The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-29
TIE F0RTY AoRE srORY
BY EDWARD EeeLzsroN.


BY EDWARD KGGLEsToN.
It doesn't do men good to live apart
from women and children. never knew
boys school in which there was not a
tendency to rowdyism, and lumbermen,
sailors, fishermen, and other men that
live only with men, are proverbially a
haIfbear sort of people,. Frontiersnien
soften down when women and children
come. But forgot myself-it is my
story you want.
Burton and Jones lived in shanty by
themselves. Jones was married man,
and, finding it hard work to support his
wife in down east" village, had en-
igrated to northern Minnesota, leaving
his wife under his fathers roof, until he
should be able to make start. BE
and Burton had pre-empted town site
of three hundred and twenty acres,
There were, perhaps, twenty families
scattered sparsely over this town site at
the time my story begins and ends, for
it ends in the same week in which it
begins.
The parties had disagreed, quarreled
anu uasiusu 'neli .n'e.es.s' !, lH0 -.'-.
one valuable forty acre piece. Each of
" snem olalln1u snas p'eoo IL Z. tAn, lo,a. aa1
.ne quaiiei nau gown ~ nisn D0'"eoa
.neln .nas sne neasnpo,s nsu eApeo'eu
sne% ~ s1Vos .S.. a sa .as' ~ - : ~ = :
anueis0OOu snA' Dui s.. W, "ao "As =, -. s.e
iol y ev'e p'eeo' neu ~. u1sI. G T. "a y s s-sos
JONES Il ne cane' anu 'ones nau sso,n
y 30 ous 70 snous pui ~ 0on' "nen sne ns s,
was pos'puneu " 'ne a'i's"' u 'oH'' :
"i,e anu o,fiiu.
'ones : saa1sy "1's uo' ,in'1n' ss1 eI1 ~
MA. n'ss ,olssu y lglsso s.e ,leAouls = -.
, ns a'1 o'u pi. na - nhnd m -, - ,fa.4a,,Is "
1lA.e n,s WI asa .I;..o- Il .. ssD,s ,..as
uuiins .ne nlEn., lOl sno ",n'Il I.as SUI "as as
sulrounueu W sun.ouss. ins.eAu '.
one sun snele .e'e oul ,,.;.Ss a. Ten0e s,t nne
ny 10y u1ns - sAas - .a,., - ~
sa.As ainay Doee' : 70. e. .D,I L.; '' ;sa - u
LII -: 1A.o. = s-.e e,,;ead e. Is ,;.4,s anJ
.n.u' 9Onss "as n'psJ neI s,a s'.o ,o a;,e
la, Ia. 80 s..s' ~ e'-e - - o.. D. "
iens auous sne p,soe = - ,1a L.L.i Iss ss,,s, ~
was ueeei,hineo n9s - - oAoaeu uo"A D''
anu "vuiu -, 20 s1.'y ,,s navy ~ aAo'' 1.
'oq 2,s ol % slo. .sxa nimss.h "a a.. ..,,...o -
"hen ne snougn, VI 'sne onsuoe u
being kiilea Dy nus olo paIIner, 1ns PROS
peUe was no. plea.sans. ne .0oaeu VS. %.ss
iul,' AZ H'sy, X. ais 80 "a . ss.ha- 49,
anu uea Is 'As ~ 49,. ~ l.
less, Hescisneiess' ne "unen -
ps'oAeu uo"n' ie "ou'u 0Hoos y "
sn0.,
nne 'ne ias'si "As Dusy !, els':s
, moou anu 'ile wing wac puss uSne. "lse'
n.sas niue Nisss %Snsgeu Tl ~ gov ,4S sns snanss ~:
us9.i 49, ,:.s, - "ss - .'s = -,
nu nsi P.!ine iis..o .lus - e'' ~ ~ -. = e
- paoA. srs' :, "inu e,..'oss ~. seoa r. ~. -
pieA.n away, eus sue eAusa1 . y asul :. Ia IA
oioan grass ai'nous' anu .as ns" VIZ =
se.eS 90. y D's ss-s.,sso sIas '..s :. 1i'''' -'
'Aiu g. y ~ = sNy p,,. tt.o,,rh a. sdoor
Sne uaneu ous s.o wv - 80.
ossesis nel glsasu ~ ~ sts SI SsA.os1 S1.
ess uo"n ' es lu n. 80 a. go
s'ess anu 'no uoAu so,'A " WV Ao"e.a'
az" oi.eu Gu sue ,a4 nau s,ss iunseu a ~ - esSps
lo',' essiait ,'1''s as.r3s ~ ~ ~ sue
Fofla aions: 1o guy .in inIs e. tne 'fotiu sue
wenh' rejoicing IN .hsi silDe''yln N ,ns
Diae SKY ABOVE ana 'ne rusty prairie De'
'nea'n. ohe ~ou,o .nlu gou1 mneie .he
pA'n went, anu m1as "as sle enu VI ~. sne
moiip, " nav uu -. oai9 4 n'. Hoss
nas- piue esno nei sn1eDy n"nuo ." ~
as peesSs ~" 1uu liie4 .uo ouiae1 --e'
neaa away iionl ene luue piass' ioiei un
ner Oh tne slorm, pul nAsins easpeu
momenIlshs 9uicA1s ieneneu n0i 1ai'-
IN searcn .. .he eieas unAno"n.
Inc molhet misseu hei' pu' suppvaee
tna1 JONES, "no eouiu nos ses enoun y
tne cnnus sociesy, Aau saAen INC i''i'
pets OUT WIN nine Jones' Poof ieuom
supposlng that tne CARING was SAFE WIN
IN chopped away until the awiui storn
piose upon NM anu az iAs' uiose nin i,
nali slho'neleu py ,he sno"' anu nai
aozen py 'ne coiu' mug ,ne mouse
"nen 'neie "as nosn.ne ie,' pus ie'rea
ne ssllsu an almiu. o. moou anu cairle'
y ~ hso sns nouse WIN ~ L LIN - Ane a sur