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By George McRlanua
ai juuKiMfli, UKTLAND, OREGON
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T PAER smoothed the evening paper
out across hla knee, tranaferriiix
Its wrinkle to his thoughtful brow.
"Blamed If I can see the un of It."
he mattered blf to himself. "I can t 'or
the life of me."
Whf Itr Ma Mkd calmly from
hr nrwcM. nook, "I can t H you any
Information unleu you ipeak plalner'n
uiat
"I don't know'i you could anyway."
T. Paer rctortejd. "But I can't ret It
Int my noodla why thcyv cot to hare
ao awful much conversation In so many
!anffua( about thU diaarmln' busl
nsaa "1 tM (ky rot to Ulk tfclnr ow."
Ma aald. "llow'r they ttoiDf to know
what thy want to do If Uier don't talk
about itr
"Thay know what they want to do,"
T. I'aor anawerod. "Every man Jack of
m could tell that with their handa tied
behind 'am, even th Frenchmen nd the
lull ana"
"What do they want to do then. If
you're ao amartr' Ma aaked. "I 'apose
To, ugot U all flrrered out."
"I aura have." T. Paar anawered
quickly. "What they want'a to atop
apendin' mowey for armlea nd naviea
ain't It 7"
"That'a what the paper aaya" Ma ad
mltUd, -but you can't alwaya tell wha
theaa polltlclana'ra up to by what's In
ti papera"
"That ain't the paper's fault," T. Paer
atatd. "Ifa bacatNMi the politicians say
na think "nd mean three others."
"I ain't acumn' tha gapers," Ma an
swered, "but theya a lot of politicians
st that moo tins back at Waahlnrton
ain't themr
"Tha foxiest that they make 'em." T.
Tsar anawered. "AJid of 'em could talk
wriai waicn out of tha right time of
lay If 4 didn't hide lt d faca 'nd keep
roinV
"WeD then." Ma amlled. "1 ruess that
anrwera your question don't It?"
u.Huhr T' PMr minted. "Uow does
"If they're all such rood politicians
nowd you aspect 'em to ret together
without making a few remarks?" Ma
aked. "They'd Just simply have to
talk or blow up nd adjourn."
"But what good does It do to talk?"
T. Taer pereUted. "They've aU rot a
different Ungo. Why don't they let them
Interpreter fellahs do the talkln while
they Just wslk out 'nd pile their hard
ware In a vacant lot 'nd forget It"
"I have a Idea." Ma answered, "that
ach of 'em a sfrald to take off his run
first"
"They might call In the chief of po-
Bcs nd nave him frisk "em?" T. Paer
sugreated. That's be lair 'ad even up
wouldn't itr
"It would." Ma answered, "unless the
sheriff was In cahoots with some of
'em.
"Well." T. Paer argued. "The way to
disarm's just to disarm. It looks to ma
Bluff 'em off. beltnd scabbard 'nd osa
'em In the cistern 'nd forget 'em."
"That'd be all right," Ma said, "if they
could find a cistern that was so deep
they couldn't fish 'em out again; one
that waa'nt In the back yard of any of
the fellaha"
"But dog rone It," T. Paer swore,
"If they're roln' o flrger on fishin' "era
out they's no use gettln" good guns all
rusted up 'ed havia' to ream 'em -out
fresh 'nd ret 'em oiled u new."
uicjr n laiamr aooui so mucn.
"What?! T. Paer asked
"Try in' to make sure that all of 'em're
wuiinc w tnrow 'em out In the sage
brush nd not go hunting for 'em when
the other fellahs've rone home." Ma
answered. "It sounds reasonable don't
11 r
"Spend in' all your pay check buyln'
runs nd battleships ain't reasonable in
the first nlaA." T Pun. mntanlu) " A 11
of the natlons'd be better off If none of
em nad any armies or any navies."
"I ruess you're right" Ma conceded,
"but every bod y'd be awful unprepared
if somebody's atart to kick up a row."
"Well If m vttinl nf lloh.
ret into a row 'nd didn't have any guns
or nothln. nd had t ntwtat ik
a oak grub before they could baste each
wuier ovrr me Dean wnai a oe the most
natural thing for 'em to do?" T. Paer de
manded. "Go hunt & IT " XT a mWMl.it
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eiM a piece or corawooa or something."
"You're wrong," T. paer contended.
