Show the old settler ettler S 1 my dear san Jua ners tt WP ii rt t on one of those things which we have to meet and to 10 which we have to make some kind of adjustment whether vh ether wo we like it or not it may ao 10 lo rl good to bother others with it yet it has occupied much of mv thought and fince it is out of the fullness of the heart that the mouth speak eth this is quite unavoidable S le e had bad sent word nord to me by friends and by letters that she wanted to see in C a and A d she had cont contrive 1 to waylay me at home or elsewhere lut iut I 1 had in being occupied away fr arrn m home under the weather or bound to some appointment t and thus I 1 had dodged her fo for r moats hs sie was persistent and one day lii in ciu c aught 7 ht m ms a without the shadow of an alibi and proceeded ti t 1 po ar into my ears the things I 1 lipi lip hs I resolved not to hear like th hi famous v adding wadding guest f T the 11 An ance cn mar mamer nr I 1 had no choice e but to 14 ahten aten t yet it was utting me sternly on tha spot for I 1 had also to make answer the kind of answer wh ch I 1 knew was not sought nor wanted she was still ecung and should have been beautiful but her beauty was distracted bisti acted from within she houll 1 have b been een attractive hu but she ws vaas repellent repe Hent she declared that bi I 1 had threatened to leave her that bs ir s people had conspired with him against her that their neighbors aard nearly everybody else had bad taken s de des S with ditl him arl w believe hei story and that she had hardly a friend in in the wor d I 1 coi em emulated plated with d how that in a little while she r 1 n r 4 n nr anre e f n nl I 1 RM alag K 4 N W 4 d t 1 2 F IX I as ft 1151 0 s 1 U 5 i v w I 1 4 4 i N 1 1 41 A WE 1161 41 aa A 9 aa ift 1 1 aa 9 0 1 yo aw W 1 wa 5 ra il X 1 AL azz wh ahn n th grazed too lma heavily vily the vigor and health of cf grasps ras h s are reduce I 1 aej S sc i cassil Ci Gain 11 begins this rc results alts in gullies as slown in top picture Pr proper stocking gf cf the range is the best way to prevent gull gullies leg and to check them auer aliar 1 they 1 hove have started ace according to soil conservation 0 n service c e race technicians working with the san juan soil conservation district lower picture shows how gullies heal when the grazing is limited the old settler continued irom nap nag 1 I would class me also aiso among her enemies for she was forcing fore cing me to take a stand and there was but one stand I 1 could take Li stent aten I 1 began having been filled so full that I 1 simply had to i find an outlet you believed me mel and trusted that I 1 would tel you I 1 where the trouble lies s you I 1 can remedy it I 1 shall not betray I 1 your trust I 1 shall tell you the j truth as a true friend should al ways do something in the firmness of my tone disturbed her and she began to shed tears bill has been talk I 1 ing to you too she sobbed no I 1 affirmed bill has said nothing of this to me you your elf have ld l d me the tha whole st story ory she looked at me despairingly almost threateningly but I 1 headed lier her off for she had bad told her alory s ory I 1 wanted to get mine off my chet cheat and be ba gone yoi yo i ln hn w id peter nies almost anything and anybody his fiddle hes gool at it and he mikes good music but neither old od piter nor anybody else could accompany anything successfully with that fiddle if it were ware out of tune it has four strings the G string tre tle D string the A string and the E string well all four of them have to be in pei ei fact accord with rhems themselves ea ve s before it is possible for them to be in harmony with anything else elsea well its just the same with men I 1 and women omen if out of tune ah ih themselves they cant ac card with anyone ese excuse me for telling the truth when it hurts but when I 1 hear a fiddle that is out of tune I 1 k kaw v it what youve told me has has souna sound sd d jost like a didde fidde with each one of is four strings protesting against the three others I 1 know bill and I 1 know your neighbors an and 1 now I 1 have your own story for it if you could just ll 11 thanks she barked jumping to her feet thanks awfully for your tender sympathy and as she stomped out slamming the ioor door behind her the four strings of her distracted violin sounded like certain feline concerts which are sometimes to be heard beard from on the back fence at midnight ALBERT R I 1 LYMAN |