Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-06

bntii, was put III Win tine beef, |
which she had cut into pieces Of per-
haps two inches square. Salt and
pepper were sprinkled in literally.
and as she put on her stew before
breakfast and lei it simmer all MORN
ing, adding the sliced potato at IL
O'Clock, il was well done by noon.
"Georgel how good the dinner
smellsl" calculated Tom.
Got ronst turkey Lou?" INQUIRED |
Potter shifting and smelling.
Even listless Lou wanted some din |
ner that day; he rest recovered their
appetites-without my more lagerl |
II wish the land you learn cookin'
Of Aunt Prattlh said Potter.
II wonder If have seWed up that
hole?" thought Aunt Pratt.
But she had not Louisa was too
old 10 learn new tricks, as we say
about dogs; she continued to buy the
best meat and cook in the worst way,
and still the money leaked from
that hole in the bag.
''Hullo, Toni" said Potter one Sun
day morning, as Tom sauntered into
the room with a halfsmoked cigar
in hiC mouth. Amt you toney?
Wiz. that cigar smells like n rnsar'
aunt Pratt wondered what sort OF
rose had an odor like tobacco.
1T had ought to" sententiously
remarked Tom. "Them fellers cost
me cents apiece by the hundred"
"Well, ! kinput up my pipe so fur;
but You young fellers have got TO
have your fling. reckon. By'm-by
you'll tall back ON brier wood and
Niger head"
another hole in the bag" muir
INJURED Aunt Pratt, who had patient
| ly darned Toms threndbare socks
and patched his worn shirts for him
every week Tor months.
"Well, here be,' shouted Potter
ms be came in one Monday morning
about 10 o'clock.
why, whit has fetched you
home?n inquired his wife.
"Oh, our fellows have struck;
we're goin' TO have less work and
more pay; them darned capitalists
have OVERRIDE us long enough; we're
A4AAAA ~ AAANN AAA nAAAAR VI AiAl WI
lars we make. now Itell you."
For the mercy's sake!" CALCULATED
louisa.
Where are you going 10 work
now" dryly asked Aunt Pratt.
Why, back again as soon as the
bosses come TO terms"
, "But supposin' they shouldn't"
! "Oh, they've got 20, can't los
! their CONTRACTS, no way; we've got
'em where the hairs short. "
but snpposin' they hold out for ;
! months or six weeks?"
"0h, We get allowance out OF tn
, assessments; we amt going Z
sinryc"
! WHO'S paying them assess
! mcnts?"
4 1.-THE fellers what have got none.
laid away: they're taxed for the ger
/ eral good; so much "A week till tn
strikes over.
n "Bc You assessed"
! Lord, do you think I've got
4 cent in the bank? Four children nm
starving wages. What's 81 a da
n with four in the family. nj
. clothes na' rent. an vittles, an ligh
an fuel. m doctors, an Lord know
h what ALE
!. "A bag with holes." ran throug
!. Aunt Prntts mind as she locke
4 back on the past six months.
Weeks passed on; the "bosses
, were not only firm but hired oth'
Il men in the strikers pluees and wer
q on with contracts. Potter snlke'
n and lonnged and swore. and mac
/. his pipe and himself daily nuisan'
n in the house. Before long AuI
Il Pratt discovered that the asses
~ ments were decreasing, and alarm'
lest Potter should insists on shorir
n her small property among his broo
!" ON communistic principles, she quie
~ IN withdrew herself one dayto an y
~ Ladies' Home, where the paymeI
N OF n small sum insured her peacei
I and pleasant home for life, and fro
he her retreat she gave much aid al
comfort to the women OF the Pott
: family, but refused any to the. tN
~ men.
81 can't waste my pittance on be
nd and tobacco she said sharply; al
he she meant what she said. When S
died, her money was all left to {
he Home where she lived, TO
no dow two free admissions, the TIN
ur women Of the Potters TO have
ir- preference.
X ~ have lived, said the documel
er, after the terms of the bequest.
up see what the Bible meant where
saws in Hnggai. !. 6. 'le eat, but
1T have not enough; We drink, but
ed nye not filled with drink, We clot
~ You, but there is none warm; and
mt that earneth wages earneth wages
he nut in a bag with holes; and |
, n not leave behind me any dollars
yer go into that bag
ce "Old crankr' said the disappol
the ed Potter, when the lawyer tinisl
reading. i.
IRE "who? Hnggi?" politely inqui
are that gentleman.-Rose Terry Coo
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