The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-10
THE PRICE OF RICHES
an srERllNa nErson.

Hiram Morton y niak"u n excited
bis wifea wondcrmenf iie was
CARRIED ia heavy cuwhide boots.
roarae. uhiny trousers held gro
tesguelY tn place BY a stained
ieathern belt. hlno flannel shirt.
and. last and most ahoninablr. hts
grim face waz adorned with a black
hrlar pipe reehing with the fumes
Of cheap tobacen
Hiram Mertun. hey you gone
crazy 2" she said a. she surveyed
him with undiagaised horror
NO. Mirandy. hev not Enne
crazy. said Hiram. seating hin sail
BY The Stove Croasiag his loaE legs
aud resting biz head ia hia haad.
hunehed over ha pulled Yinieutiy ~
iho pipe. the distilled sweetness u
which gurEiod In the stem and
emitted a punEent. searching odog
Sesin as yoa and the kifu8 Eirl
wuz koue. I Thought 10 put on naY
natural clothes again and feel Hkr
a man once more. said Hiram. de
family.
Mrs Morton sat down and looked
AZ HHN NfAaHafM kHAAN NH'NN AFsHaNH
waH the Odd al Merton the back
woods had kuown FOR 50 many
years. She remembered the shack
AZ the edEe ~ the woods. the trees
the sfumpa. apd iatsr the well titled
fields. thcn the forest 81 dsrFieks
replacing the forest % trees. and
the money which burdened theif
bank account and finally caused
them % abandon the homestead aud
adopt tbs ways 81 the cigY
She remembered with pleasurnbls
pride how the arisfncFafA Bf the
city had welcomed them. and again
she saw for the first lime her
ragged spouse dressed Ia the clothes
OF a gentleman
Hiram had found acne % theAs,
things 10 his particular liking On
this evening he had found himself
alone for the first time IN many
months. and oid ionEsnEa stirred
within him. lie assembled ca the
mrret and haaled from a corner an
old and dnstcovercd trunk. a hair
I trunk that be- had brought with
him into the West when he vas a
I youth lie had taken this trunk
with him when he left the farm.
and In II werc placed the habiii.
menta Of bis past life
lie nov paved them over with
growing satisfaction. which so tag
mastered him that he removed his
F tailor made garments. and. DOMINIC
hls caston working clothes again
+ stood forth a man. a. he had called
( himself. clad ia coarse cloth and
shod with heavy boots. a brother O.
I the sturdy oak and the gialwnrl
elm. a man hampeFcd by no pro
/ prletics and restricted BY no Gus
( toms
/ lie had grown bold and vcnturet
down into the Kitchen. whore be aa'
by the big range. so unlike the cook
stove OF the past. He M bis pipe
aa ne had done Of old when the
angry winter blasts swept through
the clearing and the wolves howlad
dlBmally far off Ia the woods
Hiram" said Mirandy. Hiram
amt you contentedT"
Lguess I kin stand Il. Mlrandy.'
he said, only I got TO wonderin
what ! used 90 feel like"
Hiram" said his wife. aa she
walked over 20 him and put her
hand on his grizzled head. Hiram
things Amt like they used to be. ara
theyg You don't act natural. Hi
ram. and ! don't feel natural. and
don't know. Hiram. but what the
farm was best"
Hiram saw that his good old wife
was sad and even MS he had risen
against the forest and wrested from
II his upland acres, he encountered
this. the difficulty OF later years.
"Mirandy," he said. things ain'i
- same. God haz blessed ua with
u~Ioy, bat as We hov no children
ITS fii that we should make use NV
o. We hev worked hard. Mlrandy
and now yo should do as pleassa ye
Wo'll stay here. Mirandy, an may.
DO Wen grow 10 like a., but I'd give
the balance Of my days 10 feel a
peevie IN my hands again and 10
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