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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-07

EXTENSION TABLES. LEATHER
Couches, Mirrors. Wardrohes-half
price BANKRUPT SALE. sol West
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unexpireds lease for 9 1-2 months;
rented yearlysif desired. Apply at
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FOR SALE IN WEST END ON CAR
line, cight-room frame dwelling,
with large lot; good water, fruit
liz. care TImea- DiSna fch.
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poultry farm. 10 acres, three miles
from city, on best road out Of Man
chester, Is minutes drive; cottage
dwelling OF four large rooms, paper
ed and in fine condition.. silo, large
barn, carriage house, stable and
poultry house, twelve acres in culti-
walton, balance in wood. running
stream through the place. Let us
show 1t to you. B. +. HAMILTON q
CO.. Eleventh and Hull Streets, Man
chester, Va
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MONEY,-WE HANDLE THE FL
nanclng OF good enterprises and cred
table projects. THE BANKERS
BOND COMPANY, Pittsburg. Pa.
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s1-ACRE FARM, FIVE-ROOM HOUSE,
ten acres in wood near Lakeside,
only $1,000: let us show 1t to you. If
you want to sell or buy q farm or
suburban home, get in communica-
ton with ANDERSON REAL ES-
rArLa AMT, rAu, C'O
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FOR SALE, IN HIGHLAND PARK,
at a cheap price. two desirable lots.
near tS car ba ns WA ddses. as gopd
Times-Dtspatch.
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LAWN MOWERS. $3.50: WINDOW
screens, screen doors, fly wire, lawn
swings. hammocks, etc WOODS, s
West Broad.
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II YOU WANT YOUR SCISSORS
ground, razors honed. come to 9 North (
Seventh Street.
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OAK GROVE. COTTAGE BARGAIN. IN 9
squares OF car line. five-room cot
tage hai, and porch 1sn. two lots, front t,
and garden. fine fruit and flowers.
Pdice. $3.50. B. f. HAMILTON & CO.,
Eleventh and Hull Streets. Manchcs-
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FOR SALE. ONE JUMP-SEAT SUR
rey. In tirst-class condition. VIII
sell cheap to quick buyer. Call on
or address ], r. TYREE, 1919 Floyd
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FOR SALE, PHYSICIANS UP-TO-DATE
library; lists of books mailed to
parties Interested. Address B $50.
care Tln1eS-Dispatch,
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FOR RENT, FURNISHED ROOAIINCi
house, on car line, With privilege of
a buNing. G ia. cure Times. DlSpa tell
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MATING, RUGS, DRUGGETs, PAR
Tor Suits, Odd Parlor Pieces-half
price. BANKRUPT SALE, sol West
Broad Street
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: FARM. TEN ACRES. GOOD
two-story frame house. In Amelia
county; good land. 800. P. Q. Box
sol. At station.
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WE POSITIVELY HAVE NO AGENTS
therefore save you agents commits
sion on Standard light running. ro-
tary shuttle sewing machines. JUR-
GEMS Adams and Broad
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FOR RENT, NO. 1901 EAST MAR
shall Street, House, seven rooms. city
water, large lot, stable and carriage
house; enc square from Chimborazo
Park. Apply 2016 Paramount Avenue.
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FoIs TSAl.E,, rFOROuGIIpREp POINT
81. eleven months old, Apply S37
South Pine wis sss
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to November 20th OF a fourteen-room
house, two baths, house suitable for
boarding house or two families: East
Broad Street, near Twenty-third. Ad-
dress Il 290. care Times Dispatch.
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VIRGINIA. BEACH COTTAGES FOR
rent by month or season. MERE
DI'TL{ g. COOK n
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FOR SALE, a BEAUTIFUL StiBUR-
ban home on the Petersburg electric
cellar, four-acre lot. s3.5OO. LATu-
AM & RUFFIN, $40 East Main.
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FARMS AND TIMBER LANDS AT low
est prices on easy terms; greatest
bargainsrin Virginia. Write for cat
alogue,. Address ]. r. ELAN. Char
lot feSvIlla YIN 3t3j 49, f5i
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"S4 INVESTED"
IN A LAWN SWING WILL GIVE THE,
children $40 worth pleasure , our
swing is a good. strong one.
NAUGEIAN'S. 2 East Broad Street,
big red sign, one black above First.
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Real estate for Rtnt.

