Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-09

Il tell ye," remarked Mr.. Obed
Storrs TO Mr.. jennings Green one
morning, as they were sitting In tho
blacksmith's shop waiting for theii
horses to be shod, Il tell ye, my
brothers wife over q Peakstauwn,
where l was last week, is master
hand t fetch up boys. / never see
anything like 1t sense l was born,
never" AWhy, haow large Is y'r
brothers family" asked Mr.. Green.
"You speaks If she'd he'd terrible
piece o. work.
$50 she hes, so she he's" repeated
Mr.. Storrs, decidedly. @Size aint
eyerythin', by any means, when you
come & talkiu' of family. She amt
he'd but jest two boys q fetch up; but
my landl they was enough never
see sech actin young uns as them
two boys when they were in their
fust teens, neyer!"
"What did they do, in special?" in
quired Mr.. Green, with gratifying
curiosity.
well" replied Mr. Storrs, ELIAS
he was tn Oldest boy-used Z tell
whoppers. | never heard sech whop-
pers in all my days as that boy would
think up. 1t drove his ma most crazy
T. hear him go on. But she KEEP at
him, talkin' an preachin' an scoldin'
an shown him haow wrong it was.
An she allus said, i expect & hev
folks say some day, what a truthful
boy I've got; that's what I'm lookin'
for'ard to, Elias, when you're grown
up. That's why I'm takin' sech
pains with yc
"An' then there was Henry, the
youngest boy He was tn LATEST
piece T. ever / see. He couldn't bear,
appearantly, & set himself e anythin',
no matter what He was jest calla-
tin q lay UfT All 10 noTnIn, seetisx
If, all his days, that boy was. But
his ma KEEP her eye on him ev'ry
minute, an set him movin' Jest a.
often as she c d fnd anythin' fer him
& do.
"An' she used to tell him, same a.
she did Elias, haow she expected him
t grow up particularly th' other way
firm what his inclinations would ha
led him, jest on accaouDt of havin' {
strive an struggle against 'em th'
hull durin' time. An she'd sav.
Henry, by tn time you've got y'r
full growth I'm eXpectin' T. be COM
plimented on havin' one o. tn most
industrious boys anywheres 'raound. -
swell, haow've they turned aout9"
asked Mr.. Green, after a pause.
Il heden't seen 'em fer five years
back, till I went over t. Peaktown
las month";" said Mr.. Storrs, slowly
Elias is naow goin' on TWENTY-FIVE.
an Henry is jest sharp twenty. An
their mothers got both her d'sires.
| tell We, she's master hand e fetch
up boys.
There's Elias hes TIL name o. bsin'
th' smartest, most go-ahead young
feller in Pcakstaown. An Henry, he's
Jest as truthful as anythin' cd be
wished. Seems If he was T. partic'lar
an minein' in his talk, fer fear o.
giyin' somebody a misleadin' notion
O. what he means t say"
But | thought Elias was th' one
that told the whoppers, an Henry
was the lazy one" said Mr.. Green, in
some bewilderment.
We'll, what of it, answered Mr..
Storrs, rather impatiently. @She's
got both her d'sires, ANT she, all tn
same? Results il apt { git kind o.
confused an mixed like. in this
world. Folks mustn't expect { hev
ev'rythin' cut an dried Jest as they'd
planned. She's got her truth-tellin'
son an her Industrious son, an |
reckon she don't feel t find no fault
tell We she's master hand c fetch
up boys, my brothers wife isl