The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-29
come. the pooS man eats an orange.

his proves that any young man WITH
perseverance and $4,000 may in IS years
by industry and economy, and by know
ing as much as Mr.. Hatch. provided the
red scale does not break out ON a large
scale in his orchards, be far beyond the
reach of van
1t was thought for many years that
Mr.. Hatch was the author of the piece
entitled Monuments of Human Gran
deur PERISH but afterward it was dis
covered that he copied it from a Fourth
Reader.
During tho ,f- ~rason Mr.. Hatch is
compel - iIre ieip - picking the
fruit. =. - q; Ids t. ''e packing
and ARRANGEMENT of ne large.. icy fruit
While ci.e notices Oh tlletopoft. lasket.
All kinds of trees grow l.. & state.
especially tropical and suhtr, i / trees.
The date tree grows here. IA at the
right season busy men may BE seen stand
ing on a stepladder in the rich foliage
canceling their dates. The pepper tree,
the cainohoc tree. tie banana tree. the
breadfruit tree and TIE oyster cracker
tree al grow here in abundance and are
pointed OH TO one by the drive. who is
generally a pretty fcrtll LII Il II. ".
Some thiri: t'at al IL ga Al go
to rerdit N. his i ii mIs.l' Trc,'
go t. err! ate Al drive team. i.iere.
Once lem ala hat down the road 2
littla"r der" he wouid showus a strange
sigh. i was big hole in a tree. TIL
tree was one Of the 1Iiamosa trifoliaturl
'giganticum, il ny memory serves me mt
all crcditabiy. This tree during a con-
tinucd rain. which sometimes occurs in
the Yosemite. expands. the cells filing
with water rapidly and charging.
Daniel Walton. a low and Vulgar man.
was hantin% through the valley in the
! spring Of 1873 with i'll success. l.av-
ing killed nothing but grizzly bears,
all of which Were too large TO tote home.
rs he came Up the valley a heavy ram
set in, and it caine on 10 rain. a. it some.
times does III the ~rainless region Of Gil
fornia. Seeing that il was growing
worse, Walton stepped into This hole in
the tree. and unhuciiiing9 large thermal
belt which he wore aud which contained
cartridges be laid 1t aside and soon went
TO sleep. Whe.I he awoke, he was sur
pris"d 80 see that the hole was almost
closed N, by the swelling of the wood
cells OF the tree. He was greatly alarmed,
for he had no means whatever by which
toescape from the tree and did not know
when the storm would cease. He feared
that he would become a part of the tree
possibly Il some day be put intoa side
board or the top of a bar counter perhaps.
He fired his rife several times out of the
hole, bnt did not kill anything. As dark
moss ~, N ~, a,,l a.. f.1t +l. ,,,,- e
hunger gnawing at his vitals he heard
footsteps passing by and rightly judged
that the author of them could not be far
away. Looking ont through the apertnre.
he sawa man and spoke to him in a glad
ton The voice. coming out Of a knot
hole not wholly closed up yet, startled
the man. for h feared it was something
supernatural. The mans name was
Rodgers-Lou Rodgers, they called him.
He ran at first. but Walton begged him
so all piteously tia lie iErs1d and Went
back.
What is the llatteg:' b. exclaimed.
Matter enough retorted Walton,
trying to get q piece # bark ont cf his
eye. The tree is clo,ing.in uron me,
man. Can you not see that | am lost
unless you aid III, yOr - gilly, yuE:"
All said Rogers. ''rlc wood. being
porous, admits the moisture. and this ex-
pands it so that The aperture by which
you entered Is becoming useless rs an
exit. Am ! righ.:a
Yes, you are risht: but. OH, remorse.
remorse, nlst | perish re while yen pre-
pare an exesesis OH q Hilary attraction
and pono!osy: Oh, - y man. in
heavens name cit 4 move on You. | 4 beg
RoGg rs laid down his dinner pail and
began work at the knotlole, but between
whites he got ii better view Of walton
ana snid, IRE YOU not Dan Walton. y-ho
lies do,ya IN gorg vince ga branch is
whcr1 we H.ater tle teas al
Il ain. 81, IJueed, eX al. | Walton
now crying p~iteonsly, but do not lose
all you have gained now by your accused
delay ana loluacity. Help re, man. oh,
help me, OF | shall die here and possibly
annoy visitors who colne this way! II alp |
me out. kind sir, whoever You may be,
and will put up petition to heaven
each night for your welfare and signed
by all the property owners in California"
"Ah, but ] remember you," said Rod
gers; you are the man who whipped his
wife last Sabbath in such "a disgraceful
way and made her feel badly. / know
whom you are" He then began to be-
rate Walton with all his great comman!
of language, cursed him and ven away.
After he had gone Walton gave up all
hope and broke down utterly, crying
like a child and making it very wet in
deed as one hot tear after another chased
itself down his bronzed cheek. Then his
past life rose up before him. and he saw
how utterly contemplate he was in the
sight of his fellows. Meaner and meaner,
and smaller in his own estimation
he became until he was able TO crawl out
of the knothole, which he her done.
Thisis the legend Of the knothole.
This knothole yet stands connected