Gunnison news-champion., 1919-02-28


pigeons. When school IS "ut would
Tx" tp hear from yuu. chat l. N" rec
ord? What q" sou rhlns ~ h" s,ul
IN hirnf Wa.' I.uI "G work {. b-st
for ~ II s.. p" l', mr muyb"
cnn h"Ip -. rIan-, ,.t CO.! o. u'r.- That
Is ny hL..nr-- anI yours ThuukIug
you f.r r.-.!'n. mis-. nm. as ever.
"G.-r, hniul'. servant.
KATE FtLLERTOT.-
"Why. THIS Is rhr writing or he 81
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"1 "...'s .l. H." Is asking ahuur
M. -.m
"N.,,~ m.,.. ,!.. r.a..n slvl. your
'fI.r.a anI .' We 'a.rE G.a fur H.
Thu. l..a ~a. .la, r.y y,rn..i. .u rhe
"Id q. rn un s4s Ih.g,au4 prnyrr,.
ny Ind
Hnynr ,,m" To- 'N. fret night Of
The uu.ua- b." lrr' r." with mnuy "a
Kind w"rl-huw r..h 'h.y rarnn TO
II h"} ,.hn l- ,h~.-..- IA, s,ny with u
grow .r. -rr-, uf In. Illness,
n''lr hum" just lu un" fur dinner.
They w"r'. ,li,..'.ae ~" aud /, was
rrgulur c'si~a. G.uurr-chlckrn pie
and -,rav'.ny shur'rakr.
H." we'll remember rhut hour with
tho doors open u.I IA" sun shining
bright, uu The lr,--nmlnc fields mad
thr jny ~ mru n,f ,ri and h,u,r In
IL" rrrs.u ~ ole. ..r aud the lnlk
nhnur NJ. 'n'- visit "f Alrnu Jones and
Mr. uu! Mrs Lincoln.
Whu.. w, wrr" ,rIuc told them
ah"u, The n.''"r ~ old KATE
"Fuucr'"u'" Aunt Deel exclaimed
Are yr sure that " n:s the name Bartf"
Yes"
"GoodmosS gracious sakes alive"
Sh" nnI Tnclc Peabody gnyr enCh
other looks Of surprised Inquiry.
'Do you know anybody by that
nnmcT" nsk"d.
I'VE used TO- -uli Aunt Dccl as She
Resumed her eating. Can't be she's
,ne O. ~" Sam rullrrtons. cnn uT'
"Oh, pruhly not" said Uncle Pen.
body. "lack East thcy's more Fuller
tons than y" could shake a stick at"
A wprh later We had our rulsing.
Uncle Pcah"dy did not want n public
rnlslng hut Aunt Dcel hnd had her
way. We huh hewed and mortised and
bored tn" tlmbcrs for our new home.
The n"lghhurS came with pixies and
helped tu rulse and stay and cover
Them. A great amount OF human kind.
ness went Into the beams and rafters
OF that home and Of others lik. IL
knew that The Thing was still alive
In the nel-hhurhood, but even that
could not pnrnlyze the helpful hands OF
those people. Indeed. what vas said
OF my Uncle Peabody was nothing
more or less than kind OF conversa-
donal frewOOd. ! cannot think that
49, 'Ai' ituIlg DtlltNtt IL
We had cheerful day. A barrel Of
nard cider had been set up in the door
(ard. and | remember that some drank
IL 100 freely. The he-o-hee OF the men
a. they lifted on the pixies and the
sound OF the hammer and beetle rnnR
In the air from morning until night.
Mrs. Rodney Barnes and Mrs Dorothy
n mo 70
Ing and great dinner was served on
an improvised table in the dooryard,
where the stove was set up The
shingles and sheathes and clapboard
were on before the day ended.
Uncle Peabody and put In the
floors and stairway and partitions.
More than once In the days We were
working together tried to tell him
what Sally had told me. but my cour-
age failed.
The day cnme. shortly, when | had
90 speak out, and took the straight
way Of my duty as the needle of the
compass pointed. II was the end OF
summer day and we had watched the
dusk till the valley and come creeping
up the slant, sinking the powders and
thorn tops In Its flood. one by one. As
we sat looking out OF the open door
that evening I told them what Sally
had told me OF the evil report which
had travelled through the two towns.
- Damn. little souled. narrer con-
tracted-" Uncle Peabody. speaking In
. low. sad tone, but with deep feeling.
cut on this highly promising opinion
before II was half expressed, and rose
and went to the water pail and drank.
"As long a. we're honest We don't
care what they say" he remarked ~
hs returned to his chair.
~ they xon't.believs- n. We opght