"They'd shake their fists 'nd cuss each
other first 'nd nine time out of ten that'd
be all they was to It"
"But suppose they rot too mad 'nd
went after the ax?" Ma asked, "then
somebody'd ret chopped up wouldn't
they?"
"No." T. Paer grinned, "their wives'd
set 'em to cuttin' kindlim nd the next
morning' both of 'em see what blamed
fools they'd been 'nd the flcht'd be all
off."
"But what's that got to do with this
Waahlnrton meeting?" Ma asked.
"WelL" T. Pur nnnu4 "I v.
nation's spend more time doin' the chores
no less time whettln" their ax by the
time they rot their klndlln' cut they'd be
think In' more of supper'n of war clubs
'nd things like that"
1Mb "STORIES
Rr Thonlnii IV. ...
When jrou trt another' danaar
Viirn him, though he be tnnser.
-qitfky the Crow.
EVERT day for a week a man came in
boaf to scatter corn in the rushes
at a certain point along the bank of
the Big Klver. and every day Blacky
the Crow watched him and shook his
black head and talked to himself and
told himself that he didn't like It and
that he was sure that It was for no
good purpose. Sometimes Blacky
watched from a distance and sometimes
he flew rlsht over the man. But never
once did the man have a gun with him.
Kvery morning very early Blacky flew
over there and every morning he found
Dusky the Black Duck and his flock In
the rushes and wild rice at that particu
lar plare, ami he knew that they had
been there all night. lie knew that they
had come In there' Just at dusk the night
before to feast on ths yellow corn the
man had scattered there in the after
noon. "It la no bualness of mine what these
Ducks do." muttered Blacky to himself,
"but aa surely as my tall feathers are
black Bomethtng Is going to happen to
aomt of them one of these days. That
man may be fooling them, but he Isn't
foollnr me. Not a bit of It I lie hasn't
had a run with him once when I have
seen him. but Just tha same he Is a
hunter. I feel it in my bones He knows
tboae silly Ducks coma in here every
night for that corn he puts out He
knowa that after they have been here
a few times and nothlnr has frightened
tharn they will be so sure that it is a
aae placs that they wilt not be the least
bU suwplcloua Then he wfli hide behind
those bushes ha has placed close to tha
dge of the water and wait for them
with hla terrible gun. That la what he
will do or my name Isn't Blacky."
Finally Blacky decided to drop a hint
to Dusky the Black Duck. So the next
morning, he stopped ror a call. "Qood
mornlng." said he aa Dusky swam In
Juet in front of him. "I hops you are
f sal tag as fine as you look."
-wuacc. quark !" replied Dusky. "When
Blacky the Crow flatters, he hopes to
gun aometning. what Is It this time?
not. a uiing.- replied Blacky, "On
my honor, not a thing. There is noth-
i ior me nere. uiough there seems to
be plenty for you snd your relatives,
to Judge by the fact that 1 find you In
. ..... every morning. What
Blacky Drops a Hint
'Corn." reniled Hnw in t 11
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as if afraid some one might overhear
him. "Nice yellow corn."
"Corn !" exclaimed Blacky, as if very
much astonished. "How does corn hap
pen to be way over here in the water?"
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Assets Over tussle,
Teat Seaae Satiety far IT Tears
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"Corn," repUed Dacky, In a low
Yoice, as If afraid someone might
overhear him.
Dusky shook his head. "Don't ask
me. for I can't tell you." said he. "I
havn't the least idea. AU I know is
that every evening when we arrive we
find.it here. How it gets here I don't
know and, furthermore, I don't care.
It is enough for me that it is here."
"I've seen a man over here everv ft.
ernoon,- said Blacky. "I thonrht he
might be a hunter."
"Did he have a terrible run?" asked
Dusky, suspiciously.
"NH," replied Blacky.
"Then he isn't a hunter." declared
Dusky, rooking much relieved. e
"But Derharm
o iiu wui wan ror you to come
ivr your aianer, - suggested Blacky
could hide behind these bushes,
know."
K.f niMC retorted My. tossing
hla head. -There h.-sn t been a sign of
danger here since we have been here. I
know you. Blacky ; you are jealous be
cause we find plenty to eat here and
you find nothing. You are trying to
scare va. "But 1 11 tell you right now,
you can t scare us away from such splen
did eatlnr as we have had here. So.
there !" '
(Copyright, 1821. by T. W. Bortest)
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