The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1890-04-26
MICNEl''S CHICKENS.


How long tie iir rinc IN Lindsicy's
Wood had roared lis bGsiu %prciundo IN
the tempest and whispered his lulla5y in
TIC breeze no one knew Flow inai,, Uaya
had passe,; since ;irst IT.. Sun tipped lib
crest with gold III the EiorninGGnd oathci
his branches with rUdiy tiro ii tho even
ing had never even hcca suggested How
many wiutry siirouds had weighed dom
his branches. or how Eiany t.iaes Lo Lao ,
shed his coat. or hos u!"n lie had sighed
in sympathy with tie ~ia.:,gal Enoli ira:l
st. Mary's, or sheltered under lis
great swaying arE-s tho play 81 lit
tie children. was not even a matter T.
OF conjecture. Little by little he
bad grown in stature. year by
year his grth had Increased until one
morning 1t dawncd upon him that lie
Was the king of the wood. There vcro
\ lghfy Lernl0cl.s :ut lar avay and giant
oaks. lat not one of these, for symmetry
90 stature. could compare with the big
l.ne. Around his great trunk in n green
spiral there twisted II ivy vine. with
lustrous leaves carcssing TIE pines rough
bark until it's tender e; iers rcSci.ei tic
very topniost branches lanoed by the sun.
beams. TIE dew fol- upon the ivy and
the pine alike AID every morning the sun
drank up the cleaning drops. Ear below
the pine ram the shining river. and behind
him Icy a smiling meadow. lis foot Wac
buried deep III his own brown needles. and
within the shelter of his kindly slladc II
clump of laurel bushes grew. Hidden IT,
the !aurcls lay u hollow hem,Oci log tlat
had once Lcvl stately trunk. One awful
winters nigh; L tempest had sicin the ;roo.
PHI l.
Last spring. w;cn ...e lingering snow
In the hoil0"s OF the wood had melted
aud tric,ied down the rocks to TIE acn-
dout creek, n s;ail and moihcrly par:
tridgc bait a nest IL the hollow log and
deposited within its coy environment Of
leaves and lino needles thirteen specified
eggs. unc day far down the din aiFlos
VI the wood sho heard no sound OF tom.
i.S footsteps. Ina partridge nqu"tiad
closer ooNl W''i i'' els and no cye
bGt t'it - " i'+t '"ue ta'e seen tAe al
ference bet wcon her Lrown back and that
OF TIC ratioa log. lseH' .!.tlo heart beat
hard with eNcl;c.acnt ana ic.r' hut tie
pdpi'atioh ia4!nu even 10 estr tho sUit
ie"t;'rs "n''! 'ff . Z LET eyes f!'',,
t'f'' i'.'' : = 1aAI3 a. SO pecf'l "hi oi
i'NT H'e.i? Pi"-c' t!G bi5 ;.lc E'ii5 a
10" soo,.!ihS i5i..m ana "c~'htinHhh SUCK
ms neaa Out OF iiolc III an o-k 'rce t;at
ny but ABOVE tHe sound oi ZIG Ns'!m
t-1 !, 8'--t''" 49, hc::i- .:-'~?
coming neAf~s 1nl i;l"Te.. iAe"2 we've
s!luliIng SOUND IN the Griod leaves, AID
- intervals the breathing OF II twis
sV,ir''H sharply 'HrouIh t'c SUI wool.
inca i'"ll ar."n. tie Track OF q big
he:nlock "iA',.i Isl tossed lis green arms
IN me sunlight Tor forty years came the
neUre OF u sucaAl!!S 10y "lA II %" qua
t'!d ~ me h"l'o# C.! iH' il3n! arm. ny
!uii 'iGc &c -E.iite was s'%nei;!G Up
Ii ih' Lost ii'r hefi |%' oIts'fI'y'.'
anu every hccT II hcr 'h''c i'at:'o'eu Locy
was 'eA-3 Wa o-e.teH'ei.' nearer sAa
ne,'1f cA;Ao ''.t u'!' ms eyes rowing
tHr1n5h i-'e Won II s'H'ii' "' 'i'''li
ior ms Irrow. l"G q IhH RAJ Gown
i1' ORR IN! Jr::p'A "pCi tAS IJ5 IA "h!.h
-" lir'.:Io vas palpi'.'ii9' ING
:iuif.r' . o'.1i"'.! G'.It"-i - 'eHrS 81"
it stopped ufui! 'Ac 70 70 r~'ti glimpse
o. .-e ,i!fo~cF mo - :: !'"A .s'fe;'.
&c t"aHS u u eoE 'tr!.S CIT 'he ar
NJ u ~ool~' eos wa d tiinF'o hea III
II? neSa SAG, ny ~ 'ioao lAa' Us iaasa3e
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