Gunnison news-champion., 1918-12-27

looked at the sheet: for while i knew
not. then. the strange device upon
the paper. l knew, by and by, that
II was a gibbet- Beneath II were the
words: Money thirst shall burn like
a fire In him"
She rose and smiled as she looked
into my face saw kind, gentle
glow In her eyes that reassured me.
She clapped her hands with JOY. She
examined my palm and grew serious
and stood looking thoughtfuily At the
setting sun.
l see. now, her dark figure stand
Ing against the sunlight as II stood
that day with Amos in its shadow.
What a singular eloquence In her pose
and gestures and In her silence!
remember how II bound our tongues
that silence Of hers!
The woman turned with Q kindly
smile and sat down In the grass again
and took the sheet Of paper and
resting 1t on a yellow-covered book be-
gan to write these words:
II see the longing Of the helper.
One. two. three, four great perils
.hall strike at him. He shall not
lie afraid. God shall I'LL his heart
with laughter. hear guns. ! hear
/ many voices. His name Is in them.
He shall be strong. The powers OF
darkness shall fear him. he shall be
a Iawmaker and the friend Of God and
of many people. and great men shall
bow to his judgment and he shall"
She began shaking her head
houghtfully nnd did not finish the
sentence, and by and by the notion
rame to me that some unpleasant Wis
ion must have halted her pencil.
Aunt Deel brought some luncheon
wrapped In paper and the old woman
took 1t and went away. Ny aunt fold
ed the sheets and put them in her
trunk and we thought no more Of
them until-but we shall know soon
what reminded MS Of the prophet
woman.
The autumn passed swiftly. went
to the village one Saturday with Un-
Gle Peabody in high hope of seeing
the Dunkelbergs. but at their door
We learned that they had gone up
the river on a picnic. What blow
II was to me! Tears flowed down
my cheeks and chung to my uncle's
hand and walked back to the main
street Of the village. A squad of small
boys jeered and stuck out their
tongues at me. It was pity for my
,Orrows. no doubt, that led Uncle Pea
body to take me to the tavern for
dinner. where they were assuaged by
cakes and jellies and chicken pie.
At Christmas got a picture-book
and forty raisins and three sticks of
candy with red stripes on them and
jew's-harp. That was the Christmas
we went down to Aunt Liza's to
spend the day and helped myself to
two pieces Of cake when the plate
was passed and cried because they all
laughed ut my greediness. 1t was the
day when Ann. Liza's boy. Truman.
got silver watch and chain and her
daughter Mary gold ring. and when
a.. the relatives were invited to come
and be convinced, once and for all.
Of Uncle Roswell's prosperity. and
be filled with envy and reconciled
with jelly and preserves and roast
turkey with sage dressing and mince
and chicken pie. What an amount Of
preparation we had made for the jour
ney. and how long we had talked about
ltl
In the spring my uncle hired man
to work for us-a noisy. brawny,
sharp-featured fellow with keen gray
eyes. Of the name Of Dug Draper.
Aunt Deel hated him. feared him
but regarded him with great hope
because he had a funny way of wink
Ing at me with one eye across the
table and, further. because he could
sing and did sing while he worked
songs that ratified from his lips in
way that amused me greatly. Then.
too, he could rip out words that had
new and wonderful sound In them.
I made up my mind that he was like
" to become q valuable asset when I
heard Aunt Deel saw to my Uncle Pea
body:
you'll have to send that loafer
away. right now. ayes. ! guess you
will"
aWhy7"
Because this boy has learnt to
swear like pirate-ayes-he hast
Uncle Peabody didn't know 1t but
I myself had begun to suspect 1t. and
that hour the man was sent away,
and 1 remember that he left in anger
/, with number Of those new words
flying from his lips. A forced march
to the upper room followed that event.
Uncle Peabody explained that 1t was
wicked to swear-that boys who did
1t had very bad luck, and mine came
In moment. 1 never had more Of
1t come along in the same length Of
time.