Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-27

wrote SAtch founi an echo % 50 meuny
hearts. Ter me old friendships air aivav.
sacred old mem RES air alEays dear Betty
makes .igh, 0 fun o me fer my notions in
this respect bat rs no 90. Il was born in
me an it, 10 afthy use aghtin agin natar
Be.des th.t I've found out thet Betsy hes a
weakness 10 t1et line herself It's no use
tryin tor say thet the boys used to PLAY
hockey an hook MELONS With in the innocence
an friendship o youth hes all turned out
Eeli-cause they haint an when with aching
heart ask myself in the words Of
believe il vas Watts ''oh where
air the friends o my youth >
an forced ter c0ufes. tibet they
hev gone their devious ways with re-
muk4alr gnanimtY. some air dead. an
other. might IS sell be Some air in iail
an others ought ter be An fee-ike
uiy..f air married None on en- air noted
tboagh .eYeral on en- are notorious. None
on en- air rich but IS yet none on EN- rev
come pnter the town Take it altogether
The friends o my youth were a yery ordinary
lot o. good Ua'uret boys, in nowi.e over
5urirara siih Nhat people cali genus But
stll n tear vii always cluster in one corner
o nv eye an run down ter hang tremulnu.ly
on 'ne epd o. my nose every time think o.
the oid boy- an the old days want none
Wv t''.'' N'." su'ila7 plety m thfm days
II max ,'1 'lu,h yer 'hi' day Ter 'hink how
KIM or 't'"h H''- "onh look down re-
proaebfally et Us over his gold bowed specs
"a" -"'HrUHle'' Nheh our restlessness
annoyed him beyond endurance, he you'll
pause in his sermon an ,hrect or
few rords specially ter us Thet
ailds fetched er caim-er sabbath CAIN
ter be fplio~ei by a squall when we inter
yiewed 1Ir mortified parents ct home Aias
thF g'p' ore iar'oh mes rested from h
iaNof' 'h's" many years an the boys VITO
a'el trr tea'e MN so air getiin on the
"1lv ''l' ne
" nay ~ N"f'l we past opens ter u. !
never -hih forget the crowd . ton recollec-
tons ma com" over me last week when
received 'r V''it rom my Oh school friend,
7im N'fnH' SIN wa always great
iahF Iar2'-rhff.i' hl2 mouthed' I'ng-le2gFd,
cool ua'arri trH"W-ah years didn't appear
Ter h"' chanR 81 MN much. knew him the
minute he tiI'n on We stage by the grin he
Fo'" Hu vas 80 Pr'HY glad ter see the
Ole h'f fH'f 'Hzz-d MN J"]t es | used ter
h''-r' hr''f" "' vas Marie An Sim
was %" sam" Oh HIm thet he used
ter De zap Ter all KINDS o devil
Try with me "hen We was boys
a. iur pous nrig' Dor was fond o predicting
go '''f'' ''' ''' ~ ''' '' Jul A''''
ani the tni Of 20 rope at very
nigh iher same time You Jest
bet ~ -ourrled round an iii the honors fer
sun Betsy put Tier spare room in apple
PIE 'rlrf' an "hen We Sot down to supper it
va An mpo7in fepast All the silver IN
The hon4" Wa ON the table The pitcher an
urn APP lhe spoons B"tsys brother gave rs on
our NrilW DAY ter say nojhin o the rare
a hraniiHl old chiia thet was B'tsys
mothers. We he'd ih" best tea, the lightest
f7iia, 'he ahro7t honey an most delicious
preserves n towa ON the table thet night
W .li S'm proud AZ | could see tibet the
bf hearted follow was considerable touched
b' ree attention We sit" ID him After the
suprr dishes vas cleared away Sim an
So before thr open tire m the sitting room
an talked over old times laughin' an crv
lAs by turns Hike two great over
gra~0 babies We called up the OLD days
A. though tbaY need ter seem hard an
rhrtr',-s enough Ter Us ct time. then We
ft1'd the mamry o them amaliu sweet,
u n 4t.t lacked cr couple hours o sunset
~ strp'isj ont an' visited a number o. the
ola places d'ar TER our hoyhool lays We