Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-15

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III there i one thing more lhananother
that | am strong on. said Mr. Kun
lately, Ill Is friendship. The best there is
la the market is none too good for me 10
give or receive; the kind made of blue
steel. double-welded. riveted through aud
through and copper bottomed. II Is
queer thing 10 have much of in these days
of floods, fires, railroads accidents. divorce
ana deviltry. but Eve got il and am go
ing To keep IL. If die without more than
a million dollars. Ii has cost me great
deal of money and several good situations
not 10 speak Of disappointment. ON -
count of lack Of warranty deed recipro-
cations. that would hold good against
some mistakes in life or the butt end Of an
all wool lie.
The reason have said this is because a
T friend of mine was here in Fairhaven yes
terday. and he made test OF my friend
ship that has made me rustic To get pa
per enough 10 write this thing on. | had
the biggest kind Of a notion To get it done
by an amanuensis in the city clerks Of
/ lice. on that account. in order To save the
paper.
Charlie lockwood and got acquainted
in 1T. Joe about twelve years ago. and lac
liked me. lie liked me first for the
bravery | exhibited in continually aud
persistently writing and publishing my
poetry in the face of population that
thirsted for my blood on that account: a
population that wouldn't let me get far
enough in debt to take the benefit of the
bankrupt law. lie loved me in those try
ing times. for those reasons. and | felt
grateful. He would even go 50 far as to
say. occasionally. in public. al the risk OF
his own life, that once in while. in the
course Of a thousand stanzas, line with
a faint swell OF poetry about it might be
discovered in my verses, aud was hi.
slave in friendship
| had never heard of Charles appetite.
We had never eaten together. except
cloves. We had often eaten cloves to-
gether. but. upon my honor. he wouldn't
eat more than the usual quantity OF
cloves. II may be- we'll to interpolate just
here that this was not ia the days of free
lunches ia the far west
IL IS not necessary. and consumes too
much space. To tell how our friendship
grew. like the baseball fever ia the warm
DAYS uf May. But il grew aud expanded
a. does disposition To consume >ampl,
room after the first threc-l came very
near diyulging lodge secret iherei
Charlie came to FairhaVen the othel
day. lie has got to be- a Tacoma drum
mrr nov. or bass fiddler. ur something o
that sort. At any rate. he i in the must,
business. aud he gave me some of H..
| haven't been keeping house long, bu
I'm PROV idcr from Proyidcrylle. and w
had boiled ham Ia the house; Il tub-ful
Of eggs small TOY tub; three loaves o
! bread aud several fishes. not To speak o
e soap, coffee. maple syrup. soup bones
! starch aud the like. and in luckless mo
o ment / Invited Charles to supper with me
| told him that he mustn't expect ANYTHING
extra. a. We kept house on small scale
T, He said IL didn't make any difference I,
him whether il was counter scale or
hay scale, he'd 90. Charlie j. a grea
viii. but he had an errand To perform
first. | was glad Of it. for | wanted 1,
surprise him. 80. while hr was doing hi
, errand. | slipped of aud carried hom'
,. three cans Of cove oysters. Il quart q
jelly. a jar of pickles. a two-dollar ice,
cake, a pair Of porterh house steaks aud
i, borrowed hired girl aud then | prOudl
sought Charlie and modcstly armed hin
a home. showed him my books and bust
j. none Of those which | brought from ~
Joe, which he helped To carve. the new
. upright piano and the photograph album
, In the meantime my wife and the Dor
rOwed hired girl, whom | had hurTiedl
=. introduced to my better three fourths
q and who was putting on airs as be
n came her station. had raised tn
other lid of the extension table. and pu
=, in the two extra Stats. They had ais
, made room thereon for all the provende
In the house. The lardcr was empty. tn,
, table groaned new aud the latch string
metaphorically, hung out. 1t was sup
i, per for Ten hired men and the cook. but
2, didn't care. wanted to impress Charli
q with the idea that We always lived tina
way. and ! thought we'd have enough
n cold victuals left for a week
Alas. 1t was not 50. Charlie had al
APPETITE and he brought II with him. NJ
a wife and baby and started in with him
!. confidently enough. but the clock hadn'
gone far ON tick when the old lady and
began to exchange significant glances
We had to let up or go to market Charli
cleaned the platter aud looked around 70
/, toothpicks, and it is a painful fact that h
looked as though he hadn't had enough
The hired girl went home without supper
and told the friends borrowed her iron
! how close and stingy am.