Gunnison news-champion., 1919-03-07


when he was q boyf- asked
Yes. sir the old lady answered
Il am from Canton
She rose from her chair.
You from Canton,- she exclaimed
why. Of all things, That's where nv
boys home is Tn glad to SEE you. Go
an put your horse In the barn.
dismounted and she came near me.
-Sllas Wright Is my boy she said.
What Is your manner
Barton Baynes.- 4 answered as I
aItched my horse
Barton Baynes, Why. Silas has
told me all about you In his letters.
He writes 10 me every week Come
snd sit down.
We sat down together on the porch.
"SilAs wrote IN his last letter that
gou were going TO leave your place In
cobieskiii." she continued 10 my sur
5rise. He said that he was glad you
lad decided not TO stay
II was Joyful news 10 me, for the
senator's silence had worried me and I
had begun TO think with alarm Of my
future
II wish that he would take you 10
Washington TO help him. The poor
nan has too much to do
II should think II a great privilege
% 60" answered.
My boy likes you.- she Wen. on.
You have been brought up Just as he
Eas. ! Used TO read to him every eve
s!n- when the candles were III. How
anrd he worked to make a man OF him.
self! have known the mothers JOY.
car truly say. Now let thy servant
iepart In peace"
"'For mine eyes have seen thy sal
,ation,'" quoted.
you see ] know much about you
md much about your nuut and uncle"
aid Mrs Wright
She left me for moment ana soon
he whole household was gathered
ibout me on the porch. the men hav-
ng come up from the fields. They put
ny horse In the barn and pressed the
o stay for dinner which / did As I
sas going the gentle old lady gave
ne pair Of mIttcns which her distin-
pushed son had worn during his last
'inter In college. ! -remember We'll
low tenderly she handled theml
Il hope that Silas win get you to
help hitn"-those were the last words
Ihe said to me when bade her good
".
The shadows were long when got
+ IL f'NnfNrhnry tho haaI ~
main street looked down upon a VII
age green and some fine old elms II
sas singularly quiet place. I stopped
n front Of big white meeting house.
IN old nun was moving In Its grave
'ard near the highway. Slowly he
wung his scyihe.
do you know where Kate Fullerton
iyesT' asked
well, It's purity likely that do he
answered as he stood resting on his
math. "rve lived seventy-,wo years
IN this hill come the fourteenth day o.
iune. an II ! didn't know where she
1ved Id be 'shamed OF IL. Do you see
hat big house down there In the
reesr'
! could see the place at which he
>ointed far back from the village street
r the valley below US. the house near.
hidden by tall evergrecns.
Yes" / answered
"wal. that's the Squire Fullerton
slace-he's Kate's father"
Does the squire live theref"
NO. sh-not egEIac'ly. He's dyin'
tbefe-been dyin' there for two year
r more. BY gosh It's wonderful how
hard 'tis fer some folks to quit breath
n. Say. be you any o his famiiyr
no"
Nor no friend O. hisr'
mol"
"Course not. He never had q friend
n his life-too meani Hes too mean
70 die. mister-too mean fer hell an I
souldn't wonder-honert. I wouldn't
nebbe that's why God il keepin' him
here-Jest to meller him up q little.
Soy. mister. be you In q hurryr
"No."
sSay, hitch yer hoss an come in
here. want to show ye suthin'"
! dismounted and hitched my horse
10 the fence and followed him into the
BID churchyard. between weather
stained mossy headstones and graves
overgrown with wild roses. Near the
far end OF these thick-sown acres he
stopped.
Here's where the buryin' begun"
said my guide. ''The first hole In the
till was dug for Fullerton"
There were many small monuments
pnd slabs Of marble-some spotted
with lichens and all In commemoration
Of departed Fullertons.
Say. look a that" said my guide as
be pulled aside the stem Of a leafy
bFier red with rosea .Jest read that.
mister"
Ny keen eyes slowly spelled out the
ttmeworn words on Q slab Of stained
nasblso