Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-21
wHAT MADE CHARLEY aEAvY.

wHAT MADE CHARLEY HEAVY.
"Get up, TaEgie; set up your end Of it.
For supper, quail on toast. Always get that
bill OF faro in the season. Nothing like It.
Look at Charley. Nearly 200i He'll weigh
a ton by the end Of next year. Sometimes
we don't doas well, though. TTisn't the fault
of the people Tnsy do the best they can.
" hen tine roads arc bad we may not reach a
hotel. Then we wish we were at Sivtan's, OF
at the Finley house in Ozark. These are the
two best places On the road
Get up, Tangls; get up your end OF it
Sometimes we get something good where we
don't expect it. Ono day we got caught by @
rainstorm, and night came on and found Us
wallowing along ever o now road. 1t WIS
tough, and we had just aSreed to camp out
under tho carriage when we heard q cow bell.
We followed that sound, and by luck it tool
us down haul way tn q cabin It was dark,
plumb dark. Every one was il bed. The
old man came out When we called. He said
he'd get ore OF his girls out to cook suppor
for US, and then helped us with tue teams.
There was plentv OF corn and roughness for
them, and we soon ha8 them comfortable.
Then we went In, out saw no signs of supper
or anything but beds full Of children. In a
minute, however, the old man invited u.
through the back door into lean-to Kitchen.
What do you thtnkf There was table, with
clean white cloth on it, napkins at the
plates, stack OF steaming hot biscuit, q
stack OF fresh baked sweet potatoes, a platter
Of fried ham and Eggs, pot OF ste2ming cof-
fee and q pitche OF sweet cream beside q
bowl OF granulettd sugar. At the head of
the table stood the gal the old man had called,
blushing in the Presence Of Strangers, and
looking all the pe ttier for it. ] told her so,
and 90 did Char.ey What do you think
She was only years old, and yet she'd
cooked that suppe- il q little over half an
hour. She wantei to apologize at that, for
not doing better. Bless my soul!
Get up, Tangle; get up your end of II.
Talk 0bout making money. This is tho coun-
try. There's Ozark, in Christian county
They started O bank there two or three years
ago They dlvided 80 per cent. on the capi-
tai last year, and wiz do better this. know
druggist there. Fine fellow, too Deserves
bis luck. Got the handsomest wife in the
county. He camo there less than two years
ago. Hadn't cent. He'd bursted up once
somewhere else, and went to work on salary
aud paid off every thing, when he might have
got off at fifty cents on the dollar Gave
him credit, ehi You bet. Started in there
with stock bought on tick. He's got 81, ia
In ths store now, and all paid for. Has got
o good stake in bank, and he's laying by a
hundred q month while living like prince.
What do you think of thatf
Get up, Tang.e; get up your end Of 1t.
Wero going home now. We've covered over
600 miles in twenty-six days. Good ride, ehi
What do you think Of thati Family, Well,
should smile There's letter waiting for
me at Sparta. There always Is, She knows
what day I'll get there. She wrote it yes
terday, sect Down at tae bottom OF the last
page there'll be lot Of sprewling letters,
but can read 'em They'll say Nice pap,
or something. That 's-he little one. Family
Wen, should smile.
Get up, Tang e; get up your end Of il. ~
Sparta (Aio) Coz. New York Sun