Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-05

CHAPTER V.

In IIargis' store, would rein in his hors,
at the Gordon gate and ask for drinl
OF water from the Gordon we'll A
such times Thomas jefferson remarke,
that his mother always FASTENED tC
serve the Major with her own hands;
this Notwithstanding her own and I'm
Gle Silas' oft-repeated asseveratior
touching the Majors unenviable pre-
eminence a a Man OF Sin. Also. he. re-
marked that the Majors manner al
such moments was a thing to dazzle
the eye, like the reflection of the sum-
mer sun on the surface of FURNISHED
metal But beneath the polished ex-
terror. the cropping perceptions OF the
boy would touch a thing repellant; a
thing to stir a slow current of resent
ment in his blood
1t was Thomas Jefferson's first COL
lision with the law of caste; a law
Draconian I'm the Old South. Before
the war, when Deer Trace Manor had
been a seigniory with Its six score
black thrslls, there had been no visit
ing between the great house on the
inner knoll and the overgrown log
homestead at the iron furnace. Quar-
rel there was none, nor any shadow OF
enmity; but the Dabneys were lords of
the soil. and the Gordons were crafts
men.
Even in war the distinction was
maintained. The Dabneys, father and
son. were officers. having their com
missions at the enrolment: while Ca
leb Gordon, whose name headed the list
of the Paradise volunteers. began and
ended a private I'm the ranks
In the years of Observation-Disclosures
which followed. a breach was opened.
narrow at first. and never very deep.
but wide enough to serve. Caleb Cor
don had accepted defeat openly and
honestly, and for this the unrecon-
structed Major had never fully forgiv-
en- him. 1t was an added proof that
there was no redeeming drop in the
Gordon veins-and Major Caspar was
as scrupulously polite to Caleb Cor
don't wife as he would have been, and
was, to the helpmate OF like Bryerson.
mountaineer and distiller Of Illicit
whisky
Thomas Jefferson was vaguely indig-
nant when Pettigrass came TO ask his
father TO go forthwith TO the manor
house. In the mouth of the foreman
he invitation took on something of the
flavor OF q command. None the less, he
WAS eager for news when his father
came back. and though he got It only
from overhearing the answer to his
mothers question. IL was satisfyingly
thrilling
It's mighty near as we talked. Mar
tina The Major Jumps the railroad IN
with all the other improvements. calls
'em Yankees, and h'ists his battle flag.
The engineer, that smart young fellow
with the peaked whislzers and the eye
glasses, went to see him this evenin'
about the right OF way down the val
ley, and got himself sluns on the porch
OF the great house into q posy bed"
Theirs Is going 10 be trouble, Caleb;
nov you mark my words. You mustn't
mix up IA a."
y don't ALLOW 10. n ! can hep H.
Tbs railroads goin 10 be . mighty
soec thing for us n ] can get Mr.
Downing 10 put IA q side-track Tor the
furnace"
Following this there were other con
ferences, the Major unbendinR sun
cisnuy 10 come and 90 on The Gordon
porch in the cool Or tbs evening. The
ison~msstef ~ one SUI ln touch with |
tbs moyipg world. saNs 1000 adylce
paiiins " buy, ihe railroad company
mlsht possibly seek ~ bully a right NJ
Nay through nc valley bnf ~ thaf
eaAe. taeff would certainly be fodIeas
W 40 courts for one property onneff
~ uts lieantluf. nothing would lf
sallsoc by mallnF fhe contest > PEI.
senel nshf ~ individuals
40 eepnseied Caleb Gordon. sure. Al.
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