G E. II HREE-STO DRY
and basement, containing nine rooms,
including five bedrooms and bath. III
West 12sth Street, New YORK City;
good nelGhborhood. convenient. to
subway and elevated roac, TO rent,
fully furnished for summer Terms
reasonable. References exchanged.
Address A, care Times -Disralcl,.
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UNExPIRED LEAsE.-wANTED. TO
suitcase ten-room house, centrally
located, usual conveniences; splendid
location for boarders or for sub.
renting rooms; servants lodging IN
rear; four rooms n Immediate posses
sion. Address g 1873, care Tines
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FOR SALE, A BRICK RESID ENCE OF
ten rooms, centrally located, In good
condition and cheap; good location
for a boarding-house. Address C 1858,
care Time sd ispatch.
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YOU NEED IT.

STAG FLOOR STAIN is WHAT YOU
want to make your old furniture and
floors look like new, at DORSETT'S,
$500 Hull Street, Swansboro.
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40 ACRES, 3 &1-2 NILES EAST OF
f Richmond. on good road: good house
and barn. cheap. Address B 133, care
Times-Dispatch.
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AND ADDRESSES OF 1000 OF
the most prominent farmers and fruit
growers In Virginia Write G. w.
WOODSON, Rustburg. Va.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30
XII.
When Spring Came.

That was e cold and lonely winter
for the old man. The bay mare stood
in the stable and whinnied for Seffy
The old house was full of harsh
echoes. Its spirit seemed to have
gone Seffys father knew now what
rare thing is joy-and what joy
Gus creature Seffy had been.
The ground was hard to till And
often he thought about what he had
said of Seffy's mother.
Ten he would toll up the steep
stair to the garret-he had become
quite feeble-and take out of an old
German chest daguerreotype of her
with Seffy In her arms. And some
times he would cry over 1t until his
beard was wet.
God bless you, my little boy" he
would sometimes say, that you cared
for her more than l did. You nefer
called her no names.
Il didn't know ! could be SO mean
to the dead-who don't deserfe 1t, and
can't talk back. And, Coda mighty.
If any ones to be called names, it's
me!-not her nor-you. Seffy, nor you!
For l expect I'm murderer!"
And sometimes, when his loneliness
was too hard to be borne. he would go
out and sit for hours and talk to the
old bay mare-about Seffy. He fancied
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

hands inertly outlyIng-terror stiiI
quivering In bis lips and nostrils.
Blood slowly oozed from his mouth
and nose, and liv.d red mark began
to grow upon the depression In his
forhead which the blow had made
One moment-two-tbe old man
looked down at this. Then he under
stood that he had done 1t, and with a
savage fnimal-cry he swept the boy
into his arms. Seffy doubled inertly
upon him, as the dead do. His father
raced frenziedly home with him, leap
Ing fences like hound. He put him
upon the pretty white bed the boy had
been wont to make with such care
for himself 1t was dainty and smooth
now. The blood dripped from Seffy's
face and from his own beard and
stained the white coverings. The sight
was full OF horror, He staggered
drunkenly away. He looked hastily
for his gun-meaning, perhaps. to kill
himself But then II seemed to him
that Seffy sighed. He fell on his
knees and agonized for the life he
thought he had taken. Then he felt
pulsebeat. With hoarse cry he
rushed out into the road. calling for
the doctor. Two people we're coming
toward him. 1t was Sam and Sally, re-
turning from their marriage.
BY what he saw on old Baumgart-
ner's face and hands. Sam was
sobered Both understood that they
we're approaching some tragedy.
"Who?'' asked Sally, suddenly OBJ
livious of Sam.
SAM" she turned upon her hus-
band with command. Bring the doc
tori"
Sam went with satisfactory haste.
who hurt him?" asked Sally, as IL
she we're ready to slay him who did.
a. / killed him because he would
MT marry you. You wouldn't marry
him! Oh, you devil!"
1t was at that instant that the great
change In Sally came. She leaped be-
fore him into the house and up to
Seffys room. When the old man slow
ly followed she was herewith eyes
bent upon Seffy's bloody, unconscious
not speak. And when the doctor
came she was still there-as at first
unconscious as he. the doctor said.
He was not dead, and presently he
breathed again. But his eyes remained
closed. and. late that night, when he
had drifted from unconsciousness into
deep sleep. they put out the light and
left him.
When they came again he had dis
appeared.
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is better than another. the govern
ment experts think that fact ought to
known, and 1t is believed that the
study about to be undertaken will set
tie the question once for all. 1t will at
least collect such facts never before
brought together.
The work will be done by the
United States forest service. In some
states the agricultural experiment sta
tions will cooperate in the studies,
and in these cases the forest service
will provide the necessary apparatus.
and the other expenses will be shared
half and half by the government and
experiment stations. The investiga-
tions will be taken up in five states
this year and extended to the other
nine as rapidly as the Investigations
are completed Four of the states in
which the study will be made this
year are Nebraska, Colorado, Okla
homa ard Kansas. The fifth will be
either Minnesota, North Dakota or
Iowa. Ultimately the Investigations
will cover Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kan
sas, Oklahoma. Colorado. Texas, New
Mexico, Utah, California. Washington
and Idaho.
The sudden ruin that hot winds
sometimes bring to growing crops in
parts of the west are we'll known.
Blowing strongly across the unob-
structed plains, these winds may in a
few days blast all hope of even par
tial harvest. This is particularly in
the lower portion of the central plains
region, and in years of unusually low
rainfall. Here the winds most to be
feared blow from the southwest or
south. In the northern prairie region
the former is exposed to the hot "Chi-
nook" wind. which sweeps down from
the Canadian mountains. This either
dries out growing crops or. If 1t pre-
walls before the danger Of killing
frosts is past. causes loss through
urging vegetation forward premature
ly. Cold winter winds also do great
injury to crops. make the climate more
severe for stock and men. and interfere
with an even covering of snow upon
the ground. This is true from Can
ada almost to the gulf.
In southern California. dry winds
from the north and northeast sweeI
down from the Moiave desert with de
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

