El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-15

I put IN At Eranklin. 7 recall the day
I It was just the other afternoon, when
the first white men came. And also
remember back Of that when these
dinosaurs they talk about were here.
Z They didn't stay long only an hour
or so as ] remember f. People call
] the period 10000 years, believe. Any
I way 90 was only seemingly a few min
utes- The first thing I can remember
was one warm sunny afternoon when
mother Earth showed me around the
! country. You girls were not here
then, but you came soon after. about
q day or two 100000 years in the
human language. I looked south and
could not see a thing but level coun-
try for three hundred miles. Down
where the river now runs there were
marshes; large palms and tropical
plants grew in luXuriance- The only
animal life anywhere were a few
mOuads and Wiggly things, similar
70 what men call amoebae.
Il was talking TO Pixies Peak by
wireless one day and he nearly died
laughing. Why you poor simp.' he
said, 7 can remember when there
wasn't a living thing on the face Of
the earth. Just a vast plain OF st an
ing, warm crust with here and there
a few elevated places like myself. /
was born 26.000.00O years ago. as men
reckon remember when you were
born. Your mother raised you in a
hurry. IL did not seem more than a
million years until you were grown
up &c big as you are now"
While I am not as old as you"
said Carmen, Il recall many OF the
things you mention. have communi-
Gated with many OF the other noun
tains In the world I had a long talk
with Ararat once and he told me that
stuff about the ark was all bunk
How 90 you suppose they could get
two Of everything on that fabulous
boatF he asked. Why they did not
even have coolies. Noah was the
Bruce lsmay Of his day and when thai
big rain came up he beat It for my
LETT shoulder and lett his old woman
70 swim. never heard what hap
pened % the old lady. As for Noah.
ne took up With a chicken that had
maze ner way 70 a high place and
aLLer the water went down ran off
with her to Beersheha or some place
Moon Was Glddy Young Thing.
Il have also looked into the crea-
ton story and had a long talk with
one OF the Himalaya brothers. who Is
supposed to be the oldest mountain
IN existence. He said that he was
born at very early age and that
Lnere was nothing that looked like
much when he first sat up and took
notice The oceans didn't exist ex-
cept IN the form Of steam and the
--~t~- NfH-a a AAAI IQAAE NALLA EnaE-
ing around after the sun"
A rumble Interrupted the remark
everywhere but In California, people |
estlied the rumble an earthouaire. I
-ilaL may nave been because il was
~ california Really IL was not a.
ear tnquake- It was mother earth
scoldi1g her mountain children To /
make them keep still SO she could get /
some sleep.
Just then the God star CapopBs
yelled down 10 the Earth .aSav- ~ /
eoln@q- 4 wish Won would keen
nose kids still. For billions Of vea-s 1
! 4 nave peen listening 70 the music OF I
now you and your pesl.y Kids conc |
alons ana make so much fuss All re I
tine that I cant hear"
8, ~ 4 l llotner Earth promised 10 do /
lel pes the OLD God Star u,utte-e5 i
l1ger ms breath; Thank koodneTq I
81 ~ 10y naFe % put up with this uore
tnaA I'VE or six million years more . 4