Gunnison news-champion., 1919-03-21
escs;op tha,i W., You know better

thati Wy! You know better
ayes?
How vigorously she stirred the Ere
then
i can't return the q Lmpllrnent-ruy
soul how you've changed-ayes! :" she
remarked.
Il hope you aIn't II no more. Bart
! can't bear TO thIHk o you nyin' at
folks an I0uHtin' u en- Don't seem
risht-n0, 1t don't -
why. Aunt Dcel. what In IN. world
DO You meanTr asked.
Its Furyis' brain that does N.
IOundin'. / guess said my uncle
It's Kind o got the habit. Its 4 reg
lar beetle brain. To hear him talk
ye'd think he an you could clean out
III" hull Mexican u1,ion-harrin' accl-
dents. Why. anybody would suppose
that Yer enemies go 10 climbin' trees
as soon as they So. y. comm an that
you pull the trees up by the roots to
git at I'm"
"a certain amount Of such deyiI,ry
Is necessary to III. comfort Of Nr.
Puryis,' | remarked. If there is no.
body else 10 take the responsibility
for 1t lac assumes Il himself. His linnE-
inhtion has an intense craving for
blood and violence Its that type Of
American who. egged on by the slave
power. l. hurrying Us into trouble
with Mexico"
Puryis came In presently with a
look In his face which betrayed his
knowledge Of the fact that all the cob
webs spun by his fancy were now to
be- brushed AWAY. Still he enjoyed
them while they lasted and there was
kind Of tacit claim In his manner
that they were subjects regarding
which no honest man could be expect.
ed to tell the truth.
As We Ht" our dinner they told me
that an es"npcd slave had come into
n n"ighbOriing county and excited the
pc"pI" with stories Of the auction
block and OF negroes driven like yokrI
oxen on plantations in South Carolina.
"hcnc" he had escnp.d on Il steam
huut
Il h1Iev" I'm goln' TO vote for abo-
li'ion.' said Uncle Peabody. Il won
l"r what Sile Wright will say to that. d"
'li"li probably uGvisc ugalnsI Il: the
time isn't ripe Tor 50 great Il change %
was my answer. He thinks that IL,
wh"l" matter should Dee Ieit TO the cla
ciaI action Of times forces"
Indeed | EHd spoken the view Of
,h~ s"Uuder men Of the North. The
subject filed them with dread alarm
But the attitude Of Uncle Peabody
WIS significant. The sentiment In IN.
N"r OF change was growing. IL wag
now TO be- reckoncd with. FOR the abO-
liu"n party wns said TO hold the bal.
nncr Of power In New York and New
England and was behaving Itself like
IA bull In china shop.
After dinner / tried 10 put on some
OF my old clothes, but found that my
nakedness had so expanded that they
would not cover II, so | hltched my
white mare on thu spring wagon and
drove to the village for my trunk.
Every week day after that worked
IN the fields until the senator arrived
In Canton about the middle of August.
On one Of those happy days received
letter from old Kate, dated, 10 my
surprise, In Saratoga. Ii said:
Dear Barton Bayncs: I thought I
would let you know that my father IL
d"nd. | have come here TO rest and
have found some work To do. am bet.
ter now. Have seen Sally. She Is very
beautiful and kind. She does not know
that / am the old witch. have changed
so. The others do not know-Ir is
better that way. l think II was the
Lord that brought me here. He has a
way of taking care OF some people.
my boy. Do you remember when be-
gan to call you my bny-you were very
little. 1t Is long, long ago since first
saw you In your fathers dooryard-
you said you were going to mill on a
butterfy's back. You looked Just as
thought my boy would look You gave
me kiss. What a wonderful gift II
was to me then! l began to love you.
l have no one else to think of now. /
hope you won't mind my thinking so
much of you.
"God bless you.
KATE FULLERTON"
I understood now why the strong
will and singular insight OF this WON.
an had SO often exercised themselves
In my behalf. I could not remember
the fnr day and the happy circum
stance of which she spoke, but / wrot.
her letter which must have warmed
her heart / am sure.
Silas Wright arrived In Canton ant
drove up to our home. He reached
our door at eight In the morning with
his hound and rifle. He had aged rap
idly since l had seen him last. His
hair was almost white. There wer,
many new lines in his face. II,
seemed more grave and dignified II.
did not lapse into the dialect of his
fathers when he spoke of the ancIen,
pestimes OF hunting and fishing as h,