The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-06


then she got up and hid her Oraide
watch in her shoes, and her Omalaska
diamond ear rings in the Bible, where
she said no burglar would eyeF find
them, and pa and ma laid awake till
daylight, and then pa said he wasn't
afraid, and he and ma went down cell
lar. Pa stood on the bottom stair and
looked around, and one of the delegates
| said, 'Mi'ter, is the storm over, and is
your family safe'. and ma recognized
the voice and said, "Why, it's one of the
delegates. What yOu doing n therep'
And pa said, WHATS a delegateP and
then ma explained it, and pa apollo
gized, and the delegate said 1t was no
matter, as they had enjoyed themselves
real we'll in the cellar. Ma was mOrti-
fed most to death, but the delegates told
her it was all right. She was mad at
pa hrst, but when she saw the broken
slOp bowl on the front steps and the
pOtted plants in the hall, she wanted to
kill pa, and guess she would only for
the society of the delegates. She
couldn't help telling pa he was bald
headed old fool, but pa didn't retaliate.l
He Is too much of a gentleman to talk
back In company. All he said was that
a woman who is old enough to have del
egates sawed off on her ought to have
sense enough to tell her husband, and
then they all driited off into converse
tiOn about the convention and the box
ing match, and everything was all right
on the surface, but after breakfast,
when the delegates went to the cOnYen-
tiOn, L noticed pa went right down
town and bought a new slOp jar and
some more plants. Pa and ma didn't
speak all the forenoon, and guess they
wouldn't up to this time, only mas bon
net came home from the milliner's, and
she had to have some money to pay for
1t. Then she called pa pet and that
settled it. When ma calls pa pet that
Is $25. Dear old darling means $50.
But say, those Christian young men do
a heap of good, dOn'tthey2 Their pres
ence seems to make people better. Some
boys down by the store were going to tie
can on dogs tail yesterday, and
somebody said, Here comes the Chris
tian Association and those bad boys
let the dog go. They tried to find the
dog after the crowd had got by, but the
dog knew his business. Well, / must
go down and charge the soda fountain
for picnic that is expected from the
country"
Hold on minute" said the grocery
man, as he wound a piece of brown
paper around a cob, and stuck it in a
syrup jug he had just filed for GUS
toner, and then licked his fingers, ST
want to ask you question. What has
caused you to change so from being
bad. You were about as bad as they
make 'em up to a few weeks ago, and
now you seem to have soul, and get in
your work doing good about as we'll as
any boy in town. What is it that ails
yOuP"
go, sugar; l don't want to tell" said
the boy as he blushed and wiggled
around on one foot aud looked silly.
But if you won't laugh | will tell you.
1t is my girl that has made me good. 1t
may be only temporary. Ii she goes
back on me may be tuff again, but if
she continues to hold out faithful
shall be daisy all the time. Say, did
yOu ever love girlP 10 would do you
good. If you loved anybody, regular old
fashioned, the way | do, people could
send little children here to trade, and
you wouldn't palm off any wilted Vege-
tables on them or give them short
weight. If you was in love, and felt that
the one you loved saw every act of
yours, and you could see her eyes every
minute, you would throw away any
thing that was spoiled and not try to
sell 1t, for fear you would offend her. L
don't think any man il flt to do busi-
ness honestly unless he is in love, or
has been in love once. Now, couldn't
do anything wrong If / tried. because
should hear the still small voice of my
girl saying to me, 'HenneTy, let up o.
that l slipped up on a banana peel
yesterday and hurt myself, and | was
just going to say something Offul, and
could see my girls bangs raise right up,
and there was panied look in her face
and tear in her eye, and by gosh, /
just smiled and looked tickled till her
hair went down and the smile came
back again to her lips, though it hurt
me like blaZes when l struck the side
walk. L was telling pa about it, and
asked him If he ever felt as though his
soul was going right out toward some
body, and he said he did once ON
steamboat excursion, but he eat lemon
and got over it. Pa thinks it is my
liver, and wants me to take pills, but /
tell you, boss, 1t has stuck in me too
deep for pills, unless it iJ one that
weighs about 140 pounds and wears
hat with a feather on. Say, If my girl
should wade right into burning lake
of red hot lazy and beekOn me to follow,
| would take hop, skip and jump,
and"
20, give MS a rest" said the grocery
man, as he took a basin of water and
sprinkled the floor, preparatory to
sweeping out. "YOu have got the worst
case | ever saw, and you better go out
and walk around a block" and the boy
went out and forgot to hang. out any
sign.-Peck's Sun. tF