The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10

LjeIanT NM pOoiy good story
a IN IN bout tibet haouse
"A oOIDh IN up ther'.r / was
"a Etaking trip
.'rg NJ through the coun-
Try on my bicycle
| had just passed through the pretty
village OF D.. and here on the out
skirts found a great, beautiful house
with a wide driveway leading beiween
big stone posts and up 10 the pillared
poriico. 1t was such beautiful place,
up there in the sunlight, that wanted
to look longer at il. so ! dismounted,
and. leaning on the stone wall. was
admiring it's fine proportions when
heard the rattle Of farm wagon aud In
a moment the rattle stopped just behind
me, aud then a voice which announced a
story IN connection with the mansion.
a good-naturcd looking old gentle
man was sitting IN d long farm Wagon,
such as is used TO bring the potatoes
from the field or the apples irom the or
chard. The horse was a dapI led gray,
so fat be could hardly move. and GER
tainly II | had been In any hurry
should have kept to my wheel. but then
time with me was OF no Consequence.
and | did like stories. and there would
be an unusual charm about this. fOi the
old man had the peculiar pronunciation
aud queer nasal twang Of that part of
the country. So | loaded the " Etel in
behind and climbed in myself with the
osiyer.
Coin fur. be ye?'
"Weil. friend. don't just know how
far. I'm out for fun. taking my yaca-
ton on my wheel, partly because
want To be out OF doors and partly be
cause | haven't the money to lay oct in
car fare"
'Sho, meow. Wal. ye ken ride weth
me fur's | go, au' thetll save yer whee!
some"
I'm sure you are very kind 10 help"
and right there | had such a spell OF
coughing that the sentence never was
finished. IL seemed SO funny that he
never thought OF the wear and tear on
his equipage. but in his generous heart
only sought TO save me and my wheel.
"CoHsumptive. be ye?" and he looked
at me anNlously.
lhastenec TO say that IL was the dust
or the neat that made me cough 80.
"Wal. I'm 'tarnal glad ter heart. I've
heard said consumption, the kind the
hey meow. wuz ketchin'. | bet !
wouldn't hev lived out half my days ef
hedn't er ben keerful ie- steer clear er
them diseases't knew wuz ketchin'
amt but so, but ! bet ef scarlet fev'r
er diptberee should gil holt er me Id
never'd git overt Youth don't count
fer nothin' weth them things"
| looked at him TO see IL he was iok-
ing. but not a smile on his face as he
spoke Of his youth and The uncertainty
OF his recovery from either Of those dis-
eases. Did he really think himself a
young man? could not tell.
"Havent you had any of the diseases
common to children?"
"Wal, should say't he'd. When
Jane baby he'd iher chick pox | went
down't Mollie's ter live in the village,
an IN be pizened ef them blamed pox
didn't ketch me Iher'. tell ye the blis-
ters wuz suthin' ter see. an aiB't never
got overt yit an never shell. 1t
keiches me somewheres every little
while. Jane says it's rhumatiz. bui /
low young folks don't hev rhumatiz;
my grauiber wuz over er hund ed an
he never he'd IL an | say it's the re-
mains er them poN."
thought II time to bring his mind
TO the story he was to tell. so ! cas-
ual y asked II he was rsonally a.
quainied with the inmates of the great
house.
"Wal. | should say't wuz. went ter
skeool weih the old man. but amt
seen i'm fer years. lie shet himself
up an don't go nowhere. bet he amt
nigh ser smart's be. an he amt ser old
by TWO year; no sir, he amt"
His name was"
"Flint. 10 Flint. an twas er good
name. too. do no none better
areound these parts. Tie run 'er the
idee that everybody wuz tryin' ter git
tier best Of i'm an ne wouldn't hey no
dealin's With nobody. an bis baous-
keeper she dooz the business for EN-. Z"
"Ile must have good deal OF money
To run such large place"
II bet he's got more prop'ty n you
can shake er st.ea ST, an ther story
wuz bout the prOP'ty, that is in er
ssrtain way"
Il would rather get the story from
you. because. Of course. you. having
lived here all the years. know all about
1t, aud can give me the little points OF