The daily news., 1900-03-12
6y Ernest McGafy.
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40, Won really want 20 t-y your hand
..-.r plow:' Was Jn.le Toms remark
..r,- breakfast was over.
.ra Ike 10 see if could" said the
t.s. "eycn If cct sick OF it before
.s@ht'
Al right" was his uncles reply.
"Bat you can't carry lhc gun With you.
Tie mUlcs would stampede"
Why. what would there be to
..r.lr:" said Aunt Fanny.
'ph. there's blackbirds and klldees
'~ the barred" said Uncle Tom.
I'm take my bean shooter" said the
%. and get enough birds for a pOtpie
l.y Night"
$50. with a pockctful Of buckshot and
-.s rubber weapon, he was ready for
r... fray. The farm was one Of 2lO
..r-s II wPs rolling country nnd
e.. 3D. ,-l Ia l'y the old Fashioned barblesS
r... fences. The soil was dark loan
..G easily worked. There WAS sand
,aar-h SO that a pillow would scour
.arly well and thrrc were no rocks.
.ha hny had watched his uncle plow
r.a lay icfsru. and il diG not seem
E.ry larl work. So. viih a l-at ulow
au1 %" old ;oam. D., started in with
considerable cuur.lcu"c. The TciEs
-,,fr. ,.ruSsod Cs"r ais shpullcr and uE-
DIR u.~ arm. ami tl.r novelty oC the job
appealed Go hia curiu~,ty He Craspcl
;f.a 1auGi.S aau started I!in t,am with
an .r,Glu- "Gll M Ills Instructions
wore NOT % hold the plowzhar" too
.E.-l, .u the s,ll cor d. vv"ld B." hoiStra
l.ir the u.r ly rl,. combination ~ ia"
i.,s aruUEd h-a aai ,l.c beverage of
r,r earth. surface. and for the first
..lB yards Dee pinc'lIy s,lapel along al
u.u-t on top Cf the ground.
Then De remembered that this WIS
r,t t,lovloE. and he "hIsted" up the
laE,lpS ana Dug into the bowels of the
earth. IL was "a long pan and strong
gull and a pull all together as lac re
r.a,rhcrcd Il afTcrward. and IL ended
by his being sluEC over the tops Of the
i.low handles and deposited In the dirt.
The plow had been tUIEed upside down
p tho furrOw. and his hat had been
s.rapCd Of 10y the lines The near
t.Ulc heamed on him pityingly. and his
ia.k felt as il part of IL had been pull
.I out and thrown away. Thon he rec
objected about not digging in too deep.
So he hracod himself and took hold Of
90, plow handles again. 4 long stretch
- comparatively level ground assisted
l's Efforts. and all went well for some
fmC. Il was vast and awful dis
rsu-e across The FIELD for the first fur
.aw. and his uncle was a mere Speck
at rac other end. When he got 10 the
,..l - the furrow, be found the wire
..u.o. and beyond was limitless eX-
,lusc II rolling prairie stretching
E.ya 10 the timber line Of the TarkiO
liver. Outside Of the fence were sev-
al burrows. which. his uncle had eX-
aimed were to keep the prairie fires
sr-w coming in and burning tie fence
ifs
d., turned the mules and started
-..., ,n The blowing. The loose loan
-.fa under his larc feet. and the fur
- ,. ,~uuthled Gown auI arched ahead
90 r.c plow Ike tEo lacI. of au angry
..- There Was >t,am. light. misty.
....-, .upalnahlo. HAT rus" U0 from
.....l .l,rpn ai.Ic OF the odd brown earth.
r... .u r,lc west a banl of whit - ads
..r f..r,-l 'n The ll-e skies Ile hrlC
-... r-...y r.s~, steadily u'l-. ao3 when
... share began 40 sinN lco do"n h"
..~.l L ap without jerking t1c point
.. t~..a r,.a fu~row.
... turning point WIS reached a-aln.
.-.t again De halted. From the line ot
rrvro5> t.at ta1hcd on" side II
. 'i,.E came down a troop of- tlagN-
...- ,fa,liu- ana CoSs. ping. ia th'.T
...~- f.r .-sflAs hv-> a2o au-lev"rnS-
.~. I'D S.ze aul Importance were the
.a..~S purple -racklaS. or cro"
...I.-,.-. Tncy were the autorratS -
',arhh.vl trilc and wos- important
.. ng~y when engaged on forlGiuC
.N-r--..-S such as Jlcse. The were
..n.l hv the more sober heed cow
..A..rl> in great numbers. AMI rs
'.au 1-rw away and the furrov y
.. h.E-.lcneI out 1hc scout. - the