Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-09-05

Or. Audrey came In clappfng his banda
for, / remember. IL wns bitterly cold;
and, pulling of one OF bis knitted gloves
he gave me his hand His noss was red.
but his fine, kindly syss xp4rkied bright
ly; and he had In his face that express
sion Of virle energy, and viEor. and tn
umph, which one may see on a man when
he has broken the ice TO take HE morning
plunge. But there are difficulties TO over
come in carrying out a healthy moral
principle, that call for just as much nerve
and courage as diving through half an
inch Of ice; and IL has often struck me
that If one braved as much personal In
convenience and discomfort in the ser
wee of humanity as he will endure for
the mere sake of self-gloriication, Il
would be infinitely better for oneself and
ones fellow creatures. IL was a moral
plunge of this kind that animated and
beaunifed the DOCTORS face that morn
ing / felt sure. He sat down before the
fire warming his hands and talking about
the weather for some minutes then, after
a pause, be said:
Are there any farms 10 let about here.
Keene, do you know"
YES" said /; you may take your
pick of them for ten miles round. Land
was never so cheap before. Rents have
gone down fifty per cent"
Then why don't farming pay7"
IN tell you" said / ''its because
your farmer is too gen1eel TO work. and
has to pay another for doing what he
ought to do himself thats one reason"
a
work, If he put his heart and soul into II,
If he went into il as man goes into bat
tie, setting his heart and soul on win
ming, how Them"
He would make il pay-I'd stake my
reputation on IT," ! exclaimed You
know nothing about farming. doctor: but
with your logged perseverance and a Ger
tain amount Of intelligence that you
would bring 10 bear on IT, even you might
make 1t pay; and I'll guarantee that you
would make more by II than by your med
ical practice"
i am very glad 10 hear you think 80,
said be, cheerfully.
Why DO you think of taxing a
FARM ] asked hopefully.
He nodded. j was never better pleased
IN my life. and ] told him so.
Now, there's phibalds farm" said I.
You could get that az fifteen shilllngs an
acre, ! know"
TOO far Of. How about Captain Ran
gers farm you think be wants 70 give
upT"
u know be does. lie must. Can't 20
on losing e.ght hundred a year"
Eight hundred a Year, That's a good
d Ia Irol nil
face.
why does be lose in Because he
never goes out Of the house except 70
hunt or shoot because hes l0unging
about bis billiard room instead Of look
INK after bis accounts when hes az home
because hls wife Keeps four servants;
because Ae pays Evans three hundred a
ye4T for roDDing hin and because hes
no more farmer than you are q lawyer
rs famous land-fhe best Ia the county.
III get the place, house and All, for
pound an acre, You're bound 10 make u
pay 10 the very thing Tor you"
We'll SAID le, rising. II shall -
Over and look az tle farm fhis afternoon,
perhaps. 10 you know if Captain RanseI
y az h0ueT
Tie IA AND he MD be only TO glad 70
&C. you. I'D send d note W - lim lbs
morping Leave AN ~ Negotiation ~
nae. shell uauage dat better fhan
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