The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-10-23
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InterloperS at The Knap.

who. nevertheless, have to walk it, SAY
as they look wi>tfully ahead, "Once ii
the top Of that hill, and | must sur-l,
see the end If Holloway Lan-! Blu
they reach the hilltop, and H"llowa.
Lane stretches In front as mercllessl,
AS before.
S. ME few years ago certain farm
er was riding through this lane III to-
gloom of winter evening. Th
farmer : friend, Il dairy man, was rid
ing beside him. A few PAGES in tn
rear rode the farmers man. All three
were we'll horstd on strong, round
harr-ll+d cob>; and to be well hnrSet
Was 20 be- in better spirits about H"l
loway L4ae than poor pedestrians
could attain to during its passage.
But the farmer did not talk mucl
to his fri-nd as he rode along. The
enterprise " hi, h had brought hin
there filled his mind; for Ill truth Ii
Was important. Not altogether ST
important was it, perhaps. when estl-
matrd by its value to society at large
but If the true measure of "A deed b'
propnrtionate To the space 1t occupies
In the heart Of him who undertakes
it, Farmer Charles Darton's business
to- mig ht could hold its own with th'
business Of kings.
He was large farmer; his turnover
AS /: Is call+d, was probably thirt,
thousands year He had a great
ulany draught horses, ii great mAnI
mllch COWS. and "f sheep d multitude
This comfortable position Was, how
ever, meme Of his own making. 1t
had been created by his father, mat
IF very different stamp from th'
present representatives Of the line.
Dtrton. the father, had been one
ndea'd character, with IA bntt"ned-up
pocket and cnluk like eye brimming z
with commercial snbtlrty. La Darton
he son this tr .de suhtlfty had BE-
transmitted into emotional. and th-
harehneSs had disappeared; he wonid
have been called sad man but fm
his constant care not tu divert himself
from lively friends by piping nott>
out If harmony with theirs. Contem-
plative, allowed his mind to be- quit
meeting place for memories and hopes,
So that, naturally enough, since sue
ce+ding to the agricultural calling.
and up to his present age of thirty
two. he had neither advanced ror rr-
ced-d as "A capitalist-a stationary re-
suit which did not agltate one of hi
uuam bilious, unstrht+glc natur slnc'
he had all that h. desired. The mo-
tive of his exp dition tonight sh"wrd
he sarIe absence Of anxluus regard
for nnmb-r one
The party rode on in the slow. safe
trot proper to night-tlme and bad
roads, Farmer Darton's head juggling
rather automatically up and down
,gAinst the sky, aud his motions t+ing
rep. at-d with b"lder emphasis by hi
friend Japh-th Johns; while those OF
the latter were trave>ti-d Ill j-rks still
less snft-ned by art in the person OF
the lad who attended them. A pair
nf whitiSh objects hung one On each
side Of the latter, humping against
him at each step, and still further
spelling the grace of his seat. On
close Inspection they might have been
perceived TO be open rush baskets
one containing tur key, and the 9TH
rr some bDttles Of wine.
Dye feel ye can meet yonr fate
like man. nrighbnr Darton?" asked
Johns. breaking silence which had
lasted while tive-and-twenty heGgerow
trees had gIided by.
Mr.. DArton with half langh mur-
INJURED, "Ay-c4ll it my fate! Hang
ing and wlving 60 by destlny." Aud
then they were silent again.
The darkness thickentd rapidly, at
shutting down on the land
in IA perez ptible fap like the wave of
IA wing. The customary close Of day
was accelerated by simultaneous
blurring nf the air. With the fall Of
night had come a mist just damp
to incommode, but not sutfi
clent to saturate them. Countrym-n
as they were-born, as may be said.
with only an open door b-tween them
and the four seasons-th-Y regarded
t h. mist but as an added obScuration,
and ignored its humid quality.
They were travelling IN direction
that WAS enliven+d by no modern cur
rent of traffic, the place of Darton's
being the old-fdshloned
village Of Hintock Abbas, where the
people make the best cider and cider
VINE in all Wes>ex, aud where the
iunghills smell of p"mace instead of
stable r-fu-e as elsewhere. The lane
his h..
brambies of the hedge, which hung
forward like anglers rods over
,trean,, scratched their hats and curry
."mb+ d their whl>kers as they passed.
Yet this neglected lane had been II
nigh way to Queen El,z4b-th's court
and other cavalcades of the past. But
is day WAS over now. and it's history
is national artery done forever.
why | have decided to marry her,"
'esun-d Dartun I'm measured, mu
,ical voice. of confidence which reveal
d COED deal of his compositl"n) as
he glanced round to see that the lad
Vas not too IT ar, lis not only that |
ike her, but that ] Can do no better,
ven from a fairly practical point OF
,iew. Tn | might ha' looked high
# is possibly true, though it is really
III nonsense. | have had experience
nough in looking above me-. No
more superior women for me, said /
'ou know when. Sally is d comely,
simple character. with no
makeup about her, who'll think me-
= much a superior to her as used
o thlnk-you know who [ mean
Vas to me-"
"Ay." said Johns. However, I
houldn't call Sally Hall simple. Pri-
1ary, because no Sally is; secondary,
ecausp if some could be this one
couldn't. IT'S a wrong denomina-
ION to apply to a woman, Charles.
nd affects me, as your best man, like
old water. 'Tis like recommending
Il h.,S S,ri,,r h., |