Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-04
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the whole Dig DIT, ana nave II Sal0 tnat
Dove give the people the road"
"He's mighty little and peaked; Is
that what you're thinkin' of. father?'
! Mrs. Kings calm voice Somehow
seemed to startle the old man. "No."
he cried roughly; Il amt thinkin' o.
nothin' O. the kind. He's big enough
Ter 5 years old"
Johnny were bigger" said Mrs.
King. "He had stouter limbs and
weren't 50 puny In rhe body. Davy
most skeers me when he's undressed.
Johnny were bigger in every way"
"Waal. you didn't raise him." said
the old man. bluntly. "rhis n 10 big
little feller. Bless you. no. he ain't
afreerd O. nuthin'. He took the stick
to Dawes dog. If that dog had . bit
him-" The old mans face took on
Its expression Of hate and rage.
laws. 1t didn't bite him." cried Mrs.
King. John Peters says he believes
the dog was laughin'. You never was
70 down on anybody as you are on
Dove. II he has got an ugly temper
he amt the only man round fixed that
away"
mo-" said old King. "and he amt tho
rnly man around has got some say
lbout a public road fer the church go
ers. II you think this here little feller
lin't strong, hadn't you better put him
,n that lounge yander, away from the
draft? John Peter says as he puts him
, In mind o. Benjamin Stone; he says as
Stone were the llttlest peekedest feller
he ever seen. You wouldn't know 1t
aow: weighs $50 pounds and is a-gunno
git to Congress"
her arms. the old man helping her ten
ierly. "He's a mighty light weight"
she said. anxiously; ''mebbe as Ben
Iamin Stone were this aways: dunno:
| think ef was you and wanted to
raise the boy I'd let 'em have the bit O.
meader."
The old man closed his lips tightly for
IN instant; then he spoke gravely:
You've got a lot Of foolish notions in
ver head, mother" he said. II humor-
I'd you morn once. but 1t didn't do no
rood. let Jim CoOmbs have them
iced taters, when 1 knowed he weren't
yunno pay fer 'em, and got that there
aigger of without a trial. But you
lidn't raise Johnny"
He weren't SO little and peaked as
.his'n," said Mrs. King, unreasonably.
WAL, mother, l amt gunno do no
manner o. foolish things skeerin' my
self about the boy" said the old man,
mpatiently. The Lords give him to
Is. whether to keep or not l can't say;
put I know for one thing, that Sam
Dove amt Gunno pint no fun at me
about the mcader road on account o. a
little feller like that. No, they amt
Eunno git the bit o. meader that away
through little Davy. Mebbe after a
while. as they can put in good fyin'
machine to carry them over and the
.ap'n can give the whole Of the road
sure enough and run the fiyin' machine
nto the bargain"
| You're bound fer to keep the Durm
| IN the meaderT
! To this question old Davy answered,
testify: 1.-The Durm's got as good a right
J to the meader as you and have to the
house | don't buy animals to put 'em
up in the barn or stake 'em round the
place The meader's a mile long. and
f thar amt room in II fer the Durm
and the road too. why the road can go.
[ amt too much fer accommodation
anyhow. Them dogs o Doves II
worry the bull mad some day. I'd a
8 a I.t tt nAx
! He weren't thinkin' O. bitin' the
child" repeated Mrs. King. 'John
Peters says as he believes the dog were
auGhin'."
| The following morning old Davy bus
ed himself measuring the bit Of mea-
low in order to satisfy himself in re-
gard to the exact amount of land that
mis- neighbors coveted. He was greatly
amused by the gracious good mornings
: IF the passing neighbOrs. their gay re-
marks about the weather and the glO-
,ious promise in the waving wheat
"They think I'm measurin' 1t fer the
ase O. the public. jest to see how much
I'm a-handin' over" said Davy to the
little white haired boy, who kept close
1t his heels. 1T amt sech a bit after
al, Davy. There's two hills In 1t and
4 holler."
"And a crick," said Davy, enthusias-
.ically.
"Yes. and a crick that can rise and
,pile the whole road fer a SPELL" said
the old man cheerfully. "'Tain't sech
1 little thing. nOhow. The road commits
,ioners would have to put up a bridge,
The county a-payin' for 1t. Waal. waal,
The cap'n may help along his man rum
J min fer office. but I'll keep the county
| from a-layin' out pile o money on
new public road"
Two hills and hollow and a creek
were indeed to be found in the bit Of
meadow land that the church people
were thinking Of talking over in meet
ing. with the minister hot on the side
Of the new public road.
Old King got in the habit Of paying
iaily visits to the meadow. He liked
to make out who the people were who
quarreled every time they had to shut
the gates, and he liked to see them stare
about to see If the Durm were In sight.
LUZ IdIcS udu Uccu SEO"lA6 AcSoAo
to the Durm.
Just about as playful as a calf rum
ain round its mother" soliloquized
Davy. Sr.. watching his property down
In the meadows enveloped In a cloud Of
dust Of his own raising. "He amt
Altered O. nothin', but thar won't be no
body to keep the Durm back ef the dogs
- fe 0o
heap O. money. the cap'n brags. but the
Durm amt gunno stand back fer that.
reckon he thinks he's wurth mor'D
q onery dog"
The old man was standing at the out
er gate one day when he beheld his
enemy lead his horse through the outer
gate, pause a moment then pull a rail
off the fence, leave the gate open be
hind him. his horse standing loose. and
RIM full Spaad fOUar rd tho crook Then