The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-27

my neids and pnstchuhs. Huhf Foul
the pure ai-ah Of this peaceful Gyarden
OF Eden with youh dust-ningn', smoke
pot locomotives Not a rod, suhl not
foot or an inch oyeh the Dabney laHdsl
DO ! make Il plain TO you, suh2'
"liut Major Dahney-one moments
this Is purely a matter OF business;
there is nothing personal about IT, our
company is able and willing 10 pay lib-
orally for It's right of way; and you
must remember that the coming Of the
railroad win treble and quadruple your
land values, / am only asking you TO
consider the matter IN a business way
and 10 name your own price"
mot anotheh word, sub, or youll
make me lose my tempahl You add
insult 10 injury, sub, when you ofteh
me youh contemplate Yankee gold.
When / desiah TO sell my birthrlght
for youh beggahly mess of pottage III
send a black boy In town TO infaWm
you, suhl"
IL 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-
HA.AANAANN AAAAlNNA 10 AAHAA AANh hAhhnHN AANAAA
in contact with tlre-eatlng gentlemen
OF the old school. Else he would hard
ly have said what he did.
"Of course. IL is optional with you,
Major Dabney, whether you sell US our
right OF way peaceably or compel us 70
acquire Il by condemnation proceedings
In the courts. AS for the rest-is II
possible that you don't know the war
is over?"
With a roar like that Of a maddened
lion the Major bowed himself, caught
his man In a mighty wrestIer's grip
and flung him broadcast into the coleus
bed. The words that went with the
fierce attack made Ardea crouch and
shlvcr and take refuge behind the great
dog. Japheth Pettigrass jumped down
from his step-ladder and went 70 help
the engineer out Of the flower bed.
THE old hrebrandl" 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 10 hurt, / guess"
"Wel. your hawss is waitIn' for ye
down yonder at the gate, and I don't
b'lieve the Major is allowm' TO ask go
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
goln TO tell you you ort to be tolerably
'shamed Of yourself. Maze Dabney.
That po' little gal Is scared out Of a
years CROWN. right now"
Il know, Japheth; I know. I'm an
old heathen! For, insultin' as he was.
the man was for the time bein' my
guest suh-my guest!"
I'm talllin' about the little one-not
that railroader So far as l know, he
earned what he got. l allowed they'd
make some sort Of a swap with you.
so / 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 t'arin' with that thar little
gal not a-knowin which side o. the
earth's goin' to cave In next"
Laid out theyuh lines-across my
prope'ty? Japheth. faveh me by riding
down to the furnace and askin Caleb
Gordon il he will do me the honor TO
come up hear-this eVenin', II he can.
Tits twenty yeahs and mo- since
I've troubled the law courts of ouh po',
Yankee ridden country with any affai-
ah of mine; and now-well, / don't
know" with a despondent shake of the
leonine head.
ITO be continued.)