Mohave County miner., 1888-06-16
A FAMILY AFFAIR

just On the divide OF Tennesasa
mountain tbs Lind wheels os the tssk
tseard dropped tntos rut. tho axle broke
with smash. and after spspding tea
minutes in soiesan thought the drives
said
Well. III! barc 10 get the consArned
thing down 20 Tompkinsvills for repairs.
and you'd better stay all nigh. at yon
cabin n t.ssa'
Perhaps they cant sccommodsts me :
Thsrss no perhaps about IL Folks 40
has got honss are bound 10 keep folks
a. has broke down
] went over 70 the cabin. which was Q
rude log structure. snd tho only one ~ith
In four fnilss The woman saw me com
Ing snd stood Ia the open door Her bus
band saw me coming and sat down on
log Tie I've or six children say me
coming. and arranged themselves along
the opening in tho brush fence which IN
swered tor gate A ! came up up
preached the man and explained the nat
uro OF tho accident and asked to stay all
sigk.
/ Stranger. ~ II depended on nne, I'D ~,
yes. he replied as he crossed bis legs and
'rfed TO put on an injured look .Bui i,
don't depend on me. ! don't amour, I.
,hacks around ysrs no mo-
Now. zekiel. what dye talk like Tia.
furr demanded the barsfootsd wife a. SD,
came down to The log Who's said yos
wasn't bcssl Who's tried 70 take the
lead over your 't '... '.''s
I You hcv. an right sfors the children
too' You said wasn't Httsn TO driv.
| hogs"n laaf sa agafag tg.l sGa
Shoe. zsk'eiI you began II BY s.yrns /
sras eztravagant. y. .a. ....-t sz.,.,rq,5~ :.
b oh. yes. begun I'll / ailus begin
everything Nobody else never begins
nuthin. and nobody slss is nsvsr to
bierner' 40 Gs - #i# EglG'7f =.
But this ere stsangss wants 10 sta,
an night its comm night and 10 can
.ay no." asr4 ..ts,rtarsg 90 ..f,.-I,..-., +.
Well ealkerlats % kin stay A
month ago could hev taken him by the
hand and told him 70 mako my bouse biz
bone. bstt now hainf got no moro rights
around yere. I'm only q sighpher now
The wife took my csaehcl into the cubin
and l sat down on the log with zcks and
offered him cigar At the SANE time the
seven children cszps and stood In roS |
before uiI. end called out a. IN ono yoIcs
The feilss has dun gin pap 1 act&arf'. |
-Yes. schLJareu, |" said the old usan, ss hr
scratcheli .. match ON bis sfasbnsrd !
quarter iynd VI the weed. 'psp kas got J
Cigar, It's the. fust .cheerin,, thing thai
has come TO him fur twenty ono years /
sni It's rroof that lie bainf quito forgot
ten by oil the world What are " I
standin' here iookin' at, W-har's yer man
ncrsf" ".s-F.. @s.ss.s .sss-se2=s |
"Hain't got monet" called three Of them |
st once - III
"No, spose not. and can't blame ys !
mot bit Children ~ come MP without
any father can't bs. sipected 10 hsv man
ners Whar' 70 from. stranger |.
Bristol"
Right smar, haddle. ~. l. heard. bu.
I've never bin thar Hear 'em cay any
thing about ne7" a .aE.J - i
mo. "a5a& e.. n.. .afETrEJ, n rss..f.gsr ffsg5 /
MOI Well, ! s'poss they've heard Of |,
ns. but didn't want to say anything to
stranger I'm the man who had forty two
biles On his back In one winter
You tiidis shts .4Sa. 1a,st 81 aa1y
Yes. and : never got the least sympa
thy from my family i've also had rbeu
matisro. lung fever. lame back. fever sore.
and ysllsr fever Not ons OF
the family shed . tear ........s ...s, ~
is 1t possiblers' IJ
, "And broke my leg. lost q 4200 mule
~ pizsu- he'd my barn burn up, lost |
iarm on mortgage and buried two ehiI |
Well you havs suSered.- sgal faa
"Suieredi Stranger, excuse thess team.
put yours are the FIRST kind words i've
'eard sirpce the war closed" -.
Pap Il bellerfng. MAJ shouted the
'hfldren. as they ran for the houss, and
he woman presently rushed out and Z
aid: gs, ,,t.. Ez,......,.. %. rs..s & -. - \
Now thar, zekiel. you III, snd you- /
har, stranger. come In 70 smack" 49,. u II I
Didn't | tell you sol" exclaimed zskiel,
$ he made bolt for the woods I'm the
downtroddenest, unfor {
unatest man In all creation. and I'm ~ I
ng to hang myself" -r... q ss%@t q
"You dass'n't. and you know you I
ASST shouted tho wife. a..sr
"9on dsss'n't hang nut hing added the Z
hildren. e..,| ...fa. 80 I..'''' I
While Twas eating smack the woman !
Eood before me. arms siimbo. and the d
hiidren completed The circle around the ..
abIs. .s..9vIs .s,;.t e,fl .a..., rs,.a ~ a
From furf" querisd tie woman q : a
.arter
From Bristol =
Hear 'em say anything about met" !.
II don't think so |" .1 5-... .. I,
"You orter, fer I'm known all over tbs r
ate ss tbs distressedest woman In It.
And hain't ws distressed, soos'' indis
unity demanded tbs children In chorus
"Of course. but I'm the distrssssdsst. d
ing wifo and mother" n,
Any particular cause,' I asked y
"Moren ten millyon particular causes, +,
rangeri No human being will ever
'ow what ! have suffered in body and a,
md" -. s,.n. O.. ....-. - s,l .r
And we've suffered. tool" chorised the r.
ildren .... a.
Yes. some; bat nothing In comparison ds
. he'd toothache. earacbe. .pieurisy. ii,
'nsy. thills. fever. shakos. jaundics and rc
'ons fOvsr. and through tho hull OF II (,
ere haa not been one human being 20 an
y sorry for ms- 3,