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Be Neighbourly

Abel's

I do not know a great deal about "You better git a doctor," he allow-

"Enoch's busted his laig. politics nor the ways of politicians, ed. but I do know Enoch Bennett and Abel fetching him up to the house." Abel arrived a few minutes Shaw, and I am amazed,

later

I am amazed at what happened in driving a farm wagon with Enoch in the gubernatíorial election last year back. He carried him, inside, waited and what happened afterward. One until the doctor arrived, then returned of the first things to amaze me was to the field. In the meantime, Hiram Enoch's attitude. Enoch is a farmer Nagel had told a few of the neighbours. living out on the Mountain Pass road what had happened, and before a half in our town of Sibley's Crossing. He hour had passed a dozen or so persons is not a satisfied man; in fact, he is had dropped in.

bitter about most things, especially of But these neighbour hadn't come to the way politicians milk the honest see Enoch. They had come to witness public. He does not believe there ever a spectacle that was far more inter- was or ever will be an honest politician, esting than anything that the Fair had He is especially resentful about the to offer. It was that of gubernatorial way office holders hand out political candidato Abel Shaw, wearing a frock plums to those who supported them in- coat, striped trousers and white shirt, Enoch had .plowing the field where their campaigns."-

Because everyone who lives in or been injured. When they asked him néar, Sibley's Crossing Inows these why he was doing it he stopped the said: things no one was particularly sur horse, wiped his forehead and prised when Enoch refused to endorse "Neighbourliness. That's the keynote the gubernatorial candidacy of Abel of my campaign, folks; be neighbour- Shaw, despite the fact that Abel was ly."

Before another hour passed several a local boy and was not, as politicians go, any more unscrupulous in his me hundred people gathered in Enoch's thods than the rank and file of other south field to watch the spectacle of a office seekers.

gubernatorial candidate plowing, and Enoch was louder in his condemna- doing a good job of it at that. At the tion of Abel than he had been of other end of every furrow, Abel would halt candidates in past years. He felt more. the horses, wipe his forehead and make justified. in condemning Abel because a brief speech to the throng gathered.

By Richard Hill

Wilkinson

he had known Abel all his life and there, setting forth the reasons why could say things about him that he "they should vote for him at the poles, know to be true. He could, for ex- The news spread like wildfire and ample, hark back to the time that Abel the next day every newspaper in the stole the money from the church fund state and in near-by states carried the. 80 ho could go to the circus. The story

amount taken was only fifty cents and. The whole thing amazed me, for I Abel at the time didn't know it was know little about politics and the ways the church fund, but thought it was a of politicians. But what amazed me sum belonging to his father who had most was the fact that Abel was elect- promised to let him go to the circus ed to the office he sought and Enoch anyway, but this didn't alter the facts as Enoch' presented them.

made no further attempts to oppose his candidacy. Then, too, I was 05- At any rate, Abel suddenly woke up tounded by the fact that Enoch's to the fact that Enoch's petty grievan broken leg mended exceedingly fast, so ces were making good newspaper copy fast that he was able to be up and for the opposition, and it worried him. about without even a limp two weeks And onc The farm vote was an important fac- after the accident occurred. tor in this election, - The territory day after the final election returns` around Sibley's Crossing which here were in, I was surprised to discover tofore he had taken for granted bo that Abel appointed Enoch as Public 'cause it was his home town became Work Commissioner directly following needful of some strenuous campaign- his inauguration, which was as fine ing.

a political plum as could be handed out. So Abel re-routed his itinerary to But most of all I was amazed at what include Sibley's Crossing, and one folks said, about the stories that went bright day he landed in town and be around concerning an earlier visit of gan to make speeches. He had timed Abel to the Enoch farm and of an his arrival so he would be on hand agreement the two old men had. · And during the County Fair, which was from the very nature of these stories held annually at the Crossing. and I have decided. I would rather_be which several thousand people attend amazed than a politician.

(Copyright, 1939, By, The Associated Newspapers.

ed.

On the morning of the Fair Abel went out to call on Enoch, Mrs, Ben- nett told the candidate that. Enoch was down in the south fold working like all get-out to finish up his plowing so he could attend the fair. Abel,S therefore, headed for the south field and Mrs. Bennett went back to hor housework, fooling a sense of misgiving at what might ensue down in the south field once the two old enemies apt to gether

Frequetly she glanced through the window the direction Abel had taken, id presently sho⠀⠀⠀ ospied "a figure hürying toward the house. The figure was that of Hiram Nagel, Enoch's, hisét thigh; and Hiram's face wân crowed with worry and concern. Mrs. Dunett met him at the door, -

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