The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-03

k=z--d OBS house, at the crossing Of
Ea%s3 the barley road and another
leading into east Tennessee. Alan had
rome down there one day to engage
white labor 70 work in his growing cot
tnu negroes being scarce owing to the
tendency If that race to flock into the
towns With the aid of Pole Baker,
vga was cerking that day for Fill
more. be soon employed the men he
wanted and started to walk back home.
o, the way be was Overtaken by his
r..,,p who was returning from barley
ID bis wagon.
Hold ou thar" the old man called
ont IF YOU are a-goin' home, III rest
y.ra legs.
Alan smiled as he climbed up into
a.. seat by the old man.
81 pua. certainly appreciate it," he
said "Im tired out today"
i sortpr thought you looked fab
ber-asted, returned Abner as he
swu- his whip over the backs of his
sleek horses. Well, | reckon l could
afford to give you a ride | hauled
that cu>s Dole three miles goin t'other
WAY. lie had the cheek to yell at me
from Understands ginhouse an axed
Iue IF Ia haul i'm. Then he kept me
Na..,u' r.l he'd belt prayer an. read
20 -ae family"
You don't seem to like him." said
Alan. I've noticed that for some time"
reckon Z don't to any great ex-
tent said Abner. clucking to his tired
horses but it amt rally to my credit
te.ler's wrong som 'er's, Alan, that
allows hisseFf to hate anything the
Lord ever made. I've struggled agin
That proposition fer twenty-five yeer.
AL this talk about the devil maxim the
bad an the Lord the good is talk
through q hat Bad things was made
Tore the devil ever jumped from his
--h estate ur he'd never preferred
.ot1 I" q arp. I've tuck notice, too,
ina, the wust things | ever seed was
sometimes at the root O. the best
Manure IS bad thing, but cake of
IL VIII produce 4 daisy bigger n any
-- lAe Held Dole makes me gag some
ulL'> but as narrer as he is twiXt the
eyes BE- may do some good. reckon
tfet bell 2ge sermon he gave us last
august made some O. the crowd sweat
V1, little @ Their meanness. I'd "a
o''' more merCiful on sech a hot day
though He mought "a reserved that
Id. a'.Ile FER some cold day in Deem
''' "Atn the stove fiues wouldn't
"'.N. II I'd a been a-goin' to tell
o.'N' 'Gtdr" torment that hot day, I'd
Il >a-1 that every lost soul was made
~ ser on cake o ice In a windy spot
through ]. eternity, an I'd a started
C-l ny sIngin' on Greenlands Icy
N'aa.a.A. But that amt what l axed
''1 10 cit in my wagon fer"
Lou didn't intend to try to convert
he. yhea""
30. ! didn't, fer you are jest my
'.-a'. i"~ YOU don't shoot off yore ba
-'' % one side or t'other. an that's the
,-'...-' ID ryin' to quit. Eff l could
-''- p when Dole gifts to spoutin', I'd
" better man. l think III do better
-.l. We got Il tenpenny nail in my
a. an whenever he starts in I'm
0''" In bite it an keep my holt on it
I'd. ie stops. Yes, you are jest my
>o'' %. Christian. You believe In
-'.as1n. fresh air into yore windpipe,
--'--.>.1 10d with clear eye an good
-.>'i- an takin' what he gives you
- @AlA I'M to pass more eff it's han
49, 4Ju know the Lord has sent you
INVITE TO his table, an you believe in
."Na an drinkin' an maxim merry,
- IKE you'd have a body do that
- ~toppln over night with you. Yes,
wanted to say some'n' else to you.
IN got to the Widder Snowden's
''~Ne' mile this side O barley. she
'.-e out an aXed me eff I'd object to
'-''' ERIN a couple o smoke cured hams
- teller in town that had ordered
ILL., VI course that's what old bach
'Ne NE S heer fer, so l let 'er fling 'em
L the back end"
1e speaker paused and smiled know
1A4I' and Alan noticed that he slowed
~ horses up by drawing firmly on the
Ems rs If he feared that their arrival
- A4f farmhouse might interrupt what