Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-31

and puzzled my brain to comprehend how
we'll could be taken up.
Havingcome 10 clear comprehension,
! | proceeded AT once Ia business. Crow
bars being beyond my capacities. my
manual labor must he done hy proxy,
and here was the lion which met me
whichever way turned. and at every
step of MY progress. Come Erin aud
! China and Fatherllnd. - here is one spot
OF earth that cries out iui men. more
men. What | cyn do with my own
hands, am sure Oi having done; what
must depend on "A man tor doing. i nc.
complishcd only through most un
common" effort. How pursued after
men. rising up early and sitting up late;
now running off on this scent. nnw un
1 that; nov almost catching one, ihcG
finding him just engaged Io lay wall, "
/ or dig a cellar. or "Sct uEdcrplnning, Tor
some more fortunate Individual. OF all
the iruitlcss plans made. The long walks,
4 the wasted horse hire, The unsuccessful
talks-thc rcIy remembrance makes me
/ feel heavy and my head ache. Al last
engaged one man. stout aud ablc.budied,
and my spirits began TO rise. But So"n
found that il was very difficult tn add one
anil one To make two. and almost lm'
possible to 90 II step further and count
three. held on Ia my one man and re-
mcmbered, Try, Try again" Finally
neighbor Lamson who Is my East friend
and adviser in all my material difficulties,
suggested the possibility "f obtaining IA
certain man who lived several miles
away. aud very considerably offered to
take me 10 see him ~ hc and his vile
were going to II. that very night. That
WAS u lovely drive. through the woods.
around the lake aud over the brow OF a
HIGH hill which gave Us an outlo"ok over
the surrounding country. The landscape
WAS aglow with the sunset light which
brought cat in clear relief the long range
of mountains in the west. But while my
eve wandered over the landscape, my
fancy was weighed DOWN with plans
about stone work aud uy thoughts we've
continually sinking to the bottom ot =
we'll Practical questions, thrust an in
tcrro.alion point through every idea and
prosaic calculations clipped the wing OF
every fancy I'LL my mind ran on in This
wise:
With what grandeur of rcposc
| Pleasant mountain rests on lis broad
base and iears its triple.heoded crest to
the sky. How it inspires strength and
selrreliauce Il wonder ii Mr. Rowland
will be al home, and if he has lame
! back or sore hand; such an afflicted set
of men rs have found this summcr)
How softly the flush of golden light wells
with misty radiance the bold summit OF
Mount Washington, till its locky lodges
are lovely aud peaceful rs the lace OF a
silver haired man who has fought and
conquered in lile's battles and, with the
5cuediction OF heaven resting on him,
waits for the night to come q do hope
Mr. Rowland has not engaged job that
will last all the TALL If he should ask a
large price suppose should hire him
Tor must have somebody. | see how
demand and supply will. after all, regu'
late the price Of labor, whatever we may
say about intrinsic value and cash basis
So studied the sky and the mountains.
and still kept my business before my
minds eve. Then wc wound down the
hill, turning into lane. and there was
Mr. Rowland splitting wood at his she'd
door Neighbor LamSon jumped out and
went to negotiate with him while Mrs l..
and myself sat in The wagon, talking and
looking about us. Presently the two men
came walking towards Us, and saw om
hope had Jailed; the man could not
come Listening to their conversation
about wells, | perceived that this was
the very man OF men that | needed, for
he understood the work from n long eX
pcrience in it. How exasperating that |
was too late and he had already engaged
as much rs he could do, He told about
his own we'll. how "it dried up and he
had TO bring water over quarter OF a
mile for six weeks. Finally he got mad
at it, went at it, took il up and dug it
down several feet deeper, and now he
had water enough"
oh said invountarily, II wish you
would come over and get mad ut ours
and serve il in the same way"
He looked at me curiously. till felt
his searching eye from the toe of my
boot to the tip of the feather on my hat,
but determined not TO finch.
"Be you the woman that wants the
work on the well ?" he asked, little
incredulously.
"Yes,-that is-our well,"I stammer-
ed, blundering along in my speech-"l
want to hire man TO help me-" said !
resolutely rousing myself to use Us much
sturdy sense and practical knowledge as
| could muster.
We talked while and the result was,
he engaged to come and stone up the
well when it was all ready.
That was something, though it was
contrary to all my notions of orderly
plans, to begin at the last end of a job.
Certainly the well could not be put 10.
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