Gunnison news-champion., 1908-10-16

uu res-lHz .hurs nf hiz kiua iH
uuo 81 the ut0sf thrHsy oranae dis-
friCfs af b. State. Our uardlF and IN
BIZ aHauuer 81 HtiHz b. dia uai ainef
n.areriallF llum ans 81 his kin bu1
he hzH-es here on account 81 has child
ake suhui .siuu 20 The Wnrsines uf
f lse shich b. sss uuahie 10 uuti-I
stand aHd therefore uas unable 10
Ifiilg sin aealus
Nav fhe Cracker b. singular crea
tule. - singular iH his chaaacter OF
tbe lack 81 b a. o. his tribal uams
n Nou ash . sou.h .heI usr What
. Clscker be-. b. looks azhast a. you
IGNORANCE then Smiles and begins con
hdeufb 10 explain. bar presently
brings up al helpiess in = o. 81 stam
. mer.nz and suffering hHaily an
uuuucinE in despair WHY he's a
Craa serf~ While No one knows
VAere these go whites acquired
lheir ustme. b. Is cuuiectured thai their
iou9 legged gaurtuesz NAV have suR
zssrod The heron known a. corn
CraEe and fhaf Ibis NAV by corrup
tHu have evolved itself into Cracker
lu some iocaliairs iu the south this
species ct humanity bears the name
1f sand hitler. which AGAIN may be- de
rived from his similarity ta the sand
hiH crane Al aH events. the Crack
er is a curious creature utterly In
capable uf applying himself 90 any
s'aady labor AID WHOLLY pruof aeainsi
Improvement through con sct with
or1srs. ne is Cfacher hrsi and last
and as long as bis race eudures. His
ideas of right and wrong are trsdi
riunally prTafic and when found guilty
b. other mems standards H. regards
himself as greatly abused. and in no
sense bound 10 respect any code moi
applied with force
PendarNis. or Pen. as he was ia
milisrly known throughout that sec
ti1n. was beginning 90 Til his see-saw
OF life the other way at the time ol
which shall SPEAK Amer many
wears of Tar too much work according
10 Cracker standards made neces-
sary by the hearty appetites of his
eyer-increasing family he was begin
ming to sigh for some windfall OF for
tune which should allow him 40 hire
niger and buy mule. when. one
day. a northern man came along and
began TO set oui grove ON land ad-
joining his own patch. Through this
/ stranger Pen came into part OF his
long dreamed-of windfall. for while he
was not able To hire a hand to do his
/ own work. he al least found ample eN.
/ cuse Tor letting the weeds grow a
/ home. while for dollars he helped the
northerner work ON the new pianta
] tion. Time thus wore ON in a happy
/ and southern manner. until the Young
/ trees arrived at a stage where they
/ could be safely left TO stand alone for
| a time. Then one day the newcomer
went north to bring his family back
This was bad news for he Cracker
With rueful looks he regarded the
J rankness of his own kitchen patch
and bethousht himself of the daily
nasgings he would have to undergo
. from his "old woman until he should
begin work there. Some weeks later
while Pen was engaged in his regular
interval of hoe handle mapping. ne
| chanced to think that il was almost
/ time for that Yankee to return
/ From where he stood he could see
that the young trees in his neishhoT
orchard looked thrifty and handsome
but began 10 show the need of a little
attention. Pen knew exactly wha.
ought to be done for their relief and
calculated how many DAYS could be-
spent over there. and just how many
days of luxurious idleness would fol
] -, -. A.
still two hours before sundown and
he had plenty of work To do on his
little patch. Pen shouldered his hoe
and strolled leisurely up to his front
porch There in the cool shade. nit.
ed back in his rickety chair. ne
thought once more of his coming
bliss
THAT Yankees tarnal slow. muaad
Pen aloud. about a week later. Since
that afternoon of contemplation he
had passed most of his time in sim.
liar speculations as TO his approach.
ing wealth 1t was but a lew DAYS
later that Pen heard of a man who
was inquirins for healthy trees AT two
dollars apiece and after that the
Crackers mind knew no peace until
he remarked TO his wife next day that
he reckoned their neighbor want
comm back no mo. A pity tgw
ter leave them hunsum trees ter ther
bugs and lice" he continued Poor
Pen had lain awake all uiElt
thinking about those trees at rwo
dollars apiece. and his crude CaIcu-
lations of the proceeds Of 200 or 300
trees al thar price had FURNISHED him
with visions of a sum of mOnsv srfi-
ciently large 10 keep his family nd
himself in luxurious idleness Tor am in
calculable period. \ year. a. least.
in which to bask in the sun ana feast
on hog fat and hominy, Who could
resist so tempting vision Pen
hadn't the power: and. besides. II
seemed 10 him such pity that hose
trees should be wasted.