Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-22
IRVING DACHELLER

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Cospyrisat b. Irving Baehsllsz1
CHAPTER xv-centinusd.
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''where " soin'r'
up to the Van Heusen place. .
"Where do 70 hail from7''
"Cobleskill."
'sOn business for Judge Westbrookr'
yes"
"Writs to server
Yes" Unanswered with. no thought
sf my imprudence
Say, young man. BY hockey nettiei
! edvise you to turn right around and
30 back"
'Whyf'
Cause II ye try to serve any writs
ye1l git into trouble"
That's interesting" answered. II
nm not seeking a quarrel. but do
want to see how the people feel about
she payment Of their rents"
"Say mister. look down into that val
~ there" the stranger began. "See
III them houses-they're the little
houses o the poor. See how smooth
the land Isl Who built them houses1
Who cleaned that land7 Was It Mr..
Livingstone By hockey nettiei I guess
not. The men who live there built the
houses an cleaned the land. We amt
got nothin' else-not q dollarl It's all
gone to the landlord. I am for the
men who made every rod o. that land
an who own not a single rod Of II.
Years an years ago a king gave It to
man who never cut one tree or laid
one stone on another. The deeds say
that we must ray rent o. so many
bushels o. wheat a year but the land is
no good for wheat, an amt been for
q hundred years. Why, ye see, mis-
ter. good many things have happened
IN three hundred years. The land was
willin' to give wheat then an good
many folks was willin' to be slaves. By
eokey nettfel they had got used to It.
Kings an magistrates an, slavery
didn't look 30 bad to 'em as they do
now. Our brains have changed-that's
what's the matter-same as the soil
has changed. We want to be free like
other folks in this country. America
kas growed up around us but here we
are Twin back in old Holland three
hundred years ago. It don't set good.
We see lots o. people that don't have
to be slaves. They own their land an
they amt worked any harder than we
have or been any more savin,. That's
@hy I say we can't pay the rents no
more an We mustn't try to make us.
81 hockey nettiel You'll have trouble
n ye do"
The truth had flashed upon me out
II thu words Of this simple man. IN
III tim I had heard only one side of
the case. II were to be the servant
Of Justice. as Mr. Wright had advised.
what was to dot These tenants had
been Grimshawed and were being
Gyimshawed out Of the Just fruits Of
their toll by the feudal chief whose
remote ancestor had been a kings ia
vorite. For half moment watched
the wavering needle Of my compass
and then:
III what you say is true I think you
sre right I said.
Il don't agree with you," said young
Latour. The PATRONS have q clear
title to this land. II the tenants don't
want to pay the rents they ought to
vt out and make way for Others
Look here, young man. my name d
Josiah CARTS" said the stranger. II
dive In the first house on the right.
hand side O. the road. You may tell
the Judge that won't pay rent No
aore-not as long as I live-and ]
'Hon't git ont. either"
Mr.. Latour, you and Purvis may "a
en slowly--Tn overtake you SOON" ]
said.
They went on and left me alone with
Cortis. He was getting excited and !
Nished to allay his fears.
*Don't let him try to serve no writa
y there1l be hell to pay in this val.
~" said Curtis.
I'm that case shall not try to serve
the writs. don't want to stir up the
aeighborhood, but want to know the
6cts. I shall try to see other tenants
md report what they say. It may lead
% q settlement"
We went on together to the top Of
ehe hill near which we had been stand.
ing. Far ahead I saw cloud Of dust
but no signs Of Latour and Purvis
they must have spurred their horse.
into run. The fear came to me that
Latour would try to serve the writs In
epite Of me. They were in his pocket
What fool I had been not to call FOL
them. Ny companion saw the look Of
eoneern In my face.
r don't like that young Teller" said
Curtis. "He's' In fer trouble"
he ran toward his house, which wa
luly Q few rods beyond Us, while ]
btarted on In pursuit Of the two mes
u top speed. Before my horse had
aiken a dozen Jumps I heard hotr
blowing behind me and its echo in the
hills. Within q half Q moment dozen
horns Mere sounding In the valley
around me. What q contrast to thu
DDfAf IN which WA had 1aoAn riding WAl