The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-17

mem tnat wnen water igfhads hot Ty'
nrs there resides In Il . wonderful
thing called steam. which II stronger
than ten thousand men and which can
do IN mans work for him. There are
other very useful things. In the light
ming nash there resides similarly
strong servant OF man. which was Of
old his slave and which some day VIII
b his slave again.
souite different thing d the alpha
bet Il y what enables me TO know
the meaning Of nne markings. whereas
you boys know only rude picture writ.
ing. ] have stored many books in
that dry cave on Telegraph hill, where
you see me often 60 when the tribe Il
down by the sea. In them 10 great
wisdom. Also with Them have
placed key to the alphabet, 30 that
one who knows picture writing may
also know print. Some day men will
read again: and then. II no accident
has befallen my cave, they will know
that Professor Smith once lived and
saved for them the knowledge Of the
ancients.
There is another little device that
man inevitably will rediscover. It II
called gunpowder. 1t was what en-
abled us to kill surely and at long dis
tances. Certain things which are
found in the ground. when combined
in the right proportions. will make
this gunpowder. What these things
are, 1 have forgotten. or else never
knew. But wish l did know. Then
would make powder, and then would
I certainly kill Cross-Eyes and rid the
land of superstition"
after am man grown I am going
to give Cross-Eyes all the goats and
meat, and skins I can get, so that he'll
teach me to be doctor" Hoo-Hoo as
serted. "And when / know, Ill make
everybody else sit up and take aotice.
They'll get down in the dirt to me.
you bet"
The old man nodded his head sol
EMMY, and murmured: -.
Strange II is to hear the vestige
and remnants of the complicated Ar.
yam speech fall from the lips Of q
filthy little skin-clad savage. All the
world is topsy-turvy. And 1t has been
.topsy-turvy ever since the plague"
you won't make me sit Up, Hare
Lip boasted to the would-be medicine
man. IT paid you for q sending Of
xh. Hoo<h sxt~br ana a. AS<v,,t xunrk "a
bust IN your Northumberland. you
Hoo-Hoo, your"
I'm going to get Granser to remem-
Der this here gunpowder stun. Edwin
said softly, and then III have you all
on the run. You, Hare-Lip, will do
my fighting for me, and you. Hoo
Hoo. VIII send the death stick for me
and make everybody afraid. Andnif
I catch Hare-Lip trying to bust your
head. Hoo-Hoo. I'll fix him with that
same gunpowder. Granser amt such
q fool as You think. and I'm going to
listen to him and some day I'll be- boss
over the whole bunch Of you"
The old man shook his head sadly.
and said: az
The gunpowder will come. Moth.
ing can stop it-the same old story
over and over. Man will increase and
men will fight The gunpowder Twill
enable men to kill millions OF men
and In this way only, by fire land
blood, will q new civilization, in some
remote day. be evolved. And OF
what profit will It be-? Just as the
old civilization passed, so will the
new. II may take fifty thou.
sand years to build. but II will pass
All things pass. Only remain cosmic
force and matter, ever In flux. ever act
Ing and reacting and realizing the
eternal types-the priest. the soldier
and the king. Out Of the mouths OF
babes comes the wisdom Of all the
ages, Some will fight, some will rule
some will pray; and all the rest will
toll and suffer sore while on their
bleeding carcasses is reared again, and
yet again, without end, the amazing
|, beauty and surprising wonder OF the
civilized state. It were just 40 well
that destroyed those cave-stoch
books-whether they remain or per
ish, all their old truths, will be dis
covered, their old lies lived and hand
ed down. What is the profit"
Hare-Iip leaped to his feet, giving
a quick glance at the pasturing goats
and the afternoon sun.
"qee!" he muttered to Edwin. THE
old geezer gets more long windet
every day. Let's pull for camp"
While the other two, aided by tho
dogs. assembled the goats and started
them for the trail through the forest
Edwin stayed by the old man and
guided him in the same direction
When they reached the old right-of
way, Edwin stopped suddenly and
looked back. Hare-Lip and Hoo-Hot
and the dogs and the goats passed on
Edwin was looking at small hert
Of wild horses which had come dowr
on the hard sand. There were at leas
twenty Of them, young colts and year
lings and mares. led by beautiful
stallion which stood In the foam a
the edge Of the surf. with arched necl
and bright wild eyes. smiling the
salt air from the sea
1 What IL IT." Granser Queried.
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