The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-11-21

| should like very much, if may he permit.
Jcd to ask il, H. ,rc what work twO men can
de- in this hard mountain.
He looked at me, with one hand on his hip,
and the other stroklng III, long sandy wills
hyr- and answered:
no, sir. Against our rule. There is notn.
inr To see
/ merely wished to see your work the
amount Of labor
sorry to say No but that the rule. New
or depart from it,
All his talk was in the same even key
neither asscrtivc nor commanding, but shyly
rather than modcsty, positive.
Andrew came up the ladder with face still
on the verge Of breaking over into laugh
but gave his entire attention to the circularly-
moving mule, who seemed inclined to stop
and take an interest in the COnv, rsation.
George Rocksaw venturcd no further re.
mark, but he stood as before, Stroking his
whiskcrs with his hard hand
We'll, goodbye, Mr.. Rocksaw,' said, fer.
ic ing once more riy hand
Goodbye, sir said he, taking his hand off
his hip to put 1t in mine, and was gone down
the ladder an instant thereafter.
By this time Bill was in TIE saddle in no
very good humor; and as | went down the
side Of the dump, said:
Good bye, Andrew II you come to our
place, bring your knitting and sit awhile"
i will said he, through his torrent Of
cachinnations. BY gol, | will, and hank
o yarn, Good-bye
There said Bill, as We rode down the
trall, he's got enough to keep him laughn' a
week But that George, Il don't go much
one of them what thinks as God Almighty
~ Il a tho Uprll For coip.s op1 hfis of
EN- and mad because he can't get morc'n his
share, Tlat's the way III put him up; pro-
vidcd he's not got regular crazy. no on,
SanCh, Git"
Dill, my boy, dix il ever occur to You that
1t /, terrible charge on a sensitive person to
cry out crazy! after him, as he passes through
life? Call him rogue thief, villain, or
a fool, if You must; for these charges he can
settle in his own way when he hears them
but this charge that ones mind Is affected is
which rests in the estimation of
the pubic, and is practically true or not true,
rs the public sees tit to receive it. The sound
ness of ones mind is like the price Of green.
backS-a matter OF opinion; 20 matter how
well secured, that rises or falls with the pub
lie pulse. There is no surveyed boundary be
wccn sanity and insanity How do you know
hat YOU are of sound mind;
How do know
Yes
Well, lnow-becausc I've not got good
anyway. | cat when I'm hun
,ry, drink when I'm dry, rest when tired,
,orI, hard when I can't do any better, sleep
when I'm sleepy, and take myself in out Of
he wet-thatS wha! call soun0mlndcd.'
Yes, so far as il goes But how about your
inhibition, wherein you imagine yourself
wealthy from finding a great nine; rolling
n your carriage; enjoying the fine things OF
lie, and the batteries Of the far, the foolish
md the false? Do yOu meyer dream with
our eyes wide open of being great fellow
"a 'big-up ca.pit-u-al-ist' as you call it,
Certainly. believe every man Is to have
Us streaks of luck
Then, William, you are q lreamer-we are
II dreamers; and dreams are made OF peril
'as stuff when u man dreams in a full
waking state his 'horscsense' slips away from
i'm into a cloud, and he is partly out of his
mad. He may, from this state, 90 all the
way OG', or he may return to his 'horse-Sense.'
'Ec Coating cloud land between sanity and
insanity admits OF no real permanent bound
ry.
Then bows fellow to know he's got sound
ensc p asked Bill, with q tired the discus
ION expression, ~ we rode across the grey
alley.
He cau't know. Ut IS the public which
uts Tive value on 7he sOundness Of sense.
hat is why al new Sioctrines are frst resist
d, thea ridicNcd then examined ,then stol-
n. The DubhC itself is cot often sure OF its
wn wits, In Utah it is sensible to see angels
nd hear voices from heaven. In Boston,
lass, it Is sensible to worship your own IN
elect. II Nevada and California it is 1he
eight Of good sense to worship the power of
,oneS. Il it, wisdom in China to bon before
ne fathers ghost; in Japan, before Budd
.; IN Rome, before the Pops. SO yon see
l2t any sense above 'hfn9e SENSE is q risky
Gd uncertain property N the worlds market.
IKE ball ct quicksilvGg,, il has weight, col
7, power and'gre2t bril;a1cy; but 1t Is Liable
, goll away rong you ~ Any moment IN y
soGsaud gj.ttcriBg pieceh' 4
Bill made no sn2AHer in the pause | lGtit OPP
II Gor him, 80 added
THAT man baC!s yonde1 at The mine, is a
reanrr BIB, an2 whatever his dream, sad
+ happy, it Weighs upon bin, and makes
i'm stran ger in AL ths.real wOrld-j2 the
lCrse-,cnse' congregations, | mean
Well saIIBilL. throwing away his study
lg-Cap, curse him let him dream it out
II not trouble hiGl again soon.
The ConvrrSatICa between William W lSon
JOken mountains and .Hay, Strcamcss val
eys, were to Us interesting enough. And yet,
bOugh | GO say il myself, we made 3Ome
retty shGsp rcaarks; into which Bill q,
mes threw his GlbOokish mind with start.
ing effect UpCe one occasion he got Off,
5 he called it, HIS Opinisn of talk
Some follows hn said, ARE Away putting
p that talks cAeap;' but say talk is preC-
Gus at 90 70 the pan. LAB Is cheap: but the
rst thing in my mothers old Bible is talk;
God said let thsse be- and them words start
d of ine9 the darkness and slumgullion of
owherc- putting up ssgg for heavy crops,
nd leayVs and flowers and business gener-
lily
Why, William, you're poet"
Not much, | dcspise poetry. But good
ound talk sets the world a going, and keeps
Ter a hummiag on The pin. I'd like to know
What vould be the USE if people couldn't talk
or didn't talk, IL rs soon be bump on a
Og as not to be able 40 talk. When fellow