Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-28
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Aou SItuUstOnc suafIS VINO arc always
laying for fool boy to give taify to and
get him to break his hack don't play Il
6ne enough. You bear on too hard On
the grindstone. have seen the time
when q man could get me to turn . i
grindstone for him till the cows come
home by making me believe it was fun
and by telling mc he never saw boy
that seemed to throw SO much soul into
turning a grindstone As did. but have
found that such nen are hypocrites.
They inveigle a hoy into their nest, like
the spider does the ny, and at first they
don't bear on hard. but just let the blade
Of the AZ or the scythe touch the grind
stone. and they make boy believe he Is
q bigger man than old Grant.
They bet him he will get tired. and
he bets that he can turn a rrindstone rs
long as anybody. and when the boy has
got his reputation at stake then they be-
GIN to bear on hard. and the boy gets
tired. but he holds out, and when the
tools are ground he says he is as fresh rs
| a daisy when he is tired enough to die.
Such men do more To teach boys the hol-
lowness of the world and its tricky fea-
lures than anything, and they teach boys
/ TO know vino are friends and who are
foeA No. cir, the bes; way is To hire a
| grown person to turn your grindstone
| remember ] tunnel ;,rinds;one four
hours for q farmer once. and when I 90;
through he said ! could go to the spring
and drink all the water ! wanted for
nothing. He was the tightest man lever
saw. Why. tight! That man WAS tight
enough to hold keroscner
"That's all right Who wanted You
to turn yrindstonc anyway: Bat what
is il about Your P: and Ma bc,n. turned
ont of church: I hear that trey scan
tialized themselves horribly last Sun
day"
well. Won sec. me and INV chum put
up Job on Pa to make him think sun
day was only SATURDAY, and Ma she fell
into il. and ! guess We are all going to
get fired from the church for working
ON Sunday You see. they didn't 60 to
meetin last Sunday because Mas new
bonnet hadn't come, and Monday aud
Tuesday it rained. and the rest of the
week was so muddy no one called. or
they could not get anywhere. 20 Monday
slid out early and got the daily Paper
and on Tuesday my chum he got the pa
per of the steps and put Mondays PAPER
in its Mace. Iwafcl,cd when thew were
reading 1t. Int they did not notice the
date.
"Then Wednesday We put Tuesday,
paper on the steps. and p. said il seemed
more than Tuesday. but Ma she got the
paper Of the day before and looked at
the date and said it seemed SO TO her. but
she guessed they had lost a day some.
how. Thursday We got Wednesday,
paper ON the steps, and Friday We rung
in Thursdays paper. and Saturday my
chum he got fridays paper on the steps,
and Ma said she guessed she would wash
tomorrow, and Pa said he believed he
would hoe in the garden and get the
weeds out 50 it would look better te
folks when they went by Sunday C
church. Well. Sunday morning came
and with it Saturdays daily paper. and
Pa barely glanced it over as he got O.
his overalls and went out in his shir,
eleeves a-hoeing in the front garden
and and my chun helped Ma caEfy
. water to wash. Che said Il seemed hk>
The longest week che ever saw, but whes
We brought the water and took . plat
q pickles to the hired girl that VA
down with The mumps We got in th,
lilac bushes and waited for the curtain
to rise.
! ut wasn't long before folks began 60
ing to church, and you'd a died Laughing
1 to sec them all stop in front Of wber'
J Ma was washing and look at her ant
then 60 ON to where Pa was hocinl
weeds and stop and look at him ant
then drive on. After about dozen team
had passed heard Ma ask Pa If he knev
who was dead, as there must be funera
somewhere. Pa had just hood into ,
humblebee's nest ami said he did no
know Of any that was dead, but knew
some that ought to be, and Ma she di,
. not ask any foolish questions any more
9 After about 90 teams had stopped NJ,
? she got nervous and asked Deacon Smitl
!. If he saw anything green. He said some
; thing about dissertation and drove away
Deacon Brown asked Pa if he did no
> think he was setting bad example be
fore his boy. but Pa he said he though
s 1t would he good one if the boy coul
3 only bc hired to do it. Finally Ma 60
4 mad and took the tub behind the hous
P where they could not see her. About
|: o'clock that afternoon We saw n dozen o
: our congregation, headed by the mini:
ter, file into our yard, and my chum an
5 I knew il was time to fly, SO we got O
the back steps where we could hear. p
met them mt the door. expecting som
bad news. and when they were seate
s Ma she came in and remarked it was
3 very unhealthy year. and it stood peopl
: in hand to meet their latter end. Non
3 Of them said word until the elder pu
Il ON his specs and said it was solemn q
> casion, and Ma she turned pale IN
wondered who il could be. and Pa sayl
Don't keep us in suspense; who is dead