Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-11-28

George smiled lnouISently anu salu,
without looking round, that he had
not
81 u, made his start in the junk bust
80 down AT the fur end o the street"
- T,aDner. Jest after the surrender |
81 vas a lots O. scrap iron an the |
lilo Ivin' around, an he made money |
b,,vin' II up an shippin' it TO iron |
f.-,drias Then he added wheat an |
-. an corn as a side line, an one |
coll when he had a purity big stock of |
everything his shack tuck fire. A wind |
,,.os a-blowin an things looked shaky.
limo a. bucket passers was formed to
,,o highest well. an we was dom pur-
~ fair work when Lib come lopin'
DOWN the street. maxim noise like
boss fuIl o. water When he seed what
we was dom he got awful ratified an
ve,1ed for US to tote out the stuff. !
wasn't nigh i'm, but Bill Cover says
zvLon some o. the crowd laid hold o
the wheat sacks Lib yelled at 'em, Let
the wheat alone, it's insured; tote out
the scrap iron"
George laughed at this recital, but
Hanks simply swung his foot back and
forth and chewed the end of his un-
lighted cigar. To all appearances he
had not heard a word of what had
been said.
We put the shanty out" said Ken
ucr. but Lib didn't help a bit. He
was hoppin about like a chicken with
it's head off dom its last dance We
rally saved his life. l believe he'd
| "a dropped dead in his tracks eff he'd
"a lost by that blaze that night
| Eff thar's anybody that loves
nickel more'n you do" grunted the
note shaver, I'D like to see i'm. l
never heard O. anybody gittin' anything
Outn YOU
Kenner laughed. when l fust
| started out I'll admit | was purity close.
| Lib. You know my daddy sold little
farm O his when | was twenty-One an
set me ND in the retail grocery bust
ness. lie talked to me so much about
the deadbcats lynn in wait fer suckers
that | suspiciOned even the preacher
whar | attended meetin' He got be-
hind in his account once. an l hauled
|
attendin' church more regular was be-
case he wasn't tOtin' fair an that L
couldn't'-kenner laughed impulsive-
ly-"git any SPIRITUAL good liStenin to
a man an wonderin' eff I'd ever sit my
money He paid up an quit me; but
| didn't care; my religion improved, an
when his term was out he went off
OWN brother Lampkin seventy-two
dollars an odd cents. Lampkin re-
fused to hep the heathens fer four
: year afterwards
: Hillyer turned round in his chair and
smiled. His face had healthier glow
: and his eye Il deeper twinkle than
!. usual. To look at him one would not
e have suspected that he had passed
p through a storm the night before that
, had almost shaken his soul out OF his
body
I've always thought you'd insist on
your rights" he said to Kenner. An
the truth is it's the only way to get
on in business.
"Weu." answered the cotton buyer,
81 had to hold folks down. Mr.. Hill
/ yer. was a green hand. but l reckon
. l ripened purity quick. Thar was g
} young storekeeper next door to me
2 Joe Gibbs, as sharp as a brier. he
could multiply four figures by fou
: figures in his head an give you thu
7 answer in a minute He used to tel
= me who would do to credit an wh'
Q wouldn't, an 1 always relied on hi
judgment
n But. Lord cayn't set here tellin
yarns all day. I'm goin' to handle
n. sight O cotton fore shutdown; it's roll
70 in in like a circus parade.
Q The days business had really begun
n Mountain men came in with sample
e of their cotton or grain. Bascor
n Truitt had an armful of the snow
n staple "Thar's a whole gang O. tie
a. wagons from beyant the Tennessee
line" he said to Kenner. They war
+ q" to know what's yore best figure
n Kenner pulled the wads apart at th
an window and answered:
"Seven-elghths is the best l kin d.
ho Bias. If they take my offer git 'el
-, to drive it up to the side door. "
=, rented space fer 500 bales her
>u+ 1 nope IneH am water pdChCo VI 8
- any dead niggers slowed away in 'eI
Slaverys over, an we never did br
81 EN- by the pound nOhow."
Truitt smiled.
-, They'll let you have it," he sal
49, They want to tank up an go ba
S home"
He was turning away when Han
detained him. "Thar's several in tn
gang that owe me fer supplies.
said, pulling out his bunch of not
BIAS, tell 'em I'm prepared to ca
Their checks"
ue "All right, Mr. Hanks said the 10
age mountaiueer. I'll tell EN-"
ne Kenner went out to receive the
VI ton. and HiIlyer followed to 1ndlct
flOh the space Kenner was to use. II
Oh left George Buckley and the note sh;
mo er alone together. George was writ
oe- when Hanks stood up and leaned
JlIu the desk near to him. He cleared
y; tuar a