Graham guardian., 1899-03-03

to SIT on, a little fire tlickers in /,
enormous; chimney which seen
ready to fall, by which kettle
boiling, the only sign of comfor
;. and the flames dance over IL
D adobe walls, making the whit
: washed chimney CLEAN with
, mockery of neatness; she and he
/ husband are old settlers she tell
ns-she was born on the Ri
Grande, how long ago she doe
not know. She was the first VIC
man on the works at the Monta
yuma Canal, lived first in holes oil
| the river banks. An old man en-
ters; his uncombed beard is gray
and his tangled hair hangs IN mas
ses on his shoGlders--how old il
be; he does not know; he thinks
So years-have they always livec
in such poverty? No, he and his
brother brought some teams from
the Rio Grande, also goats and
much provision. By and by a
trader came, his brother drank
the traders Muscal-and in the end
the trader had all-what his share
also?-yes-but the law could have
restored his share but the old man
sadly shakes his head; perhaps he
thought the trader was the law.
Afterwards he planted q crop un
der the San Jose but lost it, "how?'
The water boss, che is dead now"
was unfriendly wanted him to
leave and would give him no wat
er. WAS there plenty|
Eyes, water running to waste"
He could try no more-got pal
lsod.
How do they live now?" "a
dole from the county" ayes"
breaks in the old lady, "and it is
small our blood is thyn they need
Rerc the worn heart Of age with
a remem brance of the past breaks
down and the Casstilian words
she would utter are smeihered by
a sob; and so they drag along the
hours, sitting In the sullen sun that
gleames as if it had lost its spirits
as it comes through the pieces OF
board nailed over the window.
How fresh and free seems every. |
hing as we come out again into
he road. Let us ride on above.
The black birds chatter in great
locks among the trees and seem
o say we have come south to plen
y. The SHOWS of the Sierra
Blanca Is released from the icy
pounds of winter and swell the riv-
r which is already chanting sill.
'ery prophecies of June-water in
'lenty. The buds upon the trees
ook swollen and there is touch
t green on tn" stems. We pass
aint outlines of the water cours
ommencet by Booker-we hear
lear voice echoing, "Whoa; we
urn the bend and are in the camp
# Present Kimbdll at the Enter
rise.
1t is not my purpose to enter in
o detailed explanation OF the
lans and workings OF the Enter.
rise Canal. President Kimball
as fully aud abbey done SO through
he press, go and see it-gu somc
upday and hear the President
reach. go 10 hrs camp now where
yerything around him is just u
came from The Creator; IT Is
nod ard it ) beautiful, !,ic there
MI produce the best kind of man
ood-- both physical and mental.
listen to his addresses which are
'ssUns Of heTOlSm, courage and
airing for the right and lessons in
atrIotsm IN its highest and best
9nse. The hand has been put to
,e plow, to look back or fail are
'ords not spoken. He will contin, /
= his work to the end with malice i
)ward none aud with charity for t
II, and under the direction Of his
krlIful hand u beautiful pattern
ill be wrought out of the many
olored threads with which nature
as blessed thus spot. Where once (
welt ToItec race we will soon
ee peopled by men and women
1ho will be mighty instrumental
n bur dms up Coos Kingdom on
Iarth-and where IN place Of the
reed the merciless grind Of the
resent will be taught the injunc
ion, 'Thou shalt not muzzle the
* that treadeth out the corn,"
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