The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-28
tcontinuod From MondayJ

All care was haniShcd. The Forest.
which shoudGred i'll upon them from
three. sides WAS an ineXhauStibln wood
yard y few yards from their door
slept the Porcupinc, and hole through
IFS winter robe formed buhbllnE
spring Of water. crystal clear ana pain
fully cGld. But they soon grew TO llnI
fault with even that. The hole would
persist in freezing UP. and thus gave
Them many IA miserable hour or lee
,hnpuing. The unknown builders or the
cabin had extended the side-logs so M
10 support Il cache at III" rear. IN this
was stored the hulk OF the party pro
visions Food there was. without stunt:
for three times the men who were ihteu
To live upon il. But the most OF IL was
Of the kind which built up Drawn ana
sincw. but did not tickIr lne l'a' i,,,,
True, there was sugar In plenty Tor W."
ordinary men: but these two were niue
els. than children. They early dlScoS-
cr.d>1he virtues Of hot water judicinnS-
~ saturated with sugar. and they prnul,
cally swan their flapjacks and soaked
rhciI crusts In the rich, white syrup.
Then coffee and tea. and especially tn"
dried fruits, made disastrous inroadS
uunu il. The first words they had were
over the sugar question. And II is n
really serious thing when two men.
wholly dependent upon each other lot
company. begin to quarrel.
weathcrhco loved 10 discourse hlat-
antIy on politics. while Cuthfert. who
md been prone To clip his coupons anu
ini the commonwealth J0iS on rs best II
m,igbi either ignored tn" subject or de-
Iivrred himself Of stratlinG cpiSrams
K,,t the clerk was too ohtuse to .ppre-
late tho clever shaping of thought. and
his waste OF ammunition irrttated
I,utbfnri He had bccn used to hlindlnE
nnoplr by his hrilltanCy, and 1t worked
him quite q hardship. this loss or an
audience. He felt personally aggrlcTeG
and unconscinusly held his mutton-head
companion responsible for IT,
Save existence. they had nothing IN
con,mon-camr In touch on no single
point. Weathrrhcr was clerk Who hAd
known nauch, but clrrklng all his ne:
.t'uthfrrt was u master nI arts. u dab
hlcr in oils. and had written not = litt!"
The one was loWcr-claSS man VINO con-
sidarcd himself n gentleman. and the
other was a gentleman who knew MIN
.rIf 10 hr Srclr From this: II may be
remarked that man can lH n gentle
MN without possessing the first in
siinct of tri.c Comradn@hp. TIL" clerk
u.ar rs scnEIInns ~ thr rthcr was arS-
thn,Ir and his love adventures, told at
rrrat length. and chiefly coined from
MS imagination. affected the sun"rS"n-
sitivr master of arts III inc sam" WY
nc s0 many whiffS Of sewer gas He
In,rncd tho clerk a filthy. unrultured
hruIc whose place WAS in tho muck
with the swine. and told him 50: and lie
was rcriproCally informed that ii" was
\ mi n nd water SISSY ana Il Gnu
IHnathrrhee could not hay" defined
..r,d- for HIS life: hut it satisfied It's
purpose. which after all seems the main
point in life.
.Wcatherher flait"d every third note
and sang such songs II" "Th" RnStnn
EurrIar" mud "'rhr Haudsom" Cabin
Hoy," for hours n Il time. Will" 'nth-
fnrt went with rage. till Il" could stand
u no longer and fled into the outer r"id,
Rui there WAS no escape. Tn" Intense
rros, could not he endured for long az n
Time and the liitl" cabin crowded them
49, hcds, stnv". table. and all--Into Il
s,,,cr Of ten hv twelve, Til" very prrs-
curc nf either became y prr@0Ual affront
IN the other. and they lanS"h int" Suli"n
si1nnrrs which increased In length ana
.tranrth as tho DAYS went 10y. pcrn-
otounlly. the flash nj m rye or tn" curl
nr a lin got the better OF them. though
thcy strive to wholly ignore "n"h other
during these mute periods. And Il great
wander gpranE mp In thr breast "G each.
as 10 how God had ever com" {" Great"
the other.
with little to do. tim" h""Hm" an In
,nlarnhlc burden I" them This na'nral-
.Iy made them stiii ln&!"r. They sank
into a physical l"ihHrrv which th"r"
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