Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24

How the French born child fttsl ~.
to the hapha1ard 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 Japhsth
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-
er's 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
tdwice at him; not because he was
trigly clad In brown duck and tightly
buttoned service leggings. but because
ne wore his beard trimmed to a point,
after the manner of the students in the
Latin Quarter, and so was reminiscent
or things freshly forsaksn. Her grand
rather was on his feet, towering above
the visitor as IL he were about to fall
on and crush him.
Bring youh Yankee railroad through
my fields and pastchuhs, suh7 Foul
the pure allah Of this peaceful Gyarden
of Eden with you'll dust fiingin', smoke
pot locomotives? Not rod. subj not a
root or an inch oveh the Dabney landsl
DO | make 1t plain to you. subj"
But Major Dabney-ope moment;
this Is purely q matter OF business;
there Is nothing personal about 1t. Our
company is able and willing to pay lib
orally for its right of way; and you
must remember that the coming of the
railroad will treble and quadruple your
land values. l am only asking you to
consider the matter in a business way.
and to name your own price"
Not anotheh word, sub, or you'll
make me lose my tempahl You add
insult to injury, sub. when you offeh
me youh contemplate Yankee gold.
When 1 desiah to sell my birthright
for youth beggahly mess OF pottage, I'll
send black boy in town to infawm
you, subj"
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, 1t is optional with you
Major Dabney, whether you sell us our
right of way peaceably or compel us to
acquire it by condemnation proceedings
in the courts. AS for the rests II
possible that you don't know the wal
is over?"
With roar like that OF maddened
lion the Major bowed himself, caught
his man In mighty wrestler's griI
and flung him broadcast into the -coleus
bed The words that went with the
fierce attack made Ardea crouch and
shiver and take refuge behind the grea
dog. Japheth Pettigrass jumped down
from his step-ladder and went to hslI
the engineer out OF the flower bed.
The old firebrandl" the engineer
was muttering under his breath whe1
Pettigrass reached him; but the fore
man cut him short.
You got mighty little sense, look
like. to me. Stove up any?"
Nothing to hurt 1 guess"
We'll. your hawss is waitin' for v,
down yonder at the gate. and I dom
b'lieve the Major is allowin' to ask y,
to stay to supper"
When the engineer had mounted an,
ridden away down the pike, the fore
man Strengthened himself and face,
about The Major had dropped into hi
big arm chair His hands shook Pet
tigrass moved nearer and spoke so tina
the child should not hear. IF you rul
me off the place the mex minute, In
goin' to tell you you ort to be tolerab I
'shamed of yourself Maze Dabney
That po' little gal is scared out of
years CROWN, right now"
II know, Japheth; I know. I'm a.
old heatheni For, insultin' as he wa.
the man was for the time bein' m
guest. suh-my guest!"
I'm talkin' about the little one-no
that railroader. So far as 1 know, h
earned what he got. 1 allowed they
make some sort of swap with yol
so I didn't say anything when the
was layin' out their lines throo' tn
hawss-lot and across the lower corn
field this mornin'-easy, now; no NOR
r'arin' and t'arin' with that thar littl
gal not a-knowin' which side o. tn
earth's goin' to cave In nexti"
Laid out theyuh lines-across m
properly? Japheth. faveh me by ridin
down to the furnace and askin' Gale
Gordon II he will do me the honor I
come up hear-this evenin, IL he car
Tits twenty yeahs and mo- sine
I've troubled the law courts OF Duh Do
Yankee-ridden country with any anal
ah OF mine; and now-well, 1 don
know with a Respondent shake of tn
leonine head.
Ito be continued.)