Gunnison news-champion., 1921-06-03


10 the stick but because you are
sayags ai,h the dark and cloatsd
mind Of a savage
"Tha doctors must be destroyed. and
all that vaE lost must be discovered
over again Wherefore, earnestly.
repeat unto you certain thinEs vhich
you must remember and tell TO your
children after you You must tell
them that "a hen water IS made hot By
Grr therr resides In It wonderful
Thing called steam. which Is stronger
than ten thousand men arr which can
do all mans work for him There are
other very useful thlngs. In the light.
ming fash there resides a similarly
strong servant Of man. which vas Of
old his slave and which some day wlIl
BE- his slave again
Quite a different thing Is the alpha
bet Il be- aha' enables me to know
the meaning Of dnc markings. whereas
you boys know only rude picture writ
ing have stored many books in
that dry cave on Telegraph bill. where
You So" IT," often 90 when the tribe Is
iDHu by the sea In them IL great
wisdom Also With them. have
. placed a key TO the alphabet. 50 that
/ one Eho knows picture writing may
1 also know print Some day men will
( read again. and then. II no accident
| has befallen my cave, they will know
| that Professor Smith once lived and
/ saved for them the knowledge of the
lucienis
There Il another llttIe device that
man inevitably vlll TedIscoycr II Is
called gunpowdor Il was What en-
abled Us 10 EllI surely and at long dis.
tHnces. Certain 'hIngs which are
found IN 'h" ground. when combined
ia the right proportions. viii make
this guupuwaor What these things
arr. I have 'nrr0''on, or else | never
knrR nuf I afzE did know Then
would mahe powder. and then would
I car'atnlr Etu Cross Eyes and rid the
land OF superstition
After ! am man grown am going
10 give Cross Eyes all the goats and
meat. and -klns / can get, so that he'll
teach 10" - be a doctor" HooHoo as.
serted And when know. III make
eyhr5 body else sit up and take Iotice.
They'll get down in the dirt to mo.
you bet"
The old man nodded his head sol
EMMY and murmurcd;
Strange it Is to hear the vestige
and remnants OF she complicated Ar
yRn speech fall from the lips OF
filthy little skIn-clad savage All the
world Is topHy-turTy. And It has been
tOpsy-turyy ever since the plague"
You won't make me SIT lp. Hare
: Lip boasted TO the would.be medicine
man. II ! paid you for sending Of
the death stick. and It didn't work. I'd
bust in your head-understand. you
Hoo-Hoo, you?'
I'm going to get Granser to remem-
/ Der this here gunpowder stun. Edwin
said softly. and then I'll have you all
on the run. You. Hare.Lip. will do
my fighting for me, and you. Hoo
Hoo. will send the death stick for me
and make everybody afraid. And II
catch Hare-Lip trying to Sust your
head. Hoo.Hoo. I'll fix him with that
same gunpowder Granser Amt such
n fool as you think. and I'm going to
listen to him and some day I'll beeboss
over the whole bunch OF you
The old man shook his head sadly.
and said:
/ THE gunpowder Will come. Moth
ing can stop 1.-THE same old story
/ over and over. Man will increase, and
/ men will fight The gunpowder will
enable rhen to kill millions of men.
and In this way only, by FIRE and
blood, Will a new civilization, in some
remote day, be evolved. And Of
what profit will It be? Just as the
/ old civilization passed. SO will the
new. 1t may take fifty thou
sand years to build. but it will pass.
| All things pass. Only remain cosmic
force and matter, ever influx. ever act.
Ing and reacting and realizing the
eternal types-the priest, the soldier.
and the king. Out of the mouths OF
babes comes the wisdom OF all the
ages. Some will fight, some will rule,
some will pray and all the rest will
toll and suffer sore while on their
bleeding carcasses is reared again, and
yet again. without end, the amazing
beauty and SURPRISING wonder OF the
civilized state. 1t were just as well
that destroyed those cavestock
books-whether they remain or per
ish. all their old truths will be dis
covered. their old lies lived and hand
ed down. What is the profit"
Hare-Lip leaped to his feet, giving
quick glance at the pasturing goats
and the afternoon sun.
"Gee!" he muttered to Edwin. The
old geezer gets more long winded
every day. Let's pull for camp"
While the other two, aided by the
dogs. assembled the goats and started
them for the trail through the forest,
Edwin stayed by the old man and
guided him In the same direction.
When they reached the old right-of.
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