"L/.^^ wood myth & FABLE 



THE SCATTERATIONIST 



IMS settlement was begin- 

 ning to feel itself a place of 

 importance. The chief road 

 had a fence on both sides of 

 it for over a mile, and a blaze on a large 

 tree was already ordered with the official 

 inscription "Main street . ' ' There had been 

 talk of the possibility of a store, and local 

 pride broke forth in noble eruption when 

 a meeting was called to petition for a 

 post-office. The wisdom, worth, and 

 wealth of the place were represented by 

 old Sims. He was a man of advanced 

 ideas, the natural leader of the commu- 

 nity; and after all the questions had been 

 duly discussed, the store and post-office 

 resolved upon, the question of who was 



