The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-06-16

a%delegate and then ma explained
it, and pa apologized, and the dele
gate said it was no matter, as they
had enjoyed Themselves real well
in the cellar. Ma was mortified
most to death, but the delegates
told her it was all right. She was
mad at pa, first, 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 socie-
ty of the delegates. She couldn't
help telling pa he was a bald-hsad-
ed old fool, but pa didn't retaliate.
He is too much of a gentleman OF
talk back in company. All he
said was that a woman who is old
enough to have delegates sawed off
on her ought to have sense enough
to tell her husband, and then they
all drifted off into conversation
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 convention, l noticed pa
went right down town and bought
a new slopjar, and some more
plants. Pa and ma didn't speak
all the forenoon, and | guess they
wouldn't up to this time, only mas
bonnet come home from the mil
liners, and she had to have some
money to pay for it. Then she
called pa pet, and that settled it.
When ma calls pa pet that is
twenty-five dollars. Dear old
darling means tifty-dollars. But,
say, those chriatian young men do
a heap of good, don't they! Their
presence seems to make people bet
ter. Some boys down by the store
were going to tie a a on a dogs
tail yesterday, and somebody said
here comes the christian associa-
tion,' and those bad boys let the
dog go. They tried to find the dog
after the crowd got by, but the dog
knew his business. Well, | must
20 down and charge the soda foun-
tain for a picnic that is expected
from the country"
Hold on a minute" said the
grocery man, as he wound a piece
OF brown paper around Il cob and
stuck it IN a syrup Jug he had just
filled for a customer, and then
licked his fingers. II want to ask
you a question. What has caused
you to change so from being bad.
You we're about as bad as they
make 'em, up to a few weeks ago,
and now you seem to have a soul,
and get in your work doing good
about as well is any boy in town.
What is it that ailS youf"
80, sugar, | don want to tell, "
said the boy, as he blushed, and
wiggled around on one foot, and
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. If she
goes back on me | may be tutf
again, but if she continues to hold
ont faithful | shall be a daisy all
the time. Say, did you ever love
a girl3 1t 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 vegetables on to them,
or give them short weight. If you
was in love, and felt that the one
you loved watched every act of
yours, and you could see her eyes
every minute, you would throw
away anything hat was spoiled
and not try to sell it tor fear you
would offend her. | don't think
any man is fit to do business hon
estly, unless he is in love, or has
been in love once. Now | couldn't
do anything wrong if l tried, be
cause | should hear the still small
voice Of my girl saying to me,
'Hennery, let up on that l slip
ped up on a banana peel yesterday,
and hurt myself, and | was Just
going to say something offul, and !
could see my girls bangsraise right
up, and there was a panied look in
her face, and a tear in her eye, and
by gosh, | just smiled and looked
tickled till her hair went down and
the smile came back again to hel
lips, though it hurt like blazes
where ! struck the side walk.
was telling pa about it, and asked
him ifhe ever felt as though his
soul was going right out towards
somebody, and he said he did once
on a steamboat excursion, but he