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LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY. JUNE 1, 1921
SIX PAGES
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A STORY OF THE WILDERS DEMOCRACY
IRVING BACHELLER
, CHAPTER I.
Which Describes the Journey of Sam
son Henry Traylor and His Wife and
Their Two Children and Their Dog
Sambo Through the Adirondack Wil
derness In 1831 on Their Way to the
Land of Plenty Furthermore It De
scribes the Soaping of the Brim
steads, In the early summer of 1S31 Sam
nn Trnylor hihI )ii$ wife. Siiruli, and
two cliililron left their old home war
the village if VeiKennes, Vermont,
and heptin their travels toward the
setting sun with four chairs, a luead
hoard and rolling-pin, a feather hed
and blankets, n small Innktng-KlaR,
skillet, an ax, a pack hnsket with a
pad of sole leather on the Fame, a
water nail, a hnx of dishes, a tub of
'nit nnrl' ti vlflo n tnai.nl a ttiwL- nf !
meal, sundry small provisions and a
violin, tn a double wukou drawn by
oxen. It is a pleasure to note Unit
they had a violin and were not dis
posed to pa-'t with it." The reader must
not overlook its full- historic siRnin
cance. The stem, uiicimipmiii.siiiK
frpirlt of the Puritan had left I lie
house of the Yankee before a violin
roil id enter it. - Humor iind the love
of play hail preceded and cleared a
way for it. Where there was a thhlle
there were cheerful hearts. A'younjE
Mark shepherd rlojr w,hh tawny points
and the nniue of Sambo followed the
wHgon,
If we had been at the Conpej;n
timial church on Sunday we inij.ht
have lienrd tlie mini st or uyinjr to
Smuon, after the service, that it was
hard to understand why the happiest
family in the lwrish ami the uut -loved
should he leaving Its ancestml
home to ko to a far, new country of
which little was known. We mlKhL nls
have heard Samson answer:
"It's awful easy to be liyppy hen?
AVe, slide bImijs in the same old groove
that our -fathers traveled, from Ver
pen nes fo Paradise. We work and
undergone some planing and smooth
ina and his thoughts had been gently
led Into new and pleiisnm ways.
Let us take a look at them as they
slowly leave Ihe vlllngp of their birth.
The wagon Is covered with tent' rlnf.li
drawn over hickory arches. They are
sitting on a seat overlooking the oxen
in the wagon front. Tears are stream
ing down the face of the woman. The
nians head Is bent. His elbows are
resting on his knees; the hickory
handle of his ox whip lies across his
lap, the hish at his feet. Ho seems to
he looking down nt 'hU boots, into Hie
(ops of which his trousers have been
folded. He is a rugged, blond, bearded
man with kindly Wu.e eyes and a
rather prominent nose. There Is a
.'rlklng expression of power tn the
head and shoulders of Samson Traylor.
The breadth of his hnrk, the. size of
his wrists and hands, the color of
bis face betoken u man of great
strength.' This thoughtful, 'sorrowful,
attitude Is the only evidence of "emo
tion which he betrays. In a few
infinites he begins to whistle a lively
tune.
"The hoy josfnh fnmllinrly cnlled
Joe sits beside his mother. Ho Is
a slender, sweel -faced lad. He Is
looking up wistfully at his mother.
The little girl Betsey sits between him
and .her father.
That evening they stopped at the
lioiiM of an old friend some miles
up the rusty rnnd to the north. .
"Here we are pom' west," Sam
son shouted in the en an at the door
step. . -
I He alighted rih! helped his family
j out of the wagon.
"Vou po right In I'll take 'care 0
the ivxeu," snfd Hie man.
Samson started t'or the house with
the girl under one arm. and the boy
nndnr the other. A pleasnnt-fnced
voniaii greeted th"m with a hearty
welcome at the door.
"You poop" Minn I Come right In
she said.
