The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-22

l of the plants, for they are all very choic,
= and l am very proud of them.'
e The look of disappointment that haC
: been chased away from the industriou.
= mans face when he saw prospect o
something else to do came back deeper
: than ever as the lady described the new
job, and when she concluded, he had to
| remain quiet for a moment before he
could control his emotion sufficiently 10
speak:
If | amt the most unfortunate man
in Ameriky," he sighed. " I'm Jest dy-
in for work, crazy to get somethin' to
do, and I'm blocked out of work at eve
ry turn. l jest love to work among
flowers and dig in the ground, but
never dassent do it, for Pm just blue
ruin among the poisies. Nobody ever
cared to teach me anythin' about flow
ers, and it's gospel truth, ma'am, |
can't tell a violet from a sunfewer, nor
a red rose from dog fennel. Last
place | tried to get work at. woman of
the house set me to work weedin' the
ana Il worked atnpftf
nourss monstrous glad to get work, now
you bet; an pulled up every last livin'
green thing in the yard Hope l may
die if l didn't. Pulled up all the grass.
every blade of it. Fact Pulled up
vine wuth seventy-fve dollars, that had
roots reachin cfar under the cellar and
into the cistern, and l yanked 'em right
up, every fibre of 'em. Woman was so |
heart broke when she came out and see .
the yard just as bare as the floor of n |
brick yard that they had to put her to
bed. Bibles truth, they did, ma'am /
and / had to work for that house three
months for nothin' and find my board to
pay for damage l done. Hope to die eff
| didn't Jest gimme suthin' | kin do,
I'll llshow you what work IS, but | wouldn't
dare to go foolin' around no flowers.
You've got kind heart, am, gimme
some work; don't send desparin' man
away hungry for work"
" Well" the lady said, ''you can beat
my carpets for me. They have Just been
taken up, and you can beat them thor
oughly, and by the time they are
done will have something else ready for
you
The man made a gesture of despair,
and sat down on the ground the picture
of abject helplessness and disappointed
aspirations.
Look at me now" he exclaimed
g What's goin' to become o me? Did
you ever see a man so down in luck ike
me ? l tell you, ma'am, you must give !
me somethin' l can do. l wouldn't no
more dare for to tech them carpets than
nothin' in the world I'd tear 'em to
pieces. Pm an awful hard hitter, an the
last time beat any carpets was for wo-
man out at Creston, and l just weIted
them carpets into strings and carPetrags.
couldn't help it. l cant hold in my ;
strength I'm so glad to get to work. ,
hats the trouble with me, ma am, it's
Bible fact. I'll beat them carpets 5
+ you say so, but l won't be responsible q
or EN-; no maxim me work for nothin' y
Or nPO si-4 rSvhs t-.-E r.. 1s..-.s..- a
em into Sits, yer know. I'll 90 at 'em y
f you'll say the word and take the re-
possibility, but the fact is I'm too hard
| worker to go foolin' around carpets,
hats just what am"
The lady excused the energetic worker :
rom going at the carpets, but was puz-
lied what to set him at Finally she
asked him what there was he would like
to do and could do with safety to himself
and the work ..
Well, now" he said, chats CON
'iderit in We. That's real considerit,
and I'll take hold and do somethin'
-hat'll give the wuth of yer money, and
won't give me no chance to destroy
lothin' by workin too hard. If yen !
est kindly fetch me out n rockiu' chair,
I'll set down in the shade and keep the
COWS from liftin' the latch of the front
gate and gettin' into the yard. An I'll
10 it well and only charge you reason
lbe for it; fur the fact is I'm so dead
,razy for work that it isn't big pay l
want so much as a steady job"
And when he was rejected and sent
orth, jobles5 and breakfastIess, to wan
Ter up and down the cold, unfeeling
world in search of work, he cast stones
1t the house, and said, in detected tones: :
"There now, that's just the way. They
all us a bad lot, and say we're lazy, and
,hieves, and won't work, when a fellow
$ just crazy to work, and nobody won't
give him nary job that he kin do. Won't
work Land alive They won't give
is work; and when we want to, an try
%, they won't let us work. There amt ,
1 man in Ameriky that 'ud work as hard
m as stiddy as I would if they'd gin me
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