The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-10-06

Waen l running any ola G num-
Der prodigal sons, and lie thought
his way was the best, and he sent
me to bed without any supper.
That scttles the prodigal business
with Hennery. No more fatted
calf for Hank, if you please" and
the boy got up and shook the her
ring peelings from his lap.
"Well, how did your chum come
ont q asked tho grocery man, with
much interest.
20, he hnsn't come out yet. He
is in the lookup" said the boy.
"Ilis ma put the police on him and
when he showed up they run him
into the police-station as a tramp.
! think we have both demonstrated
that this climate does not agree
with the prodigal business, and
however much they may Try to
teach us the beauties OF such stO-
ries, they do not expect us TO try
to initiate them. When go to
Chicago after this | shall go in a
parlOr car, with lunch enough to
last me, AID a return ticket. ] do
not understand it at all. Now |
didn't do half tho mean things in
Chicago that tie prodigal ron of
old did III the far III country, and
yer Iie got tAtiy when he got home
and | got my spine trukc. Itmay
be all right, but they do thing, di-
ferent in the old country Sot know'
1T | understand the kind Of a
prodigad son You are said The gro
Gerry man, as he sprinklrd the door
from a wash basin, preparatory TO
the semi-annual sweeping out.
''you have got even with your pa
before this, for his outrageous
treatment. That is, mind you. |
don't suggest anything tor you to
play on HIM, but from what know
of you the account is evencd up be-
fore now. Am / rightl"
well | should remark. Any
person who thinks I cannot resent
svch an insult makes a mistake as
to the sort of a prodigal son l am.
We had company at dinner to-day,
and pa is always in his element
when we have company. He
prides himself on his carving. We
had a roast of beet. and before it
went on the table | took the steel
that pa s~harpens his knife on, and
made two holes right through the
roast, and then | took a rawhide
whip that pa basted me with once.
cut it in two, and run pieces Of the
rawhide in the holes of the beef.
Pa begin carving with a smile and
asked the minister fine would have
his beef rare, or an outside piece.
He vas bearing gently on the cary
ing knife struck the rawllide and it
wouldn't 60 any farther. Pa smil-
ed and said lie guessed he had
struck q barbed wire fence, and he
turned the roast around and cut
again, and he struck the rawhidt.
The minister drummed with his
fork and spoke to ms and said 'wc
had a splendid meeting Wcdnos-
day night, and ma said it was per
fectly gorgeous, and pa began to
perspire and turn red in the face,
aid he said some wo,) 'hat would
sound better III a brew 2.y and he
tried to gouge Oft some meat. but
it wouldn't come and the minister
said, Brother, you seem tobc hay
ing a monkey and a parrot time
with that roast, and that made pa
niad, and he said he could carve
his own meat without any sky pi-
lots interference, and ma said,
Why, pa, you should not be i'm
pudent, and pa said he could whip
the butcher that sold him that
piece of work OK, and he sent tho
beef ont to the kitchen anj the
company ate cold liver. The shl
set the meat in the ice chest, and
pretty soon | went down cellar.
'cauee didn't like cold liver. and
pulled out the rawhide. and | had
all the tatted calf | wanted, and I
gave the rest 10 TIA. lame dog Won
see me have h,re + spell age. @,
a boy can get enough to eat if he
has any originality about lim.
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