to fortify himself in his jumble of prejudices but the old crank shot henrys defenses all into a cocked hat looke here commanded the old man in a victorious broadside I 1 1 I dont care a sourdough biscuit whether you believe me or not but im telling you one thing more you admit that you expect to lose your time and dig up for this excursion youre sure of this much loss but you aint sure of getting anything out of it you stand a mighty good chance of getting mighty little even if you survive the physic and the carving say have you got the cash to pay for this experiment why sure ive got goc it henry countered trying to guess what the old man was up to well and the old man screwed his face up again into that believe it or not scowl 1 I carry the proud name of the old crank but I 1 continued on page 8 THE OLD SETTLER SE continued front from pae pace I 1 aint yet got to be the 0 old ad pauper nor the old invalid In vaid and he cached ached in his pocket and pulled ou oa a formidable wad of bills if a man knows what ahat hes talking labout about an aej anians business hell put up if not hell shut up what the gasped henry in astonishment and his mouth became a halfmoon half haf moon heres a hundred and afify dollars drawled the old crank in the voice of a challenge but not caring a tinkers whistle whether it was ac accepted apted or ast t d VP I 1 money talks theres nothing i ag yg ea cash that c can an correct its grant mar to be continued ALBERT R LYMAN |