Uncle Sans tree planting and farm
experts have just undertaken prac-
tical and scientific study of the use
and effect of timber windbreaks and
shelterbelts in the agricultural re-
gions of IA western states. This is the
first time in this country that a study
of this much-discussed question has
been undertaken over a wide region
under one plan, for the purpose of col
lecting data for the benefit of the ag-
riculturists who are developing the
western plains. At present wind
breaks are planted haphazard. one
kind here, another there. If one kind
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

structive results. Coming in June,
these winds may reduce the wheat
yield to almost nothing. Windbreaks
of eucalypts and Monterey cypress,
now in such common use to protect
orange groves and orchards, long ago
convinced possessors Of highly valu-
able irrigated land of the value of
tree planting for protection purposes.
But there are two sides to the wind
break question. Some prairie farmers
declare positively that belts of Usage
orange, for instance, are nuisance"
Others cite figures to show positive
benefit. Mr. Morris Thompson, who
lives near Downs. Kansas. gives his
yield of corn from field protected
on the south by a row of tall cotton
woods as six bushels per acre more
than in places where there is no pro-
lection About Is acres are benefited
in this way. 1t is highly improbable
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

that the wind-break occupies sufficient
land to offset this benefit
The forest service proposes to find
out just when and how much wind
breaks increase the yield of crops.
To carry out the plans, much tech
nical work will be necessary. Instru-
ments will be used to measure heat
and cold, moisture and dryness, both
above and below ground; to register
the force of the wind near the wind.
breaks and some distance away; to
measure light intensity, and take note
of the effects of shade; to register
trees; and to keep account of the eff
feet of the wind-breaks on the snow
which covers the ground to leeward
in winter. Many other measurements
and tests will be made. and elaborate
data will be collected by experts who
will have charge of the study.
Corn will be the crop studied be-
hind the wind-break this year. Trust
worthy conclusions cannot be OBJ.
tanned by comparing results from diff
ferent crops. Each crop makes its
OWN utulduu upon tuc sui, SO tnat
what would destroy one might do lit
tie harm to another. Corn Is a par
ticularly good crop to experiment with
because it is easily injured by hot,
dry winds, will not stand shading, and
is very sensitive to frost.
The instruments and apparatus for
each state will be read weekly by per-
sons assigned to that duty by the ag-
ricultural experiment stations in the
respective states. The whole work
will be in charge of an expert for the
forest service. at Washington, who
will be assisted this summer by three
or four persons. also from the forest
service, who will study general condi-
tions in the states under investigation.
in regard to the effects of wind breaks
on crops. The work will continue un.
til crops are gathered next fall, when
the actual yield of sheltered fields will
be measured, and results compared
with nearby unsheltered fields. Some
of the observations will continue
through the winter.
1t is expected that the results will
be published both by the forest serv.
Ice and by the experiment stations
which cooperate In carrying out the
| work.
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SYNOPSIS.
JOHN LUTHER LONG
IIlustr.lioss BY Don wilson
isas. sy Booi.. .Nsrrlll COD

