Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-06-29

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Q couple OF lnquisltive kiidees running.
ing about and winged one Of them
with his first shot. A long chase over
the drying burrows n the previous
days blowing secured the bird.
Going back he had several more
rhots AZ the ~blackbirds. which seemed
TO grow bolder and hungrier as the
day advanced. Fe seldom missed
them and In one instance killed two at
~ shot, the bullet striking one bird a
ll9neing blow on the'ncck aud wlnging
O second bird Ia the bunch.
1he blowing grew more and more
tedious as the lay heightened out, and
the hoy was never hungrier IN his life.
He had brought HIS dinner along. with
a bottle OF MIX 90 wash II down. and
be could tell pictty well from the sun
when noontiIas anne. FROM lis line
CT futrows he couli sec HE uncle toll
Ing ncross and back. rsycr stopping for
~ thing, a brown figure IN the brown
stretches Of upsuiucd earth.
lie made up his mind that blowing
was desperately monotonous work aud
tlat 20 plow a straight furrow was
something that only came FROM long
practice. He had u stake stuck up for
his hcueA' NJ cach eud OF tie Icld, but
his pillow either wehhled or the mulea
"wee-wawcd' frishtfully. for before
uoontime came he found e necessary
to LIT The pillow Up and cash down Ger.
tain lnicts and e%stuaries OF land which
had not been cut on account Of the per-
versiiy Of the burrows. By the time
the SIM had swung into line for about
1880 he had comc to the conclusion
that all . hoy needed to piow well with
was a pnir OF iron legs rad a knowl.
edge az how to draw q fulT'0w straight.
lie unhitched the ieam with some diiil-
Guilty and save them n feed Of oats on
the bottom OF the sack. Then he got
ort bis own dinner OF brend ana but
ter, ricnt and pickles, Snj fell on It
Ike n famisAcd coyote. lie was very
tired. The dic, had got into his Gncer
Gails, csePt into his cu,!y brown hair,
srincl his neck. Giied his cars and en-
Uttered his bcylsh soul. Ills curiosity
WAS thoroughly satisfied. He had be-
come satlated with the exercise; lie
wanted TO hunt.
However. be remembered that It
would be cowardly to give up until
night. So he started IN TO hitch up the
mules again after taking a decent rest.
Fortunately be could do this without
having TO summo his uncle, and he
CONGRATULATED himself on hciag able to
hitch AMI uChitch Il team. The plow
again was driven iuto the loam, and
luce more the Burden Of hanging on TO
Z pair cf slippery plow handles with n
couple Of energetic nuias strlding
along IN front vas bcCta. The black
birds and kl!deos, Gliurod by the feast
Of pale grvbs and salmon tiated fish
worms. came again 10 the throws, but
the boy only took q shot now and then.
RE was ~doggcdly. sullenly. silently
plugging along in The furrow. with the
sand Erittirg between his teeth. He
wouldn't cneg to plow again for Unc,o
Tom. Uncle Torn knew what he WIS
talking sbcEt when he said It was
hard wCrs and dirty work UNTIL you
got used 10 Il. Well, be didn't want Il
get used to IL, that was all. What was
that story about cells getting used e
being skinusG3 Whoa. Jinay; bacl
you old yellow crate. you'll
Al SHUTDOWN and not until he saw
Uuclr Tom turn for the house did The
boy give over. But he bad seen the
error OF his way. Flowing wasn't what
1t was cracl.el up TO be. There wer.
too many sand burs and roots ans
crooked Burrows and dirt and wrench
os and bactcches about Il. There WAS
too much work about II. Why, whci
you saw q man who was used 20 x yo;i
could believe that he Nigh, strap Liln.
self TO a plow and 90 to sleep Oh tho
job. But for a ne5g beginner at the
business It was Ike Jordan, "a bari
read TO travel
Upcle Ton smiled ct the Tri!ny, dus-
81 figure Of his nephew as be met him
at the house. How'd you like the
p!owiugy' be inquired quizzlcally.
The boy took nine |blacGhirds and
fhrce kildces from his pockets and,
holding them MP, said. Il Ike that part
Of e.. Uncle Tom, and all the rest |
didn't ike worth a cent."-Chicago
Record.