Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-24

Maggie liked Patsy was an evident IL
fact They used TO play together In -
the days before Patsy had TO work, N
and now Patsy would tell her all = =
about his experiences at the night =
school, and how kind Father knight !,
was to him.
why, viii We be thinkin' Of it, :,
Meg, he took me right into his parlor :
today and played the organ for me,
accompanying his assertions with sew !,
eral convincing mods of his head. II
snow you don't be tellin' me, and
with those boots"
THE very same, an they was all
covered with mud | stood on the
mat by the door and lie said Come
right In, my child, just as clever as :
could be-"
"And what did he playa"
"Oh. he played n lot Of things, an !
sung Eileen Aroon' for him"
You singi You, Patsyf' and little
Meg danced pas seul around the boy. +.
You sing for Father knighti What
did he sayf"
He said, Very well done come in
) again tomorrow.
! And Patsy did go on the morrow
, and for many morrows, and ut last ta-
: ther Knight taught him tue rudiments
} of music SO that lie could sit down ut
, the organ himself and IN "A slow mi I
nor way accompany his own treble I
| voice And Patsy was learning at the |
. night school. too. And one day Mr..
7 Bidwell sent for him and told him
. that he would let him try the position
1 of superintendent over the other men,
Q and Patsy, never daunted at anything.
4 took it, For three years he hel that
10 t@..,.t .tr. In 4l4sn
n though he began TO cultivate "a mus
!. tache, and the girls said they thought
o it was time such big boy quit going
=. to school. But they did not know the
ID ambition that was III Patsy's heart
10 How could they2 None but Meg. She
r. rather guessed at it, though she and
Id Patsy had drifted apart since they
"a were grown up. She was school
IL teacher and was away most of the
If time, but she had always understood
he Patsy better than any one else.
Then Patsy was promoted again.
g. This time to the city Office, for his ed.
ia ucation permitted of that now, and
ng Patsy's heart was glad. There was no
nd li.tle regret at leaving his native
I'm town. All people who go forth into
lid the world have that regret. and the
TO home of their birth and the place that
al. holds the loved ones, is always the
on dearest spot on earth.
ell Aunt Margaret cried until her glng
hat ham apron was wet with tears, ant
npt Uncle Michael stood at the gate Ion.
did time before he went in the house, ans
ing he didn't have as good "A relish for hi
L supper as he usually had.
Word would come back from tim
he TO time that Patsy was doing well
lur- The village papers would contain nc
and tees like this
cle- Mr. p Flanagan of --. spent Sunday In tow
ans Or,
gar MIR. Flanagan. OF the firm Of Bdwei, Flanagi
,uld & Co. came home TO eat his Christmas dinner.
the Yes, Patsy became partner, and |
that studied, studied all the time, thong
and he once declared to Father knigl
died that he would not like it ut all b,
bells learning is like money, the more 20
have the more you want, and one ola
lest, he was admitted 10 the bar.
not All this time little blue eyed Me-
did was working away ut her school wor
atsy Patsy had not seen her for a long tim
was but lie had not forgotten her. o.
ther first childish impressions arc the on
ncle we cherish and save until they a
and dispelled by later ones, to some e
to tent, and SO he always remember,
fter. Meg as she used 10 lean out OF Il
I for window us he went by. lean SO far o
,ame that she was in danger Of falling {
reek her curly head into the pansy bed I
bells low. He would have been glad
/ on have seen Meg when he went HON
loon but she was always away.
tan So time went on, and Patsy, entire
pted against his will, was almost fore
but into politics. lie had no taste for p,
up itics. but all through his life it was
mile noticeable fact that those things lie |
outh terly refused to have anything TO
tsy's with were the ones that he finally c
r he tered into heart and soul, aud SO II "
Iified with politics And he served his &C
iuch stitnents SO well that they were i
n TO satisfied to let him remain u mere loo
D 10 politician, they must needs eject him
ither congress, aud one day Patsy took
i'm. place among the representatives OF
ing people.
early Aunt Margaret was there ana SO "
twist Uncle Michael Prondl Well, tn
nd it werel Two prouder old souls mex
shad- lived, and for days after their retu
came home did they repeat again and aga
, was to their neighbors the story OF II
n his How grand he looked there among
right those big men, and he wearing VIII
Iot TO kers as well as the best Of them, a
e. their own boy, their ldlsy
People sometimes wondered W
was Congressman Flanagan did not III
words nv. lie was rich and lived IN elegs
style, and more than one of the ca
come tails bellies would have been proud
lat | have presided over his handso
He home, but he never looked twice at .
Id be girl. They used to accuse him OF
caring for anything but just busln
and politics, they said he was who
with worldly, but under the dress coat
o put the handsome congressman beat
same true heart that throbbed un
as he the nursery boys jacket
0 ele. Ii was very busy season IN Wa
He incton and Congressman Flanas
/ had was deep in political work.
sitiye Mr.. Iiscombe cannot come do
lldnt today; he is ill, was the word t
n. so came over the telephone to the c
acket gresham as he reached his desk
ed If. morning. Now Dir. Liseombe
his private secretary, and how was
!. work 10 go ON without hlmi
~ - = What shall dofe he asked I
a Their politician.