Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-21

nothing occurred 70 make Uncm pay at
tention. ! think where family has
been having a good deal OF exercise. the
way ours has. 1t hurts them TO break off
too suddenly. But the visitors went
home real quick after we got Pa out OF
the cistern. and the minister told Ma he
always felt when he was III our house as
though he was on the verge of yawn-
ing crater, READY to be engulfed any
minute, and he guessed he wouldn't
come any more. Pa changed his clothes
and told Ma to have them wire clothes
lines changed for rope ones. think it
is hard to suit Pa, don't YOU"
'Oh, your Pa is all right What he
needs is RESI-. But why are you not
working at the livery stable? You haven't
been discharged, have you:n and the
grocery man laid a little lump of con
centrated I've that looked like maple
sugar on a cake of sugar that had been
broken, knowing the boy would nibble it.
No, sir, | was not discharged, but
when livery man lends me a kicking
horse to take my girl out riding that
settles it. l asked the boss if l couldn't
have quiet horse that would drive him
self if l wound the lines around the
whip, and he let me have one he said
would go all day without driving. You
know how it is when fellow takes a
girl ont riding-he don't want his mind
occupied holding lines.
well, got my girl in, and we went
out on the Whitefish bay road, and it
was Just before dark. and we rode alon,
h.. ] Il.
around the whip and put one arm around
my gIrl and patted her under the chin
with my other hand, and her moJ.,l
looked SO good and her blue ewes looked
up at me and twjnkled as much as 10
dare me to kiss her. and | was all Of a
tremhie. and then my hand wandered
| around by he; ear, and | drew her head
up to me and gave her a smack. Say,
that was no kind OF u horse to give to a
young fellow TO take 4 girl ont riding.
! just is l smackcd her | fr.5 as though
the buggy had been struck with a pile
| driver. and when | looked at the horse
he was rupniuS away and kicking the
| buggy and the lines were dragging on
| the ground. was scared. tell YOU.
| wanted to jump ouy. but my girl threw
| her arms around Iay nocl, and screamed
and said we would die together, aul lust
| as We We're gulu-ta 5ietla bu-g- struck
a fence and the hors, broke loose and
went off. leaving us in Tie buggy. tum-
| blei down Gy tie dashboard. but we
| We're NOT Eurs.
The old horse s,y-rn 2 ara went to
| chewing grass aud locke. u4 az Iun as
.,..f .
! tried 10 catch .azu. ju. s-ru.Gu't
catch, and ,leu ", waited TIL dark and
| walked home. an. told the livery man
| what Thought of such treatment, and
ho~sId if had attended To my driving
! and NOT llis>.I the girl would have been
all right He said ought TO have told
him l wahScd horse that wouldn't shy
/ at kissing, but now did know was 60
| ing 10 get up courage 10 kiss her: y
livery man ought TO take II for granted
that when young fellow goes out with
a girl he i going to kiss her and give
him a horse according. But quit him
at once. won't work for a man that
hasn't got sense. Gosh. What kind of
maple sugar l. that: Jerusalem! Whew,
Give me some water! Oh, my, its taking
| the SKIN OF my mouth!
The grocery man got him some water
and seemed sorry that the boy had taken
the lump Of concentrated I've by mistake,
| and when the boy went out the grocery
! man pounded his hands ON his knees and
laughed, and presently he went out IL
front of the store and found sign:
FRESH LET'S.
BEEN PICKED MGRE'N 4 WEEK.
TUFFER'N TRIPE,
TO be coulinuei.)