Baumgartner. a Pennsylvania German is
meadow which lies just between Baum
gartners property and the railroad sta
yH The property a IN question ion was alTeiiv nv
solely to her. At length Bsumsartner
obtaining the properly would be through
the marriage Of his son sepheni!lssht !s 70
Sarah Pressed; In a mock auction "Seny,
as SepheniJah r. Baumgartner, Jr-, ~
popularity known. Is rafiied on by his
father 70 Sarah for 81. he appears utter,
love or Ilfe. sarah Pressed Is quite the
opposite OF Seffy. She is all life and anil
atIon Her one fault ,Ss. e ss@y ysry 1as higs
lessons In conrtship. Baumgartner mas
caused, himself to be appointed guardian
fascinating wifcheries of Sally and he
kisses her. She promises him, however,
that she Will never kiss any man n but
clerls-old Baumgartner calls him a mo
lasses tapper"-calls on Sally and inter
ior sia and begin a sitting up contest. In
accordance with the customs OF the place
and the time. the one who Is tl aefaa,ed ,nsd
Of the girl. Seffy goes to sleep and be-
gins snoring. Sally leaves the room in a
Scffy tells his father OF his humiiation
OF how Sam Fritz had pinned to his
bosom while he slept pasteboard tomb
sfsitN pte ms - ai'"e' 'Ps'Nff+
jah p. Baumgartner. Jr.. went TO his
rest. June 10, 1871, in the twentieth year
OF his age Gone but not forgot Read
backwards" Seffy and Sally meet at the
Poison spring. She urges him to do some
thing TO redeem himself. The father ad-
vises Seffy to take Sally home from
church. This would be the crucial test.
according to the custom OF the times,
which often meant disgrace o. even muir
der and suicide. 1t was the rule In such
test that the one whose arm the girl
accepted when leaving the church woulo
be the favored suitor. and the rejected
one was dsgraced and must leave town
or triumph over his opponent by force.
church In crowded in expectancy of the
enactment of the romance and crowd
avaits without. Seffy takes up his po-
sitiop outside the door to walt for the
services. to end and for Sally to come
out Snlly appears. radiant In her ex-
pectancy She walks down the steps
alone. and on down the walk alone. Still
Seffy hesitates. Alone she walks nearly to
the gate while her face burns with the
humiliation. Then Sam takes Sally's arm.
She says: Il ain satisfied" and Se.Iy is
left in disgrace to be held up to the ridi-
cule and scorn of the vicinuge. Sam con-
tinues his drinking and Sally begins to
acquire the habit Old Baumgartner is
disgusted at Seffy's miserable failure at
the church test.
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CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Chronic Bachelor Makes Few Re.
marks About the Modern Hatpin.

There ought to be law against
women carrying unconcealed weap-
ons.' growled the chronic bachelo,
at the club. THAT l haven't been
stabbed to death or MANNED for life
before this is due to combination
of agility and good luck, I'm con
vinced. / tell you, 1t keeps man
busy dcdging nowadays to avoid blood
letting when he's travelling in a crowd
ed conveyance with women, or even
walking on crowded thoroughfare.
A woman is positively menace to life
the moment she gets outdoors" why
outdoors especially" "Hatpins! Hat
pins! Foot and half long. some OF
em. They stick out from both sides
of hat like spears. Every time a
woman turns her head these wicked
looking spears sweep around In a
two-foot radius; and every time she
bobs her head up and down she takes
a chance of raking the nearest person
fore and aft. Suppress the woman or
the hatpin, l say" Lets make 1t the
hatpin." suggested the married man
gently.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

she quite understood. and l do, too.
When the spring came he plowed
alone. And this was hardest of all.
To plow around and around his vast
fields with no one to meet in the
other furrow-no one to talk. to smile.
to laugh to-then. when noon came, to
sit under the shade of some tree redo
lent with memories of the pretty little
boy, where he and Seffy had sat, from
his childhood to his manhood. and eat
the food which choked!
Oh, II he could only have laughed
at himself, at Seffy. at the mare, at
anybody or anything! If he could only
have laughed!
And he knew that every animal on
the place wondered and hungered for
little Seffy and questioned him with
pathetic eyes, while he. at first, guiltily
kept silent-then tried to confess his
shame to them.
"Yas," he told the mare, Il done 1t
Il struck him--here. right here! In
the face--while his eyes was looking
in -pleading-and here was
blood-and here and here-and dust
In his hair--and his eyes was closed
and when run home wiss him his
legs dangled like he was dead. And
he crawled away somewheres to die
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