Pom-: I'm the richest man in the
piny and go to meelin' ami put a shin j world." U he." "Look at the gold
-plaster in the box and grow old and I
narrow mid stingy and mean and go
up to glory and are turned inlosujuts
and angels. Maybe that's the best
thing that could happen to u, but
Sarah and 1 kind V thought we'd try
a new starling place and auotlier route j
to heaven. :
Sarah and Sampson lmd been raisrd
on "adjoining farms Jht out of the
village. He 1 h.-id little schooling, j
hut his mind was active and well hi- !
dined. Surah had iroperoiis rela-
lives in Bos inn and had had the ad- j
vantage of a year's schooling In thai j
city. She was a comely' girl1 of a -taste
and refinement unusual in the
place nnd time of hoi drrh. Many j
well-favored yotnhs had, sought her 1
hand, but, better than nthriM, she .
liked Ihe big, masterful, goud-nal tired, j
humorous 'Sainton, crude he was.
Naturally in her l.,mK hu ibnl-fr hrwt
on that girl's bend curly, fine gold,
too ihe best there Is. She's Betsey
my Utile- toy woman- half past seven
years old blue-eyes helps her moth
er gel tired every (hry. Here's' my
toy man Josiah yes, brown hair and
brown eyes like Sarah heart o gold
helps Ids mother, too six times
one year old." ' v
"What pretty faces:" said the wo
man ns she stenped mid kissed them.
"Yes. ma'am, (bit 'em from the
fairies," Samson went on. "They
have all kinds o' heads for little fulks.
1111' I guess they color 'em up with the
blond, n roses nn' the gold o bntler
cups nn' tile blue o' violets. Here's
this wife it' mine. She's richer'n 1
am. She owns nil of us. We're her
slaves."
"Lnoks as young as she did the day
she was married nine years ago,"
tou Pay No More
But you get
better corn flakes
when you specify
PostToasties
by naineand rnikc sure that
the grocchgives them to you.
Never were scu
flavor and criSv-
ness scaled up in
com flakes as
Vou obtain frorfi
every package cf
Po$t Toasties '
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' ""Kxactlyl" Sainton exclaimed.
"Straight as an arrow and proud! 1
don't blame her. She's got enough
to make lier proud, I say. I fall In
love again every time 1 look Into frer
blg. brown eyes."
They hjd a Joyous evening and a 1
restfui nfglrt with these, old friends
and resumed their Journey soon after
daylight. They' ferried across the
lake at Burlington and fared away
over the mountains and through the
deep forest on the Chateaugay trail.
Since the Pilgrims landed between j
the measureless waters and the path- ,
less wilderness tliey and their des- 1
cendants had been surrounded by the
lure of mystery. The love of adven
ture, the desire to explore the dark.
Infested and beautiful forest, the
dream of fniltfnl sunny lands cut
with water courses, shored with sil
ver and strewn with gold beyond It
these wer the. only heritage of their
sons and daughters save the strength
and courage of the pioneer. How true
was- this dream of theirs gathering
detail and allurement as it passed
from sire to son. On distant plains
to the west were hinds more lovely j
and fruitful than any of their vision;
In mountains far beyond was gold 1
enough to gild the dome of the heav-
ens, as the sun was wont to do at 1
eventide, and silver enough to put a ,
fairly respectable moon In It. Yet for !
generations their eyes were not to see. j
their hands were not to touch, these j
things.. They were only to push their
frontier a little farther to the. west
and hold the dream and pass it on
to their children.
Those early years of the Nineteenth
century held the first days of full
fllltnent. Samson and Sarah Traylor
had the old drenm In their hearts
when they first turned their faces to
the west. Kor years Sarah had re
sisted It. thinking of the. hardships
and perils In ,the way of the mover.
