The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-11

MR.. Davis Recalls an Experiencs Of One oh
the Boys In His Native yfIrare.

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Mr.. Davis Recalls an Experiences OF One oh
the Boys In His Native Village.
"Abe's a CROWN boy now, an I reckon
I'd better cut this suit o. clothes good an
large to allow for his ,fllin out an
lengthenin," remarked Mrs. Davis brisk
~ as she stood, shears in hand, In front
Of the dining room table on which the
cloth for Abe's new suit was spread ont.
Abe looked wistfully at his father.
well now, Marthy," said Mr.. Davis
mildly to his energetic helpmate, 81
dunno's I'd cut it to much rnore'n fit
Abe eff / was you. Boys are poorly hard
on their clothes anyway, an I c~al1ate
by the time Abe has growed too tight to
be comftable into that suit it'll be about
wore out"
Mrs. Davis looked doubtfully at her
husband. He had not a reputation for
great iberality, yet here he was advo-
eating a plan which was almost certain
to result in "a years waste of good
CLOTH" for Abe had no younger brother
to take his outgrown clothes.
"Ye see," began Mr.. Davis again, feel
ing that he was the object of embarrass-
ing scrutiny from his thrifty spouse, 81
allus rec'lect q boy that was raised In
Enderville, not fur from where we lived,
till / was well inter my teens. +"
His mother made it q practice to al
low on that boys clothes the whole
'durin time, an it was q dretful trial to
him, I al tell We. II knew him poorly
well, bein raised in the same town, ye
see.
"He was a kind of o 'pindlin, lanky
boy, an wouldn't hev looked extry good,
anyway, but his clothes allus hung of'n
him, jest as eff he'd ben left out In the
rain sometime an he'd shrunk.
"His mother want a master hand at
cuttin anyway-not anywheres near as
good as you be, Marthy, " said Mr.. Davis,
feeling that here was an opportunity for
q handsome compliment, which was re-
ceived with an air Of conscious worth by
his wife, ian it was o sorrerful sight to
see that boyl
He caught up to the size Of his
garmints, to my knowledge; never! An
other boys used to poke fun at him con-
sid'ble-boys whose mothers wasn't quite
so forehanded in their idees and cuttin.
"An I rec'lect my fathers once lsayin
to me, referrin to that boy an the way
he looked, that he viewed it more things
was spilled allowin than was ever vast
ed maxim a good fit An he meant II
more ways n one. So, / say. make Abe's
suit come somewheres near him, an ef
he grows out'n it fore it's wore I'll git
him a new one."
Mr.. Davis went out to the barn, and
Mrs. Davis began to cut out the new
suit, pinning it on to patient Abe now
and then to try the effect.
When she said at last, Eve got to a
place where you can 60 now" he hurried
out to his father.
Pm real obleeged to you, father. fer
what you said" he remarked, with evil
dent gratitude. My last suit o. clothes
was so big fer me that
'Sho, boy, don't you s'pose / noticed
itf' interrupted Mr.. Davis. "Your moth
er's q good hand at cuttin, but she's got
some notions kind o like my mothers,
seems's eft.
IAN that boy I was tellin You of-you
needn't say anythin about it to your
mother--bnt / was that boy m'self, m
there's some reflections that Stays by
me more'n othersf'
Then they each fell to rubbing up q
harness, their hearts warm with the
thought of the trial they had in common,
though n had endured 1t 30 years be.
fore the other.-Youth's Companion.