Graham guardian., 1900-05-04

the watermelon the family had just
eaten. "My Lord" he gruntrd, "et |
took folks to taw ever time thrS it'iied
about you-uns, I'd tave my hands full"
"Well. they'd better not !ei ne heer
EN- THROWN Oh on us" declared Dave.
and he ,toCd up and stretched himself.
"llutwhcn you come 10 think Of II. Ron
is So different from the rest Of us tha:
it's no wonder folks take i'm for one
o. that hishfaluiin' crowd. tell YOU
he's 10 eloueh!"
Dave went out into the back porch.
where stream uE water shot 'roul
the end of hollow log into trough;
the water came from spring ON q itflA-
side half a mile distant, IhriuNtn'of ~
this crude aqurduct was RHnaid tAiI-
shaw. he was only a bny when lIe cGn'
ceiyCd lie idea, hti he gave eSelb spare
inomen, to its cunStrurinHI. lie lad
felled the trees, dug ihr lnhg dutch
through The meutiuws aud hrtds, taken
the .cvcl and competed What Was >tII
considered marvel al r""Scnicncr hy
the ueighb0rs. While II Was hnildiug,
Jason Faushaw had cnnirihulra MANY
peeyish 0HjrrliuIS Ia the work, Which
he considered waste al time, nut When
the clear. cold water g"sled nui M his
auur. he melted uadrr - h,a>r al won-
der. and now no stranger ever came to
his house who was not shown the WA
terwnrkS."
"uuh." he would exclaim with pride.
"nuhpt.y else has got ~ spring on his
! land high enough fur such thing Cot.
1 llaslnoukr would ray nu end u money
/ et he ruuiIl have IT. lie has tu Keep two
/ uigpprs busy iil.n' his tank nn' Ihpn the
4 waters stale an hot. Won see, ~" sunk
our Pipes 50 deep that the waters ms
/ cold MS ice
( A hundred yards from the hnuse
/ wns dense wnod which stretched an
in u small river ni,c away. aud fur
iher on Ia high muuntau. aud here
Dave found his hruiher lying on the
grass reading his blackstone. In his
unlikrress 10 his family he was nn
anomaly; he was over six feet in hr1Ph'.
we,i huilt, slender. dark ~ complex
Ion. hair and ,Nes. There was "a the
sltHpely prominence ot Itls brow lug
rcsiinu OF strong meuiniiy one might
lnnk for in win in any Gf tie other
FapshawS: his limits had the slight.
slroup look nf hlnuded horse; Ta,m-
isl would have said that his hands in
,ficatpd the possession Of a reiincd, sen
sitNe spirit.
"Oi. | hal no itlea ynu was heeI
EXCHANGED Dave. II jcs, thought Ia
take walk tn gi, away FROM all that
tlaitpT IN ~ the house. M IN tel
yuu the tInlh. I've got quart hid IN
thai stump thar don't you want 10
wet Nare whistle. as The fchcr said?
have 10 keep II lid fron' HE did nnu,
hes 100 al fred stIngN To- lnr " "iISkS,
bui he loves il iik" - hog d"s Sop
''Yan knnw never drink. replied tho
other. GrIn.V. His words fur,urtI {,
striking cuntrpNI 10 the dialect ~ l>
brother: Ihe,c was 3 'agu" sadness "f
tone in his voice. ai,G his eyes Hr"nptd
as If they were wratN nf the rrint upon
whlcl, they had nrtu resting.
"Weil. | reckon luu w"ii MUD cf
take u pulI ni it," SAID Dave. I'm dry
as u powder hutu," lie TrI"nrrtl Hat
stone rfum the hnituw "f the stuinT
and took uui his flask Here's l""kin
al YOU" and The neck Of the buit,e went
into his mouth.
II suppuse they made ne tn" snhjrc
of their talk. as usual" said knrn.d
when Dave had 'epL'rrd lhc flask nnde,
the stone aud sat uu ihr stump. his Ieg'
crossed.
mot any mnren common, Ron
they've got to talk; taikin' comes a