Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-04-22
By
ROBERT ]. C.
STEAD

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swollen chin and stin neck still biased
him ngalnst Travers.
HE didn't, either. And " he did
It's nom Of your business, you big"
she looked her brother straight In the
face, her swollen eyes telling their
WI story. and repeated deliberately,
you big coward"
Allan bit bis lip.
"Jlm's quite n hero, all right. ftg
too bad he's gone"
TITS n good Job he's gone" said
Harris. by the way Beulah talks
things have gone far enough. I don't
want my daughter marrying a farmer"
Her grandmOther's daughter did"
said Mrs. Harris.
ayes, I know, but things nre diner.
ent now. look for something better
for Beulah."
II was Characteristic Of Harris, as
Of thousands Of others, that, although
n farmer himself, he looked for "some-
thing better for his daughter. He
was resigned 10 Allan being a farmer;
his intimate, daily relationship with
his son shrank from amy possibility
Of separation. But for his daughter
no. lie had mapped out no career
for her; she might marry a doctor,
lawyer, merchant, tradesmnn, wen a
minister, but not a farmer, II Is n
popularity of the agrlculturist that,
among nil professions, he holds his
W In the worst repute. In later
years has come n gradually broaden
ing conception that farming, after all,
calls for brain rs well ms muscle, and
that the mnn who can wrestle n sue
cessful living from nature has as much
right TO hold up his head In the world
ms the eXperlmenter In medicine or
the lawyer playing hid%e-and.seek with
justice through the cracks In the Grim
innl code. Herein Is n germ Of tho
cityward migration the farmer him
self Ia looking for something better"
for his children.
"Jlm WIS n cd man." persisted
his wife, Don't you think you were
well, perhaps, n little hasty with
hlmf"
Harris sat back. II wns his wlfe's
business 10 agree. For twenty years
and more she had been faithful In the
discharge Of that duty, That she
should suggest mn opinion out OF har-
u ony with his indicated n lack Of dis
cIpllne, not very serious, perhaps, but
n seed which. II permitted to flourish,
might develop TO dangerous proper.
lions.
$50 you're goln' 10 take his part,
too7 It's n strange thing II | can't
handle my hired help without advice
from the house"
Mary flushed at the remark. Any
CHILLY before the chlldren-for she
still thought Of the man and woman
TO her left and right rs "the children
wins more painful to her than amy
submission could have been. II would
he so much ensier to change the sub
ject, 10 follow the line OF least resist
nnce, and forgot the incident as quick
ly as possible. But Of late the convic.
ton had been coming home TO her
that come time, somew here, she must
make n stand. And, quite unbidden,
n strange surge OF defiance welled In
her when her husband so frankly told
her TO mind her " business,
~ was under the impression we
were managing this farm together.
you and |, John" she said, very calm
~. but with a strange ring In her
voice, "When We came West | under
stood It was to build our home. !
didn't know It VAS Just to be your
home.'
The look Of surprise with which
Harris greeted her words was nhso-
lutely genuine A hot, singing retort
sprnng to his lips, hut by a sudden
effort he suppressed II, I'VE will tnlk
nhout that some other time. Mary" he
said. ~ Jim had answered my ques-
ton fairly. ms he had IA right 10, In.
stead Of heatiu' around the bush,
might we let him off. hut when /
wanted to know what kept him he
simply parrled me, maxim n fool oi
mo and ruhhln' It IN with that infer
nal smile of his
80 that's what started e." ex-
claimed Reulnh. "Well. IN tell you
what kept him, II he wouldn't. The
cnttlc got into the oats through n
break IN the fence. and I couldn't gel
them out, and the dog went ki-yl.lnp
ovcr the prairie after Il rabbit, md
lust ms | was beginning tO-tO-con.
dense over II Jim came up and saved
the situation. What II he ala keel
40 $50
more important things than blowing d
"Aha 90 said Harris, knowingly
"Wcll, ! guess It's Just as well II hap
pened ms II did, Jim was gettln' al
together too good at runnln' at your
heels"
limits all the thanks he gets fol