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

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A huge bouldH tied pine stunp "a
racing IN my direction A. sAey wasis-
Asd near nay read, he w.E1sd,
Don't interrupt me again. Exit ~
If could stop long enough 30 eat ]
when filed with this cussed desire 30
lift things"
Now my scheme was more than pEac-
ticai, it was a1luring. Not only per
petua motion, supplying its own L.
telhgence, but one that loashod food.
had acquired the ideal hired man.
Yet as the ideal often goes wrong
on the average farm, I lost no time in
quieting my wife's fears and explain
ing my purpose. She decided to go
with nae as it made her nervous to.
stay alone in the light.
We found the SINNERS, Daggetts
and Pulchers anxiously oongregated by
the side of the road, while Daggetts
had moved all of their furniture into
the hazel bushes back of the corn house
1t is extremely difficult to explain
phenomenon to non-technlcal m1Ad,
ignorant people are suspicious. They
blame you if the unusual or the I'M
wholesome, results from any cause
you are knowing to, but of which they
know nothing. Ada to this general
failing the fact that ones hired man
rs the cause, and only diplomacy can
maintain kindly relations.
At last, however, by playing on their
cupidity and helping move the Dag
getts' stove back, I worked them down
| to common sense basis. Of course
eouldn It make them understand the
| properties of radium, and had to rest
content with blaming the entire climax
on to some electrical disturbance, with
| Desire happening to be the focal point.
1T would be the height of folly, ,
I concluded, 'sto allow this heaven sent
agency to go away to be made use of
by others. If you had a waterfall de-
veloping a million herse power a see
ond. would you drive it from yoar
yard? Had you a hired girl who could
and would do the work of twenty do
mesties, would you permit another to
EN- ploy her from you?'
"Wiil Desire wash my dishes, or is
he above it9" eagerly asked Mrs. Dag
gett.
/ gently explained he was so mucas
more valuable in heavy lines that II
would be an error in judgment to let
him loose on the trivial.
''What might yer terms beqo ask
ed odd Skinner, who was keen al
figuring.
81 will feed him. I began.
fBut YOU said, my dear, he didn ,,
=" my wife began to remind
81 will see that he costs them moth
ing in food, - I sharply insisted; TO
my wife is ultra conscientious
''That sounds reasonable hearth,
agreed old man Skinner, his ages
mind treasuring UP and resenting SOM
of Desires table manners. .sNow t,
set a price,
Gas TO his food my wife attempt
ed to explain.
my DEAR I cried. "please don ,
interrupt. Then hurriedly, as he vii
do the werk of twenty men / wonl
say $500 day would be about right.
I came near saving $500 an hour
then l remembered it would mean
!, would have to provide all the work 70
Desire.
They talked it over among them
selves, and finally Daggett said h
!. would take him for half day to clea
up his pasture, while Skinner contract
ed for the other half-night work-a
ehopping logs. / tentatively sugges1
ed a bit extra on night work, as Desir
would furnish his own light.
cob, that's all right assured oil
skinner ''Let him work in the darl
! won t hold out for the light. Fe
heaven Is sake DIET IS not let questio
of light come between u.s.
Mrs. Pulcher wanser to hire him 2
: cents worth TO pull the weeds from he
- | iOWoT Dt0S- L DdIkeu DIT tA1S, dS
feared for Desire on delicate worl
but the others waxed so suspicious an
as nay wife expressed desire 80 e,
plain something about feeding hin
. that I loudly consented, and assure,
"He III start on the pasture at 81
. O clock in the morning. Then I hui
ried my wife homeward
As we feuld Desire nightly bus
" with the solid ledge at the end of Il
> pasture I decided we could safely 81
a bit of sleep. But at $50 clock
was up ana away to the pasture.
arrived at the pivotal moment, as D
. sire having exterminated the ledg
: was about to hurl the lebris into I'll
I highway
l hurriedly explained where b
was to have new surcease from loa
: ing, cheering him on with, ssRock
DESIRE, rocksi Sic 'em.''
Mercy cracking his heels togeth
he was off like a molten flash, rippaz
branches frsm the trees in has fi9.
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