The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-08-04

drawled on, "and them's moonshine
stills, bad health, and coal. You shore
aint got bad health, and you amt got
the cut Of a revenuer, though a few
minutes ago | thought mebbe We was"
And you shot. at mel" said Dale.
NO." objected Heck. II shot at yore
hat. | aIlus hits at what shoots at,
mister. | wanted We to turn yore face.
SOS | could see it, and We did. AS TO
that coal
"Ihe Morelands, they owns the coal
in David Morelands mountain, and
they won't sell it TO no mount O.
money. They lives over in the settle
ment, them and the Littlefords.
They're every DANCED one fine folks.
Pm a-gOn' over thar now. Want to
go long? Say-dang my picture ct |
didn't fOgit to Ak what might be yOre
name, mister!"
bill Dale" came quickly-"Blll
Dale. Settlement? Sure! Lead the
way, BY Heck. Who's the young wom-
an was talking with when you came
upy
"WhO? Her? That's old Ben Little
ford's gyurl. Her names Babe. That's
what they call her. She's got another
name; but it amt been used TO Sc
long it's been fo'got, l reckon. She's
the youngest one O old Ben's children
She hain't like none O. the rest O the
Littlefords. BY gosh she's awful high
headed. She can read good, Babe can
Old Major Bradley, from down at Car
tersville in the lowland, he spends hi>
summers up here TO his health, and hi
teached Babe how to read. Fine fel
Ter, Major Bradley. Lawyer. Babe
she has done read everything in the
| whole DANCED country. The's sev'ra
Bibles, and a book about a Pilgrim
Progress, and Bakers HOss ant
| Cattle Almaneck, and dic-dictiOnary
but we'd better light out TO- tn
settlement, Mr.. Bill, or we'll miss din
ner, mebbe. I'm a plumb DANCED foo
about eatin'. | ct twenty-five biscuit
O. tiour-bread this mornin' TO break
fus', asides a whole billed hamshank
and other things accordin'. It's tn
|! dyin' truth! Come on, MIR. Bill"
They went down to the creeE
crossed it on stones, and began t
climb the low cliff.
After an hours travelling Hec
y stopped in the trail and put the but
e of his rifle to the ground.
From right here, Bill" he said, wv
= can see every house in the who
e DANCED settlement"
They were standing on the crest
|e David Moreland's mountain. BelO
" them lay a broad valley checkere
4. with small farms; and each farm ha
| its log cabin, its log barn and its app
,r' orchard. Beyond it all rose the gree
and majestic Big Pine, which WI
f. higher and more rugged with cliff
than David MOrelandS mountain.
"rhe MOrelands lives on this side
III the river, and the Littlefords lives
ID van side,,' drawled Heck. "They dor
g never have nothing to do with ea'
m other, but they don't hardly ever figh
they're all strappin' big men, and tn
fights so DANCED hard it don't pay. n
" gosh, Bill, every man of 'em can sho
n gnat's eyelash off at four hundr
yards-l wsht | may drap dead
bo they CANT! DO We see that big cab
right plumb in the middle o the nj
., half O. the settlement, Bill? Well, t
=. boss O. the Morelands he lives thar
- John Moreland. That's whar you wa
49,, to 20, Bill, sence we've got a oncy'
y, able case O. the disease knoWed
-, coal-On- the-brain. But l can tell
afOrehand, you amt got enough mon
to buy that coal, don't matter n
-. much money we've got"
~ Dale was not looking toward 10
III ~, Moreland's home now. His gaze h
=" wandered to the other side OF
to "'''N' ~