Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

I certainly kiil crossEyes and rid the
land OF supsrstition-s u.
AFTER l am man sasSwhsI am soing
TO give Cross Eyes IN the goats and
meat. and skins can Get, 80 that he'll
teach me to be doctor" Hoo-Hoo as
serted. And when 4 know. III make
everybody else sit up and take .lotice.
They'll get down in the dirt to me-
you bet"
The old man nodded his head sol.
EMMY, and murmured:
Strange It 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 boosted to the would-be medicine
man. III I paid you for sending Of
the death stick, and it didn't work, Id
bust in your Northumberland, you
Hoc-Hoo, you?"
I'm going to get Granser to remem-
Der this here gunpowder stuff, Edwin
said softly, and then I'll have you all
on the run. You. Hare-Lip, will do
my fighting for me, and you, Hoo.
Hoo, will send the death stick for me
and make everybody afraid. And II
catch Hare-Lip trying to bust your
head, Hoo-Hoo, I'll Ak him with that
same gunpowder. Granser amt such
q fool as you think. and I'm going to
listen to him end some day I'll be boss
over the whole bunch of you"
The old man shook his head sadly,
and said:
"The gunpowder, will come. Moth
ing can stop 1.-THE same old story
over and over. Man will increase, and
men will fight The gunpowder will
enable men to kill millions of men,
and in this way only, by fire and
blood, will new civilization, in some
remote day, be evolved. And of
what profit will 1t be? Just as the
old civilization passed, so will the
new. It may take fifty thou,
sand years to build, but it will pass
All things pass. Only remain cosmic
force and matter. ever in fux, 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 tight, 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. 1t were just as we'll
that l destroyed those cave-stock
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-Lip leaped to his feet, giving
4 quick glance at the pasturing goats
and the afternoon sun.
"Gee!" he muttered to Edwin. THE
old geezer gets more long winded
every day Let's pull for camp"
While the other two, aided by the
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-Hoo
and the dogs and the goats passed on.
Edwin was looking at small herd
of wild horses which had come down
on the hard sand. There were at least
twenty Of them, young colts and year.
lings and mares. led by a beautiful
stallion which stood in the foam at
the edge of the surf, with arched neck
and bright wild eyes, smiling the
salt air from the sea.
What is it?" Granser queried.
Horses" was the answer. First
time ever seen EN- on the beach.
It's the mountain lions getting thicker
and thicker and driving 'em down.
The low sun shot red shafts Of light,
fan.shaped. up from .cloud.tumbled
horizon. And close at hand, in the
white waste of shore-lashed waters,
the Sea lions, believing their old
primeval chant, hauled up out Of the
sea on the black rocks and fought
and loved.
Come on, Granser," Edwin prompt
ed.
And old man and boy. skin-clad and
barbaric, turned and went along the
right-of-way into the forest in the
wake Of the goats.