New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10

orccrev with a suggestion that the
,,nIossed snow in the neighbornooo
I'D be eaten. and this sugges1on
So',nd such ready enthusiasm that IN
fo,., rninutes all the members OF the
no,tv were at il. A gentleman VINO rs
snonds readily to the name oil Nutty
Wr,,ogcr became thirsty few minutes
iator and recalled that on THURSDAY
n;ght Mr.. Crater had said there was "a q
snring on the place. So at o'cV
o'clock. Mr.. Kruger went away III
soarcb of the spring. Being unfamiliar
18th spring searching, Mr.. KRUGER as
So denarted, burdened himself with an
axe. ,,v r had
canned over what Mr.. Crater had sald
ON Thursday night. and ne tried 10 re,
member whether Mr.. Crater had sara
there were ducks and chickens on the
nroperty or whether he had said IL was
his intention 10 put some there. inc
state Of Mr.. Jones's appetite at length
reached the point that his brain was
notified that there was duck farm OF
n chicken farm. or a duck and chicken
farm. on the place, so he went away
with one Of those fearful looking
things they called a grubber.
Now and then Mr.. Walsh would rise
TO q sitting posture and gaze at one OF
those new shovels. Often his glances
carried a hatred which would indicate
that Mt some time in his career he had
been wronged by such a device. But
tho shovel did not get all of his atten-
ton. His ewes showed that he wouidn [
90 far TO beat up a robber who wanted
70 steal the axes and grubbers. too.
He is slightly eccentric in his views OF
life.
Spring LsnKuor Prevalent.
On all the Others. Mr.. Greenwood
excepted. the balmy air had worked
its mysterious influence. II was easy
20 see that the gentlemen wanted 70 be
ND and doing, but the sun and the per
fume Of atmosphere filled them with a
languor that could not be denied.
Once shorty" Spencer thrust shovel
into the earth with the thrilling feryor
of a man who expects to find gold.
Failing, on that first stab, 10 unearth
ANYTHING inspiring, Mr. Spencer left
the shovel as it was and retired TO a
recumbent study of Natures glory IN
the springtime.
The return OF Mr.. "Whisker" Jones
about II O'Clock did not excite an out
burst Of joy, for Mr.. Jones regretted
TO report that he had misunderstood
Mr.. Crater, and that there was no
chicken or duck farm on the Crater
tract, and no sign that one was beng
laid out.
Just after he had made himself COM
Portable Mr. Kruger returned 10 an
nounce that he had not been able to
dig up the Crater spring. Something
in Mr.. Krueger's bearing induced Nh.
Jones TO remark:
"'Nutty.' are you still hungry
Mr.. Jones and the other gentlemen
looked searchingly at Mr. Kruger,
those face registered extreme sur
prise.
you bet [ am; why" he asked.
"Oh. nothing said Mr.. Jones, and
ne and the others appeared satisfied by
the reply.
Mr.. Kruger threw himself on his
back with the grace Of mar accus-
toned by long practice to that eXer-
else. Looking up at the sky, he began
to murmur. Over and over he was
saying TO himself:
We're going TO raise chickens, ducks
and garden truck thousands OF them.
We're going TO sleep out here and stay
here as long as we want to. We're
going TO chop down trees and sell the
wood. We're going TO build fine log
cabins and place for dancing. Nh.
Crater's going to give us two automo-
biles."
In a few minutes the fatigued toiitr
was asleep.