The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-27

do not beiesva that such things grow.
tell them about the birds and AMI
mails in the different eountries-ths
elephants I saw In India. the lions
and tigers saw In Africa. the great
cities an their sites, the wonderful
temples an other great buildlns an
the whole handi~ork ov man, an
they listen az IL they wuz entranced-
But never havin' ssea such things.
not even q small sample. 80 TO speak,
they can hardly understand much
about hit, could not even IL my power
or description were ten times %
great. Yet they are interested. /
carry q watch. That alone furnishes
a world ov entertainment for the
people. They do not understand
how or why the watch records time
By hours, minutes and seconds. But
they do understand that hit In for
ever at work an that hit seems TO be
goin' at the same pace. hence that IL.
even to these simple people. proof
that the watch liz really somethln'
/
depended upon-the fact that hit IL
busy-the fact that hit liz regular In
hits habits-they can see that. and
hit carries with hit a lesson that com
mands respect, even though the true
| inwardness oy hits uses and capabil-
tiles air not understood by them.
Eutukishu's son. Eutusco. with awl
| the curiosity ov the average boy.
tried to put my watch to severe
test only yesterday, by walking to
a hump ov ice probably hundred
yards away and back again. How
many" sed he, meaning how many
minutes. -Four minutes and eight
seconds" sed /. Then he walked
NEARLY twice az far and back again.
"How many?" Seven minutes and
four seconds" I announced. Cant
fool that little thing" sed Etusco.
An he wuz at once convinced that
that little thing" my watch, can
and does record time, though he can
not understand why nor how hit IL
done. He wuZ awlso much inter-
ested in the small compass / carry,
so wuz the entire family. Eutusco
spent hours turnin' the compass
about an could not understand why
the needle ANYWAYS points to the
north, no matter how often you turn
the compass about. I told Etusco
that the strange conduct ov the COM
pass wuz proof that wuz still south
ov the North Pole; that when the
Pole wuz located the needle in the
compass would probably cease to
point in any particular direction, be-
come helples, tremble and culver
az if hit had a chill. an finally give
up the fife, until hit liz moved south
ov the pole few yards when hit will
r again become a thing ov life and
point hits sharp steel finger towards
the North Pole with hits old-time
\ accuracy.
eff I drive you to the North Pole
in my reindeer sleigh you will let me
watch that little thing jump abou
will you not?" asked Eutukishu.
81 certainly WILL" I replied. "Yor
shall see awl that / see and suffer
= all that I suffer so far az l can con
troll Matters Eutukishu probably
didn't understand the meanin' ov aw
that I sed, but my tone, rather thar
the words, satisfied him, an he /.
y in high feather to start az soon a.
;, possible.
n When I left New York I stored
two quarts ov whiskey in my baggag,
4 fer snakebites and other emergencies
" though I hardly expected to meet III
with many snakes in the Arctic re
gions. Yesterday I opened one o.
the bottles an gave Eutukishu
guide long drink ov hit, tellin' hin
that hit wuz sample ov the waite
from one ov the celebrated minera
: springs in the United States, whar
: hail from. Eutukishu had never
q tasted any water like that an hi
/ nearly strangled him. In a few min
y utes the old man began to revive an
i hiz eyes sparkled an hiz weather
: beaten countenance took on a ros,
/ hue. He talked Eskimo, Norwegian
! an'Volapuk, an hit wuz awl | coulC
t do to keep him from hookin' up thu
L team of reindeer an startin' fer thu
n Pole before our preparations coult
v be completed.
In the meantime we air gettin
. things ready an will soon start. Eu
: tukishu doesn't say much but he i:
busy az bee in a tarbucket an i.
| CROWN enthusiastick over the pros
u / off
full discovery.
AZ ever,
ZEKE BILKINS.