Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-19

been o schoolteacher here. see ycur
smile--ye're wonderin' what could
teach. Maybe, after all, it's a right
good idea to teach A B C's before We
starts in with algebra an rhetoric. We
wouldn't have me as a friend. an ]
reckon that won't break my heart"
Then" said the girl, looking up
and meeting his eyes with flash OF
challenge. Il shall eudeavor to get
along without your favor. We could
hardly have met on common ground
at best shall teach the ten com
mandments. including Thou shalt not
XIII | shall teach that tn lie hidden
behind bush and shoot Gn unsuspec CT
Ing enemy is cowardly and desptcable
| would not be willing to tell them
that they must live and die yassals to
feGdal tyranny"
mo" he agreed. we couldn't hard
" outrage your holy conscience by
tryin' to teach EN- things in way
they could understand. could ye? IL
Jeb had come to We, like he came to
me, askin' the name Of the man Re
sought to Kill, We would have said ter
him. 1t was so-andso, but yc mustn't
harm him, because somebody writ in
book two thousand years ago that
KILN is a sin An the hell of II is
ye'd low such talk would satisfy him.
I'VE couldn't do no such wicked
thing as to stop an reflect that he's a
mountain boy. an that for two hun.
dred years the blood in his veins hes
been a comm down to him full OF
rrudge.nursin' an hate. We couldn't
make allowances for the fact that he
wasn't Matched IN barnyard to peck
at CoruCobs an berries. but in an
eagles nest--that he's a bird of prey.
We couldn't consider the fact that the
dllin' instinct runs in the current of
his blood an was drunk in at his moth.
,r's breast. We'd just teach barnyard
lessons to young eagles. an that's why
We might as well go home"
I'm grateful tor this teacher.
course" said JuaniCa hOuy. and I'm
not going home"
ALse HUNey went Oh
Bat know that boy. kGo" that
II Ia talked thataway he'd Just about
have gone out In the la'rel an got
somebody. Hit might not a been the
right Teller. and he might have found
that out later. ! reckon We never had
a father murdered, did ye?"
Hardly" answered the girl with -
scOrnful toss OF her head You see.
wasn't reared among gun-fghters.
We'll ! have" responded the man
II was IN the legislature down at
Frankfort VIXEN it Happened, a-hrlpin'
TO make the laws that govern this
state. | was Ter them laws III theory
= but when that word came ! paired on
With Republican. SOS not 10 lose my
vote on the floor, an come back here
" these hills an got that Teller. |
reckon | ought to be ashamed to tell
ye that. but I'm So plumb Ign'rant that
! can't feel il. knew how Jeb felt
an SO held him OF with promise to
Wit. OF course y couldn't accept the
help OF man like that
Il- turned and Withdrew his hands
fron his pockets.
I'm through he added. an I'm
obeeged TO ye fer harhenin' &c me.
There is something in your point
Of view. NJ. Hay,y." she acknowl-
edged. Put it is all based on twisted
and distorted principle
II don't think myself saint. /
/ guess I'm pretty weak. My first ap-
pr,l to you was pure weakness. But
! stand Tor ideas that the world has
acknowledged TO be ris Lit, and tor that
reason | ar going 10 win. That Is
why. although I'm q gill, with ECne OF
your physical power. and 70 gun
fighters at nay back, yOu are secretly
AFRAID Of me-. That is Why you are
making unfair var on me stand Tor
the implacable force VI civilization
that must sooner or later sweep you
away and utterly destroy your domi'
nance"
/ For the first time Bad Anse Haveys
face lost its impassiveness. His eyes
/ clouded and became puzzled. surprised
Il reckon don't hardly follow ye."
he said III We wants II to be enemies
all right, but / amt never made no
war on We. | don't make war ON wom'
I enfolks, an besides | wouldn't make
a needless war nohow. All I've got to
do is 10 give ye enough rope an watch
] ye hang yourself"
IT ycu think that" she demanded,
with 4 quick upleaping Of anger in her
pupils. why did you feel il necessary
to prevent my buying land? Why do
you cCerce your vassals, under fear OF
death, to decline my offers? Why,
| il my school means no menace, do you
refuse il standing rCou To start its
hght?"
The mars pose stsfeIed.
who told ye I'D hindvred anybody
from scllin' ye land?"
Wherever | inquire II is the same
thing. They must ask permission 81
Bad ALse Hayey before they can dc
as they wish with their own"
by heaven, that's another lie" he