The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11

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wandering. who Id merely cnSas
kauae axzln- There was less g the
unexpected IN their dealings WITH ~
tire While thsars was al The eeaiess
O. r~rssrixe~rce. What snisas appear
so~dss and scr.li9 70 sha fastid'ousr
reared. vas 90 them erinertly whole
some and natural. The commerce q
nature vas 10 them 10 unknown and
ursrted trade They made fever mis-
takes They already knew. and II Vas
a Soy 10 remember what they bad Tor
gotten
And another thing they learned Vas
that IL was easier for one vho has
gorged At The nesk-poss TO CONTEXT
himself wt,h The meagreness Ct 3
crust. than for one wao has known
only the crust. Not that thetr lie
vas meagre. IL was that they fceEF
keener delights and deeper ssst*fz
lions In little things Das'iTh'
had PLAYED the game T."
ana most fantastic aspects. rounc
that here. on the slopes Of soromA
Mountain, Ii was still the same old
game Man had still work TO perform.
forces 10 combat. obstacles TO over
come. When he experimental In q
small way AZ raising q few pigeons
for market. he found no less Eest in
calculating IN squads than formerly
when he had calculated In millions.
Achievement was no less achieve
ment. while the process OF IL seemed
more rational and received the sane
ton of his reason.
The domestic cat that had gone
wild and that preyed on his pigeons.
he found. by the comparative stand
ard, TO be OF no less paramount men,
ace than a Charles Klinkner In the
field Of finance. trying TO raid him for
several millions. The hawks and
weasels and 'coons were so many
Dowsetts, Lotions, and Guggenham-
mers that struck at him secretly. The
sea of wild vegetation that tossed its
surf against the boundaries of all his
clearings and that sometimes crept in
and flooded in a single week was no
mean enemy to contend with and sub
due. His fat-soiled vegetablegarden
In the nook of hills that failed of its
best was & problem of engrossing Inn
portance. and when he had solved Ii by
putting in draintile, the JOY OF the
achievement was ever with him. He
never worked in 1t and found the soil
unpacked and tractable without ex-
periencing the thrill of accomplish
ment
There was the matter of the plumb
Ing. He was enabled to purchase the
materials through a lucky sale OF q
number of his hair brides. The work
he did himself, though more than once
he was forced to call In Dede to hold
tight with a pipe-wrench. And in tho
end, when the bath-tub and the sta
tionary tubs were installed and In
working order. he could scarcely tear
himself away from the contemplation
of what his hands had wrought. The
first evening, missing him. Dede
sought and found him, lamp in hand.
staring with silent glee at the tubs.
He rubbed his hand over their smooth
wooden lips and laughed aloud, and
was as shame-faced as any boy when
she caught him thus secretly exulting
i'll his own prowess.
It was this adventure In woodwork.
Ing and plumbing that brought about
the building of the little workshop,
where he slowly gathered a collection
Of loved tools. And he, who In the
old days. out of his millions, could |
purchase Immediately whatever he
might desire, learned the new Joy of
the possession that follows upon rigid |
economy and desire long delayed. He
waited three months before daring the |
extravaganza of a Yankee screw-driv- |
er. and his glee in the marvellous lit |
tie mechanism was so keen that Dede !
conceived fortnight a great idea. For
six months she saved her egg-money,
which was hers by right of allotment,
and on his birthday presented him
with turnfng-lathe of wonderful SIM
plicity and multifarious effciencies.
And their mutual delight in the lathe.
which was his. was only eeualled By
their delight In Mab's first foal. which
was Dede's special private property.
Daylight had made no assertion of
total abstinence, though he had not
taken drink for months after the