The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-10-12

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went 10 Paris % buy goods
Poor old daddy: There was the SAND
maxpie n the wicker-work basket. and l
~ sainfcd me. for he remembered me. !
When was iittle boy stuck t,il 81 |
false feathers on him with some cob |
blfr'- wax. He never forgot me. and |
RULED hi feathers u me a. soon - be |
saw me. ., II my insult 10 him bad been
u resent date. There was hardly
chang in the room There hung faith |
er's Old watch. a big - saucer. tick
ing away. with = spray of lockwood
oyer Il for luck. Then there was on
the shelf the same old earthcnwarc Jug
The handle broke one unfortunate
iav. and y pece ~ leather was bound
round il. and Il hung On nail by
thong. He had the same awl ia his
hand--a- least II was the same handle.
for once came NEAR getting thrash
ing for having whitfield IL. Even an old
almanac ~ year long gone past was
there. tackled 10 the wall with shoe brals.
He had On the same apron, only II was
worn thinner.
The dear Old father was bending over
his work. pounding slowly n some BIZ
u leather On = last. You could count
one. two. three. four between the ham
mcrnrs- In my time II was rai-taf-iat.
Ike drum beating. with no interval be-
| tween the strokes strodr il and the
| old gentleman first looked ~ my feet;
that was way he had. Al glance
. for he WAS the king II -hoemaker- he
. could take ia all the difference between
xour foot ana the feet Of the rest d
. The word He looked and looked
again. He must have recognized
. family foot. for saw his hald iremblc.
| then he pushed up bis great steel
\ trimmed spectarles and tie tears ran
down his cheeks as he rose and tottercd
{ and then fell into my arms How We
kissed one another. MY son. my sot.
I You never would have succeeded had
: You not been > good shoemaker: YOU
+ never scamped anything; You did the
I best YOU could all the time. N was what
4 he said when told him Of my GOOD
1 luck. like my dear old daddy did
y before me-" added Then kicked
: over his workbench. and said: mo
|, more work for You. old pappy.. for am
4 rich have . wife: have baby boy
! baby. named after yon-and you are 70
take the cars-firSt-clasS Tomorrow
: or the day aftrrward. and come post
I. haste out 81 the old country 20 Caiiior-
n MIA. 20 that grandchild shall sit on your
I, knee. and you shall teach him 10 be
4 honest and pions. and 10 love Won"
4 --And may not make him good shoe
\ makerY'' he asked .'But you 20 too
\ fast Let me- think over II. You ask
: me 70 leave this Old Luxembourg. where
Z was born. / should never see again
" The grave where YOUR mother. my good
= wife. ha> slept for these last thirty odd
n wears. don't know ! am very old.
I / should ~ in the way. love my old
Y trade DO they wear shoes in Califor.
/. MAJ MAY cobble there, ] assure
7. YOU. though the hog-bri<tlcs bother me
Y, lust q little ~ times and my hammer
! moves just : tribe slower. till can
. turn out avery decent job. wonder
II can not bea: you now. Come. ~
u. trv-~
= ~ please The Old man. took UP :
4 III ~ work and commenced IN il. IN
n II well done. y aid father. admirinrly
~ 80 xon have not forgotten nv lcs
Il ~on. Perhaps thar one stitch there j
y. not quite-aiiite A. even - i shouls
= IT,. Nm remarks don't worry YOU
II STILL and he held in his shakv hand
the Old hoo, near his eve. Ill will pas
i muster
N Al last The blessed old man con<ente,
i ~ % with me. Next dav we had
~ feast ID the village. All the old crOn;c
~ uerc invited. the cooper. the watch
~ maker. The butcher. the drover. tn
II tailor ana the tax-coilcctor. The cur
F.. gave the party his blessing. Oh. wha
II 4 GOOD time We had. The old man WI
~ RADIANT. Twas introduced 70 every on
Y. - IN. -. the American shoemaker
". who had learned his trade in the Lux
Il. cmbourg. We kept II up All that after
- noon and late into the evening. Il WI
= feast such = that sleepy old tow
Re will rememnsr ior many 7 Z. Gay I'll ~ ~