Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-10
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Only one entry in more than q
hundred mention money. and this was
the sum OF eleven cents received ln
balance from neighbor.
So It Will be seen that spirit Of
mutual accommodation served 10
help Us over the rough going. Mr.
GTimshaw, however, demanded his
pay In eash ami that find vas mHln-
" the habit Of the moneyIendrrs.
We we're poor but our poverty was
not like that Of these days IN wbl.r
{ am writing IL was proud and
cleanly and weIl-fcd Our fath~rs
had seen heroic service in the wars
and we knew IL.
/ WIS Twelve years old when be
.an TO be the r.. der Tor cur iltr'=
family. Aunt Dee Lad long cuTa-
plained that she couldn't keep Hp wish
her knitting and read 50 Hurh. We
had not seen SIr. Wright for nearly
two years. but he had sent rs the
lovcIs OF Sir Walter Scott and Lad
led them heart deep Into the creed
battles Of Old Mortality.
Then came the evil days of 1877,
when the story OF our lives began to
quicken its pace ard excite our inter
sst In it's coming chapters II gave
Is enough to think Of. God knows
wild spcculstions IA land and the
American pap-r-noney system Ind
brought Us into rough going. The
hanks 0f th. city of New York had
suspended payment Of their notes.
They could no longer meet their IN
sHEemsnts. As usual, the burden f,-il
heaviest on the poor. II WIS hard to
yet money even for black salts
Uncle Peabody Ind been silent and
depressed for a month or more He
aad signed a note for Rodney Barnes.
cousin, long before and was afraia
'Ha- De- would have 20 pay IL. didn't
-Dw wlfut n note was md reIncm-
that on. night. when ! lay think
& about II. I decided that II must
something in tie nature Of horse
ole. My uncle told me that n note
10 "a tE"rblr which attacked the
rain instead Of the stomach.
ore autumn day In Canton Uncle
Tsnhr'V 'r.,Fed three sheep and twen-
lg AUsas's 0f wheat for cook stove
naE brnH 10 II home In the big wnEon.
rndnpS Barnes came with him TO help
.-t up the stove. He was q big giant
II n man with the longest nose In the
township. | have often wondered how
any on" would solve the problem Of
sissing Mr.. Barnes IN the immediate
'.Elon of his nose. the same being In
he nature OF n defense.
That evening was chiefly inter-
ested IN the stove. What Joy II
VAS 10 me with Its dauper and grid
He's and high oven and tho shiny edge
IN It's hcarthl II rivaled. in it's now
slty and charm, any tin poGdier's cart
hat ever came To our door John
axtcli and his wife who had seen il
lass thor house. hurried over for
ook at II. Every hand Egns on lie
stove as we tenderiy carried IL into
he house, piece by piece. and sci "a
IN. Then they cut hole IN the u!,-
pcr floor and the stone ifsucy and
fitted tho pipe How sanniy W
ratched the building " the 6re. Hor
quickly It roared and began 10 heat
he room!
When the Axteils had gone ava
Aunt Deel said:
ITS grandl II Is sartin-but Tn
fraid We can't afford it-ayes | be -
: I'VE can't afford TO freeze any
onger l made up my mind that we
couldn't go through another winter
is we have" was my uncie's answer.
.How much did 1t cost?r she asked.
Not much dIfrer'nt from thirty
our dollars in sheep and grain" he
answered.
Rodney Barnes stayed to supper
md spent n part of the evening with
Is.
Like other settlers there. Mr..
Barnes was cheerful optimist. Every
hing looked good to him until 1t
urned out badly.
He told how he had heard that II
vas a growing country near the great
waIar highway Of the st. Lawrence.
Prosperous towns were building up
n II. There were going to be great
/ titles In Northern New York. There
we're rich stores of lead and iron
d the rocks. Mr.. Barnes had bought
we hundred acres at ten dollars an
lcre. He had to pay fee Of five
yer cent. to Grimshaw's lawyer for
ne survey and the papers. This left
lin owing fourteen hundred dollars
IN his farm-much more than 1t was
worth.
| Our cousin twisted the poker In
his great hands until 1t squeaked as
ie stood before my urcle and said:
My wife and 1 have chopped and
,urnt and pried and hauled rocks an
,hoyeled dung an MIXED an churned
Until we are worn out. For almost
wenty years we've been workin' days
IN nights an Sundays My mortgage
vas over due. l owed six hundred dol