The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02
She has HER Farm AT LAST
AND THERE'S A TIRED LITTLE
MAN DOWN IN VIRGINIA.
Mrs. Perry Had LonEcd for the Farm for
Twenty-Five Years and Now That
shes Got II She Is showing How
to Mako IL Pay-Consequent Fatigue
Of the Man From York state.

quail smoothing In one OF
the remote interior counties OF Virginia,
came upon a plantation that had been not
only restored TO all it's former comforts.
but also equipped with the latest aericul-
tural Injuries. he knew that a miracle had
been wrought. A less extravaganza ex-
PLANTATION would not have sufiloed In q
county, two-thirds of which had lain fallow
for forty years and the other third OF which
had never yielded moro than fifteen bus hels
OF corn to the acre.
The Noitherner had como upon the plan
tntlon from IA pig path that wound In an
intricate scroll through rub pines and
brown fields Of broom straw. and the scene
was sufficiently imposing To make an In
v~estlgatlon worth while.
Tho old-fashioned, big, square house,
standing on the crest Of a rolling hill and
reached through an avenue Of magnificent
cedars, was spotloss In a new coat Of white
paint. Green blinds witt real hinges pro-
tected all the windows.
A freshly w~hitewashed fence inclosed a
yard free from hogs, steers, carts ana
mules, and the barns and cabins had been
restored TO their equilibrium and newly
shingled. All the fields surrounding the
house were either under cultivation or
had been recently cleared up preparatory
TO working them.
In one of these fields there was a little
mar in blue ~overalls and jumper at work.
As the Northern man drew nearer he mo-
ticed that the workman was setting out
some sort Of shrub or bush.
"Wha are those thing YOU are planting
he inquired. in the hope that some light
might be thrown upon the miracle.
"Pe-can trees the little man answered
CURLY and without looking up: There
h'aint more'n $50 moro on EN-. an II amt
friz & death, ner struck by lightenin l
calk'late III get 'em all set aout Tore I'm
gathered hum 49,,
The Northerner saw that the little man
was a Yankee foreigner Ike himself; that
he was lahorlng under some mental STRAIN,
and that u was only With a great cIort that
he contained himself. IL seemed wisest
10 encourage him
.Are not pecan trees somewhat OF a
novelty down hcre1' no asked.
The little man Strengthened up, his small
blue eyes swapping and the perspiration
strNamlnS down his face.
.Noycltyls he echoed, his voice CULVER
,rg with emotion, sNovcltvl land o. Twin.
Nj There amt no sech thing ~ a novelty
ON this plantation. We got every novelty
that ever grew or bcllered er grunted tween
Grcenland's icy mountains an lndJy''s
| coral strand. 4 novelty, as sense 1t, is
somethin' kinder uncommon an rare
how be We goin' & have a novelty when We
got 'em all areound yef
The stranger began to regret his eager
ness in drawing the little man on but
the hood gates were open and there "ns
no stopping the current:
sNis,sr, The continued. slowly approach
ing the new rail fence. Mister and
his voice was low and pleading We
should ever happen { run across any KIND
o. Iceland moss that nobody but an I-qui-
NAV ever knowed how TO grow, er If ye
ever hear o. any new tangled pertaters
helm eacavated from them Egyptian ruins,
fer my sake an her'n. Mister, don't tell
Mrs. Perry that We know anythin' abeout
! I'm. Wen have this hun plantation .owed
-. - A.. l.a-', tort N-nlnhf hptrG
who ia Mrs Perryf" the stranger in
WHO is Mrs' Perry the ltd man re-
pea,ed. soornfully. Il guess We hain't
bin in this country long II ye haint hterd
/ o. Mrs. Perry fore now She's the richest
woman that ever cum into this county
an i'm some ways she's tn most-but l
amt sayin' nothin' agin TN woman that
but who is shei- the Northerner in
sisted, giving way 10 vulgar curiosity
sand what II the matter with herr .
The little man approached closer and
leaned confidentially over the fence.
Ibid We ever know. Mister, he inquired,
sof a woman who'd bin hankerin' arter
a baby fer years an finally had on" cum
4 ber-ve know how them kind treat EN-
wha, n store they sot on 'emY Well, Mister
that's pest tn way II h win Mrs. Perry.
7 Ter twertv-two years she'- bin "A hankerin'
an a hankefin' after a farm-family all
I argeriu' agin Il an powerful put aout bout
IL but nov she's got one. .
The little man paused Tor breath ana
added reyereutly:
An may ia Lord help VS. all Got a
~thuudcrin' hlg hou-e up 20 the city that
lust tine rent on fer one wear would h" a
| fortune ter me 81 you And Lord sh"
don't care u'murc 'bout b. than you would
fer one o. them Niger cabins.
sBf why shouldn't -he CRAFTY her tastes
after al tilsse Noarsf the stranger aigu"d.
Tof some reason the question Tanned
the little mans wrath into instant hshe
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