The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-11-15

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were no shelves about me. There must
be beauty u t..yng aud sellin.. II
there Is beauty In everything. but " II
very ugly to me. My life as transoort
rider would lave be- the best ...e in
the world II lad h only one wager,
TO drive. My maste<told me he would
drive one. / the other. and be wo@.I
hire another person to drive the third.
AT the places where we 'outspa anef
there were sometimes rare plants ani
liowers. the festoons hanging from Tao
bush trees. and nuts and insects. such
AS we never see here. but after llt:,e
while | never looked at them. | WIS
too tired. | ate AS much as co@.L
and then lay down on my face un Ter
the wagon till the boy came TO wake
me 10 'lnspan.' and then we drove I'm
again all night. So II went. so II wei
think sometimes when we walked nv
my oxen | called to them In my sic, o.
for | know I thought OF nothing
was like an animal My body was
strong and well 10 work. but my
brain was dead. II you have not felt 4,
Lyndail. you cannot understand II. You
may work and work and work till Won
are only body. not a soul Now. when
1 see one OF those evil looking men t,alt
come from Europe-navvies. with the
beastlike. sunken face. different from
any Kaffir's-I know what brought that
look into their eyes. and II have only
one inch OF tobacco l give them ha.f.
II Ia work. grinding. mechanical wo 4.
that they or their ancestors have do 2.
that has made them into beasts. y su
may work mans body so that is
soul dies. Work Is good. l have wo K
ed at the old farm from the suns s.
ing till Its setting. but have had Il 10
10 think and time To feel You n "
work a man SO that all but the anil II
In him Is gone, and that grows stron ,rr
with physical labor You may worL 4
man till he Is a devil l know IL. e.
cause | have felt II. You will ne er
understand the change that came o er
me. No one but | will ever know h W
great IL was. But | was never mise a.
BILE. When could keep my oxen fIom
sticking fast and when could fin a
place TO lie down in. had all WI IT
ed. After | had driven eight month a
rainy season came For Is hours ut
of the "a we worked In the wet ne
mud went up to the axles sometin -,
and we had to dig the wheels out, al
we never went far In day. My h. 81
ter swore at me more than ever, ut
when he had done he always offc d
me his brandy flask When / st
came. he had offered il me. and Lid
always refused, but now | drank -
my oxen did when | gave them water
without thinking. At last | bou.,l 1T
brandy for myself whenever we pas "a
a hotel
zone Sunday we 'outspanned on 30
banks of swollen river To wait foi -
going down. 1t was drizzling stin. %
| lay under the wagon on the m ~.
There was no dry place anywhere. AID
all the dung was wet so there was 40
fire to cook food. My little flask was
filed with brandy. and | drank some
and went to sleep hen wcSe &c
was drizzling still 50 drank so.Ee
more. ! was stiff and cold and NY
master. who lay by me. offered me nis
flask, because mine was empty. draax
some, and then | thought | would 20
and see IL the river was going down.
| remember that | walked TO the read.
and II seemed to be going away from
me. When woke up. was lying BY u
little bush on the bank OF the river. Ii
was afternoon. All the clouds had
gone. and the sky was deep blue. The
Bushman boy was grilllng ribs at the
fire. lie looked at me and grinled
from ear TO ear. Master was a n.ue
nice he said. and lay down In the
road. Something might ride over mas
ter. SO carried him there He grinned
at me again. Ii was as though he said:
You and / are comrades | have lain
In a road too. | know all about IT.
When | turned my head from him.
saw the earth, 50 pure after the rain,
so green. 40 fresh. SO blue. and was
IA drunNe.. sdlrie. W.J,a his leader Lad
picked ~ in the ii Il. and lain at tae
roadside to sleep ont his drunk. re-
membered my old life, aud | rcIneal-
bered you. | saw how one day you
would read in the papers: "A German
carrier. named Waldo Farber. was XIII
ed through falling from his wagon, be-
ing Instantly crushed under the wheel.
Deceased was supposed TO have been
drunk at the time OF the accident"
There are those notices In the paper
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