New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
Sons of TIE Soil,
By ANTHONY COLLETT.

where
Of 3G nm HIM I'm all aong However we needn't think
road for RI u.s. - >" e'' ''s s00N '''A On mo
So Mary went back to whiteIands. and played
T T0nn , LongeTo5t bent his Pack week by week
his aboTers to shame But the lean ye Ss s5ii
Continued When the autumn rains should have
| fallen TO replenish the deep chalk springs ths
su'-eh weather still held unbrOken. turning day
Then soon after New Years came weeks az ssrc
son Which mems so much 70 the dOwnlands farm.
The losses in the Landing fold that not all the care
about destroved Holm To1scrOfrss 1ssy snans
y wSa9thering the storm Hs held through me
from the emerald Of the sproating blades and ,5s
carsous whteness hat Ss ardstS q
wd af6yf' hss Il 1s sn l msn 0a
paid even il he could have found them he turned
My one cay IN the wagon and was carr ed IN 70
wary and her frightened mother with broken
So It came to pass that. although tn. old man
surprise when one September day soon after hs
Thisksrs of Daniel Pig appeared once more a:
poor Mars d ET{g on s 9int e1nyeyed him from
5 B9rnd9n ,AAlthoggh Daniel had been privately
fore he s made his public entry up the farm road
with considerable nisgtvi1F HIS snxistv m
fortunately found outward expression IN such Wig
yous scT2Pinss and shruEgings Of the shoudsrs
| bordering
mented, and the interview began BY BIS old friend
MI Longcroft sharply inquiring Of Daniel II hs
afflicted This was hardly an encouraging IS start
ana II was, after all. the old man who came to the
Daniel he said rs there e'er enc as be ask
mind you, sDeakin Of some one as came 70 you
| "oh. all said Daniel with elaborate indirsr-
EN- how Won n SAID s 6 , ac course toid
,t Inc silence OF the 2utumn sunshine closed round
then. while Daniel Pigg affected an absorbing IN
terest In the desultory progress OF black SOW uD
Daniel said John Iongcrort IN level voics.
wbitei Gahse9 e. my mPd De goig to pert with
JOB Of arrangin the sale Ike, reckonsd I'd speak
DESPITE his Efforts. Daniel Pigg looked quickly
glance and forbade the slightest expression OF sur
Ave, Mr., Longcroft"" he said. IN tone he tried
from a likely client-in fact two likely clients@
bins hmfef With Jerk n the act q pulling out ths
| the gentleman as I told 'ee-that's 10 say as ap-
piled TO me, me a twelvemo1th ago. And there was
"a receive ipf6I1GaJon as 70 the natur OF their
III one or poIbT 81 tbe b sa Dnn LSngcr0t
were to get the place. what do they want Il fort
| D'you know aught O. that?"
AYE. aye" said Daniel communicatively. thu
| nrst gentleman as inquired be anxious to find
9 d 9 @ Pg9PeTy 9 turn into country ssds1ce
do tell 'ee with good bit o. park to IL and an
spot for seat ike than WhiteIands as always
said were the sweetest spot In forty miles OF coun-
| sion Up there Just under the barrows''-
that this enthusiasm for, the DEVELOPMENT Of the
L he VIA ma 6 09F an S h, -
But as for the other 'un as applied he didn't say
| once more the handkerchief twitched half way
out OF the pocket, and was rammed home again.
The old man gazed steadily az the far side OF tbs
The chances OF the future were burning into his
I'd s22aer sell to the sso2D a T., IN he said a:
never do aTght toward bringin' in one IS means to
@ and a t wSy a d fSsd much fS5 @ oG
crofts be done for. Daniel They be done for ss
b S oBd enter g wsoc aTy e Mh s
second Of the two applicants who aimed al found
/ The property agent secretly felt twtnge OF dis
the freehold on the lines had briefly sketched in
moment or iRdlScresio9 o5d not seem hasiy to
! ing Whitelands pass through his hands at all was
he thought 81 parting with 1t uncommon wen hs
/ tnought, on the wh2,e Eut mere Iwere only r0r
/ and be done with 1t. as he might have owned to =
But 70 John LLongcr9tt the succsedins days
haunted stflIness-wers the bitterest OF his NE.
Weak as he was Sa,Ieady ne was viSioy wasting
The prospective purchaser was stin anxious 70 buy
me place PToveI sGlIaoe shs wroIe &c Ranlet
I as soon as possible. Daniel sent word IN dus
and would come to insect the property him.
self within the next faw DAYS. and them
the time OF waiting dragged
Every day Tom HayEarth came 20 meet her at the
farm n the fringes OF the woodland. and IL
/ his presence and enCOura cement that seemed TO
! man wandered by himself over every nook and
/ corner OF the farm which his days and this
/ DAYS o. hts race were numbered. or sat on soma
knoll OF the down gazi1g vacantly before him into
| the far off scenes OF the past One golden wind
| less afternoon he sitting BY the side OF hol
| low cart track that came over the down a little
the PACK barns with their yellow lichsnsd roots:
n ana the sweep OF the hI above crested against
/ the sky Ire with the graves OF me men or Olds
/ Mary and Tom talking together not far OF.
/ for OF Nary's self Imposed duties In these
/ DAYS WIS 70 shadow her father unseen wherever hs
/ harm or difficulty but seeing him safely settled
| there n the sunshine. they had wandered a little
aged man with a little boy TONED the crest OF tho
/ down and came slowly down the cart track tow
/ ard him. s-CDDiDE lest hv his side Tho old
/ man turned his gaze and looked az them
/ the little hOy stared at him curtOusiy.
/ The other looked him steadily IN the face Aye
Come m from Parndor-from Mr. Pigg.'' he went
| on. and looked at him again Father DO you
| know me?''
| IT knew the little 'un." he taltsred. holding
''Thirtv wear ago thirty years ago and mora Oh.
Phil Phil IS 70 thou at last my SOM?
But the grown man who caught MS out
stretched hand and answered him
So that night there silent n Whitelands a Long
croft 70 the second and third seneratfOnt and
Somewhat 70 the natural ANNOYANCE or Mr., Daniel
nar fNrns % purchase on entering into permanent
residence upon the farm beneath the barrows.-
(The Ladies' Field