Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-04


Il tell ye," remarked Mr.. Obed
Storrs TO Mr.. jennings Green one
morning, as they were sitting In the
blacksmith's shop waiting for their
horses to be shod, II tell ye, my
brothers wife over q Peakstavwn,
where was last week, is a master
hand q fetch up boys never see
anything like IL sense ! was born,
neverl" ~Why, haow large is y'r
brothers famly?" asked Mr.. Green.
@You speaks II she'd he'd terrible
piece o. work.
$50 she hes, so she hes" repeated
Mr.. Storrs, decidedly. @Size Amt
syerythin', by any means, when you
come q talkin' of a family. She Amt
he'd but jest two boys q fetch up; but
my land! they was enough! j never
see sech actin young uns as them
two boys when they were In their
fust teens, never!"
what did they do, in special?" In
CURED 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 1t was.
An she allus said, i expect T. 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 ye.'
"An' then there was Henry, the
youngest boy. He was tn LATEST
piece T. ever see. He couldn't bear,
appearantly, T. set himself T. anythin',
no matter what. He was Jest cal'la-
tin t. lay off an do nothin', seems's
If, all his days, that boy was! But
his ma KEEP her eye on him ev'ry
minute, an set him movin' Jest as
often as she cd find anythin' fer him
& do.
"An' she used to tell him, same as
she did Elias, haow she expected him
T. grow up particularly tn other way
firm what his inclinations would ha'
led him, jest on account of havin' T.
strive an struggle against 'em tn
hull durin' time. An she'd say,
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.'
"Well, haow've they turned aout?"
oclyaA Mr. Grnnn offar N
IL heden't seen 'em fer five years
back, till / 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.
l tell We, she's master hand T. fetch
up boys!
There's Elias hes tn name o. bein'
tn smartest, most go-ahead young
Teller in Peakstaown. An Henry, he's
Jest as truthful as anythin' cd be
wished. Seems If he was t. particular
an mincin' in his talk, fer fear o.
giyin' somebody misleadin' notion
o. what he means T. say!"
But / thought Elias was tn one
that told the whoppers, an Henry
was the lazy one!" said Mr.. Green, in
some bewilderment.
"Well, what of it?" answered Mr..
Storrs, rather impatiently. She's
got both her d'sires, amt she, all tn
same? Results is apt t. git kind o.
confused an mixed like, in this
world. Folks mustn't expect e hev
ev'rythin' cut an dried jest as they'd
planned. She's got her truth-tellin'
son an her industrious son, an l
reckon she don't feel T. find no fault
/ tell We she's master hand T. fetch
up boys, my brothers wife isl"