West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-14


Smeared with soft soap. the bucket
from which it had been abstracted up
set on the floor, stood the originator of
the howl in question, a chubby. two
ycar-old boy. and rs Disguised u look
ing one rs ever tempered with presum-
able sweets.
"Nlc sit. papa" walled the child,
with contorted face; "me drtt.ul sit.
Boo hoo-o-o-oM
where are you sickp" qucricd papa.
drawing the disconsolatc object toward
a wash-basin. and proceeding TO re-
move the brown-hucd covering from
his lncamcntS. "What business had
YOU mcddling with that soap bu .kct,
anyhow, I'd like TO know Never saw
such young ones! 1t isn't me they
take after
Here Jerry gave unmistakable indi-
cations of the locality OF the alleged
sickness, by saying:
"Mc summit, papa, me summit. Boo
hoo-o-o-o!'
Jeremiah Mollify, didn't YOU know
any better than TO eat that stun? Well,
this is a mess. No wonder You re- sick!
That washing won't get out in a hurry,
I'm thinking, with you TO attend to-"
Papa toss. Don't, papa, be toss TO
Jerry. Jerry sit"
And the papa loved his little boy too
well TO hold out long in the face of gen
uinc distress.
But the sick one had 10 be coddled
and comfortcd and put TO sleep. and all
the time the sun was mounting higher
in the heavens; and the clothes lay soak
ing in the tubs. The child troubles
forgotten in slGmber. Jonathan plunged
into the work of the day in good earncst.
1t was not long, however, before another
interruption came, i'm the shape of "a
dripping boy o SIX or seven, also the
possessor of IA strong pair of lungs which
he was using actively.
Now what in creations the
matter with you?' demanded the
irate father. "Whcrc We YOU been
to get so wet? Speak this
minute, jonathan How came YOU out
of school ?'
"I-l-went Il down to the fish pond,
/ long the other boys, t recess. an an
/ Jake Huds II. he p pushed me i'm.
''Wcll, Jake Hudson had better mind
his own business, or I'll give him some.
thing some day that he won like. And
| You can Just keep away from that fish
/ pond after this Ii ever hear OF your
/ going there again, Ill see about it 1!
| Now I've got TO stop and hunt mp dry
| clothes for you. or else you'll be Il ,wn
! with sore throat or some hing, and then
/ I'll never. hear the last Of il. Stop your
bawling, and come along into the
house,
Jonathan JUNIOR, attended to-, the adj
van ing hand of the clock warned Mr.
MOllify that The dinner hour was at
hand, and no preparations had been
made for he meal.
Twelve o'clock, sharp, Maria said. ="
he groaned; land she'll be here, su q
rs late. Seems t mo | hear he rat
thing OF the wagon now, and there a t
any kindl.n' chopped, nor nothing ready.
Dear, dear, I'm in FIR it,.
'lt' may be Il mysteri Us word to the
reader, bu il was not TO Jonathan NJ b.
lily IT. in his vocabulary, was
fraught with meaning, and that mean
ing was indissolubly injected W tn he
lordly MariI's tongue. Alive to the
cXigencies Of the case, he trottcd
around, cndc voring TO make n q cd
show OF his morning work for we'll he
knew 1t would undergo inspection from
Argus eyes string NJ part of n
clothes cOnspicUOusly upon the line
scrabbling together and out of SIGHT
some OF the rubbish that lay in con.
fusion about the kitchen floor; and. the
perspiration trickling down his face.
was irantlclIly chopping kindling when
Maria Molliiy drove brsklv into the
ya"d An omnous look settled upon
her countcnanCc a she cspied the fur
rled Jonathan, and conicctured that her
orders had not been faithfully executed.
Hltching the horse, and str ding iudic.
rally INTO the Kitchen. she surveyed
the situation, aud her di-plcasu.e folm
prompt uttcrance.
what no Il inner ready. AMI the fire
not even buil.. Jonathan Mulifr, VOL
lazy. gool-ior-nothing man. what have
YOU been dong all the forenoon? Not
more half the wash out, e. Their. -" 90
ing TO the door. and giving contcm E.
uous sniff at the clOlhes-l ne. "Wcll,
II this isn't enough TO provoke SAINT
Here I've been hard NJ work ever sine,
j opened my ewes On morning. an.
now l can ct bite of anything {,
eat do believe | shall faint away. .
She sank mo cha VIII an air o.
profound exhaustion and p tiiul martyr
dom. Jonathan gra bel the vine ral
bottle and thrust IT under her uostril.
50 yehcmently that sh" recoilrd with in
dignation.
Don't ant. 81 ria. mercy ON us
don faint. I'll have dinner ready in
, five mi utes 1t 5 been a dreadful un
luc y day. Maria, and could n t do nc
better ] could mt, positively"
Whit ON earth wa. the ma ter will
Maria nose It never used 90 lon
on k thai. Why. 10 was fr.ghtful
Was lt 90 ug TO keep on Develop r In
: Ike ratio % Years to- com p Joi atha
shr'rk from the con cmplat on Of ,ucl
pOss bill S.