The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-12

but through the lowlands and the
knobs.
A wandering printer lay stretched
out on some old newspapers spread
over the floor OF box car, and he
had just awakened from the sound
sleep of man who had nothing on
earth to bother him.
Seeing the bright flashes OF sun
through the cracks around the side
door Skeet arose, stretched" himself
and climbed through the small end
window to the top of the car
brakeman with n broad, red, Irish
face came slowly down the train.
well, general" he spoke above the
rattle and clang as he approached the
tramp, how'd you rest last night?
Any bugs in that coach
mo, | never heard any stirring
, around through the night I've seen
Fem turn around and 30 back, when
they saw me. Why, have you had any
complaints from other passengers
YES" the brakey replied, SHORTY
you know old red Shorty, with the
crooked eye-yes he rolled out of
and said II didn't give Inn another
place he'd get Off and make me give
him his two bits back. He'd adone 1t
tool"
"What'd you do with him.
"Oh, I moved him over into mule
car, and never heard any more of
him"
Say, brakeman. where are we any.
how"
THAT last whistle back yonder was
Peachtree Switch"
"In Kentucky, hey?"
yes, hit Kentuck back yonder be-
fore daylight"
Where's the next water tank?"
RED Oak Ridge"
"I'll blow off there. Red said there
was print shop there, and I'll drop
OFF and clean up"
When the train Stacked up for Red
Oak Skeet Wood dropped off and found
himself standing In the villages only
street
The municipality OF Red Oak Ridge
consisted OF few, rambling, unpaint'
cd houses squatted about among the
growth of scrubby red oak trees and
bushes.
A boy came along the road driving
COW.
Say, amt your name Charlie?"
Skeet Wood asked.
Nav sir. My name amt Charlie.
It's Grover. that's what 1t is"
"well, that's what I thought. You
even look like your name was Grover.
Say. Grover where's the printing Of
Zee? Tho place where they print the
weekly newspaper"
"Ain't any"
"Why"
"'Cause they moved 1t off. That's
why"
Moved the whole print shop away?"
Eyes, sir. That wasn't such big
Job"
"Well, Grover, where did they move
the office TOT"
Where did they move 1t to? They
moved 1t to Pursley."
where Is Pursley, Grover?"
"Haw, don't you know where Purs'
ley is? Pursley is IA miles from here.
That way"
"Where is the courthouse that was
here once upon a timer"
tits moved to Pursley, too"
"Has 1t? How long ago?"
"W'y, 1t moved to Pursley the next
day after the newspaper moved to
'Pursley."
''How long has that been?'
"Whut?"
GLOW many years has 1t been?"
"Oh, 1t has been about IL years ago,
1t was moved three years after was
born"
ais that so, Grover"
Eyes, SIR"
Say, Grover, is there post office
here?"
Eyes, sir there is post office here"
"Why didn't they move it to Purs'
ley too?"
Because they already had one there
and they didn't want two there"
How about the blacksmith shop
here? Have you got pretty good
one3"
Nav, sir. We did have one. but
they moved it to Pursley"
"They did?"
Eyes. sir"
Looks like a road used to run right
across this field here. Where is 1t
uow?"
Eyes, sir. there was road running
right across there, but when they
moved the other things over to Purs-
ley, they turned the road around and
had 1t so 1t would run into Pursley
too"
you had started somewhere with
that COW, hadn't you Grover?"
Yves. sir I'm going to take her
down to the creek bottom to get her
a drink of elter. Pap's goin' to take
her to Pursley tomorrow
HE is?'
Eyes, sir. Where are you goin'?"
II think I'll go to Pursley, too. So
good-by, Grover"
A few miles over the road stood