The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-04-17

myself. 1t wouldn't be decent. i hav'
o great many letters to write. I'll tr.
thinking out loud while you take then
down ia sound-hand. Then you cal
draft them neatly and I'll sign them
You have tact and good manners ant
can do many OF my errands for me anC
save me from those who have no gOot
reason for taking up my time"
"You will meet the best people and
the worst. There's just a chance that
II may come to something worth while
who knows? You are young yet. II
will be good training and you will wit
ness the making of some history now
and then"
What elation I felt
Again the voice Of the hound, which
had been ringing In the distant hills,
was coming nearer.
1--WE must keep watch-another deer
Is coming" said the senator.
We had only a moments watch be-
fore a fine yearling buck came down
to the opposite shore and stood look
ing across the river. The senator
raised his rifle and fred. The buck
fell In the edge of the water.
How shall we get him?" my friend
asked.
ut will not be difficult" l answered
as j began to undress. Nothing was
difficult those days.
l swan the river and towed the
buck across with a beech withe In his
gambrel joints. The hound joined me
before / was half across with my bur
den and nosed the carcass and swan
on ahead yelping with delight.
We dressed the deer and then I
had the great JOY Of carrying him
on my back two miles across the coun-
try to the wagon. The senator wished
to send a guide for the deer, but l in
sisted that the carrying was my priv
lege.
well. I guess your big thighs and
broad shoulders can stand It." said he.
MY uncle has always said that no
man could be called a hunter until he
can 60 into the woods without a guide
and I'LL g deer and bring It out Oh
his back. ! want to be able to testify
that ! am at least partly qualified"
your uncle didn't say anything
about fetching the deer across a deem
river without a boat, did hep Mr..
Wright asked me with a smile.
Leaves of the beeches, naples and
Observation-Disclosures by frost-hung
like tiny lanterns, glowing with noon
day light, above the dim forest aisle
which we Travelled.
The sun was down when we got to
the clearing.
what a day 1t has been I" said Mr..
Wright when we were seated IN the
wagon.
Zone of the best In my life," I an.
swered with a Joy in my heart the like
of which I have rarely known In these
many years that have come to me.
We rode on In silence with the calls
Of the swamp robin and the hermit
thrush ringing In ears as the night
fell.
Its a good time to think, and there
we take different roads, said nv
friend. you will urn into the future
and ! into the past"
"rve been thinking about your
uncle" he said by and by. "He Is one
OF n greatest men have eve known.
You knew of that foolish gossip about
him-didn't your"
Yes" | answered.
We'll. now, he's gone about his bust
ness the same as ever and showed by
his life that 1t couldn't be true. Not a
word out of him But Dave Ramsey
fell sick-down on the fiat last winter.
BY and by his children were crying for
bread and the poormaster was going
to take charge of them. Well. who
should turn up there. just In the nick
OF dine, but Della and Peabody
Baynes. They fed those children all
winter and kept them in clothes so
that they could go to school. The
strange thing about 1t Is this: 1t was
Dave Ramsey Who really started that
story. He got up In church the other
night and confessed his crime. His
conscience wouldn't let him keep II.
He said that he had not seen Peabody
Baynes on that road the day the
money was lost but had only heard
that he was there. He knew now that
he couldn't have been there. Gosh
t'almightyl as your uncle used to
say when there was nothing else to be
said"
1t touched me to the soul-this long
delayed v~indication Of my beloved
Uncle Peabody.
The senator ate supper with us and
sent his hired man out for his horse
and buggy. When he had put on his
overcoat and was about to 60 he
turned to my uncle and ssid:
peabody Baynes. Il ! have had any
success In the world II Is because !
have had the exalted honor and con-
sciousness that ! represented men like
you."
He left NJ and w sat down By the
glowing candles. Soon I told them what
Ramsey had done. There was : mo