The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-01-18

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candy with red stripes on them and q
Jew's-harp. That was the Christmas
we went down to Aunt Uza's to
spend the day and helped myself to
two pieces or cake when the plate
was passed and cried because they all
laughed at my greediness. II was the
day when Aunt Llza's boy. Truman.
got silver watch and chain and her
daughter Mary gold ring. and when
all the relatives were invited TO come
and be convinced. once and for all.
OF Uncle Roswell's prosperity, and
be filled with envy and reconclled
with jelly and preserves and roast
turkey with sage dressing and mlnce
and chicken pie. What an amount Of
Appropriation we had made for the jour
'ney, and how long we had talked about
It'll
In the spring my uncle hired a man
20 work for us-a noisy, brawny,
sharp-fcatured fellow with keen gray
! eyes. OF the name OF Dug Draper.
Aunt Deel hated him. l feared him
but regarded him with great hope
because he had 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
a new and wonderful sound In them.
made up my mind that he was like
ly to become 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"
"whyf"
Because this boy has learnt to
swear like a pirate-ayes-he hasw
Uncle Peabody didn't know II but
i myself had begun to suspect IL. and
that hour the man was sent away,
and remember that he left In anger
with number OF those new words
flying from his lips. A forced march
60 the upper room followed that event.
Uncle Peabody explained that it was
wicked to swear--that boys who did
II had very bad luck. and mine came
in a moment. never had more OF
IL come along In the same length OF
time.
After I ceased to play with the
Wills boy Uncle Peabody used to
say, often, II was pity that hadn't
somebody Of my own age for COM
pany. Every day felt sorry that the
Wills boy had turned out so badly,
and I doubt not the cat and the shep-
herd dog and the chickens and Uncle
Peabody also regretted his failures,
especially the dog and Uncle Peabody.
who bore all sorts OF indignities for
my sake.
One day when Uncle Peabody went
for the mail he brought Amos Grim
shaw TO visit me. He was four years
older than Ia freckled. red-haired
boy with a large mouth and thin lips.
He wore a silver watch and chain,
which strongly recommended him in
my view and enabled me to endure
i. his air of condescension.
He let me feel 1t and look It all
over and / slyly touched the chain
with my tongue just to see IL 1t had
any taste to 1t. and Amos told me
that his father had given 1t to him and
that 1t always kept him ''kind o
scaIrt.r
"why?'
"For fear I'll break er lose IL an
git licked" he answered.
He took a little yellow paper-cov-
cred book from his pocket and began
to read to himself.
whats thatT' 1 ventured to ask
by and by.
"a story" he answered. III met a
ragged oil woman In the road t'other
day an she give me lot OF 'em and
showed me the pictures an / got to
readln' 'em. Don't sou tell anybody
cause my oil dad hates stories an
he'd lick me til l couldn't stan II he
knew was readin' EN-"
l begged him TO read out loud and
he read from tale OF two robbers
named Thunderbolt and Llghtfoot who
lived In cave IN the mountains. They
were bold, free, swearing men who
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iop and carried guns and used them
freely and with unerring skill and
helped themselves 60 what they want
cd.
He stopped, by and by, and conhded
TO me the fact that he thought he
would run away and join a band OF
robbers.
.'How do you run away?" / asked.
"Just take the turnpike and keep
goIn' toward the mountains. When
. We meet n band o. robbers give 'em
the sign an tell 'em you want to
join"
He went on with the book and read
how the robbers had'hung a captive
who had prosecuted them and inter-
fered with their sport. The story ex-
pIalned how they put the rope around