Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-08-05

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the Doctor. II promised TO take Mr..
Traylcr over TO Jack Kelso's tonight.
Couldn't you come alongR" a.
Good Wen have q story-teliIn'
and get Jack to unlimber his gums =
said Abe.
Jack Kelso's cabin, one Of two which
stood close together at the western
end of the village, was lighted by the
CHEEKY blaze OF dry logs In It's fire
place. There were guns on a rack
over the fireplace under a bucks head,
powder horn hanging near them on
its string dOoped over a nail. There
were wolf and deer and bear pelts on
the floor. The skins of foxes, rae
coons and wildcats adorned the log
walls. Jack Kelso was a blond,
smooth-faced, good-looklng, merry
hearted Scot. about forty years old.
of a rather slight build, some five
feet, eight inches tall. That is all
that any one knew of him save that
he spent most of his time hunting
and fishing and seemed to have all
the best things, which great men had
said or written, ON the tip of his
tongue.
WELCOMED and here's the best seat
at the fireside," he said to Samson.
MY wife and daughter are away for
a visit and for two days I've had the
cabin to myself. Look, ye worshipers
of fire, and see how fine it is now i
The homely cabin is place of beauty.
What heaven 1t is when the flames
are leaping! Here is Hogarth's line
Of beauty; nothing perpendicular OF
horizontal"
He took Abe's hand and went on !:
Here, ye lovers of romance, is one
of the story-telIers Of Ispahan who
has in him the wisdom of the wander.
ing tribes. He can tell you a tale
that will draw children from their
play and old men from the chimney
corner. My boy, take a chair next
to Mr.. Traylor Mr.. Traylor, you
stand up as proud and firm as a
big pine. believe you're a Yankee"
$50 do l." said Samson. eff you
took all the Yankee out o. me I'd have
an empty skin"
Then Abe began to show the stran-
ger his peculiar art In these words :
stephen Nuckles used to say
Gods grace embraces the isles o. the
sea an the uttermost parts O. the
earth. 1t takes in the Esquimaux an
the HOttentots. Some go so fur to
say that It takes In the Yankees but
! don't 60 so fur"
Samson joined in the good-natured
laughter that followed.
IF you deal with some Yankees
you take your life in your hands," he
said. "They can serve God or Nam
mon and / guess they have given the
devil some of his best ideas. He
seems to be getting a lot of Yankee
notions lately"
sThere was a powerful prejudice
in Kentucky against the Yankees"
Abe went on. "Down there they used
to tell about a Yankee VINO sold his
hogs and was driving them to town.
On the way he decided that he had
sold them too cheap. He left them
with his drover in the road and went
on to town and told the buyer that he
would need help to bring 'em in.
"'How's thatT the buyer asked.
''Why they git away an go to run
min through the woods an fields an,
we can't keep up with EN-
"T don't think I want EN- says
the buyer. "A speedy hog hasn't
much pork TO carry. I'll give We
twenty bits to let me off,"
ST guess that Yankee had one more
hog than he'd counted said Samson.
Whatever prejudice you may find
here will soon vanish" said Kelso,
turning to the newcomer. 81 have
great respect for the sturdy sons Of
New England. I believe II was Thee
dore Parker who said that the pine
was the symbol of their character.
He was right. It's roots are deep in
the soil; 1t towers above the forest !:
1t has the strength Of tall masts and
the substance Of the builder In it's
body, music In its waving branches and
turpentine In Its veins. l thought of
this when saw Webster and heard
him speak at Plymouth"
Whut k1hu VI looking man Is
her" Abe asked.
IA big erect, splendid figure Of
man. He walked like ram at the
head of his flock"
Abe who since his story had sat
with a sad face looking Into the fire
now leaned forward. his elbows on his
knees, and shook his head with inter
est while his gray eyes took on
look of animation. The diary speaks
often OF the wei of sadness" on his
face.
"He is a very great man." Abe ex-
claimed.
"Have you learned that last noble
flight of his in the reply to Haynes,
as You promsedf Kelso asked.
II have" said Abe, land the other
day when / was framing hack Prom