The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-04-15

(Coa<inued FROM Fa4e NAree
wAsn Daegstt learned Shst Desire car
81 fer nesz.inS 80 eat he wanted me TO
1--WE hin back tkirty eesrts. He ina-
mated taet had trirked han; but
I stood Grn.
DURING the noon hour I took Desire
to Mrs. Puichsr's flower bed. he
grunsled bit at being set at 80 hgAt
task, but promised nae he'd attend
to it.
when I ret,srne1 6rem lz1cA fonnd
he had lowered rs wen as weeaeA the
bed. Huge sho~esfnk Of dirt were
being INC sssantly discharged frem the
mouth of hole th4t he had dug to
the depth of a we'd, wa,ile Desire
hoarsely defied anyone to catch ham,
declaring he could dig faster than any
one could fall Mrs. Puicher was Ia
tears until I Gained Desire bit and
explained to her that he should keep
on until he lad ding gOed vol. Then
she frightened and said that she was
satisfied.
That nj ght DESIRE was all that could
be expected in his efforts and succeed
ed in estabi shing a notable reputa-
tion as perpetual non eating human
machine. For en- the morrow we found
thirty cords of wood neatly chopped
and piled, with him on the psint of as
sai1hg nearby orchard of hardy APP
pie trees. Fortunately / had him
| booked ahead for days, else some one
| weuld have been minus an orchard.
But the responsibility began to
wear on me. For two days I could
| rest IN peace, except as the bug a boo
of the third day doomed grisly and
| threatening over SINNERS barn. |
| was making money, yes. But what was
! to be done when there were no more
| pastures to conquer? After harvest
| tame there would be very little for him
| to do, as there was no extensive lu.l-
/ berfng in our section.
| Ny wife also worried. "What will
| the end bes'' she whispered, white
of face, "when the work gives out. !"
| cit shall not give OUT l Kissed.
| Yet throughout the night Desire s
tireless, never resting body, strobe
| from task to task implacahle IN his
thirst for labor and regardless of any
limitations on my part to keep up a
perpetual supply. And it came to me
that he was a monster; one who in
time would level mountains and de-
strey cities, annihilate the earth For
if he could defy time it would be only
question of years, ages and cons
when he would be standing triumphant
on the last crunlb Of old earth and
suicidedly betting it with a pick-axe.
| Please understand that it was not
universal fate that bothered me
the menace was thoroughly localized so
far as / was concerned. You see, in
addition to the horrer of having him
feet of the unearthly glare of his rad
iations upon the vegetation. All gar
len life was growing four times as
fast and rank as it should. I figured
ed within another year.
The effect on living things was bane-
| full, also. The BOOSTERS eternally be-
| lieving it was sunrise rapidly crowed
themselves into complete coma, in
many cases followed by spasms and
death. The hens likewise easily i'm
pressed, laid twice their natural quota
of, eggs, and in maturing too rapidly
only lived, of course, one-half their
days.
| ssAll comes of burning the candle
at both ends, sighed old man Skinner
as he found three Plymouth Rocks for
ever insensible to all that is supposed
to amuse gallinaceous fancy.
Speaking of candles,'' whispered
Daggett, "why not git the cuss to IL
Illuminate the village at 50 much per
| nighta''
ssWhat about his daily labor menu -
/ I asked
1
Daggett. Gwen rig up some striking
and lifting machines, such as they
! have at the county fair, and say a
| churn or two, and few ice cream
freezers, and he can kill time at night
at running 'em off,
And day timesso asked Skinner,
his eyes gaittering.
LET him out to do farm work, y
said Daggett. eve can do all the
farm work in this county without a
penny cost.
" Eacept as you buy out my equity
in DESIRE I remarked dryly.
/ II thought we'd go shares, - re-
pxoaehed Daggett.
While anxious to do business ana
be aid of Desire at any cost, did not
intena that they SHOULD make profit
out of energy supplied by my wife Is
rasinm, a1d I insisted on money down.
WAat'H 70 tax us for him just Al
he staAdsq' ezxer3y asked Skinnex.