Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-10

black head. and / jest busted dayligh
through 'iml"
And at the memory of&this serio
comic ending Of his adventure the oil
fellow leaned back in his chair ant
liberated one of those bellowinl
laughs that set the echoes beating Oh
the bluffs across the river.
Unlike most of the primitive child
en- Of these hills this one has had hi.
visions, his dream Of possible accom-
plishment out in a world that liel
gentle beyond this broken horizon.
He was telling of a survey of pto.
posed railroad that was to have passed
through bis place. and how be could,
/ at one time, have sold ont for sever
al thousand dollars.
/ "And I've always wished I'd done
it, he exclaimed regretfully, "Cause
1 could we took that money out into
the fiat country of Missoury or SOM
''ers out there and got me a little stock
| farm and lived mighty nice; but /
lost the chance and guess I'll spend
the balance of my days right here in
the cove" E
/ will let, him read here what /
might have told him then inathe way
of consolation if had cared to inter.
rupt his talk; that he would not have
stayed two years in any fiat coun-
try, ''be the prospect ever so fiattering.
Out of the fullness of experience |
know how the heart of the prodigal in
fiat country fainteth for the shadow
of the great rocks. and how his ears
are ever hardening to the murmur of
trembling waters until the force of the
insistent call becomes irresistible and
he ''fieeth to the hills
II this great big child Of whom we
are speaking was compelled to stay
where be could not. each day, see the
inverted image of the world in the
CLASSY pools along his little river, or
claim his illusion diamonds in the
flying spray where it cascades amongst
the rocks, be would simply die Of q
broken heart
Well, my three days stay drew on
to an end, and loud and insistent
call from that wretch named Duty pre-
vented an extension of the limit and
compelled me to break away from
those interesting surroundings.
The parting Injunction of my jovial
old friend was characteristic.
''Come back. {, he said, ssabout the
the first Of June and wen have lot
of fun with the squirrels. know
where every mulberry tree is in this
whole country and when the mulber-
ries are ripe all you got to do is to go
to the tree right early of mornin
and set down and wait They'll
come. and keep on comm paiX.
no 'tention to ouIASotin'
get lot Of m III 4 $$S 8
your legs off. N %.SA
fat squirrels isl -
that time r #
told him tl K E X
right off dis & Il
whenever,
first Of Jd
had feeliN
waved farew
that shone lik
through the i
speeding train.
have had a
ger 8 home
of the 10th II,
floor and died
This was a
Who had left
health "a few
wish whom /,
socuate the
Thus breaj
naming linI
as to a past vfS
sportsman Of tod
feel sure ths
and other promin
and about Chattand
ed and fisbed wit1 "
join me in saying that u
Austin Coppinger is
not alone personal to d
the teinity ait large
day we can i'll afford to
uine sportsman, the rsa
And that's what be waes k
human with probably all tfis
thus included, faults that hsl
last to minimize; in fact. oaie
funniest things he mold me was -
umeration Of list of these tai
But it will profit us nothing to go
sider them here Let us rather re-
member his virtues, chief among
which was his never failing good hu-
NOR that be lived a long life under
hard conditions and met each day
with a smile; that his optimism was
such that all with whom he came in
contact felt it's Frightening influence.
These are the things that are worth