Satns.nii, n man of twenty-nine when
he set out from his old home, was wild
to he "always chasing the bird In the
hush." He was never content with
the thing In hand. There were cer
tain of their friends who promised
tn come and join them when, at last;
they should have found the land of
plenty. But most -of the group that
ha fie them good -by thought It a fool
ish enterprise nnd vpoko lightly of
.Samson when they were gone, Amer
ica has undervalued the brave souls
who went west in wagons, without
whose sublime courage and endurance
the plains would still he an unplowed
wilderness. Often we hear them set
down as seedy, shiftless dreamers
who could not make a living at home.
They were mostly the best blood of
the world and the noblest of 7od"s
missionaries. Who does not honor
I hem above the thrifty, comfort-loving
men and women who preferred to
stay at home, where risks were few.
the supply nf. food sure ami suffi
cient ami the consolations nf friend
ship ami religion always at hand?
Samson nnd Sarah preferred to enlist
and take their places in the front
battle line of rivlllration.
They had read a little hook en l led
Tlie Country of the Sangamon. The
ta 1 1 er wa s a word of t lie I 'ot 1 a wa
tomies meaning (nnd of plenty. It was
the name of a. river In Illinois drain
ing "boundless, flowery niendmvs of
iinexnmpled beauty and fertility, belt
ed with timber, blessed with shnd
groves, covered with game and nmstlji
level, without slick or a stone ti'
vex the plowman." Thither the?
were hound, to take up a section of
government land.
They stopped for a visit with Klishn
Howard and his wife, old friends of
theirs, who lived 'In the vilhige of
Ma Ion e. which was in Franklin county.
New York, There I hey traded theli
oxen for a tenfn of horses, Thei
were large gray horses named 'Pete am'
Colonel, The latter w;n fat and good
nntured. His chief Interest In tif
was food. Pete was always look In
for food and perils. Colonel was the
near horse. Now and thn Snnioi;
threw n hrcpkln over his back enn
put the (my on ft nnd trumped along
within anil's reach nf Joe's left leg.
This a great delight to the little
Ind.
They proceeded at a better pace to
the Bhu'k lllver country, toward
which, In the village of Canton, they
tarried again for a visit with Captain
Moody and Silas Wright, both of
whom had taught school In the towu
of Yergeiuies.
They proceeded through HeKalh,
Hlehville and Uuvprneur and Ant
werp and on to th Sand plains, They
had gone for our of their way for a
look ot thee old friend of theirs.
Samson's dUiry tells ho, at the top
of the long, steep hll'ts h ued to
cut a Mmill tro by the radtde and
tie its b'urt to the rear ail and bans
on to Its branches whlls his wife
drove Hie team. This held .their
toad, making an effective brake.
Traveling fh rough -tii fnreai. as
lh'.v had l"-en doing frft wek, while
rtie day nned. they looked for a
ttr'kid on t hb'h they could pas
tjie night with water handy. Samson
tethered, fed and "watered1 their hrys
and while Surah hi1 the" rhlbiren
Jojift a fire aief made tea and bimit.
he ns c-nAig bui and catrtnnf n h
In yie stream.
In u few minute from t"n" I
Old and New.
. All that' U old It not therefore nec
sfnrlty ticoKent ; sll that Is new la
not desplcobla on that aooount alone.
Let what la mil meritorious be pro
pounced ao by the candid Judge after
due Investigation s blockheads alone
are Influenced b.r the opinion of
ethers. Hindu Drama.
I Hi LU . !L
Lying Ancient vs. Modern,
This alnry Is vouched for as- true.
A Smiilii.V ischnol teacher asked
small girl tho other day why Ananias
was so severely punished. The little
one thought n minute, then answered :
"PtciiKe, lenrhcr, they weren't so uxed
to lying In those doysi" London
Morning Ilost. '
Boring a Hole In Qlaaa.
A hole can he cut In glass sntlafae
tqtlly nlth a file, provided the edgea
have been rounded. The glass can be
prevented from breaking during the
process by mixing mio part camphor,
one part elher nnd one part turpentine
and applying the mixture to the place
where Hi- hole l helnir bored.
Tramped Along Within Arm's Reach.
sting songs and told stories or played
upon the violin to amuse Uie family.
