The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-08

through the shank OF the season lie
Keeps his soda water on ice. and the
carriages passing To and from eagles
Nest. the splendid hosiery on the top
or Junaluska Mountain. give him a
liberal patronage. He said he in
tended to start TO school in two weeks.
down IN Hazlewood, and that he Is in
the NTH grade. He stated very en-
phaucally that he Intended 10 go
through the eleventh grade.
L am goin' TO sit all the educa-
ton kin" he said.
what are YOU going TO be when
you grow up" l asked.
II am goin' TO foller somethin'
kin make money at" he replied.
Frank has the traders instinct
strongly Developed. Some day he will
be one of the big merchants Of Way
neSVille.
flgher up the mountain We came
10 the toll-sate, which is q by Il
mountain family named Curtis. Here
we laid in a supply of balsam pillows
ana alpenStOckS. The small two or
tnree room house was crowded with
children, and nj of them, Lucy Cur
us. sever years old, was the main
hand at collecting the toll. She was
a very pretty child, and she. too. Was
ambitious TO learn, and had been to
school down in Lakewood, at the
loot OF the mountain, two miles dis
tanI She had numerous brothers and
sisters, but she was the belle Of the
bunch.
A chance is all these mountain hill
dren need to make their lives success
full.
Governor Glenn used to tell a story
about a little girl, who lived with her
rather in an isolated mountain cove,
ana who graphically expressed the
loneliness and longing Of her life when
she said to him: Every day stand
and look up the road, but there amt
NOBODY a-comln and nobody a
Curtis could not make this plant, for
her daily task is to collect the tolls
from the folks a-comin' and a-gwine.
But the life is simple enough in this
crowded mountain cabin.
An anaemic looking mountaineer
who appeared to be the husband OF
one of Lucy's older sisters. said tina,
he had recently been eight miles &c
a distant mountain peak, and haG
come back with an armful of balsan
canes and a tow sack or so full O.
balSam needles-the latter to be useC
in making balsam pillows. He solo
his canes for Is cents apiece, ant
the balsam pillows with their 5carle
cases, sold for 25 cents each. Thu,
IC SlOoIlS q 1tlIO SoSH III Will
to buy a little coffee and sugar.
While l was at Waynesville l wa,
at the home of Mr.. D. M. Killian.
mighty fox hunter. His hOspitabl
home is full of summer bOarders, an,
his yard is full of fox hounds, leashe,
together in pairs to keep them from
ranging alone in the mountains. Their
is a gentleman from Indiana, MI
Howe, who was a guest in this home
and one CT the greatest delights O
my vacation was to watch NJ
HoWe's u~nWaverlng interest j
MI. killian's yoked dogs. Can tw
walk together except they be agreed?
Not much! There were about eigh
Or ten pairs Of these dogs. No douh
they made a musical pack on the trail
but when they were not, but were thu
strung together in couples, they wer
1 W~OebegOne objects. One always wish
ed to stand up, while the other wishe
to lie down. Another did not wish t
travel and was squatting on her hind
quarters, while her mate was pullin
: her along over the ground. / saw on
. hound who was evidently very DR..
. making for the creek, and pulling he
: partner into the water, although tn
= latter wasn't thirsty a bit; While al
S other couple thus ordained to han
: together consisted of a young houno
r not much out Of puphood, linked tC
gether with a very old dog. This pu
was evidently intended by Mr.. HI
liam to be the old dogs darling.
was frisky and playful and cheerfl
and full of pranks and evidently want
ed to be ev~erlastingly on the go; viii.
the old dog had long ago passed thu
n period, and was Surly and settled an
anxious to rest in peace. So viii
the young dog frisked, the old dc
s simply set himself in a rigid attitud
and growled. There was, however, n
escape for any Of the hounds. Thu
s stick about a yard long, oun TT
y meek Of each, held them together
infieXible and as ~ineEOrable as tt
r South Carolina divorce law.
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