The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-04-24
The Sowing of Anderson Cree
By MARGARET P. MONTAGUE
The Life Of a Willful Boy
Who Set Upon Himself the
Responsibility Of Avenging
His Fathers Murder : ::

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not sit down with the others. but
busted themselves waiting upon the
rest, and as David watched Mary's
slender figure. moving about the table
serving her small brothers.. in his
minds eyes all the brothers and sis
tiers and even Mr.. aud Mrs. I;cddiE
were suddenly swept away. and ut the
other alone. with no one else in all the
world to bother about.
An how was 1hcr drive this
spring. Robert lieddin asked. taking
a deep draft of coffee and settling to
minute inquiries of timber. river, ark
and hands. and with an inward sigh
David saw his dream table disappear
and resigned himself to the patient an
swering of innumerable questions.
1t was almost & o'clock before the
last yellow corn grains were laid snug
ly in their burrows and the cOverlet of
SO lightly uron them and, with the sun
and quickcning spring rains, to wills
per to the little seeds such strange.
unbelievable prophecies of green blade.
golden busted tassels and final glad
fulhllment of the ripe ear. And it was
not many days before Il green army Of
fairy banners lcapcd into the sunshine
Of Robert Rcddin's brown field.
But before that wave of grecncry ar
rived a good many things had happen
cd in the Jumping Creek Draft. and
the thing which happened first of all
was that Mrs. Rcddin's spotted heifer
pushed down the fence at the edge of
the woods and sought to run away into
the hollows Of Drupe mountain.
prompted thereto by the irresistible
spring hunger for budding juicy things.
Mary was the first to see her II
yer as she stood in the group of con.
gratulatory Reddins at the upper end
Of the finished field.
"There's Spotty tryin' ter break err
way ergin," she exclaimed. "Ef don't
git her turned back she'll not come in
fore mornin'." and so saying she sped
swiftly after the delinquent heifer.
I'll help yer.." David cried, and
without a moments hesitation raced
after her slender, flying figure. and the
farther away from the general assem-
bly, Of the Reddin family that Spotty
led her pursuers. David Cree felt in
his heart the better would he be
pleased.
Though a spring day in the Jumping
Greek may have been breathlessly hot
through the noon hours. there comes
always with the falling Of the evening
a grateful zoo wave of energy that
puts fresh inspiration into the air and
) makes one feel. even with a long
days work at the back, a mad desire
for more physical exertion.
: That freshness had touched the all
/ now, and Mary ran with pink cheeks
and the glad JOY of swift motion in he1
. eyes, and David, a half minute behint
her. put forth more than his usual ell
Z crgy before he finally overlook her.
Mary threw him a laughing, radian
glance over her shoulder. but she die
:. not check her speed until the steep rise
:, of the hill as it sprang from the val
Icy up into the Drupc mountain. fore
cd her to do SO. out Of breath. Here
l. she dropped to n walk, but 1t was no
:. :: slow n and, I'VE gotter hurry g
. she'll git clean erway." she pantc'
> b%rcathlcssly f." David. You jest wal
. here" David commanded. as the.
came to the broken down fence. "ie
!. all outer breath, an I'll git ther oil
raskil turned round in or second AM
so saying he plunged into the wavin;
~ underground. and in a few minutes
= accompanied by much shouting ant
trampling, Spotty broke out Of tn
woods and with many awkward an
" defiant gamhols. high flung hind leg
and stifiy quirked tail. went plungin
~ away down the hill toward the stabl
and the other cattle. who had "a,
tiously awaited the result OF her m;
newer before attempting it themsclve
and who now. on her i~gnOminiOuS n
turn. doubtless congratulated then
~ selves nightly upon their conserv;
- tive stay at home attitude.
David came back in triumph to TIL
"a fence where Mary waited. Frol
II where they stood the valley lay belo'
n them in the slant rays of afternoo
% sunlight, all golden brown with NJ
II turned earth. save where the sprin
$. wheat and pasture lands made spot
II. Of mellowed green.
m Cheek by jowl below them the Re-
s din and Cree farms lay looking ;
IS, each other across the county road. an
in the air was that heavenly inspir