have no one but you! No. I have
not treated you right. But, oh, life is
so hard to mel"
NO" he said. smoothing her hair
with his gnarled old hand. "Tfe had
my eyes turned within. But l didn't
know you had trouble. heerd that
Sam had took to hard drinkin and l
sought you didn't keer. You was SO
reckless"
"Yes," she sighed. 81 am reclxlessl
And-yes-I drink sometimes. But
it is that way l can forget"
81 don't turn ag in no one in trouble,
efen il they don't treat me right-and
drink
Forgive me! Oh, forgive me, pappy!
The suffering is mine!"
"Yas," he said, "yas-don't cry. But
the suffering amt all your'n."
NO" she said. Not all-not ALT"
But, Sally. If l take the papers
back, you won't drink no more? 1t
amt nice-efen If you air the wife of
a drunkard."
mo. If you will be my friend. l will
try to be what would have been as
Seffy's wife!"
ITS bargain-and I'm sorry l
spoke so harsh. Sally. Mebby. mebby
God knows,-we ken comfort one
another. I-Sally-I need some one,
tool"
"Yesl Will you let me? will have
no friend but you!"
"Yas! And | won't have no friend
but you. Sally"
'Will you let me kiss you?"
do you want to?" he cried tremu
lously.
Yes whispered the girl.
Me? Sally. lem me kiss you!"
She put up her lips almost solemnly
and with that their compact was
sealed.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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Weary WINES Complaint.
A PERFECT TERROR.

William ]. Ryan. president of the
supreme council of public hackmen of
New York, said the other day that the
winter panic had reduced the hack
mems receipts considerably.
'We1l have to come down to Eng
lish rates-12 cents mile instead of
so cents-if we have many more such
panics," Mr.. Ryan said. Everybody
felt the pinch. / overheard a tramp
grumbling in public square.
The trade amt like 1t used to be,
he said. Here ten times running to-
day I've asked for bit of bread. and
what do they give me? Why, durn it.
Just bit o. bread Exchange.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30
cHAPTER x.-contlnued.


Seffy laughed at the absurdity of
the thing. But 1t was unmirthful
"Gosh-a mighty! On a time like this
you ken laugh! You right, you aln't
no good-no, begoshens! You air an
idiot and fool! You no man! No,
nor nefer will bel I'm sorry I'm you
daddy. l am. begoshens!"
Then, as his wrath mounted, he
raised his huge fist and threatened
Seffy.
"Git away from me. or Ill break
your head. | can't stand you no
more! You not worth dam'-not a
dam'--to nobody. You look like you
mammy's relatifes-and thoy was all
no good-git away. tell you!'
He roared ominously; for Seffy,
amazed at this from his gentle old
father. was looking straight up at him
out of child's round eyes. his lips
parted, his throat exposed. Slowly. as
his parent heaped contumely upon
him, his sensitive young face whiten-
ed. and the light left 1t. Only, when
his father mentioned his mothers
name. he said with infinite softness:
Why, pappy!"
But he stood without fear under the
great fist--as he had often done.
You hear! told you to git away
or I'll smash your face in! I don't
want you no more. Go to your man.
my's relatifes out west"-he laughed
horridly-"and see what they'll do for
you! You'll live on bread and water
they amt got Messing else! You'll
work all day and all highland you'll
haf no fun-they don't know no better
-go!"
Yes" said seny turning dumbly
away.
There was no doubt that he meant
to go now. His dumb acquiescence in
his sentence raised his fathers wrath
to fury.
"Yes-go. and be mighty quick
about 1t. I'm chust itching to smash
you. I'll nefer send for you If you rot
in the poorhouse. I'll nefer mention
you name as long as l lif-no dis
own you! Never let me see you dam
face again-go!"
Ii was all SO utterly unbelievable
that Seffy turned back. This raving
madman his jolly old father. who had
reverenced the memory of his mother
and had taught him to do soto men
tion her every time he prayed? The
old man had turned, but Ssffy came
close and touched him gently. The
caress only maddened him. Seffy
cowed at the passion on the face of his
father. He raised his fist.
Cit out-dam' you'll" he shouted.
If you don't" But the boy could not,
now.
The huge fist trembled on high a
moment. some instinct OF sanity strug
Cling to control it-then II fell on
Seny's upturned face.
He dropped among the clods-his
pale hair mingling with the dust-his