Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-05

A Sudden Envy Of This Young Fellow
camo over Daylight.
The young man laughed and shook
his head. t
mo; I'm telegraph operator. But
the wife and I decided to take a two
years vacation, and :. ). here we
are. But the times about up. I'm
going back into the Office this fall
after get the grapes off, 49,
AS Daylight listened, there came to
him a sudden envy Of this young fel-
low living right in the midst OF all
this which Daylight had travelled
through the last few hours, ,59;as~
What In thunder are you going
back to the telegraph office for?" he
demanded. "a. =. t3s 5855
The Young man smiled with GER
tain wistfulness.
Because we can't get ahead here.
:" Che hesitated an instantly,
"and because there are added ex-
penses coming. The rent, small as 1t
10. counts; and besides, I'm not strong
enough to effectually farm the place.
II owned it, or II were real
husky like you, I'd ask nothing better.
Nor would the wife" Again the visit
full smile lowered on his face. 'You
zee, we're country born, and after
bucking with cities fQr few years,
we kind OF feel we like the country
best. We've planned to get ahead.
though, and then some day we'll buy
q patch Of land and stay with It"
Daylight could not persuade him
self to keep to the Travelled roads
that day, and another cut across coun-
try to Glen Ellen brought him upon
canyon that so blocked his way that
he was glad to follow a friendly COW
path. This led him to . small frame
cabin. The doors and windows were
open, and a cat was nursing litter
of kittens Ii the doorway, but no one
seemed at home. He descended the
trail that sYiasptly crQssad the car,
yon. Part way down, he smet an old
man coming up through the sunset.
In his hand he carried q pail OF foamy
milk. He wore no hat, and in his.
face, framed with snow-white hair and
beard, was the ruddy glow and con-
tent; Of the passing summer day.
Daylight thought that he had never
seen SO contented looking q being.
How old are you, daddy ?" he quer-
led.
sEighty-four,. was the reply. eyes,
Stree, eighty-four, and spryer than
most.
You must a. taken good care Of
yourself, !" Daylight suggested.
Ik don't know about that. j amt
loafed none. waIked across the
plains with an OF team and at Injuns
In I'll. and u was d family man with
seven youngsters. Ifreckon was as
old then as you are nov, or pretty
nigh on to 1t. !. ,55.
Don't you find 1t lonely here?'' z
The old man shifted the pail Of milk
and reflected. a n
That all depends,s he said oracul-
arly. ~ ainst never been lonely ex-
cept when the old wife died. Some
lfeliers are lonely IN u crowd. and I'ra
one OF them That's the only time
Inn lonely, ii when I go to Frisco.
But ! don't go no more, thank you
most to death. This Is good enough
/ for me- I've been right here In this
4 valley since ia one of the first set
Hers after the spaniards, 8
The old man chuckled. and Day
! light rode on. sing uiariy at peace with
himself and all the world. ii seemed
that the old contentment Of trail and
camp he had known Oh the Yukon
had come back to him. He could not
shake from It'll eyes the picture 81
Il the old pioneer coming up the trail
through the SUNSET light He was Ger.
8tafnly going some for eighty-four. The
thought Of following His example en-,
tered Daylight's mind but the Big
game of San Franciseo vetoed tie
Idea