Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-09-13
AN ADOBE DIVINITY
Or the Fair Exhibit That Did
Mt Get Entered
A LITTLE STORY OF MELON DAY
Whose Pathetic Incidents Right In
spire Some Phiinnthropist to
Build US a Sanltarium
on the hlii.
nv q. II. 7.
CONTINUED from last week.)
Part ii.
A LITTLE STORY OF MELON DAY
CONTINUED from last week.)
Part II.

Part II.
Harry found his pail of clay await
ing him in the morning long before
his meagcr vitality could be suiii-
cicnrly aroused to the point OF begir-
ming work upon it. The clay was
there not because Billy had changed
his opinion about gods in general or
gods in particular, but because Harry
wanted it. Billy would have done
his best to knock star out OF the
armament with bean pole II Harry's
interests and happiness promised TO
be promoted by his doing so.
IL was not possible TO get n crust
OF ditch sediment thick enough from
which to carve 4 figure as large as
Harry thought neediul TO make OF his
god, so he adopted the plan OF
tie condition. Weak as the sick boy
was. each day saw 4 little added TO
the stature and contour OF the mud
deity. though he did not grow in IA
vor with Billy. II was not with the
best grace tina, he promised TO go
down to one OF the stores in the
town and buy Harry a niekers worth
of red oehre with which to spot the
gods body. in imitation OF the skin
cruptionS that were his thcocratie
speciality. II there was any spirit Of
worship in Billy's act OF carrying the
image in aud on, OF the ten, now and
then to the shell in the sun where
l, was placed between times to Bake.
the devotion was to Harry and no;
TO the deity.
A, the other end of the rise Of
ground on which the Clayton tent
was pitched. and less than n mile
away from IL was the camping
ground OF a group of Indian iaborcrs
in the bee; fields. The season of bee;
cultivation was over but tho Indians
had no, been returned ye; 10 the ses-
ervation from which :hey came 20 -.
employment. Their Sundays and 9th.
CT idle days in camp were days Of re-
version to original sins. as we'll as
some OF those learned from eiviiiEs-
'ion. II was a time TO divcst them
selves Of eneumhcring clothing and
pain, their bodies with gaudy pig
inen,s they had learned to extract
from the earth or to buy from the
shop OF the white man: 20 decorate
their israds with feathers and TO in
duirc IN dances that were either de-
vo;ionai OF warlitc ss tho mood suit
cd. Billy had gone sometimes on \
Sunday 10 the head oi the bluff and
looked down upon the antics of :hc
Tcdmcn
II was from this camp tina, an In
dian passed near the Clayton ten, on
a day when Billy had Just sc; ;hc now
completed adobe deity OF; on the
shelf that the rcd oeiirc nigh, prop-
eriy dry on his muiship's exterior and
his Interior harden into ;te eonsis:.
eney OF tho regulation adobe brick.
WHY the Indian had lcf; the high
road TO approach the tent Billy could
not understand unless he were CON.
Ing 20 beg or borrow something.
Seeing the god Billy had Just set
upon his pedestal the Indian stopped
and looked a; Il in open eyed won
der.
where you get 'umi" he said. in.
dicatinF the image.
MADE t." said Billy.
How muehec;" asked the Indian.
putting his hand into the pocket oi
his white mans shir, which eons,i.
'u'ci his most gorgeous article of APP
rarci.
faint for sale" said Biiiv. with
appropriate gestures to make his
words better understood.
The Indian stood posed for a mo-
incn' lost in thought. Then he said
eagerly:
"Lci me take little whilep Ius, In.
tic while Nc bring back. Nv broth
CT sick. Neliy sick. God cure him. -
And the caserncss in tho Indians
voice aud gesture was assurance 10
Billy that the temporary possession
OF Harrys god would mean much to
the Indian His brother was sick
One touch ~ suffering made Billy AMI
the Indian kin.
You can take him" said Billy.
The Indian understood and sriziu1
the image with more Of carcrnsss
than devotion turned in the direction
of the camp.
What kind Of sickness has your
brother got's Billy asked as the In
dian turned to go
lie. got small poN"
Gee whizzl' exclaimed Billy: and
then called after the rctrcatins tndiin
Don't bring that thing back. You
can have il to keep"
But the Indian was already some
distance away and u he heard he lid
not stop to respond.
Billy went inside the tent to find
Harry taking ono of his refreshing
maps. His mother had gone down the
hillside to fll her apron with cotton
wood twigs for fuel.
Billy reelected: Now I've goic
and done 1t. What will Harry say
when he wakes and have to tell him
that I've sent his god into small
pox camp?" He'll think did it just