Graham guardian., 1900-05-04
THE WORLD
AGAINST HIN.
CHAPTER !.
For I6 to 4.

NuAl Eh J..
Old Jason Fanshaw sat nj an open
window, his fat legs on the siil. as
he talked. his hearers IN the big bare
room drowsed. nodded or stared at
him with lack-luster eyes. lie usnsiiy
held forta on Sundays when lhe IA"
and the Lord prohibited work and there
Was nowhere 10 go.
On this su,try afternoon his theme
was his own misfortune in heing our-
dcned with family that contributed
cnuvht TO his desires. lie had never,
In exact words, voiced their shuricon'-
ingS. bu, ii his secret soul he wGuld
have had them perhaps less like hlm-
self, certainly less like his wife, who
weighed .DO II she weighed a pound
The two girls. Mary Lou, aged ~,
aud Ann Josephine. 20. threatened as
thefr beds ats continued 10 break, to
.nrpasS their mother in the flesh they
werp heir 10. and IN addition TO this
Impeachment 10 activity and encourager
OF sluih. tley had come honestly hy
combination Of their fathers iow-cul-
,taud their mother red hair. which
i;,iie suited their ilnrid conplexions.
11,ey had. also. frPcllcs ms hg as pock-
marks. which dihgrnt application OF
stump water" had failed to dim.
Faushaw had two sons. Ronald, the
eldest child, was not in the room.
David. a ,usty fellow built On his IA.
theirs pan. hut with q more cheerful
face, Was lying on the high pasted bed
In the corner Of The room. lie always
hurled iutu his fathers Trades against
his family comments IN favor uf his
brother, whom he admired intensely.
"luu caSnt complain of ltnn,' he
said tals afternoon, rs he tanned the
flies from his face with his big straw
hat lined with blue calico. "lie looks
rlier his own business. Mr.. Hague
SAID Saturday before last thai he'd
tuther have Ron rem, land from i'm
tham any man in The country. lie
lowed Ron paid every dul!nr he con-
tiacted to pay an that the niggers
liked i'm so much that they'd work
twice as hard for i'm as they would for
ANY body e.se."
"That don't do me no good" snarled
FanSAaw.
"No. | reckon not" admitted Dave,
"but YOU won't ever be ashamed OF
'im. il you are of The rest OF us. Hes
been reaGn' and stUdyin' every spare
minute sence he Was knee high 10 Il
grasshepper For the last six months
Mr.. Rsddiug, the besl lawyer IN Dan
ube. has been prordin' i'm with hooks,
an my idea is that he is guin' to make
lawyer oui'n EiSsef. You cayn't
bold i'm down; he'll rise like cork;
GI' as fur good looks, geewhiiklns'
Did ! ever tell you-uns waat happened
CT campmCct!n2 WAS ssttin' un-
der the bush urbor about four benches
from the front last Sunday WIS II
week when Ron come in dyked out
In his best Sunday clothes. lcu urt
10 a-seed how the folks turned their
heads y young dude behi"d me aNed
man next 70 i'm who in the thGndeT
that WAS. an the fellow said he wash
certain. but he lowed il was some
clap visiiin' at Col liasbrookc's From
Boston or New York. Than il WAS my
Iul In. | bent over an informed EN-
that it was Ronald FanshGw, the old
est son OF Jason fanshaw. An S0'
ori to a.heerd 'em giggie. Then Ia
man that had aXCd the question COM
back ut me fairly ,lohberin' in tn
mouth to keep rrum laughtu' out loud
"'You're away of, my friend. Sc
re: YOU shureiy aiu't acquainted 'hou
heer. Old Fanshaw is the daddy Of ih
sorripst layout on the face OF crea
tion / haint never been TO his side
show myself. but know heap o folk
that has paid Their wny an never axe
fur the oney back, nuther.'
'rhen Jest punched my face owe
to his yeer an said. | did: ! ort 1
know i'm says, tetchin the but
O. my pistol. He's my brother, al
when mectin' is over men you'll e
into the sidpShow fur minute; III
tenI's stretched right out thar in tn
bushcs an, tlle latrs, addition 10 it |
Buffalo iii, dead shot,
"lir wiltrd an gut as white as tn
inside Of cucumber, nm then th
preacher aNed everybody to kupel dow
aud praN was akin The Lord t
bless my purpose when them Two ri
an puled il oul over The straw bal
way 20, up. hu The preacher brok
oil IN his prayer an Ergnn to tai
about the law agir distnbin' publ
worship, an sunk down on my knet
an seed i,irm two mount an gailop o
likrtae woods was aiire."
''YGu ort 90 a-mashed lis teeth dow
bis throat" said Mrs FnpshnN
"Fo!k, has poked too much rtru NJ /
20 suit me. In war times N0u wun,dn
a-siood IL. Jade" She ca led hrr IN
hard sJade. not because he wns tire
or was horse, bul because i, was Il
only abbreviaton Of the name 81
knew
An expression Of hot fury lay {
f'anshaw'S wrink,ed face MS he locke
cut INTO the yard where hnlF II hundrC
crcks. turkeys. gNinca-heus and uc
cocks were feastlng on the remains