Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31

WAS not Tedily SuiieuueSs al hii, uut
self-repression.
Il reckon feller's biggest right Is
to stand by his kinfolks Unc' Spicers
gittin old. He's done been good ter
me. He needs me here
Il appreciate that. He will be older
later. You can go now, and come back
to him when he needs you more. II
what / urged meant disloyalty to your
people, could Gu. out my tongue be-
fore | argued for 1t. You must be-
lieve me in that. l want you to be In
the fullest sense your peoples leader
! want you to be not only their Sam
son-but their Noses"
The boy looked up and nodded.
Il reckon We aims ter be friendly,
all right" was his conservative re-
sponse
The painter went on earnestly:
Il realize that am urging things Of
which your people disapprove. but 1t Ia
only because they misunderstood that
they do disapprove. They are too close.
Samson, to see the purple that noun
tains have when they are far away. 1
want you to go where you can see
the purple. If you are the sort of man
/ think, you won't be beguiled. You
won't lose your loyalty. You won't be
ashamed of your people"
Il reckon / wouldn't be ashamed"
said the youth. Il reckon there hain't
no better folks nowhar."
I'm sure of it. There are going to
be sweeping changes in these noun
tains. Conditions here have stood as
immutably changeless as the hills
themselves for hundred years. That
day is at its twilight. l tell you.
know what I'm talking about. The
state of Kentucky is looking this way.
The state must develop, and it is here
alone that it can develop. Hare are
virgin forests and almost inexhaust-
ible coal veins. Capital is turning
from an orange squeezed dry, and cast
ing about for fresher food. Capital has
seen your hills. Capital is Inevitable,
relentless, omnipotent. Where it comes.
1t makes its laws. Conditions that
have existed undisturbed will vanish.
The law of the feud, which militia and
courts have not been able to abate,
will vanish before capitals breath like
the mists when the sun strikes them.
Unless you learn to ride the waves
which will presently sweep over your
country, you and your people will go
under. You may not realize it, but
that is true. 1t is written"
The boy had listened intently, but at
the end he smiled, and in his express
sion was something of the soldier who
scents battle, not without welcome.
81 reckon If these here fellers air
a-comin' up here ter run things, an
drowned out my folks, hits a right
good reason fer me ter stay here-an'
holp my folks"
by staying here. you can't help
them. 1t won't be work for guns, but
for brains. BY going away and com
ing back armed with knowledge, you
can save them. You will know how tc
play the game"
81 reckon they won't git our land
ner our timber, ner our coal, without
we wants ter sell hit. reckon eff they
tries tibet, guns will come in handy
| Things has stood here like they is now
fer hundred years. reckon we kir
keep 'em hathaway fer spell longer.
| But il was evident that Samson was
| arguing against his own belief; that he
was trying to bolster up his resolu
ton and impeached loyalty, and that
at heart he was sick to be up and go
| ing to world which did not despise
dedication" After a little, he waved
his hand vaguely toward down be
low"
"Ef went down thar" he questioned
suddenly and irrelevantly, would
hev' ter cut my ha'r?"
"My dear boy" laughed Lescott,
can introduce you in New York studios
to many distinguished gentlemen VIII
would feel that their heads had beef
shorn IL they let their locks get a
short as yours. In New York, yoI
might stroll along Broadway CARRIED Il
turban and burnouse without grea,
| ly 6ACltluS any DOhy. tAihh my wv
hair is as long as yours"
Because" doggedly declared tn
mountaineer, II wouldn't allow nobod
ter make me cut my ha'r."
4 "Why?" questioned Lescott, amuse
at the stubborn infection.
Il don't hardly know why" H
paused, then admitted with glare a
though defying criticism: Sally like
hit that-away--an' won't let nobod
dictate ter me, that's all"
The leaven was working, and on
night Samson announced to his unc!
from the doorstep that he was "stud.
, in erbout goin' away fer a spell, al
SEEM the world"
The old man laid down his pipe. Fl
| cast a reproachful glance at tn
painter, which said clearly. thong
without words:
Il have opened my home to you an
t offered you what had. yet in my oil
3 age you take away my mainstay."
81 lowed you was a-studyin' erbot
/, thet, Samson" he said, at last. nv
, done Their best fer we / knowed.
) kinder lowed tibet from now on ye'd d
the same fer me. I'm gittin' along
] years right smart.
uncle Spicer," interrupted the DO
Il reckon We knows tibet any time
needed me I'D come back"
The old mans face hardened.
, EFF We goes" he said, almost shar
ly, Il won't never send fer We. Ar
time ye ever wants ter come back, J
knows Their way. Thar'll be room a
victuals fer We hyar."
5 Il reckon ! mout be heap moi
5 useful eff knowed more"
n 1--we heerd fellers say that afor