The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-02-22
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fashion of the country. inspecting my
knickerbockers at the same time with
frank disapproval. When | reached
the lake | gazed out upon its quiet
waters with satisfaction. At the foot
OK Annandale's main street was q
dock where several small steam craft
and number Of catboats we're being
dismantled for the winter. AS passed
a man approached the dock in skin,
landed and tied his boat He passed |
at quick pace. then turned and eyed |
me with rustic dlrectness.
Good morning." said. ANY ducks
about"
He paused. nodded and fell into step
with me-
'No.-not enough to pay for the
trouble"
Tn sorry for that. I'd hoped to
pick up few"
Il guess you're q stranger In these
parts" he remarked. cycling me again.
my knickerbockers no doubt mark.
Ing ne as an alien.
quite So My name Is Glenarm.
and I've Just come"
Il thought you might be him. We've
rather been expecting you here In the
village I'm John Morgan, caretaker
o. the resorters' houses UP the lake"
81 suppose you all knew my grand
father hereabouts."
well. yes; you might say as We
did or you might say as we didn't He
wasn't Just the sort that you got act
to in a hurry He kept pretty muol
to himself. He built wall there TO
keep us out. but he needn't have trou-
bled himself We're not the kind
around here to NEEDLE, and you may
be sure the summer people never both
cred him"
There was tone OF resentment in
his voice. and fastened to say
Tn sure you're mistaken about the
purposes OF that wall Ny grandfather
was a student OF architecture II was
hobby of his. The house and wall
were in the line Of his experi" as
and 10 please HIS whims. .iope the
people of the village We hold AMI
hard feelings against AS memory o.
against. re. Why. the labor Their
) must have been good thing for tn
people hereabouts
1T ought to have been" said tn
man grufny; but that's where III
trouble comes in. He brought lot 0
queer fellows here under contract {
work for him,-Italians. or Greeks, o
some sort OF foreigners. They bull
the wall. and he had EN- at work II
side for half a year. He didn't eve
let EN- out for air; and when the
finished his job he loaded EN- on to
train one day and hauled 'em away"
That was quite like him. I'm sure
!, / said, remembering with amusemer
my grandfather's secretive ways.
II guess he was crank all right
. said the man conclusively.
II was evident that he did not car
. to establish friendly relations with II
resident OF Glenarm. He was about I
? light. with a yellow beard and pa
70 blue eyes. He was dressed rough
and wore a shabby soft hat
y well, suppose I'll have to assun
. responsibility for him and his acts, >
. remarked, pIqued by the fellows sur
~ ness.
We had reached the center Of the V
lage, and he left me abruptly. cros
ing the street TO one OF the shops.
continued on TO the railway static
~ where ! wrote and paid for my me
!. sage. me station master inspect
:, - me carefully as scarcae9 NY poke
= for change
y you want your kilograms deliver
at the house?" he asked.
II. Yes, please" | answered. and
y turned away to his desk OF clicking
~ struments without looking at me aga
:, II seemed wise to establish relatio
=" with the postJG.ee. so made mys
known to the girl who stood at the (
30 livery window
You already have a box" she ;
~ yiscd me There's a boy carries {
- - mail to your house; Mr. Bates hi
', him"
Bates had himself given me this
-. formation, but the girl seemed to A
" pleasure in imparting It with c
tain severity. then bought cake
=. soap at the principal drug store a
-. purchased package of smoking
- bacco. which | did not need. at
grocery.
News Of my arrival had eyldeH
:, reached the villagers. was concelt
=. enough to imagine that my preser
~ was probably of interest TO them;
the station master, the girl at the -pc
Office and the clerks IN the she
" treated me with an unmistakable c.
u reserve. There was certain ev
ness of the chill with which they '
w tied me. as though a particular deg
f, OF frigldity had been agreed on in
. vance.
~ | shrugged my shoulders and turf
~ toward Glenarm. My grandfather /
=. 80 left me a cheerful legacy OF distr
nc among my nelghbors, the result, pr
y ably. Of importing foreign labor
work on his house. The surly Morl
=. had intimated as much; but It did
~ greatly matter. | had not come
-. Glenarm to cultivate the rustlcs.
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