Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-04
IUNSaFISH TO THE END
why coNsipERATE MAN SOUGHT
FEW MORE DAYS OF LIFE.
Thought Of Hard Work for the
Horsee-Rccord Of One Good Cltl-
zen a. Related by Caleb Peas
lee to PessImist.

Nov and then" remarked Caleb
Peaslee. thoughtfully, you run across
a genuine consid'rate man. one that
Just naturally thinks of kindly things
"Huh!" grunted Mr.. Hyne- II guess
they amt very plenty"
NO." agreed Caleb readily, they
amt, much as they're needed. But
this town of Dilmouth used to have
,one--he died. I guess, before you
moved over here. I've been thinkin'
tof him more'n once today. Mebbe It's
because this Is the sort of day he used
TO like-kind of warm and pleasant.
like q good deed done kindly. Wilbur
Aiken was his name. You don't re-
member him, do your"
"rve heard of him." Mr.. Hyne ad-
united. guardedly. wasn't he kind of
Ieasy-goin', and didn't folks use to i'm
pose on him?"
Some did," acknowledged Mr.
Peaslee. There's folks that'll impose
,on their own mothers. But sometimes
he helped 'em do the imposin'. Take
the time when that Frenchman's fam
fly had scarlet fever. and he couldn't
work out, count of the board OF
health. They didn't have a nam
able thing to eat in the house,
and he went to skirmishin' round
nights to see what he could find layin'
round loose. He came to Wilbur
Aiken's house, and got the outside
cellar door open, but 1t squeaked SO
loud it scared him away-'fraid he'd
wake up the folks in the house, you
know What would you have done If
you'd known 1t, same as Wilbur knew
ft?''
Took a shotgun to him." grunted
Mr.. Hyne, promptly.
Wilbur didn't" said Mr.. Peaslee.
placidly. "He took some goose lie, and
creased the hinges 30 they didn't
squeak a mite, and then he set out a
ham, and some potatoes, and a sack
of -four, and round of pork, right
handy on bench near the door. and
In the mornin' they were gone"
"Of COURSE" commented Mr.. Hyne
,pessimistically. More fool he for
dom it."
"Oh, WE'LL" observed Caleb, cheer
fully. "he didn't RELY lose 'em out
right, for the next haydn the French
man came and worked for him, and
wouldn't take any pay for two days he
worked, 80 I guess Wilbur didn't lose
by it, and he saved hurtin' the mans
feelin's. That was his way.
"And the result was" went on Caleb
warmly, that there wasn't man IN
town that didn't Hike him. nor one sin
gle child that didn't think the world
and all Of Wilbur Aiken. Even the
brute beasts seemed to take to him
more'n they did to most Of us. know
his COWS did better, gave more milh
than any others in town. and his
horses were always as tat and al
slick as offers. The last word thai
he ever spoke to me was about kind
ness to horses
You know what the hill road is
goin' to the buryin' ground, in the
spring of the year-mud clear to thu
hubs, and no more footin' for horse
than Their would be on quakin' bog
Well, q few days before Wilbur passet
away went up there to see him. HI
was layin' in the bed In the SPAR
room, and he looked 80 WORKOUT ant
thin that when l went in couldn'
speak word. He reached out ant
took my hand and held 1t while n
talked to me-just whisper was al
he could manage.
Don't look so sorry. Caleb, HI
whispered. You've no need to fee
any worse about 1t than I do, and
don't feel bad at ALL and then he haf
to stop for breath.
IT Just want to hang on till the
middle Of May he says, after he go,
his breath again-'till 1t gets settlee
travelin' and the mud dries up some
hate to think Of the horses havin' te
haul me up that hill in mud-time. =
Youths, Companion.