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Huntington Hawkeye,l
Vacation Of IustaphA.

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Huntington Hawkeye
Vacation Of HustAphA.
Nov in the sixth month Of the reign Of
the good Caliph. i, vas so that Mustapha
said IL am vearied with much work ;
thought. care and worry have worn me ou,
need rrpose. for the hand Of exhaustion i,
upon me and death even nov lie,h at the
door,
And he called the physician Who felt Of
his pulse and looked upon his tongue and
said:
Two dollAhsw (For this VAS the oath
BY which sll physicians work. "Of yer
i,y thou must have rest Flee into the val
lev Of quiet. and close thine eyes in dream
full rest hold back thy brain from thought.
and thy hand from labor. or YOU will be a
candidate for the asylum in three weeks"
And he heard him and wen, out and put
the business in the hands 81 the clerk and
vent away TO rest in the valley Of quiet
And he vent to his Uncle Ben's, whom he
had not seen for 10 these fourteen wears.
Nov. his Uncle Ben Vas farmer and abode
in the valley Of quiet. And he vas rich
and we'll favored, and strong As an OK, and
healthy as an onion crop. Often,imes he
boas,ed to his neighbors that there was no,
. lazy bone in his body, and he sxorr that
he hated lazy man.
And Mus,Ahha wist not that il vas So
Blu, when he reached his Uncle Bens they
received him with great JOY, and placed be
fore him a supper Of homely viands well
cooked, and piled upon his Rate like the
wreck Of box car. And when he could
not eat they laughed him to scorn.
After supper they sat up with him and
talked With him abou, relatives shereof he
had never. in all his life so much as heard
And he answered their questions ., random.
and he'd unto them, protesting TO know In
Gle Ezra and Aun, Bethesda, and once he
sAid he had letter from Uncle George las,
week.
Nov they al kn<v that Uncle George vss
sho, in q neighbor'. sheep field three years
ago but MustApha visit not tha, il vas so,
and he vas sleepy and talked To fill up the
time. And then they talked politics to him.
and he hated politics. So about one O'Clock
in the morning they sent him to bed
Nov the spare room. wherein he slept. was
right under the roof and there ears and
boundlca ears Of seed corn hung from the
rafters. and he bunged his eye with the same
and he hooked his chin in festoons Of dried
apples and shook dried herbs and seeds down
his back he walked along, for i, was very
dark. And when he "a, up in bed in the
nigh, he ran scy,he in his ear.
And it Was so that the four boys slept with
him. for the bed was wide. And they were
restless and slumbered crosswise and kicked
so that Mustapha slope no, wink ,ha, night,
neither closed he his eyes.
When about the fourth hour after mid
nigh, his Uncle Ben Smo,e him on the back
and spake unto him saying:
Awake, arise, rustic out Of this and wash
your face. for the liver and bacon are fried
and the breakfas, waiie,h. You will find the
well down al the other end Of the COW lot.
Take . towel with you"
When they had eaten. his Uncle Ben spake
unto him saying: Come, le, US stroll u
round the farm"
And they walked about eleven miles. And
his Uncle Ben sat him upon q wagon and
,augh, him how to load hay. Then they
drove into the barn and he taught him how
to unload it. Then they girded up their
loins and walked four miles, even unto q
forest and his Uncle Ben taught him how to
chop wood. and they walked back TO supper.
And the morning and the evening were
the first days Mustapha wished tina, he were
dead.
And after supper his Uncle Ben spake
once more to him and said Come, let US
have some fun" And so they hooked up
team and drove nine miles down to Bel
cher's Branch, where there was hop. And
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morning.
When the next day was come-which Was
not long, for already the night was far spent
his Uncle Ben took him out and taught
him how to make rail fences. And that
night there vas . wedding. end they. danced
and made merry, and drank. and ate, and
when they went to bed at three O'Clock Mus
tspha prayed that death might come to him
before breakfast time.
But breakfast time had an early start,
and got there first. And his Uncle Ben
took him down to the creek and taught him
how to wash and shear sheep. And when
the evening was come they went to spelling
school, and they got nome at the first hour
aiter midnight, and Uncle Ben marveled
that il vas so early. And he lighted his
pipe and sat up for an hour and told Mus
-. III .bs a. eo~x,- l.. bo,,.h. L.,
Npn. q, s"pu' 'S. ioI! nc %usn' ,as.
sP.ns oi Mosey NOS Suihse 20 nn,,n ms. .S 1u. .nal
foaled last spring.
And when Mustaphs went to bed that
morning ne bethought hlm.eif Of a dose
OF strychnine ne had WITH him. and be SAID
his prayers wearlly, and be took It.
but me Youngest boy va. restles: that
n'gal and kicked all the poison out OF him