The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-08-27
A SAN FRANCISCO IDYL.


 ..ues, pa and ma were pretty uch one ,5mc. tar when they came '" 1iItuTnit Et aas or then wedding ,aur.and cost iot>= came bx the WAN ai New ! ork and NaSh- lnpton and Panama eItY. IF a s.cimh"ti . and ma brought 4 maid io fft on hsf. and pa had d >ettaut namcd itin snd when Ne eel ,o altofnla ,.ly wc i'fa onk fourteen rea. bat 1 w,s~ aat born then. though th4, don't matter l sueee pa had lot nf meue4. MAS born at the Lick House. and ,eu pugh; = ,ee my baby ,lothe,. lenes \ t".. haven't the 6ind ei goods them MS. be ae2e Maud has tr..sled them zla ,a l.cet-s.= Maud k the baby. Sl< NcarS old Maud t,. and ii won't bc bong hefafc -hc al | bc a 'lefk for loncs &Ca. tf~f bahi, tiaay~ have the incest things. Na ~aH- hfzi baoles uc lkt ,t5s,ud Nt5s
 Well. ! aa ei the .pnJon iha. ,f'cr ill wen, int l., hou~r aa \ an Ness afcnUe h,. wen, nto ,,ot k a8aie>pt .tsat means t.as.. at.. ,'..-t .zzs at ;, ..H.s '1s. nc,~ ,nd ~oinc;itas> Pa came homo l"ak- ina ,pl,atiid and s..n;ed ta huY cvcry- ,Alng nj Laughed i ml iaf 9cln. .e mean and mt getHH-; better eie;he, aiid ,hcu he wanted ,o e.fxe ] ;he park, and 70 io the theatre. o4e d4} h. tine home -m4th d hlant=utM Edtfiage and i eian II lons-ts1led horse and | eatf hmaI and isses aan 1hea >ome,4tnc> Ia came home ant i.,kcd Ncfs ttluc. and ialke,i as,atsf >'o, k- tna be9an :a w..,s h p.t. and ratsscd ;ht. samctlaes when he latsat,d lIse lauGcs, nc la"ked q | he wanted tatfv. and tRen he ,,7ld fi4e horses. and then he house. and the f5 attarc ,s3> zen, ,a .ht aut ,lan. and ma feit,etN bad. and pA Wtsnt Ike h5m~e.i aHs nafc. and never iaii me ,tofl.. f#af kt~.et8# me .tad once when Maud N19 asleep n hs Arns he kissed acr and atIsd, and aftef t.'id ma she sae>>t'I l'., .i#.i A.'' icet ven ~cH. and then 9hr ,r.cd Aitci tal- Ac went ,o a boarding haasc nasty mu>tN boarding house feepthtns wa> well enough. a.sl. ,beafd.ns house .en ike home,
 Then the bahy &mt and t dicd. and na almost died .,ad hcArd pA say 'a ,he man that kcp. .he boarding house tha, he wt> pretty -hi up, bGt was Ill coming ont rght; aud the ncN day pA didn't have anN watl h or anN slccy e-but- ,ons. l aiin't seem "a noucc |. because saw tha; mavbe he had sold them ,s pay board and heard l,.s and ma talk away Tn the night. and sometimes ma cried. and pa would book in ,hc morning rust a> fl he hadn't slept wirk. and don; believe he had Once it wa> dreadful. Ia came home tlpss: and never saw him feel So bad. never and then they talked Il over. and finally ma wen, home to grandpa n New York. with Maud. and i stayed with pa 10 70 to school Then pa kep; .ciiins- worse and worse. and went to lNe n rooms and eai At restaurants and pa stavcd eu, late nights. and l guess he drank more than WAS good fer him. and l though, something had got to be done. S" sad to pA one day:
 Ia. let's go in;e business. and open a store"
 And he laughed and sad Mha, kind of a store =
 And sad "a Il eandy-ssere. er | stationery. CT d thread and needle store lus, >heh aS women keep and lijlle girls help in.
 And pa laughed. and said he would think of Il. and when he came home lha, nigh, asSed him he had thought abou; it. and he .ald he would and iha, morn- Ing he didn,, go oa.. b., saved a; home and wrote ma a long letter. So neNi dav went into store on Polk sreei. kcp; bv a nice old lady who had bad husband. where thx sold everything. and she sad in French. they called l, lingerie. did not know what she meant because l, was French. and asked her if she did no; want ,o sell her store, and she sad
 Do V,m want - buy 4 store. httlc girl = And sad ',Nll pa does" And she smiled and sad he guessed the sheriff would have store to sell in d fcs. days said wuutv' tell p,r, bccausr i,e knew MT Nunan the sheriff il Was ono of Mir. Nunan's men that sold pa . house and furniture for hum.
 And the ne<, day told pa about the store, and what nice one II was, and he had been a dry goods man once. and had d large store. and sold silk dress goods and vclNets and mrs. and late> worth more than U 900 apiece.
 don't exactly know what pa did. but think something turned up" a few days af,erward. for heard hlm say he had made raise" and he showed me more than si 900 m gold.and notes. and for a day aS two he carried them in hi. side pptACt anu llp>tiN hSPt HIS Haild uNSi them. for fear they would lump out and fly away: and pa bought me some shoes and hal. and stuff for aprons. and l made them myself. and never saw ra look so happy since ma went away. and one day he said to me:
 "Vevie. have bough, the store on Polk street. and yeu are 10 be my sales woman and partner"
 And sure enough. in few days we went into the store. and over the door was a great big sign of = Jones X Co.," and pa said was the Co.," And when l said. = And so. pa. you are Jones ?" he blushed. and guess he didn't like his old friends to know that he was selling needles and thread and tape and things We had two snug little rooms in the back of the store to sleep in. and made pas bed and swep, out the rooms and tidied