The farmer and mechanic., 1912-03-05

football. and West IN contrahand
"hlskev. and gentleman. the same
as you and me. He was easy and
roInplng In his ways: q man about six
loot with q kind OF rubber tire move
ment- Yes. he was a little man about
IVe IoOt five. or five foot eleven He
was what YOU would call q medium
tdii man OF average Snallness. Henry
iia0 Gult college once, and the MuscO-
gee Jail three times-the last-named
institution on account Of introducing
and selling whiskey in the territories.
Henry HOcsecol!ar never let any
cigar stores come up and stand be-
mind him. He didn't belong to that
tribe Of Indians. Henry and me met
at Texarkana, and figured out this
monograph scheme. He had $3.50
which came to him out of q land
allotment in the reservation. l had
run down from Little ROCK or a:-
count Of diStressful scene ] had wit
messed on the street there. a man
stood on q box and passed around
some gold watches. screw case, stem
wlnderS. Elgin movement, very ela-
giant Twenty bucks they cost yo,.
| over the counter. At three dollars
! the crowd fought for the tickers.
! The man happened TO find a valise
! full OF them handy, and he passed
| them out like putting hot biscuits on
! a plate. The backs were hard to un-
screw, but the crowd put its ear t.
| the case. and they ticked modifying
! and agreeable. Three Of these watche eS
| were genuine tickerS: the rest were
only kickers- Hey? Why, empty
Cases with one Of them horny black
bugs that fly around electric lights
! lii en-. Them bugs kick Off minutes
and seconds Industrious and beautiful.
So. this man l was speaking Of clean
ed up S2SS; and then he went away.
because he knew that when it came
time to wind watches in Little Rock
an entomologist would be needed. and
he wasn't one SO. as | say, Henry
had $3.50. and I had s2Sa. The idea
OF Introducing the Dhonograph to
South America was Henry's; but
took TO It freely. being fond Of ma
chinery Of all kinds, The Latin
races says Henry. explaining easy IN
the idioms he learned at college, 'are
peculiarly adapted to be victims Of the
photograph. They have the artistic
temperament. They yearn for music
and color and gaiet-. They give
wampum to the hand-organ man anC
the four-leg~e chicken in the ten
when they're months behind with the
grocery ana the bread-fruit tree.
Then says I, 'wen export canned
music TO the I.atins: but I'm mind
full Of Mr.. julius CHsar's account O.
'em where he says: Omnia Ga1lia IL
tres parties divisa est; which is tn
same as to say We will need all O
: our gall in tlevising means to tre'
, them parties [ hated to make
show of education. but l was Gisin
cl!ned to be cver,ione in SvntaX hy
: mere Indian. q member OF 2 race t
( which we owe nothing except the lane
on which the United States is sit
l uated.'
: With another quotation. 70 SHOW hON
: we'll the author could write In & NOR
T. | serious vein. we must take leave Q
t this delightful volume:
4 "The mountains reached up thel
J. bulky shoulders TO receive the leve
k callon Of ApOllO's homing steeds, tn
: day died in the lacoons and In til
: shadowed banana groves and in tn
- manErOVe s"anlDS. where the gres
G blue crabs were beginning TO crav
n to land for their nightly rarnble. An
n It died. at last, upon the highes
a peaks Then the brief twiligh
e ephemeral as the flight OF a motl
: came and went: the Southern Gro:
g peeped with its topmost eye above
: row Of palms. and the tirc-flies heralt
d ed with their torches the Approac
j. Of suft-fOoted night.
!, It is said that 80. Henry's" New Yor
h stories are his best. II that be tr1
l. we hope thai no time will be 10
" in bringing them out in an Englls
" edition. Meanwhile we are gratef
+ for this first instalment OF the wol
# Of q writer whose close contact vii
- the raw edges OF life never du!le
% his romantic gaze or eNtinguished Il
D. belief in humanity.
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