Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-12-19
DECEMBER 10, 1914.


4 break something. Ill smash chair
over the table In jam my stick righi
through lhe window - Ill dance on ,he
top Of The tea things. No, elected! =
I Dom. le. ny body ever try 10 speak to
De aea,n, il they don. wan, to catch
il. There's the wa,chman = what does
he mean by bawling so. as if the whole
1mwn did not know what o'clnck il isi
I've a great mind to-yes; il he wasn't
so big woodland if ] come across
little one-I'll shake Charley all TO pie.
ces. this very night. I'll commit JUST.
fable homicide
Ella! hal laughed Stubbs. hysteri.
cally. If Mrs Subbs is up yet. she's
GO, to hear il. I'll give her bi, of my
mind. Why did she lie. me take a
nomination! She told me not. know;
do believe she told me so only to
make me take i, II she had advised
me To take it, she knows wouldn't;
nothing but ron.rarlness IN these won.
en-. It's all her faul,--il's always her
fanlt-somebndy else is continually
getting me into scrape.'
And ,hen.' added Stubbs. savagely.
'when I've done correcting the old
woman. there's 10 be spanksde. I'll
rouse out every one Of The Children
III spank 'em till I'm tired. and do
fathers duty by them. They've been
neglected this whole campaign, and
I'll begin to be parental righ. off the
reel
WELL continued Stubs, in a soft
ened tone. there's always comfort
for married folks. There's somebody
a. home thai you can blow up when
you've a mind to. and ,hey can. help
! themselves. Strangers wont take it
when you feel sassy; but lis the bound.
en- duty Of Mrs Slubbs to listen aud no.
10 throw things at me. every body
ism, liable 10 slappage; bn. it's never
lost upon The lu,ie Smbbs'-if il isn't
due now, they ran take it on account.
All. domestic felicity is one Of the
creates, things tina, was ever found out.
especially when you're no, elected
. Home, sweet hume-One can have a
row "A, home. and IFS nobody's bust.
ness hui your own.
There's one tnlng Ctrlaln IL any
rate. said Stubbs. on the following
morning as he poked the newspapers
with the election returns into the stove,
. I've done with politics. | don I like
beng called kangaroo, and cannibal.
aud all sorts Of hard names. I've been
. peppered quite enonsh for Que while in
+ that way. And another thing-lm
llred OF iorking on, for other peoples
amusement. When mans on the
ticket. as the. cali II. he is pro bono
; pubico-lhe public bone every thing
she's got. Money oh. ya~--money
for professions. money for flags. mon
; ey Tor meetings. money for docky-
! men,s. money Tor pers--money,
money all the time. But that's moi,
: enough; if you're on the ticket, YOU
, mus, work like a horse besides-rEn
r round The town. and scamper over the
f, country get up early GO to he'd late,
and never get no dinner-have to keep
r cold POTATOES in your pocket, and eat
EN- as yor gu. hemh one bad cold
top of the other bad cold. ill you're a.
, Iioarsr as The man with The oyster earl,
Of rainy night. And then. when you
. feel bad Yourself about il, you mustn't
let on ,ha, you feel bad, bu, tell whop-
pers Il, keep up their spirits. And. al
last. when Your pockets are empty
when you're as lean as greyhound
and cruak like raven when your
, business has gone to rack and ruin;
why. ,hen-vou're notelected. and are
set down a. used up. That's The fin.
ist-
I've had talk with Mrs Snbbs about
l,-we've made np--and now IN gning
to eleri myself Ia the "tli,e If minding
ny own affairs, and lnoking after my
own shop. Me AMI Mrs Sn'hbs are
the United States, and am to he the
) Pre.i,lpn, thereof The children are
to he the people-they are Uor poputt,
!. and are IL hurrah and vote Tor me Al
every election. Our canale-lighs pro
cessions shall be up and down stairs
! we'll have ,nwn meeting every day
a, dinner and find our own leaves and
! fishes. Pom my word. now that me
! aud Mrs S,uhb< have concluded mi 10
have hard wa!ds any more. II ! don
begin to think tina. to be beaten IN an
: election. is sometimes US; about the
/ hes, thing iha, could happen 10 frl-
low. II sori Of settles him down-pnls
/. nouans GU, Of. bis head makes him
r sleep wi,ins. dreaming. aud sends bin
' an,u, nv. business. ! feel all the bet.
. Ter Of i; alreaIy. And The little Stnbs-
i 5 shail have a cent apiece all around
his very afternoon. a
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