Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-05-20

How the French born child fitted In
to the haphazard household at Deer
Trace Manor, with what struggles she
came through the inevitable attack Of
homesickness, and how Nanny Juliet
and every one else petted and indulg-
ed her, are matters which need not be
dwelt on. But we shall gladly believe
that she was too sensible, even at the
early and tender age of 10, to be easily
spoiled
She never forgot a summer day soon
after her arrival when she first saw
her grandfather transformed into
frenzied mailman. He was sitting on
the wide portico directing Japheth
Pettigrass, who was training the great
crimson rambler rose that ran we'll up
to the caves. Ardea, herself was on
the lawn, playing with her grandfath-
ers latest gift, a huge, solemn eyed
Great Dane, so she did not see the man
who had dismounted at the gate and
walked up the driveway until he was
handing his card to her grandfather.
When she did see him, she looked
tdW1ce at him; not because he was
trigly clad in brown duck and tightly
buttoned service leggings, but because
he wore his beard trimmed to a point,
after the manner of the students in the
Latin Quarter, and so was reminiscent
Of things freshly forsaken. Her grand
father was on his feet, towering above
the visitor as if he were about to fall
on and crush him.
Bring youh Yankee railroad through
my fields and pastchuhs. sub? Foul
the pure ai-ah of this peaceful Gyarden
of Eden with youh dust f1ingin, smoke
pot locomotives? Not a rod, sub! not
foot or an inch oveh the Dabney lands!
Do 1 make it plain to you, suh?"
But Major Dabney-one moment;
this Is purely matter of business;
there is nothing personal about it. Our
company is able and willing to pay lib
orally for it's right of way; and you
must remember that the coming Of the
railroad will treble and quadruple your
land values. I am only asking you to
consider the matter in business way,
and to name your own price"
MOT anotheh word sub, or you'll
make me lose my tempah! You add
insult to injury, sub, when you offeh
me youh contemplate Yankee gold.
When I desiah to sell my birthright
for youh beggahly mess of pottage. I'll
send a black boy in town to infaWm
you, suhl"
1t is conceivable that the locating en-
gineer of the Great Southwestern Rail-
way Company was younger than he
looked or, at all events, that his ex-
perience hitherto had not brought him
in contact with fire eating gentlemen
Of the old school. Else he would hard
ly have said what he did.
"Of course, it is optional with you,
Major Dabney, whether you sell us our
right Of way peaceably or compel us to
acquire 1t by condemnation proceedings
in the courts. AS for the rests 1t
possible that you don't know the war
is over?"
With roar like that Of maddened
lion the Major bowed himself, caught
his man In a mighty wrestler's grip
and flung him broadcast into the coleus
bed The words that went with the
fierce attack made Ardea crouch and
SILVER and take refuge behind the great
dog. Japheth Pettigrass jumped down
from his step-ladder and went to help
the engineer out Of the flower bed.
THE old firebrand!" the engineer
was muttering under his breath when
Pettigrass reached him; but the fore
man cut him short.
You got mighty little sense, looks
like, to me. Stove up any,"
Nothing to hurt I guess"
We'll, your hawss is waitin' for we
down yonder at the gate, and I don't
b'lieve the Major is allowin' to ask yc
to stay to supper"
When the engineer had mounted and
ridden away down the pike, the fore
man Strengthened himself and faced
about The Major had dropped into his
big arm chair His hands shook. Pet
tigrass moved nearer and spoke so that
the child should not hear. IF you run
me off the place the mex minute, I'm
goin' to tell you you ort to be tolerably
'shamed of yourself, Maize Dabney
That po' little gal is scared out of II
years CROWN, right now"
It know, Japheth; I know. I'm an
old heather! For, insultin' as he was,
the man was for the time betn my
guest, suh-ny guest!"
I'm talIIin' about the little one-not
that railroader. So far as I know, he
earned what he got I allowed they'd
make some sort of a swap with you,
so 1 didn't say anything when they
was layin' out their lines throo' the
hawss-lot and across the lower corn
field this mornin'-easy, now; no more
r'arin' and tarin' with that thar little
gal not a-knowin' which side O. the
earth's goin' to cave in next"
Laid out theyuh lines-across nv
properly? Japheth, faveh me by riding
down to the furnace and askin' Caleb
Gordon if he will do me the honor to
come up hear-this evenin, if he can.
Lifts twenty yeahs and mo- since
I've troubled the law courts of Duh po',
Yankee ridden country with any affai-
all Of mine; and now-well, I don't
know" with respondent shake of the
leonine head.
Ito be continued.)