The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-01-05

ought TO Know. Ye didat knsv snss
they'd ruther have Ignorance than
charity. Yo thank that yoa an A.
mighty God have epas In partners fer
the regeneration q these mountains,
whore NO woman has ever besA -
suited an no man has 70 bar his loor
against thievery: where all Nc ask =
to b left alone. I reckon every day
ye'rs wonderin' Is my halo -
straight It's nat'ral enough that -
should be right scornful Of . man that
some newspaper reporter has called .
murderer"
His voice fell away. and Juanita
heard again the beating OF the ham
mers out in the barn.
rs that ALI" she asked bat tAo
man shook his head and stood there
looking down on her until under tie
spell of his unusual eyes she felt IKE
screaming out: Talk II you want to.
but for heavens sake don't look e
me. can't stand iti"
"Mebby Of ye'd stopped to think
about things" he resumed. ''ye'd have
| seen that I didn't have no quarrel with
your plans. Mebby I mought even
have been able TO help -. could
have told ye for one thing that
whether the ways here b night q
wrong. they've done stood fer two
hundred years. Ye've got to 20 slow
changin' EN-. Ys can't hardly pull up
. poplar saplin' with one jerk. Thar's
tap-root underneath Il thet runs
down halfway to hell.
"If people hyarabouts 10 distrustful
Of furrin teachers an ways. it's b.
cause Of the samples they've had. A
Teller came here once from the settle
ments to teach school. He was .
smart, upstandin' Teller an well
liked. A man by the name of Trevor.
When folks found out that he was
locatin' coal an buyin' their land fer
next to nothin'-robbin' them Of their
birthrisht-it looked right smart like
somebody might kill him. I warned
him away to save his life. Ye'vs got
to make folks forget about Trevor
aforo ye makes EN- trust you"
Thank you." said Juanita coldly.
I'll try to show them that I'm not an
other Trevor. Are you warning me
away to save my lief" .E.-
I'm tol'able ignorant" went on the
man. but I've read q few books. an
one Of EN- told the story Of the Trojan
boss. wanted ter see what kind Of
q critter you was . ridin' into these
hills. I come to this cabin the night
ye got here to nnd out"
Thought So" she quietly answered.
II was to be inspected like an immt
grant. and the lord OF the land was to
decide whether or not should be sent
back"
Put It that way II ye've mind 10"
he answered. "Ye was comm to bs .
schoolteacher here. Well. I'd done
been schoolteacher here. see your
smile-ye're wonderin' what I could
teach. Maybe. after all. It's . right
good idea to teach A B C's before 70
starts In with algebra an rhetoric. Ye
wouldn't have me as . friend. an
reckon that won't break my heart"
Then" said the girl. looking up
and meeting his eyes with flash Of
challenge. II shall endeavor to get
along without your favor. We could
hardly have met on common ground
at best. I shall teach the ten com
mandments. including Thou shalt mot
kill I shall teach that to lie hidden
behind bush and shoot an unsuspect-
ing enemy 10 cowardly and despicable.
would not be willing TO tell them
that they must live and die vassals 70
feudal tyranny"
mo-" he agreed. 'ye couldn't hard
ly outrage your holy conscience b.
tryin' to teach EN- things in . way
they could understand, could YET II
Jeb had come to ye. like he came 70
me. askin' the name Of the man be
sought to kill. ye would have said ter
him. 1t was so-and-so. but ye mustn't
harm him. because somebody writ in
q book two thousand years ago that
KILN IL SIM An the hell OF It u
ye'd low such talk would satisfy him.
"Ye couldn't do no such wicked
thing as to stop an reflect that he's q
mountain boy. an that for two hum.
dred years the blood In his veins hes
been a comm down to him full Of