Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-07

'Re-ryin', hey" Que-iel old Gamal;el
Hooker. Coin Je- sell EN-. hey
Course III 20. Use ter be the best
picker ever was. Coin Ter hitch up
ai-.y and drive ter town with 'em. yer
say
he eyed Polly narrowly with & queer
look blended with curiosity and affee-
zion. 'Ye're two good gals" he said.
with = sort of cluck. an I'm proud on
ye. Does Mis- Fannln' know what ye're
up Jer:"
No; we thought we wouldn't tell her,
Gal"
i wouldn't" said the old mar
nigh, upsol her. bein' so weakly an
an notional. Run along. now. III be
r.GhI up 10 the house"
He understands" thought the girl
rs she went back. Bless his heart.
He may be only our hired man. but he
Is a gentleman. all the same. hon
esty think lie really loves Us. Why.
don't believe anything would induce
him TO leave. don't see how he does
so much"
Never were huckleherries so III fO-
picking as those fat, black. shining fel-
lows loading the low bushes in the
mountain pasture that pleasant after
noon in the early days Of August. Never
did Iimb.s fingers work more iuduSJr!-
ouSly 70 Ill the big in pals with the
wholesome spoil. To he sure. The col
lection Of Ellis Wells had 10 he KEEP.
apart. being motley and full o. sticks.
/ The lips OF The youthful Ellis were bad
I y stained and his round COunrenanc..
somewha, s-reaaed with purple long
before The sun sinking il the weS,
7 warned his absorbed elders that their
I WORK must cease.
[ The tongue OF Gamaliel Hooker had
/ wac-ed cu=e-fully and with hearty Ell
T cou-agemeu,. keeping The TWO women
il state ot constant me--.menr as his
b 'drOllery and tales ot ,he berry -pickin' 8
Of his long ago li-hIaued their hearts
. and iabOrs.
I The l!=h,. drifting clouds had given
them comfortable alterations Of SUI
and shade, and the dreaded afternoon
/ in the heat had passed as & grateful re-
lief from the humdrum household du.
Ties Of the day.
"I;'s lucky We brought q big lunch" "
/ remarked Polly, as they prepared to
/ start homeward. u think Ellis has re-
freshed himself very regularly every
hour on. what was left over. Every
scrap is gone. Well. ne has ben con-
/ tented, and had a good time. III be
sOrry when Frances sends for him next
| month"
Hes good young 'un." observed
Gal. His appctite's mighty, but thet's
Z the way with boys. He must hev picked
Two quarts an ct about three. Coin
[ ter take him along to-morre9
No. sir cried Harriet He STAYS
/ with his grandmother and you"
/ III look after him" said the man.
Yer mall feed him everything in the
house ef she's let TO. Now I'll pick over
| yer berries an TX EN- fer yer. Ye've
/ got supper ter git, an then go ter bed
I airly. III see ter il we're started right
I in the mornin'."
Polly patted him on the arm. "You
are a comfort in life. Gal" she said.
y don't know what we should do with.
out you"
"Sho.' said the old fellow. embar.
-assed. Il don't do nothin'. Here We
ara hum ag'in. an We had gre't pickin'
an good time. Supperll be ready in
about half an hour, l spose"
He carried in the berries, then walk
"a out 10 the barn. Two likely gals,
an purity" he ruminated, 'an good
How they hev growed up. Why, why.
HaItie's most twenty-seyen years old
an little Polly's two years younger
[ Don't seems ef it could be. An toIed
EN- round when they wa'n't knee-high
/ Their father" He picked up hay.
FORK, and thrust il savagely into the
NOW. DUN ir"' he muItered. Ell
don't seem right, Peddlin' berries
DUN. An three years ago we was all
comfortable Of. Then Sam had ter die
Last words ne says ter me was. Gal
do what ye kin fer en-. | hain't lef,
much but the farm an a good name
An little by little we've run down Ter
peddlin' berries. ! didn't reely sense il
afore. An the old lady's never been
the same. an now she's ruomatic.
Where's young Cutter. l wanter
know" his thoughts wandered on. 81
thought sure he an Hattie would make
match. but they fell out somehow
Now ef they hadn't 1t would hey all
come out nice an easy. His old man 5
died an left him well fixed-big farm
an money. too. Wonder what twas
they mt about? None Of my business
but I'd Ike ter know"
Gamaliel jamemd a forkful OF hay
into the horses manger. Eat, yer old
sinner he observed; ''ye're goin' tel
town tomorrow s-peddlin'. Ef "
knowed it ye'd run away. bet Old
DR.. Bolton gin We 10 Mis- Fannin' lei
year ago come Thanksgiving. kin see
him jest the way he done 1t. Here
darter,' says he, this colt is yer own
He comes Of as good a family In his
line as we do in our'n. Remember thet
Maria, says he, AN treat him accord