The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-07-16


e But you can spare me enough for
my two-acre lot?''
"Yes-I shall have plenty left for
that"
'What shall you charge me for it?''
Whatever it is going for at the
stores. There'n be no trouble on that
score"
"And you'll warrant it to be pure
red clover?''
"No, sir; I'll warrant it nothing of
the kind. But I'll tell you this, sir:
have Just three bushels of seed in nv
granary, and can give you my word
that every seed was threshed from as
fine and pure red clover as ever grew.
There's nothing else of seed in NV
chests. save my wheat and barley and
oats"
can right. I shall look to you for
the seed"
"And you shall have it,
Moses Midwel went home, and that
night after everybody else was abed
and asleep, he went out to his barn
where his threshing machine stood upon
the great floor, and having led out the
sorrel horse, and harnessed him in
place. he brought forth from far cor
ner of one of the scaffolds lot of ma
terial which had been carefully gath
cred upon his old sheep-pasture, and
fed it to the NAV of the threshing ma
chine; and he then went to the work of
threshing and winnowing seed that,
we firmly believe, had never been be-
fore and has never been since threshed
and winnowed Intentionally.
Two days after that Deacon Adamson
came up for his clover seed.
'This is all clear?" said the pur-
chaser, as he handed over the money
and took the bag of seed.
Il threshed and winnowed it my
SELF" answered Moses, "and I can
warrant it to be the seed of the Grim
son Oralis, pure and unadulterated."
The deacon's eyes sparkled. He was
not learned man himself, but it did
him good to hear learned quotations
and classical expressions.
And Deacon Adamson went home,
and laid down his two-acre lot to oats,
herds-grass and Crimson Oralis, and
then awaited the coming of events.
The oats grew and flOurished, and an
enormous crop blessed the husbandman.
And above the stubble of the oats ap-
peared the green blades of the grass
crop-that which was to give forth its
mighty growth in another year.
ga h ~ III tho v,on r.
till you see my crop of clover. If I
amt greatly disappointed Ill show you
a leetle the biggest crop of red clover.
you ever did see.''
And this he told to all who looked
upon his field-told it 50 often
and told it to so many, that
never did a coming circus create
more anxiety of anticipation in the
bosoms of the village boys than did the
coming of that red c'orer create in the
bosoms of the good people of Saybrook.
At length the warm spring days
came, and the two-acre field put on its
coat of green. The days Of June came
on apace, and the green blade grew
rank and luxuriant; but-not like clover!
mot like any clover which the people
VI SoJ OAOOA Adu CVCI oCcu UClOIC.
Mercy! how rank and how green!-
and how thickly the strange growth
covered the ground! But, it could not
be clover. The deacon leaned upon
the fence, and looked over into the
field. The leaves of the luxuriant
heritage were beginning to put on a
strangely familiar look. His heart
futtered.
Samuel" he said to his son, s'what
was it that Moses Midwell called that
seed that he let me have?'
''He called it Crimson Oralis"
An hour later the deacon met Prof.
OGDEN.
Professor, what is Crimson Oralisg'
"Where does it grow and how?''
"In field-thick.'
"In such case it must be the COM
mon Red Sorrel."
"And that's it's honest name-Crim-
son Orais?''
"Oralis is sorrel, certainly; and of
course you know what crimson isl
Two days later the deacon met Moses
Midwell and called him aside.
"Now, Moses-iook here; we amt
going to have any words unless can
prove that you've lied to me, which 1
think 1 can do. Didn'tyou swear to me
that you hadn't got bit of other seed
in your granary but pure clover, be-
sides your common grain?"
II didn't swear, deacon; but 7 told
you so.'
"Then where did you get that seed
that you let me have?'
81 went home, and on that very
night, after all save myself were abed
and asleep I went to my barn and
brought forth from far scaffold crop
l had cut from the old sheep pasture,