The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-02-05

erteu IN bdVIn tne SISTERS Souls tn8n
the brothers. Aaron was a fine an
pearin' man. and so was Jake for that
matter, n they both had the gift o.
CAB. There's nOtbin' like a timber
tongue If you want to please the wO-
me folks. If report says true. Aaron
died of a fever out in Ohio some
where's. COrtland's the place. l b'lieve.
Seems S If he hid his tail all the way
from New Hampshire somehow, for as
a usual thing a man O book learnin'
like him would be remembered wher-
ever he went. Wouldn't you call Aaron
Boynton a turrible Earned man, Tfmo-
thyY"
Timothy Grant. the parish clerk, had
just entered the store on an errard;
but, being directly addressed and iudg-
ing that the subject under discussion
was a discreet m and that it was too
early in the evening for drinking to
begin. he Joined the group by the fire.
side. He had preached in Vermont for
several years as an itinerant Metho-
dist minister before settling down to
farming in Edgewood. only giving up
his profession because his culver was
SO full of little Grants that a wander
ing life was difficult and undesirable.
When Uncle Bart Cole had remarked
that Mis- Grant had a little of every
thing in the way Of baby stock now
black. red an yaIIer haired. dark and
light complicated, fat an lean, tall an
short. twins an singles-Jed Morrill,
had observed dryly. Yes. Mis- Grant
kind o reminds me of charity"
"How's that?" inquired Uncle Bart.
she beareth all things" churklrd
| Jed.
aaron Boyton was indeed Il man of
most adhesive larnin'," agreed Tim
othy. who had the reputation of the
largest and most unusual vocabulary
in EdgewoOd. Next to Jacob Coch-
rane | should say Aaron had more
grandelOquence as an orator than any
man we've ever had in these parts. 1t
don't seem s if Ivory was goin' tO take
after his father that way. The little
Teller, now. is smart s a whip an
could talk the tail off Il brass monkey"
Yes, but Rodman amt no kin tt the
BOyntons." Abel reminded him. He
inha.i> from the other side O the
house."
That's so. Well, Ivory does for GER
tain, an takes after his mother. right
enough. for she hain't spoken Il doz-
Ell words in as many years. | guess.
1vory's got Il sight O book knowledge.
though. an they do say he could talk
Greek an Latin both. if we had any of
'em in the community to converse with.
I've never paid no intention to the
dead languages. bein' so ockerpied with
other Studies"
why do they call 'em the dead lam
guages. Tim"' asked Rish Bixby.
Because all them that ever spoke
'em has persisted of the face o. the
land" Timothy answered %oracularly.
Dead an gone they be. lock. stock
and barrel: yet there was a time when
Latins an C~rustaceans an Hebrews
an PrOOshians an Australians an ST.
mesians was chatterin' away in their
W tongues, an so pow'ful that they
was wallopin' the whole earth. you
might say"
II bet yer they never tried to wallop
these here United States" interpolated
Bill Durham from the dark corner by
the molasses hOgshead.
lis Ivory In here?" The door opened
and Rodman Boynton appeared Oh the
| threshold.
mo, sonny, Ivory amt been in this
evenin'," replied Ezra Simms. II hope
there amt nOthin' the matter over to
your hOuse?"
mo, nothing particular" the boy an
swered. ''only Aunt Boynton don't
seem so well as common, and l can't
find Ivory anywhere"
Come along with me, Ill help you
look for him, u then I'll go as fur as
the lane with yer If we don't find him."
And kindly Rish Bixby took the boys
hand and left the store.
Mis- BoyntOn's had a spell. | guess!'
suggested the storekeeper. peering
through the door into the darkness.
"'Tain't like Ivory to be out nights
and leave her to Rod"
"She don't have no spells,'' said Abel
Day. "Uncle Bart sees considerable Of
Ivory. an he say his mother is as
quiet as a lamb. Couldn't you git no
kind Of a certificate of Aaron's death
out O that Enfield Teller. Peter? Seems
g if that poor woman oughter be stop
ped watchin' for a dead man; tucker
in herself all out an keepin' Ivory an
the boy all nerved up"
i've told Ivory everything l could
gather up in the way of information
and give him the names Of the folks
in Ohio that had writ back to New
Hampshire. 1 didn't dilate on Aaron's
COINS on in Efingham and Portsmouth.
cause l dassay twas nothin' but scan
dial. Them as hates the Cochranites II
never allow there's any good in 'em.
whereas I've met some as is servin'
the Lord good an constant an indulg-
in in no kind of foOlishness an devil
try whatsoever"
"SDeakin' O. H~usshOnS.'' said Rill