The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
SAMSON

Jethso Angu-. d cd and left to him the
sgvsaancs of Ramlett's farm-his mother.
AaA Dad In Ais iafancy-and 20 for q tiras
- wo Ia fa d srsy 81 hous alone Up
b orsfa Erip DO ad that Samson
~s.A II ssznl h: - would ssn s.t the
Etock - - hra al lsavs IL plnes. for
hum In sazsy bsyAsed hs bad been oae b
nst0 tD t1vel1s' talcs-scldiers return
ns On fuEsoasa b Oxett lad no better LIS
h00 hR tAsif s.rso tAan Sansna Angur-
szfn JsfARo, III fAfAG, dled, a1i b hyel
sanns n Raastx-L
naa Who rseh.nsa sn hin lsavinx Ram
hft's rscksnsd without IL pun Il hsrsdity;
kzAhet's had bsa farnsd b. IN Anxur
fssa u bsgin1ins 4 nsnay h Ozse4:
4xs - . tzallf1sa thak Slmsa d Msaf.
h<t bs1Ds IL fafzl A,aa q Dvs.Aam, -
stsDpa ~ rshs.Annt u RamlsseS
nssgA IL seay q ksv IN AngR savs
fn sosa fbod and als took no count Of
De i.et that Oxstt vss f.r 10 ths south Of
ks jssrnayfng 10 BvesAam- But hsrsdity
nh On Samsoa to tAs extent of holding
hfn to Ranlett's in utt.r loneliness for tvo
years. and tha - took unto himself q
wife
sesed away cut iron ozstt village, ID on
spsa country vAsrs he txeo seemed merely
b aecentuaA he harsas8 of the landscape,
and thsy sid ih Oxstt dat the woman who
married Sanson n.ss have pluck to stand
tn isolation Of Ramlset's. This they said
anons tAsmselvss, not In Samson's hsarinr,
Dor he was an III man 10 eros, q Bill
Wherry found Tor one wints afternoon
Samson was down at The Anchor In Oxstt-
this was . couple Of months aftsr his mar
hase, and Bm, wAoss jokes were always
tnapt, vsntured . query:
-Hov's Delilah farm up at Ramlett's,
Samsonr'
Samson gassd at him till the full mean
Ing Of that query had penetrated to his slow
moving farmers mind then he took Bill By
ths shoulder and By the throat, marched
him out from the Anchor, and with one
great heavs deposited him In tho horse pond
On the far Ede Of the road-and the splash
Il Bill's faIl vetted the Anchor doorstep. It
was not the frst example Samson had Eivsn
Oxett Of his right to his forenams, but for
. long time it was his best effort, and Oxstt
told Of how Bill had gone hurtling into the
pond Ike 4 log Of nrewood.
There was never such muscle Known In
O1ett afore." they would ay, In falling Of
the feat
Meanwhile, Samson worked a. his father
bad worked before him-as many ancestors
bad worked-to wiring 4 living and . little
more out Of Ramlstt's, until the young
squire, lately come 70 his own, Eambled
away his patrimony-in one night, they
nitup in London Then Ramlett's with
mar, and Samson Angur went to Deadham,
ths lawyer at Bentford, to borrow such
money N would with his savings complete
ths purchase Of Ramlett's. So many gen
sraticns had his ancestors farmed the place
that hs could think Of no other home, ssps-
psciaIy - he looked for an heir to come in
he spacs Of not many months from the tims
sf the sale And, since Deadham lent him
four -ffths Of the purchase price of Ram
Lets, samson held to the place of which
the reek was In his blood
DY THE time die title deeds Of Ramlett's
- were afely stored in Lawyer Dead
hams safe, q girl child had been born to
samson, and In the bearing Of that child
bis wife died. Thy said up at Oxett that
the night Of the child's birth and his wife's
death put tsn ysafs on Samson, and Lawyer
Deadham came over from Bmtford to hear
what Samson would do. It was mid spring.
and Samson took Deadham out over the
a.sds Of Ranlstt's to show him the crops,
and 1t hin ses that Ramlett's could b In
no bsttsr hands,
"Tf you hke,'' aid Deadham, pausing
b. the gate Of . Geld in which the young
wheat sprung healthily, TN take over the
place altosethsr-buy you out fairly"
Samson looked at his WHEAT and shook bis
hsad.
Tint natural" be said sl0vly, that
ths placs should ever be he same to me
.again- She-she-wsn, lowed her, an
Ramlett's In left desolate, as Scripture says.
But thers's q many Ansus up In the
ehurchyard fsr hsr to rest besids, an they
IN livsd az did at Ramlstt's. Here I
bro1sht hsr. an here IN remember her till
k9 baby grSws b b . comfort to me.
p9haps-"
Nov LAvy~ Dssdham was Q big, stout
nan With . round and putty face, and With
iittis deeD-ot syes that showed the man
hard and kssn, - ks Kind should be. Yet
st the simpls pathos Of Samson's words
svsn his eyes suftsnsd, and he paused before
- answered.
'-As ysa vm-as you win. You'll need
0 nnrss fnR d it1s one"
'OA Bstay's t.nAi,' her," said Samson,
s-an' - taFss b do well wi Betty. Shell