Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-06-27

fortunately he did not observe tho,
Col keever was in the freight depart
"eht OF the depot, where he had com,
to find out whether the "patent out
sides for the next issue Of the Biz
zard had yet arrived. Unseen. the
Colonel overheard the young man,
colloquy with the operator. What the
great man did after that will soon ap-
pear.
Pettibone joined Guy at dinner. Aft
er the meal they smoked their cigars
ana ehatted in friendly fashion until
'hree o'clock, when young Alec drove
hlgh stopper and covered buggy
up 10 the hotel veranda. Guy and the
sherif Immediately got into the We
hicie and drove off. leaving young Alec
staring wlstfully after them.
very soon the travellers were ont
OF town. and rolling rapidly along the
IeVei road which, worn deeply into the
'uri' was almost as hard and smooth
as asphalt. The sun had half descend
ea the western sky; a few vaporous
clouds hoated overhead and q balmv
WIND blew from the northwest and
ianguidly rippled the grass and the
no"ers' The whistle of a robin and
'Re pialntive notes of a meadow lark
thrilled through the scene. GIVING =
feet. per
ms is something like living" re-
marked Guy, again and again filling
ms lungs to their fullest capacity with
the warm, sweet air.
That's what" assented pettibon.
III man was only out in these narts
Tor his health what a time no could |
nave! God made the country, they
say and men make the town. Eyerv-
lhlhgs lovely until civilized people
come along, tickle the soil with a plow
ina make 1t laugh wheat and oats, and
men the trouble begins. Seems like
ne more nature smiles and shows her
200 nature, the more unsociable pro-
lie become. Now, look there"-and
ne sheriff waved his hand toward the
tretch of prairie dotted with squares
growing grain, each square pushing .
ne shack Of its owner as far toward
3 limits as possible-"did you ever
&c anything purifier? But there's
cart In every one Of those shacks. =
IT. herbert, that's bitter as gall over
us county seat question. And IL II n
asnt that, IL would be something $
Sc. l tell you, a human bein' has
't 20 nave a grievance to nurse, or g
'ndie' or tuck away, or put up on q
'ie and howl about, or he won't be
ntented. That's right" a
why are the farmers so deepIv IN. D
rested in the county seat fipht?" y
MOST or 'em have lot or two in
wn, so it's pocketbook affair with -
EN-. Those that haven't anv lots inst y,
ne Sldes IN order to have something
quarrel about. The farmer that d.
es nearest 10 Concord is a Concord A.
W. ana the one closest 20 Harmony "a
TOT that town tooth and nail. Sile CIR
his house way over &c
nder, you can see il just over the M
or my whip now-well. when he >
i built his claim shantv il was RIGHT
lare between the two towns. NOT n
u iarther from Concord than il was
IN harmony. For long time Sile 7
I know what 20 do FOR grievance \
IL worried him so that he hitched
team 10 his shack one night and
led II over onto the northeast cor.
OF ms hundred and sixty. That ro.
ught him nearer Concord SOP r.
en the county seat was located IN For
una thlhgs got fairly quiet For
re- ne was blue as milestone till
n oil l.
invest corner Of the quarter. and II
made Harmony man out Of him
now II don't make any difference
IN side Of his farm he's on. Sile WI
be IN hot water all the time. so he's
about as comfortable in the spirit TIL
ny man can be, and live. And that's
way IL goes"
tx Pettibone was full of anecdote
Renaissance and sage reflections
fe, and the half hour which il re-
"a for the high stopper to trot
TO their destination was wbiIed
: most agreeably. 30
sc Elizabeth was small lint
-iful eXpanse of water. simmer.
Ike a diamond against the green Wi
e plain. On all sides the banks Der l.
gentle slope and there were wide so
es of white sand skirting the wa linz
edge. To the north were two AIab,
groves of cottonwoods standing ;oui.
deep in a dense underground. Pirm
IRE half an hour ahead Of time" ru
'ettibone, land consequently are Wast
N the ground. Suppose we make
Ives comfortable among those Rpl
woods, where we can't be seen. Do'
wait developments" Mar
5 speaking, he headed his horse folder
d the more southerly of the two OF the
}. In little time the horse and any .
had been hidden in the brusbv promI
and the sheriff and Guy had hit All
point of vantage from which. Great
y unobserved. they could see ~ -
rth shore OF the lake in its full ="
G. A. ~
: had no more than settled them 4. wur
when a fall Of boofs
d their ears and they saw near WV
est Of the sloping shore two
len descending at a gallop to-
he other grove. -
cracky!" muttered pettibora