The Glenwood post., 1922-01-19
across the Held and keep your eye on

Trayor is this entry:
81 went to Gettysburg with the Pres
ident today and sat near him when he
spoke. Mr.. Everett addressed the
crowd for an hour or so. AS Kelso
of Rhetoric My old friend went
straight across the field When he
finished, the field, plowed and har.
rowed and fertilized by war. had been
sowe1 for all time. The springs work
was done and well done"
AT quarter of ten the doctor rose
and said:
and wearing the night away with phi
losophy. I'm going home"
81 came over to see II you could find
man to help me tomorrow" Samson
said to Abe. Harry is going over to
do the chinking alone. I want man
to help me on the whipsaw while cut
some boards for the upper flooring"
"I'n help you myself" Abe proposed.
81 reckon I'll close the store tomor.
row unless Jack will tend it."
"You can count on me-" said Jack.
'I'm short of sleep anyhow and day
OF rest will do me good"
Abe went with his friends to the
door beyond which the two boys from
Clary's Grove sat as IL sound asleep.
1t is probable. however that they had
heard what Samson had said to Abe.
Next morning Abe and Samson set
out for the woods soon after daylight.
81 like that boy Harry" said Abe.
II reckon he's got good stuff In him.
The way he landed on Bap McNoll
was cautiOn. l like to see a feller
come right up to the scratch, without
an invitation just in the nick O. time,
as he did. That boy is likely young
colt-strong and timber and well put
together and broad between the eyes"
AN gentle as kitten" Samson
added. 'There never was better
face on boy or a better heart behind
1t. We like him."
"Yes, sir. He's n well topped young
tree-stralght and sound and good
timber. Looks as If that little girl O.
Jacks was terribly took up with him.
l don't wonder"
what kind of a girl is she?" Sam
son asked
awful shy since the arrow hit her.
She don't know what it means vet.
She'll get used to that. I reckon. She's
a good girl. and smart ms steel trap"
Harry Needles went whistling up
the road toward t,b new house with
sickle, hoe and trowel. As he passed
the Kelso cabin he whistled the tune
Of "Sweet Nightingale" 1t had haunted
his mind since he hid heard it In the
woods He whistlec as loudly as ever
he could and looked at the windows.
Before he had passed, Bins face
looked out Mt him with smile and
her hand flickered bhck of the panes
and he waved his to her. His heart
beat fast as he hurried along.
I'm not so very young" he said to
himself. 81 wish I hadn't put on these
old clothes. Mrs. Traylor is an awful
nice woman but she's determined to
make me look like plow horse. I
don't see why she couldn't let me
wear decent clothes"
Sarah had enjoyed mothering the
boy. His health had returned. His
cheeks were ruddy, his dark eyes clear
and bright, his tall form erect and
sturdy.
He had helped Alexander Ferguson
with the making of the fireplace and
knew how to mix the mortar. He
worked with n will, for his heart was
In the new home. II was fine Sep
tcmber morning. The far reaches Of
the great, grassy plain were dImmed
with haze. 1t was n vast. flowery will
derness. waving and murmuring in the
breeze like an ocean. How long those
acres, sown by the winds of heaven,
had waited for the plowman now ar
rived,
Harry felt the beauty of the scene
hut saw and enjoyed more the face of
BIN Kelso as he worked and planned
his own housc-no cabin, hut man.
sion like that OF Judge Harper in the
village near his old home. He had
filed every crevlce in the rear wall
and was working on the front when
he heard the thunder OF running
horses and saw figures. dim In a
cloud Of dust. flying up the road
again. He thought Of the threat of
Bap McNoli. IT occurred to him that
he would he in bad way alone with
those ruffians If they were coming for
revenge. He thought Of running
toward the grove, which was few
rods from the rear door Of the house,
and hiding there. He couldn't bear to
run. BIN and all the rest Of them
would hear of 1t. So with the sickle
in his right hand he stood waiting in
side the house. and. hoping they
wouldn't stop. They rode .gRitgiAhe
door and dislhOunted quietly and hob.
hed their horses. There were hve Of
them who crowded into the cabin with
McNoll in the lead.