Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-04-08
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In the Spell Of the H. age.
A quarter ~ Il century Is n short
time MS world history goes. but It Is II
considerable crn In the life Of tho
Canadian west. More ihlngs-mnmcn.
tnus thlngs-thnn can be hlntcd NJ In
this narrative occurred In the % ycnrs
following the great thrush NJ 1850. Tho
hnundless prairie reaches of Manitoba
were now comparatively well settled.
md the tide Of Immigration. which.
nlter o dozen yonrs' stugnatlOn. had
set In again In greater Hood ihun over,
wns now sweeping over the newer
lands stlll further west, The vast
sweep ~ the horizon, once indebted
10y any work Of man. WAS pierced and
broken with elevators. villages. aud
fnrm buildings, and the whln Of coal
smoke wns blown down the mir which
Ind so lutely known only the breath
or the prniries.
Mary harris hurried about her cn-
rnclous kitchen. deep In preparation
of the evening meal. The ycnrs had
taken toll NJ the freshu'.l of her
young beauty the shoulders, In mute
icAtlmony 10 much hard labor ~ the
trnd. hnd dropped forward over the
deepening chest the hair was thin
ntg. and further hnck above the fore
head, ind strcnkcd with grny nt the
temples; the mouth lacked the rosy
-ansuonsnc of youth. and sat %
iN n mold half Of resolution half sub
mission. Yet her foot had lost little
cf lis sprlghtllncss. md the sympathy
10 her fine eyes seemed to have deep
cled with the ycnrs.
4 moist hut nppctlzlng steam rose
from the vegetable pots on the rnngc,
and when she threw back the iron
door 10 feed more coal the hot glow
from within danced In reflection Dlone
,la bright row ~ utensils hanging
from the wnll, nnd oven sought out
ue hrnss plato on the cream scpurn
IN nj the fur end Of the big room.
Through The screen door cnme the mo
nHtolously redundant ellie a
. clnnk Of the windmill, md n
been ear might hnvc caught the light
guiash ~ water ns II fell In the wond-
~ horse irourhs from the iron nozzle
~ the pump.
Mary stuck a fork In n potato 10 as
certain II the 'hone' was all gone,
meanwhile shielding her face from the
sicnDi with the rJt lid, held nioft Zoe
nn nproucd hand. Having satisfied
herself that the meal WIS mnhing snt'
iago ctory progress, She stepped 10 tho
door and sent q quick look ncross the
Holds. 20 where u streak ri hlnrk
smoke was scruWlcl nlong the el,y.
"Brulnh." She called, turning To-.
ward the interior pnrt Of the house
"Comc. Houlnh, set the table. They rr
coming from the 0old'
In u mnmcni O plrl of twenty, plnln'
IS nttlrcl ln q neat calico dress. on.
tered tine Kitchen. she was fresh nni
trnutlfui ns her mothcr had boon ihlf
arst summer ln the od house 900 tte
bench and gomethlnr Zoo hor appear
upre suggested th1f WIN her mother
henuty nud fine sens ull|t, sir l0' u
heritcl tho ludumIinl'. .H'HI uh
bed mnlr tulu Harris orr u. il' WH.
troencrou- lIrWHI. Too the l.ir'H' N'
moved in un rN.l. uur re.'nH. -.H
~ self r|ulitrrD I reliance fi.' H
I've lu.t o. lll'c IRRITATING Io .rn OBJ
oil fashioned u1t.nH. ..nUnIru r NUH
nn. dependence .U ihe -i.uUr .DN
trsv the TONG wonI"u i.h|H W'ih DE
covering of white ui ..Nln into th'
rrntor of lhc bltanrn ari hreau pl1c
lnr fhc o.shps Zoo pn-H'o o.
lhr ,pnpt'g ol heu'y boots 900 ih'