, 1897-11-01

. JUL ~ hiHI Iul IlN IlDJItE
into this 1fult ranch OF course | had.
Oh, bu. re- 50 lard Us l worked there
when l worked Tor a place to bring my
wife and child to from the east, be-
cause l wanted them bad, and she
hadn't been used to rough it, for she
was daughter to locomotive engineer
in MINNESOTA, and her mother had "a
farm, tb" only one for miles without n
mortgage on it. I've read of folks saw
ing how lEthy farmers are in the United
States because they mostly don't pay
rent. No. but they pay interest, as I
know, As | know!
But, as ] was telling, l worked for
five years on my ranch, and then things
was Ill shape. l seed the trees grow
that Ia planted, and my heart was in
it all, ana every orange and every pear
or grapc was part Of me. They was all
my children. And perhaps, partner,
you never owned no land. But even so
you've Travelled, and the big desire has
come over yCu to settle down and put
your feet deep i'll a bit of Gods broad,
good earth, saying, This is my little
share, given me to make it fruitful
for Il man has, so to speak-and I've
thought it cut often-two wives. a
woman and Il bit of the earth. But
when Il man takes a hull country or
half il state it amt according to my
morality. 1t seems wicked, for there's
fine mel with none, and their strength
is naught. They have 10 children ont
| of the Garth"
H. dropped his pine and stood IN.
and now he seemed to forget me, speak
ing to the air and the broad lands of
that beautiful valley and the everlast.
ing hills.
"But when five years was past and
donc / had the house in shape, and the
trees were full of fruit ard the young
orchards promising, and then sent
for Carrie and the child. So | had nv
good wife and the baby as was no baby
now, but u growing girl like IA fine
young tree. For them | worked harder,
and l was always level, if not more.
Sometimes it was u real pit more. but
of course the interest of the mortgage
was heavy. And may the inventors Of
such be accursed, even as l am,
For. though n man without lcecbes
smoking his blcod NAV abide 81 bad seo-
son orcorJ;ry 70 his Strcrytb and ,r.;,
fou tha aaal ,,, ,.L;al' :. $50
.o .ham L. Las.s
:, ~ ",han nn ~ n"a nen" sn,
~ n:a ~
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W. " law 'Ts =" "
bah ''a>ei NAhii'' bhh l was Will my
po' i"i II sii'e'' any on 'ne ""'n Nv
ln',ies' ne ,oon ~ nioie pc Wv -
ea'n y 'e "e au
gu il'ie VII ho soon se"soh oouiu
INC o"' again, NV e,eiy
oiisn' '"s wac nI"'9 WIN ',oous wi
me- anu my oes' nupe "ao uiio" up
Ing ',ee "sin VIZ
Anu ~" Ai'.i se" 49,
til'e CANT Wnen my Wiz 'eiy Ae.p,
iof she wall US s,io's as s' anu
the two eiIis' ior n.i waA ..un" :,
seeiheo w 'i"'h' 'nousn. n"ps a.
she "eh' In e"s. again eoui. - q
Man VI u 10y anu se' si"isn' "s"in,,
Aao = sen' nen oa,N WV nun, 10 .
U'noNweo' Sioo oniy' ou' ''eS eos' lit
go III,
d,,,t haa...a INV NV, AZ, ,
dream 7 fsi. tha. ,a.. ~as pa'
at times tbat IA aver ooH,a ~ ,"ns ~,
tbe law called INV ouvn pn. = s.....a
cd after II and the smell ~ - A..
time md time again i dreameJ IL was
ali NV own and free of Interest. and +
woke mn or, ing tears Of ioy in n ioyless
bouso thai wasn't mine And the frees
that seemed to know me were nv chill
dren and now wben 7 walk I nee tho
SIM in the grunge grove and smell the
smell of tbe white blossoms. and nv
heart is sick with desire. But there
aren't any trees there now.
..perbaps here might have been If IL
hadn't been that the old LAWYER ms lent
tho voung LAWYER money to lend to me
M the land RAJ made came nm to take
a look nj the land Ms was mostly his.
And that's WHY I saw l wanted once to
emit n mans throat. for when I showed
him round and was civil to him and
smoke him fair I could have caught
him Inv his fat throat and got him down
and choked him. for he'd never really
worked. and he was fat and soft. with
n heavy ;owl and his father had been n
railroad man with lots of n And
this man. he saw to me but vet more
IN himself. IF 50 he there was n good
honse bnilt. il would be a lovely place
And then he took a drink Of wine and
rode away in his buggy, going soft and
comfortable.
II went back mad to prune vines and
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