Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-27
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HAD ENOUGH.
Thought ne Knew II All. but Tie was
BumbIed


Thought he Knew ~ All. but Tie Was
BumbIed
He was youngish man. and he had a
plain. honest way Of speaking. and
there was something about him to re-
mind you Of an old red farmhouse-
trees loa,led with hartest apples. the
tarmeT's wife making soft soap in the
hack yard. the old oaken bucket coming
Gp i,rlmful of cold water and nj that
he made room Tor me 20 SIT down bs-
side him in Battery PARK. and pretty
soon hr asked.
Ever make tsrnsi fool Of yourself,
mister
'.Yes. lots of times"
Then shaSei I'm Jest aching to find
company, Gurus. amt it. how feller
viii sometimes drop AL his horse sense
Ani act hike an iiiOtg Mans a queer
critteT. even 20 himself.
We cant always account for our own
impulses
sKrec.- was a-sittin here and won
derin If ever did have any brains in my
head. OF If this wSs Il dream"
''(io ahead with your story"
Ever hear Of a town in this state
called CazeuOviay"
YES
well. my old Had owns farm about
four miles from that town. Im his
youngest son, and my names Jim /
used to be the Smart Aleck Of that
neighborhood. was supposed to be the
gaul durnedest smartest young feller for
twenty miles around | could sing more
songs. husk more corn. jerk more music (
out of an accordion and jump higher 4
than anybody else in the township. | I
got SO smart concluded that coinmu-
nifty was too low for me Ever had what
they call the swell heady'
Several times"
Hats get TOO snall-you begin to spit
over your shoulder-you know it all and
nobody else knows nothin. When ii
gifts hold of feller he's goner. had
it bad. | got too big for that county.
SAYS TO the old man one day, says 1:
Dad. they wants me down in New
York city. and guess I'll have to leave
you
What do they want of yOu down
there. Jimg he asks, sort Of openin his
eyes very wide
"'Fur to show 'eln how TO run the
town SAYS l. He didn't seem TO believe
it, and the old lady didn't believe it, and
nobody else but me didn't believe it, but
l packed up and cum down. Didn't no
body meet me al the depot with a band"
..Nogs
Papers didn't say 3 word about my
rival"
..NOy
Wasn't the leAst bit Of excitement
over my comm. and bizness didn't stop
fur .ninut Dunn my hide. If anybody
even shook hands and said they was glad
20 see IneFr
did the swelling begin to 90 oat Of
yOur bsA1g~
~Pur1y sooa- In one day my No e.
hat uxs 70 loose IL fell down clear 10 nv
ears bronghf ssEeatsen dollars with
ma was goin TO bay Ont half the
town Eifh tiszf--
Wei. yoEE money IL gone, you have
fzilel % make y0ur fortune. and low
you'd Ike % get back home agNIns-
--Sgrz1geT. il oo1ld see old Ca1enova
Agiz 10 be Wlllin 10 lay down and let
drove o CONS walk over me- II had
the money 10 sen3 a telegram 10 dad
he'd forward nay railroad fare and the
pr0diszl sga would git up and hump
fur b0sze- But I'm dead busted fur
Eugzr-
We went up 70 the telegraph Office and
sent dispatcA 70 ''dad," and al O'Clock
that afternoon saw Jim start for home.
As he shook hands with me he sid;
I'm goin home As humble as a cSL.
I'm goin home with a hall newspaper
stuffed into my hat 10 keep IL from falhn
down 10 my chin The Smart Aleck has
ban weighed in the balance. and he didn't
pull down a pound I'm the prodigal
son I'm goin 20 git right down and tell
dad h2iR't got the sense Of a grsassho2-
per. and after I've bin forgiven I'm goin
10 kick myself all over the farm. and
then settle down 70 dig 'tafers and cut
corn. m. Quad in New York Evening
World