February, , 920
THE LANDSWOMAN
The sunny South
HL ~unn) ~outh is nut Bnght•lll IIM Bognorf
as , dvcrht>cci by the L.B .... <:.R., but a row o
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p~g·S!l~un
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so built that they catch C\ cry
p~~s•ble
and here it is tha.t, every munnng at
~i~e or th~r~a.bouts, I am greeted ,..,ith a ~>how of
head~ o.ncl an almost deafening chorus of. gruf~ts
and squ<'als, gradually subsiding as one Jng a er
anoth<>r i~ fed.
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F t and forcmo t there arc Pnscl a an
Prud~ncc calhng for their b~cnkfast-h o perfectly.
enormous pig-; "hich are bemg fatted for th~ hou:se
Prue ha!=~ a great desire to see the world \\hich hes
hcvond her sty, and sho seizes every opportun.tty
to .. get pa~t :nu as you open the door, not drawmg
thc line at doing her best to knock you do,\n, and
when ) ou n.re bringmg her t<'mpting pail that s~e
share~ "it h Prise ill a for breakbst and tea she wtll
even lf•avc Prbcy to cat her share ac; \\ell as her
own in h<'r ca"ertle~s
to try and shp . out.
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show:, that greed is not a/lf'ay.~ a p1g s pnmary
m~tinct. One<> out, "oe betide you ! lf you do
want to gd done it's no nRe chasing hcr wildl~
roun•l the yntd. Whcn ~ected
the muc:-k hcnp, ~miffed round the "heels of the
\Hlnd of ~traw, nnd grunted nt each of thE>
oth~r pigfl' door.:; ju"t to let them know Rhc i out
once agam 111 S)Jllf tlf all your threats, then anci
then onlv
Bhc will wnddlo back with a sclf-com-
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placcnt a1r and (·nut<·nt('d grun t to !'CC how much
breakfast Priscy
ha!! lcft her. Even if there were
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Mwe, I am ~urt' that tbt• joy of exploring the yard
and thc ckhghtful gron•lhng m the muck heap
"ould fully compensate for half a pail of m1ddh ngs.
But generally Priscy ha::~ not managed it all !
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Th<'n tho~c i<> Ta.tJ, and thereby hangs a talc.
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wcrr t"Wo 'c rv s ma ll pi~e in one litter
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\\hen all the rest \H'rc ~o <. t cso two wero kept to
<;('(' if special care and tlt-btts could n o t add a little
more flesh to thrtr all t oo pr ommcnt bones. Tht
farmer rcmarkt•d t hat th~y wcro ··. hesitating piga,''
ws of p r ot est, I think a nd laugh of the
timo when I was afraid even of pigs !
After milking at nightb
I generally go r ound t o
say good -night to them.
Just a few sleepy grunt!)
of sweet content, the
moo11lit South bathed in
white lig ht, the wind still
in the skeleton branches
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of the trees, and every
now a nd then the patter
of a falling leaf- and I
am off h ome to my tea.
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P.S. - Priscilla is to die
on Tuesday, and if I co.n
get any of hor sausages l
will send you a sample of
Sunny South pork !
T}l(' rc
.M. R.
.Mont'y can buy things.
but it <'an' t buy health,
happiness, kind n e t$ s •
friends, or anything that
is rea lly worth having ;
and that is one rou.~on
why the rich a re so miser·
able.
They have found
that out.
U nconcerned Ma rtyra.
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PHILIP 0YLER •