The nonpartisan leader., 1917-10-25

"The horribIest dres
silence in my life Then he heaved
sigh-a shudderin' sigh, which I furst
mistook fur slight earthquake shock
But don't understand why I shud
have bad dreems,'' sez Mr.. He'd. II have
allus dun what 1 thot wuz rite-that
IL I have allus dun what most ever
body that associated with tole me
wuz Observation-Disclosures that aint
the way to find out what iz rite, then
-then-how iz feller to find out?'' he
continued, haltin'ly.
wuz bizzy tighten my pipe an
maid him no ansure.
- Nov wun time not long ago I
dreemed I wuz in prison-in stripes
an chains, mind you. Now why shud
dreem a dreem like that? Then
anuther time I dreemed I wuz in the
insane asylum-jist think Nv tin
the insane asylum! An not long ago
dreemed I wuZ in the pore house, that
wuz clothed in rags, that my shoes
wuz full NV holes an that my hare
stuck out thru holes in my hat. An
agin jist the uther mite l dreemed
wuz wurlin' on a section-think Nv it.
wurkin on the section with pick an
shovel, along aside Nv dagos an niggers
an gittin' only dollar an sixty sents
day an had wife an nine children
to support an the cost NV ivin' like
it IL. o! it wuz turrible."
Crafty leened forward and helt hiz
he'd between hiz hans. My heart went
out fur him in profound sympathy. He
Strengthened up, heaved long and
shudderin' sigh an moped the beeds Nv
presperashun often hiz slopin' forehed.
HIS DREAM ABOUT
BEING A FARMER
But the wurst NV all the dreems
have had, "he continued, ."wuz about
two weeks ago when dreerned that l
wuz farmer! Jist think Nv that, Mr..
HEIDI" he groaned, turnin' hiz pitiful
ize to me while horror an terror wuz
ritten all over hiz face.
81 dreamed that 1 had bin livin' on
the saim farm fur thirty years. That
had tuck homestead when Wuz
young man-twenty eight years old,
an that at the saim time had tuck a
buteful naber gurl to be my life COM
panion. I thot we had Wurked an
wurked all theze thirty years, expectin'
ever year to git ahed NV the houn's an
land on ezey street. But / thot it wuz
allus uphill bizness. Furst thar wood
be a drouth an then flood. Then ct
happened to get a good crop the
prices wuz down to nuthin'.
"Then thar wuz misfortunes, sich az
sickness, deths-an' burths-all Nv
which added to the burden Nv meetin'
the note and the intrust on the mort
gage. But I had struggled along, allus
hopin' agin hope; allus patient an on
complanin', allus gitten up early in the
mornin 'an' goin, to bed late at mite,
an allus expectin that the next year
wood put us over the hump in the hill
But it didn't Sumthin' wood allus
happen to set us back.
."Then I'd have to renew the mort
gage an increase the size NV the loan
an pay a little more intrust which die
not increase the productivity OF the
land but did increase the intrust an
taxes I had to pay. thot had bir
goin' thro all this fur thirty years,
say, an by this time I had got oul
farm purity well improved. Then cum
the calamity Nv the dreern. dreemee
that the banker had foreclozed tn
mortgage on us. I thot he sold us ou
in frunt Wv the court house door a
two o'clock. I thot me an the ole
womern an the children-thar WI.
seven Nv 'em-stood around in a hart
broken huddle an seen our home-th'
home we had lived on fur thirty year
tuck away frum us.
IT thot wuz old an bent an tina