The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-10-13

On the way back to town Mr.. willett
made inquiry.
who did you say that black-eyed
little girl was. Francis?"
That's Mary Alice Brown"
shes n quiet little thing and quite
pretty. She's your Young Lady OF th
Wash Wagon. eh?''
Yes, father"
"She has brains" said willett pere
''She's spunky. Who's her fatherT
''She never told me"
HIN. Mother takes in washing;
little girl delivers the goods. Looks
boy, and let me know. I like that lit
tie girl. Pity she doesn't belong to
Thomas. Charles lucky to have q
good father like that"
ANY boys lucky to have a good IA
Their" said Francis. He slipped hand
into that Of Mr.. willett.
Find out where your mother buys
her eggs and butter" said his father.
The children had just come out into
the orchard. and the young morning
Nhtoukh titNS,
dapnllng the still dewy ground with
dancing patterns of gold. One sensed
the hint OF autumn. 1t was in the
slant OF sunbeams, in the odors OF
maturing vegetation. OF ripening fruit.
This is just about the bestest day I
ever saw" began Charlie: then "Ooch"
whats the mattar, CharlieT asked
Mary Alice.
~ guess I'm not Sir Charlie" said
the little boy, rubbing the top OF his
head ruefully. ~ guess I'm Sir Isaac"
Mary Alice looked puzzled.
"Well. I'll tell you." Charlie went on.
his eyes twinkling; "a apple fell on my
head. Didn't you see 1t? Well that
made me think of Sir Isaac Newton.
He was an English Teller. One day
when he was sittin' under tree
apple fell, PUNK, right on his head; SO
he discovered the law Of gravity"
~ don't think that was very smart"
said Mary Alice stubbornly. ut takes
an awful lot to make some folks see a
thing"
That's 1t. that's It," cried Charlie
delightedly; that's 1t exactly. A lit
tie apple fallin' out of tree made Sir
Isaac Newton see thSt there was rea-
son, and the reason was gravity. l got
n nature book that splains all about 1t.
Gravity is what makes things fall to
the earth, and the cepter Of gravity II
the middle Of the earth"
Mary Alice was twelve and Charlie
Thomas seven. but the girl marveled
at SO much erudition.
S"My goodness, Charlie. you know an
awful lot for little boy" she said.
That's somethin' I never heard
about"
"Oh, WELL" said the little boy, II
guess I don't know 3 much as you
you. Mary Alice"
but I'm lots older than you"
1--WE had some 'vantages. though"
said Charlie. II get heaps Of time to
think. When the other boys and girls
are runnin' around, hollerin' and play.
in, I'm thinkin'."
You're the greatest boy ever saw"
said Mary Alice. Say. can you tell
me something else? II this Sir Isaac
NC" koA lHNOAkGu luuL AAuACD
things fall down, what made the apple
fall before gravity was inventedT
"Oh, Mary Alice. he didn't invent
gravity: he discovered 1t. God invent
ed gravity"
"Oh," said Mary Alice. OF course
she had been more than half in fun
when she questioned Charlie. She
loved to watch his earnest face, to
note its sparkling animation when he
present discussion, however. Her idea
Of God was not particularly vivid, GER
tainly not intimate.
"Thats what makes me know my
legs are goin' to get WELL" said the lit
tie boy. Anybody that can do the
things God does can fix up one little
pair Of legs; don't you think so?'
Il don't see why not" was about
as far as Mary Alice cared to commit
herself; and yet, somehow, she felt q
curious, awakening thrill. She won
dered vaguely. Then she saw that It
happened to everybody who knew
Charlie. 1t was something more than
merely cheering up" In Charles life
affairs were always going to be better
than they were because God intended
it. He was always looking ahead,
with his bright eyes fixed on the noun
tain Of Faith and Hope, Just As he
would sit and gaze OF across country
at the blue hills and say to himself:
Some day I'm goin' to climb up
there"