Oflen If the olhers were weary and
depressed he would dunce merrily
nround tho fire, pln.vlng a lively tune,
nlth Siuiihn gltid to lend a helping
foot and much noise to the program.
By and by the violin was put away
nnd nil knelt by the fire while Sarah
prnyed aloud for protection through
the night. So It will he seen that
they carried with them their own
little theater, church and hotel.
Soon after darkness fell. . Sarah
nnd (he children lay down for the
nlclit, while Samson Rtretithrd out
nllli his blanket by the fire In gooil
weolher, the loaded musket and the
dog Sniiibn lying .beside hliu. Often
(lie howling of wolves In the distant
forest kept .lliejii nwnke, and tho dog
miitlerliig and burking for hours.
Samson woke the camp at daylight
mid a merry song was his reveille
while he led Ihe horses ta their drink.
When they set out in the morning
Samson wus wont to sny tn the little
Ind. who generally sat hesldn him:
"Well. 'my hoy, whst's the good word
this morning?" Whereupon Joe would
say. parrot like: ,.
"Cod help us all and make Hit
face to shine upon us."
' "Well said!" his father would an
swer, and so the day's Jonrney began.
Often, near Its end, they came to
some lonely farmhouse. Alwaye Sam
ion would atop and go to the door
to ask shout the roads, followed by
MttJe Joe and Betsey with secret hopes.
one of these hopes was related to
cookies and maple sugar and buttered
bread nnd hod been cherished since
an hour of good fortune early In the
trip and encouraged by sundry good
hearted women along the road. An
other was the hope of seeing a baby
mainly. It 'should be said, the hope
of Itetsey. Joe's interest wns merely
an echo nf hers. He regarded babies
with nn open mind, as It .were, for
the opinions nf his clster sllll had
some weight j wllh him, she being a
year nnd a half older 'than he, hilt
hnhles invnrlnhly disappointed him,
their f-upnhllities heina; ao restricted.
Still, not knowing whet mtf ht happen,
lie always took a look at every baby.
The children were lifted out of the
.vacou to stretch their legs at sloughs
nnrl houses. They were sure to he
close behind the legs srf their father
when he stood at a strancer's door.
Then, the night being jar. they were
nlwn.vs Invited to put their horses !
the barn and tarry itnttl next morn
ing. This wns due In part to Ihe wist
ful fsees of the little children a fact
tnusjn'cte'd by ib-.'r parents. What
motherly 'henrt could resist Ihe silent
ipp-sl of children's faces or fsil t
tnderstsnd it? Those were memorable
iltrhts for Saniii nnd Jof and Betsey. In
1 letter to her hrotber the woman satalf
-Vou don't know how good It aeema
to see a woman and talk to her, and
we talked and talked urn II midnight,
after all the rest were asleep. She
let me hold Ihe baby In my lap until
It whs put to bed. How good It. felt
t hae a . little warm body In my
arms again and feel It brsathlngl In
all my life I never saw a prettier
bnhy. It felt good to be In a real
house and sleep In a soft, warm bed
and to eat Jelly and cooklea and fresh
nient and potatoes rfnd breed snd but
ter. Ssinioti plsyed for them ' and
kept them laughing with Ills stories
until bedtime. They wouldn't take
s cent and gave us a dozen eggs In i
basket and a piece of venison when
we went away."
nn a wa'nn. bright day In the sand
roiiniry they came to a- crude, half
flnishw), frame houe at ihe edge of
a wide clearing. The sand -lay In
drafts m one side rtf Ihe road. It
hsd evidently tnoted In the Jast wind.
A el'-kl egelsllon covered li Meld.
A riuced, hsrefooted man and three
arra,ny. 'Ill-clad cWldrea Hood la tlx
r4nrtsrd. IJ was noonlboe. A mlH
trl d't; silih bit rf lrv hnd Is
him. .e:t. bounding and Jarklsi l
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