Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-07-29

drawled on, "and them's moonshine
stills, bad health, and coal. You shore
| ai'nt got bad health, and you amt got
| the cut Of a revenuer, though few
| minutes ago l 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
1.-The Morelands, they owns the coal
in David Moreland's 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.
I'm a-goin' over thar now Want to
go long? Say-dang my picture eft |
didn't fo'git to ak what might be yore
name, mister r
"Bill Dale" came quickly-"Bill
Dale./ Settlement? Sure! Lead the
way, BY Heck. Who's the young wom-
an / was talking with when you came
up?"
"Who? Her? That's old Ben Little
fords gyurl. Her names Babe. That's
what they cali her. She's got another
name; but it amt been used TO- so
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 his
summers up here TO- his health, and he
teached Babe how to read. Fine fell
Ter, Major Bradley. Lawyer. Babe
she has done read everything in the
whole DANCED country. The's sev'ral
Bibles, and book about Pilgrims
Progress, and a Bakers Hoss and
Cattle Almaneck, and a dic-dictiOnary.
but we'd better light out TO- the
settlement, Mr.. Bill, or we'll miss dim
ner, mebbe. I'm plumb DANCED fool
about eatin'. ct twenty-five biscuits
O. tiour-bread this mornin' fo' break
fus', asides a whole billed hamshank,
and other things accordin'. It's the
dyin' truth! Come on, Mr.. BILL"
| They went down to the creek,
crossed it on stones, and began to
climb the low cliff.
After an hours travelling Heck
stopped in the trail and put the butt
of his rifle to the ground.
''From right here, Bill" he said, 1--WE
can see every house in the whole
DANCED settlement"
They were standing on the crest of
David Moreland's mountain. Below
/ them lay broad valley checkered
with small farms; and each farm had
its log cabin, it's log barn and its apple
orchard. Beyond it all rose the great
and majestic Big Pine, which was
higher and more rugged with cliffs
than David Moreland's mountain
'"Ehe Morelands lives on this side O.
the river, and the Littlefords lives on
van side,7 drawled Heck. "They don't
never have nothing to do with each
other, but they don't hardly ever fight !;
they're all strappin' big men, and they
/ fights so DANCED hard it don't pay. My
gosh, Bill, every man of 'em can shoot
a gnat's eyelash off at four hundred
yards Wisht l may drap dead eft
they CANT! Do We see that big cabin
right plumb in the middle O. the nigh
half O. the settlement, Bill? Well the
boss O. the Morelands he lives thar
John Moreland. That's whar you want
to go, Bill, sence we've got a oncyor-
able case O. the disease knowed as
i coai4nn- HI O. brain R11t I nan foil 70
aforehand, you amt got enough money
to buy that coal, don't matter how
much money we've got
Dale was not looking toward John
Moreland's home now. His gaze had
wandered to the other side of the