Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-04

cnrse tbe name OF HiIlyaFd, which, Dy
had luck. is my own. every Jay VI
their lives. And, upon my SOUL, MOT,
wen though I tell them they re an
wrong. I can't preach with my hear'-
for. IL their ~reasonings raise. 'neil
misery's true" a.
Nonsense! To improve a trade -
n extend a trade. The cheaper you
turn out goods the more o ihcIease
The demand, and the more goous aie
demanded
That's not how orators speak 70 Tue
naonIe Norven." interrupted. the
Young surgeon. folding his nrhs on
tbe table aud leaning forward, eager
Iy ."They leave out the reason anu
mt in the blood-thats their way. l
hear things from the women. mostl!
hnt sometimes from the men. Oniy
this morning there was a stranger III
M Adam Croft'S, who strolled out us
soon as | went in: but he'd LETT SOME
thjnp behind. Croft's u cr0pper, Wlth
no more logic in him h a Il hungry
hound. But Il put this TO that II
that 20 t'other, sir he says 10 Inc.
Talk of staryation-'tis all along o
them DANCED new frames TO
mill Afore they come there was work
and wages for all. though the times
might BE- n british hard. Since uiey
come, there's work for none anu Wase
for n naught 10 bite and naught 10
bite wi. though times is hafuer iaI.
Dang and smash them fran es says L,
and burn tiie'-epithet-mn' 80 sald
Adam Croft, And when l began:
Nay. my good fellow, TO improve a
trade is to extend Il tra6e-
I'VE Hillyards are answerihie. 10
these people, Morwen, for their Dodies
and their souls. III my grandfather
had not made the will which disinher-
IFS me. all these lands and all TINS
wealth would be mine, as you know.
If things were as they ought 10 De, l
shouldn't be here-Id be out in the
world lighting my way. But for some
fifteen wears Lockmead las been neg
lectel by a s%coundrel, and Is now III
the hands OF Il foreign girl with an
state of her own. We've divided mat
ters. YOU see. They receive the rents,
and don't do the duties. So l. by birth
the head of the house. nus do the du-
ties rs we'll as l can
'-Rless us alive. inan, YOU speak Ike
some fellow in 4 play. Duties! why
do them. | collect the revenues
manage the farms-improve the estate
act ut petty sessions
And you're too busy TO teach lie
children. and persuade the woHtii,
and make friends with the men. You
| are a first-rate steward, Morwen. and
| thank you, in my ~lady-couSin'S name.
But there are Things no agent can do;
and. since she can't do them, l must
you see. Noblesse oblige, as they say
abroad.
Amos Morwen gazed At him with aIs
| dull eyes. Pass the bottle, my lad"
| he said. ut last. YOU'RE too high for
me. But YOU'RE young. Wait till you
come to forty years"
Basil colored, for To be called young
by ones elder is a terrible charge-
it is as bad as when oT youngsters
call us old. What creature in his dot
age first got it established tina Wis
dom grows with years? Perhaps, be-
cause / ought to-a very different
thing.
Listen and think, MOrweR,' said
| he. There would be nobody TO hook
| after these people if | We're to go-not
a soul. Miss Hillyard has to fog her
slaves, the vicar has to amend his
Greek play, the curate is an ass, and
you have no time. l represent the Hill
| yards Of Lockmead, penniless as | am;
and l represent, toe, a mans duties To
men. Who would care for these poor
! people-wiiO would teach therR at the
SCHOOL, You would say yourself that
thriftleSS ignorance is at the bottom
of il all. Who would put out a finger
to lessen it IL the head of he Hill
| yards were TO go? | dread what /
! foresee; the peoples misery is a giant,
and L no giant-killer; but 1 must do
! what i can, and starve with them, ii
so il must be. So, don't tempt me.
Morwen. I'm tempted every day, God
knows. Write me out a check for fifty
pounds tonight, and leave me TO spend
it as / please"
Fifty pounds No, my boy. No
good TO try to empty the sea with a
| sloIrpail. You'd relieve a few bad
cases, and then they, and all the n
ers in Lockmead. would take the hint,
and turn hungrier than ever, just TO
be relieved again. I offer high wages
for skilled labor, fair wages mot to
| prejudice the farmers ON the land.l
| That's true charity, HiIlyard. The
other things TO encourage beggary and
imposture and blackmail. No work.
no wages. That's my principle. and IL
l was to touch them to the tune of
fifty farthings, down they'd come with
q rum
II ask no man TO change his princi-
PIES" said Basil, a little coldly. ''Eor
l can't change my own. But when 1
| talked of General Lud being in Lock
mead, l spoke not without book. Are
you prepared
Yes, my lad, l am. The first real
signs / see OF 4 chance of frame-break-
ing, / shall do what they did at Mars
den-I shall send TO Nottingham for a
troop of Dragons. So, when his gen
eralship arrives. l shall whip out the
riot act, with the red-cOats behind me;
and then, IL the rascals don't scatter
Of themselves, draw swords, charge
The judge of assNes win do the rest.
And there'n be an end OF Gen. Lud
In L0ckmead, my lad--dead before he
was born"
No question On cart wa more likely
TO breed a quarrel Basil, who was
quick-tempered, who had drunk not
far short of u quarter as much as
Amos, and who was unused to any
thing better than the Uniforms small.