The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-03
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By john IL RAFTERr.

found Flmiy 40 10 (
laugh when PsterJethson and bic VII,
moved ovor on old man Granite wssl
eighty and Get up Tor farming Psaa
vna always regarded as son,sihlng q
q joke In Hoke County, and me fac'
that be had married Sophie Grant us
prettiest girl for miles AROUND. didni
save him. lie was a sort Of aeconf
cousin 70 the old mEn's arft vsfe. nud
Of course, when Sc came 70 Kansas BIZ
hnsman took him IN.
The objections 70 him were eood-na.
tured but numerous. He was Away
dressed ~. He bad no more kEowiedg
OF horses. cattle and pigs thar 4 Kan.
has City dude. and for the frs. year o.
his life in Hoke County he d'tn.t ID
anything but court Sophie. Oli Gram
never would have agreed TO q II b,
didn't know that his son-in-iaw-eleo
had money" for the youth was quit,
worthless from n buoolic point Of view
and after six months trying 10 interez
him in farming the old man rave *
with.
We'll. ye kin have her, Pete, bui
Eoll darn ye, how you all goin' to max,
QUIT"
Peter grinned quietly. saying Cues
we won't ~staFve." and went away e
tell Sophie. They we're married a.
Christmas, spent a week IN Kansai
City and then came home 70 settl,
down Everybody thought they'd ope1
a store IN Pimly. but they didn't. Pet,
leRsed the west eighty from his father
in-lav and built a cottage. declaring
that he meant 10 make his fortuna
TiEht there He started by bringing
from bis old home In the Eas. ali hi
books. fishing tackle. guns and othe
Impractical effects. When the Kansas
winter vanished before a matches,
spring he began 20 roam over lou.
farm"
What ysu going TO do first Peter
Sophie VIC ask.
Just ! around for a while
Sophie" he would Eay. and march OF
vhlstIing toward the creek or down in
70 the timber. where be counted thi.
Salnut trees and shot an o-ccaslona
squirrel Then he rugged up q shoI
scar TIE barn and bought 4 lot o..
secondhand a pipe. iron rds ant.
queer implements that had nothing C.
do With farming.
what ye goln' 10 do nAow. Peter
The old man asked. eying him with IN
expressed wonder.
I'm going TO make a we'll" said
Pete, smiling like a wilfnl child.
"well9 You don't need no well: yol.
got one an a eistern. There's the pond.
and the Stssb, en- SIS good and rain,
u Roke Well. fiddle, Amt yos
goin' TO put in no eropY~
Later, maybe ia Eet around q
that lsteF.T Aad Pete would saunta
away whistlinE. while Sophie In The
kitchen smiled confidently and her
father grumbled IN bis whiskers.
u Wa like that all summer and fall
Pete didn't DO anything In the way Of
work except what ne did secretly IL
his shop or on his we'll The neighbour
would stop al his roadEate sometime,
and shout At him: Hey. Mister yeth-
son. struck waiter yity" whereat b,
would smile seaty. shake his head ant
answer, Not yet" Sometimes. IL they
happened to ask him. "How " gsttin
slgnkl hsd crack bic little joke By
answering, Getting a long well. thRnh
you, Gnd thea he'd laugh like a pleas
Cd boy. Aud 50 81 anne about hat the
folks At Pimly and roundabout IN HOkt
County came 10 talk about Peter Josh.
soa as Poor Pete. the women PLYING
Sophie aud the men plying old man
Grant who had given his pretty dAugh.
ter 10 a 'hAlf-wlA"
II vas alaas In the spring when
everybody found out that Peter had
taken a ten-yeAr lease on the Brown
son place adjoining his own untitled
acres Mayor Jeakins OF Pimly voiced
the public sentiment about this trans
action whea be said,
"Bresnson has Just took advantages
o pore Pete. Them hundred an sixty
acres Q his'n tint wurth two dollars .
year. Won't raise nuthih'. aa' VI,
oome t thlnk. they can't raise 20 loss'n
Poss's eighty
whsFeupcn everybody laugh and
repeated Mayor jenkins joke TheE
TIE waEs out Grants way h-gAn q
put up jobs on JethsOa, Thy Soult
stop b. and AK casually Il b. NAntet
10 lcsse any more hand, and vsca hes
realized that be was dead ln sarnes'
about geatng more acres, that he was.
NJ particular about ihe quality Of IN
land. 20 Ions ~ Il vas Yea Hmly. an.
could be leased iog Ten years ~ longer
they began 10 SEE = vague IDEA TIA
"mebhe Pete vas az TO suthin'.T TheI
for q while old man Grant was NayiaiS
on tie corners In Pimly and 81 inter
walls along the road By farmers. vh'
wanted 10 know what Pete was 70 d
With his leased lands When Gran.
ssid hs didn't knew, AeE sitaSr aisbe
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