Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-01
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this. In each succeeding hour of the
day the edges of the chasm of the
years drew closer together, and when
finally his father put him on horse
and rode with him to corner Of the
vast home farm, corner fenced of
by sentinel cottonwoods and watered
by the small irrigation ditch Of his
| boyhood recOllections, rode with him
through the screening cottonwoods
and showed him, lying beyond them,
the old ranch buildings of the Circle
Bar. untouched and undisturbed his
heart was full. and sudden mist
came before his eyes to dim the pic
| turc.
1--WE kept II Just as It used To be-
Evan" his father said gently. ~
thought maybe you'd come back some
day and be sure enough disappointed
II 1t were gone"
The younger man slipped from his
saddle and went TO look In at the
open door of the old ranch house.
Everything was precisely as he re-
llehbered 1.-THE simple, old fashion.
ell furniture, the crossed qulrts over
the high wooden mantel, his mothers
rocking chair-that was the final
touch. He sat down on the worn door
log ana put his face In his hands. for
now the gaping chasm of the years
was quite closed. and he was boy
again.
Later in the day there were am
bling gallOps along the country roads,
and the father explained how the
transformation from cattle raising TO
agriculture and fruit growing had
come about: how the great irrigation
dam In Quaretaro canyon had put a
thousand square miles of the fertile
mesa under cultivation; how with the
importing OF the new population had
come new blood. new methods, good
roads. the telephone. the rural mail
route and other civilizlng agencies.
Evan groaned. IL know" he said.
i've lost my birthland. It's as ex-
tnct as the megalosaurian lizards
whose bones we used to find sticking
In the gully banks on Table Mesa. by
the way, that reminds me- Are there
any of those giant fossils left? ! was
telling Professor Anners about them
tho other d,v md ho vos i,nmonsai,
Interested"
"V.,ra all ro,siis ,,o o,,ar ,,,,.. =.
tho c,tt,o roi,rn, ,inos " ,arohnI ,I,a
m,n whom picbord C,n,rr L.J o,,,o,
tb. "suno, ,,,,,,,,nor,, ~, ,hana .,.
some of the bones left. too. guess,
and If the professor Is friend Of
ai,, all ho ,ronts tn,,
.yos prnr,ssor Amman, 10 ,r,.,s
of mine" was tho younper mans hoIs
absent admission. "us much of
friend as his duuphter womb ever nj.
low him to be-"
The qualifying clause wos not
thrown away upon the senator.
"What has the daughter got against
you. SOM" no asked mildly.
Nothing very serious" laughed Pa
tricia's lover. But | think she Is
jealous of any one who tries to share
her father with her. Next to her ca
reer'-
"Thats Boston, Isn't IT." interrupted
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''sn' s"o II n"sh coiie III your
wa. " ,'I .ou'se'i up " one Vi those
ea o., H'"n' NY wy
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noviJ p,annt Istonoa ,U,,, -. ,.u
ownr loot In h,s aros ,hot tha san ha,
mora Tho, onoo n,or,,od ~, ,,,a or,a",
est OF tho changes chargnobIe 70 ,hs
arinr wears
mrb,n, n hon, ~ hor do Won so,w
bo cold when tho om,,,,nn so1S,o on,
mails lind covorcd onotbor h,Ir mi,s NJ
the bomow,rd iournev
$50 mucb TINT Il won't roor n s,oi,
ing mo whom she Onol,v modo ma ro,i-
iyo that co,,dn,t bo,a ,,,, w.,
against the career" no made nm.
swer Then he added. I want work
father. That is what I nm out here
for. tho hardest kind n, wor,, and
plentv of Il. somethip. thu, 7 oo, ,,n,
my heart into. Can Won 0nd r. For
mef"