Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28

copyright, h'-, by DAILY
'Neya hear how T'eophlle come TO
marry Angela? No? Das one good
story. Vas"
Old man LIZann took long pull at
the Anisette. leaned back ON the log.
clasped his krotted hands about his
knees and smiled meditatiyely at the
axes that rose and fell In the hollow.
Morton frowned. He did not want
to hear the story. Not that he doubt
ed It's being good" LIEana was n
Frenchman. French to the heart. He
could tell n story. even a bad story.
and not lack for listeners.
Porquoi?
I don't know. But. yes: It is this
way
Your Frcnchman can be hog: say
things. do things. even write things
quite hogsish and altogether dreadful.
And yet people smile. Comment?
The hog Is only curl',nilcd pig after
nil. with his Impudcnt nose In the nir.
and his rogulSh cy asauini. All. but
II is different with your EnsiIshman.
when he plays the hos he mus, needs
ca, carrion and roll In the mud-thc
very Vilcst mud. A hog Il a hithy
brute. don't you EEoWT And whatever
he elects TO do. be Il bravery or brut'
iGhncHs. John English goes the whole
thing. Your American looks on and
iaughs-if he Ii not too busy wita his
money making.
nu. this was rot a had story; any
siri could have heard Il. Why should
Morton hold back from the tempting
trcatI
Well. there wcr. several reasons
Tho story was hard on his host. This
was Thoop4ilc IchNcir'N chopplnE. aud
II IL hardly fair to laugh at man be.
hind his hack while you drink his
AniSSttc. Rather. one should chop
logs Into coal kiln lengths. as ono IL
expected 10 do. as those young fellows
down there In the hollow were doing.
Running races and suying one another
on to cScttions truly strenuous. Civ.
ins promise Of n successful cauppirR
''T'cophilc sit hcrs wood all cot
dis time. sho." sriurcd old man IL.
Eana. He slapped his Les. Eurawoi.
tipped tho AHiscttc jus. ard resumed
his story. Morton laid down In the
grass, lie wanted to hear and he did
not want 10 make the old man mRdg
oui ccTtalnmcni. lie vas In love
with tho old mans daughter. the
pretty Camille. Old men with pretty
daughters are generally popular vita
young mcn-a; least. II Ia so on Bayou
DcE ATcadicn.
"Et vas dis way the old man bc-
gan. ''T'cophllc. he been comm sec
Angela long time long time. yas. EVya
since dcy vas chiiiun.
Morton nodded. lie knew well the
customs Of the people he had elected
to live with, Their long wooinEs:
their early marriages aud haTd.Wofk.
Ing. patient lives. Dumb. unrcsp0n.
SIvc. pathetic. with n strange note of
poetic joyousucss running through the
whole.
PuEzllnE and foilinE alike to psych.
oloEist and politician sir" said
the psychologist. your Caisn will give
n lazy ha ha. where any other white
man would swear and then. sir. turn
around and hy into perfect frenzy Of
rage a, nothing"
sir" responded the politician. who
had once paid 'Cajan's poll tax in
order to get his vote. and had not
gotten II. sir n one Of those mig.
headed. numbskulls gets an idea into
his head. nothing short Of dynamite
will get II out. You may talk your.
scli as hoarsc as dry.wcathcr frog.
while he sits there rolling cigarettes
and saying 'Das.so. das.so. yas' by
the great Lord Harry. sir. when you
leave him he Is exactly where you
found him"
Meanwhile. old man Lizana telling
the story OF ThCophlIc's long wooIng.