The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10

owner, had been relentless IN dealing with the
.lesesS VINO Re5slstec m bunting on nls prop
Burfeson was regarded IN the same light and the
villagers we're set upon shooting and trapping his
explain that he was going to be fair with them
But they did not understand his intentionsWnor
did he understand them. Failing z his efforts
70 come to an understanding with the little group
at the store. he rode away to his estate. Unex-
pectedly he came upon Abe Storm, hunter and
trapper. and after few words ordered him off
the premises BuTieson had sent word by
Of his keepers to Mr.: Elliott, the fire warden Of
Sne estate to meet him at certain place: The
word that he would send his deputy. The ap-
daughter. Together they rode to the place Where
the grass had been set on fire. They found
to put it out When finally the fire was in control
one OF the keepers found belt with Abe Storms
son was red with rage but controlled himself and
In sheer desperation sat down beside the girl
and said. Itch me about these people"
Her sensitive instinct had followed
the little drama from her vantage
seat on the knoll; she had seen the
patrol display the belt; she had watched
the color die out and then flood the
young mans face and neck; and she
had read the surface signs of the
murderous fury that altered his own
vlsage to a mask set with a pair of
blazing eyes. And suddenly, as he
dropped to the ground beside her,
his question had swept aside formality,
leaving them on the very edge of an
intimacy which she had accepted, I'M
consciously, with her low-voiced answer.
Yes-your own people. Tell what
should know. want to live in peace
among them if they'll let me-"
She gathered her knees in her clasped
fingers and looked out into the forest
Mr.. Burleson," she said, "for every
mental, every moral deformity, man
II !. = IL
IN the pleasant places of the world
are pitiless in your judgment of the
sullen, suspicious, narrow life you
find edging forests, clinging to noun
tain nanks, or stupidity sitting In the
heart OF some vast plain. / cannot
understand the mental cruelty which
condemns with contempt human crea-
lures who have had no chance-not
one single chance. Are they ignorant?
Then bear with them for shamel
Are they enyious, grasping, narrow?
Do they gossip about neighbors, do
= they SANDER without mercy? What
can you expect from starved minds.
human intellects unnourished by all
= that you find so wholesome? Mans
progress only inspires man; mans mind
alone stimulates mans mind Where
clvlilzatlon Is, there are many men;
where IS the greatest culture, the
broadest thought, the sweetest tolera-
ton, there men are many, teaching
one another uneonscio1sly, consciously,
always advancing, always uplifting,
spite of the shallow. tide of sin which
flows IN the footsteps of ali progress
She ceased; her delicate, earnest
face relaxed, and 3 smile glimmered
Tor moment IN her eyes, IN the pretty
curled corners of her parted lips
I'm talking very Ike 3 schools
marm," she said. Il am one, by-ths-
way, and teach the children Of these
people-my people" she added, with
an exquisite hint OF defiance N her
smile.
She rested her weight on one arm
and leaned towards him 3 trifle
In Fox Crossroads, there Is much
that Is hopeless, much that Is sorroT-
full Mr.. Burlesen; there Is hunger,
bodily hunger; there Is sickness un-
solaced By spiritual or bodily comfort
not even the comfort of DEATH An,
you should see then--onceIl Once
would be enoughi And no physician,
nobody that knows, tell yoG-nobody
through the long, dusty, sitting sum
mers+nobody through the lengthen-