The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
Away Down
South in Dixie

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Wv. wv. Ieet beyond the threshold per.
2eNed II with Indifference. TheIr
thoughts were upon the garden that
seeupied decliylty In front OF
mem us parallel lines Of ycre
moles running at rirht anrlos TO
US slope The beans we're shrlyelinr.
the peas held weakly 10 their sun.
ports the okra was following. the .
great rectangle OF cantolopes were $50 .
heterogeneous ainrmcd) powerful T.
puny Tor their age and the nursing
they'd had"
Ihere ain't a mortal thing that's
looking pert as It has a right TO look" /
said Mrs Kennon, and James X. p.
afhrmed concluslvely:
III we don't get rain within a week
we can jes' pull up every plant OF 'em
and make n bonfire"
A. this Heterogeneous clasped her
hands dejectedly.
I'm mighty sorry bout II Hetero-
geneous," with his rough. Kind hand
her father stroked some loose hairs
away from her face, but to shut your
eyes TO a disappointment don't make
It mite easier 10 bear"
I've worked powerful In that gar.
den" faltered the girl.
you certainly have" He would rot
comfort her with an ,ngrouudcd hope.
- he gave her the consolation OF a
shoulder pat.
shes a fool girl" asserted her
mother. FOR all the work she's put
onto an uncertainty. She's been up In
the mornln' atoarln' away In that ar
garden like any man. while sensible
folks was a.takin' their rest In the
bed. She's worked herself down till
shes right peaked an all fur-nothln'
lRli."
AS fur's that goes, nanny" re.
Joined James x. p. there's a heap
Of uncertainty ia farmiu' Of any kind:
and the case amt exactly as bad as
you're maxim out either; we've eat
right smart OF truck that we'd have
done without only fur this garden"
"And ! bought new hats for all us
girls with my early tomatoes" plead.
ed the culprit
Il low that warn't nothip' In the
world but streak o. good luck,
Them tomatoes happened to be plant
o. whar they got the warmest and the
earliest sun 10 the spring, and Zeb'lon
Higgins showed you how 20 pack 'em
and ship EN- and sit the money fur
EN-. It's a streak Of good luck and
a streak o. bad luck. jes' like fat and
lean In q side o. bear, and you're
bound TO take en- as they come
You're one o. them kind. Heterogene
Gus, that alwaya latin TO do YOU
own plannin and that's how you ge
disappointed 30 much. II you'd jes
take things how they come tho wa,
the rest OF us does"
81 wouldn't care 90 much II II WASH
for the cantelopes," complained thu
girl. "HugRins says they're the bes
kind that grows and he can find 4
market for all | can raise. lotteC
on buying Darkey bacS. They're goInl
20 have four months free school ovoI
to Anderson. It's only six miles. anC
could walk II easy, but Healthy'I
got TO go too and she's too weakly 4
tramp so far, and | aimed for both o
us 10 horseback over there"
She lifted corner OF her apron L
her eyes, but before the tears REALLY
came Healthy ran out OF the housl
and backed up before her 10 have he
gown fastened, and as soon as Health!
was dismissed Wealthy backed up [,
have her hair braided, and by tn,
time the elder sister had performed
similar services for three still young
or ones breakfast was on tho table
GEd they all sat down, cheerfully re
signed to climatic conditions-all bu
the one who had essential interC u
at stake. She couldn't achieve
smile, although once In awhile he
father drew a caressing hand acros
her Uranium and twice In awhile trans
ferred a particularly juicy bit OF han
from his own plate 20 hers.
I'VE amt worse OF than the run o
people" he said oracularly; 9TH
drought extends over all the western
counties; down to Cherokee they'r
goin' to hold campmeetin' to pra,
for rain"
you say they arel" calculated hi
wife; why didn't know nothin' tai
about III Why hain't you told me
Aunt Dlcey Whitaker lives owe
Cherokee way. It's goin' on six year
since ! met up with her She'd b.
powerful proud for us to stop In b.
with her for a night"
III there's anything can be dom
hathaway" said James X. r.. "In
plum wIIlln' to help Il along; I've go
thirty acres OF tollable forward corr
all acurlln' for want OF rain" III
took a medltatlye stand In the door
way lie looked at the sky, he locke,
Of the Barden, he looked up tho roal
and he looked down the road. "Well
nanny, II you say 80, wen hitch nj
ana 90 over heterogeneous, you car
so because you're the one that's go
most Interest In the rain: OF cours
mammyll want TO take the least one
along with her so Marcus Marcellu
ana Healthy and Wealthy can sta.
and look after the place.
Tho girl slipped past him and wen
slowly down the broad hlgh.road tina
a..