The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-03-25
FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.
BABY. Willie. Bllly, william and cola
Bill" Jones-His End.
Mrs. Jones has baby,
The deuce you say"

.Ine deuce you say"
Fact"
Girl or boy?"
Boy"
Lets hunt up old Jonesey ana
make him set EN- up"
SO is ushered into the world Rahv
Jones very red and hungry. aud very
much troubled with insomnia The
former grows on him. and on wearing
oil the latter Papa Jones loses his
hair and several pounds of flesh, and
Mama Jones loses some of her oood
looks.
Pay? said Papa Jones in astonish-
ment. Do babies pay? Well, I
should say they did. !"
'Pay?" said Mamma Jones .whv
the whole world could not buy him.
And SO Baby Jones becomes Willie
Jones. and with his little primer and
immaculate tie marches proudly to
school, says the Minneapolis journal.
Thereupon the boys 'christen". his
new shoes by splitting on them. and
they soil his white tie by rolling him
over in the sand. And Willie Jones
cries and the teacher comforts him nv
letting him sit on the platform and by
calling his tormentors bad boys"
And they grin and look ashamed.
;'ut Father Time keeps his scythe
a. swing. and 10! Billy Jones is in the
high school. Billy the Kid he is
called now and he nearly breaks his
mothers heart one day because she
sees him smoking cigarette and evil
IDENTITY enjoying it Billy Jones is also
inclined to partake of the fruit of his
nelghbors pear tree. said fruit beng
obtained after dark.
VIII Jones is different boy few
years after his graduation from the
nlgh school, Life has become oues-
tlon OF neckties and fits on clothes.
he ushers strangers into seats at the
church OF the Dan and Beersheba
He leads the german. and
one day Deacon Potts is panied to see
him coming out of a bucket-sh
"nere he has taken flyer on wheat
William Jones' aged 40. is the
cashier OF the leighton national bank.
Mr. Jones is known as one of our
pest and brainiest business men. Mrs.
Jones speaks OF HIM as Mr.. Jones. or
VILLAIN, and Deacon Potts takes his
ldvlce on the investment of a few
hundred dollars he has laid by. Thew
ak OF running him for the legisla-
ure, and the Evening Squarsh has
'oomed him for mayor. The little
mes call him papa and run to meet
I'M at night when he comes home.
At 60.
You know old Bill Joneso He
'as telling me the other day how he
sed to play ball where the postoffice
ow stands. He's jolly old fellow I
I'll you. Told about helping to pitch
teacher ous Of the window when he
as boy about forty or fifty wears
60"
Bill is jolly old boy. Kept the
in roar at his daughters
edding with his stories. They saw
Ill has laid by quite little pile in
is day. Smooth old boy is Bill. He
as accumulated quite stock of ex-
erience. at any rate and is always
lady with word of counsel if YOU
* his advice
Seventy years old to-day is .Old
III jones' or odd Billy Jones as
$ younger friends love to call him.
here is SO term Of reproach in fam
arity unless it is used by the
oughtless or inconsiderate. His old
ENDS have dropped by the wayside
g by one. and old Bill Jones is the
st leaf on the tree. 1t is we'll rip
ed by time and frost and the first
cath of winter will detach him
ntly, and he will fall to his parent
rth in sweet peace. :. old Bill
nes.' He has done his work well
d he is ready to go. He wonders If
Will meet the old boys again and
k over the old days. His mind is
'ch on his youth. He loves to re-
| the old associations. The old
ices are in his ears. He smiles as
sees the children play.
Hello. Colonel, whose grave is
S you are filling?'
William Jones. SIR
What? Old Billy Joneso Well.
Il; SO ne has gone. But he lived to
God old age. Let's see rs years
1onths' the stone says, don't ito''
al DONG pretty we'll in these
es. Jones was good old fellow.
ugh. | remember hearing my
Ter tell how Jones let HIM have
900 once to tide him over a crisis.
ne never took bit of security. s
and father were great friends once.
W long ago? Oh, that must have
n twenty Or twenty five years back.
hers been dead eighteen wears.
H. good luck to him, wherever he
Good day.