The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22

seat on the rock. rive got a plan
that's a whole heap easier than yours.
Old Niger Meier down to the forks
he says that blacksnakes Is plumb
sure 20 fetch rain You Kill EN- an
you hang en- up In the sun. lie says
that once he kilt a powerful big one
an he hung Il onto a witch hazel
ies' for n shine he did-an' he says |
the very next day there como up
rain. a regular gully washer he says
twas. Cherokee county got the whole
Of IT, II quilted old man SUMTER
wheat trcmenjus. an Il done plenty
OF farmers mean besides. And Meier
says he wouldn't have the folks over
there know twas him that conjurod
up that ar gully.washer-not for
pretty he wouldn't Twas nigh onto
ten years ago that he done Il, but ne
lows he'll be shot fur Il yet II II ever
gifts to be known. SO I'm a goin'
blackenakln' fur you heterogeneous
IT'S heap easier than totin' all them
plank"
III you believe in blacksnakes Mar
Gus Marccllus. why didn't you bring
] NA NNN ram AMh MNNhN htA aAA 49,
all the crops in the country"
Il expect | was waitln' for some
body to remind me OF IT," said the
young man. and amblcd away.
For hours Heterogeneous ana
Wealthy tugged and "toted." and ham
morod-and chopped wood too, for
they had TO cut forked sticks OF I'M
] aounI fnuofha thn Iauunef IN auUuOrt
the trough nearest the race. and 80
gradually letting down the train MS II
crossed the road and the dooryard to
tho FIRST row Of vegetables. Twice
they had 20 remove part OF the
structure to let a team pass through
and II was with something like con
sternation that thoy saw another one
approaching. But Il was driven by
Bob Hurgins, neighbours boy, who
promptly turned his horses TO n wa
tering trough and came up TO ex4m'
Inc the contrlyance. lie instantly I'M
dorstood It's design.
Heterogeneous" he shouted, 81
take on my hat (he tossed Il and
caught II and tossed II again) ito the
stirrlngest girl in the county. All
tired out, | reckon. Now you all 20
into the house and rest yourselves
till take the team home. Then III
come back and lend n hand"
Removing a trough or two he drove
through and on his way down the
easily sloping hill surveyed the gar
den. Il tell YOU" he shouted back
that scheme OF yours is great"
That afternoon they worked like he
roes. Little Wealthy'a legs achet
with dancing attendance upon tw,
= such hustling taskmasters. Beginning
i with the nrst rows OF vegetables. thel
deepened the furrow above II. filled I
u with water, damned IL and then guild
B. ed their stream to lower row. Tn
y garden was more than half irrigate
n when Marcus Marcellus appeared. iii
ID first observation concerned his dinnel
o a didn't get any" said his sister
10 Il hadn't time. Wealthy and mo Jus
y took up with a cold snack. reekol
you can pick up enough to stay you
y stomach till supper time"
~ Heterogeneous" he walled. "I'v
: been a.working for you mighty hard
. I've kilt blacksnake and he's ahang
70 ing on a chlnquapln bush right nov
- witch hazels wasn't handy-an'
low faint no more'n fair that yo
- should go to work an cook some din
u nor for me-"
Now let the water on" called 30
from the far end OF a furrow, and IN
work proceeded.
"a Next morning the rosuscitated veg
"a tables fearlessly faced tho threatoi
n ing sun. Toward evening the CAM
!, meeting party returned.
I'VE didn't get there" announce
10 the mothI-. though with small show {
M disappointment, I've got as far as Aur
Dlcey's and we stopped IN by wit
he her all night and this morning whe
10 we hitched up TO go over to cam
"a meetin' we discovered that the doubl
Il. tree was bout 10 break. We tied
ia together but James X. r. said 'twarn
goin' to stand an eyerlastin' tug, al
@ we Jes' turned about and come hom
IN I've had right smart o. satisfacuo
,e see'p' Aunt Dlcey. but homes the bel
nl fiHNN hAANl Allt ohN lhlNtu Nor AiN
As and seemed to be mentally eypatla
49, ing upon the sentiment when her hu
- band called her out. Row by roV
,k Heterogeneous keeping close to h
side, he was inspecting the perky ga
nj den.
IS "A 'gonoous.' she certainly 49,"
@. said, and he stroked her head clei
a. down TO the twine-bound extremity ,
d. her tawny plgtail braid.
70 And ! named her!" so her mothC
70 proudly reminded him.
m "Blacksnakes is plumb sure to fotc
IT.. rain remarked Marcus Marcellu
I'd who was saunterlng along with then
ly the only dlmkelty Is. you never ca
tell whether the rains goin' To "a
g. here or yonder. It's a.ralning rigl
N now yon side OF that mounting
m pointed TO a far horizon where banl
OF clouds may or may not have bee
Is precipltatlng their dampuesA
IS. Il hope" said James X p, turnln
a. on him with something Ike soyerlt
you haven't been a.ldlling my blac
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