The herald., 1893-05-22
Apaopos OF HoMEmADe CLOTHES.


1zr. Dnris Recalls an Ezperiencc % ,nc ~
the Eoys In His Native Village.
"Abe's 2 GROWN boy now, an / reckon
I'd better cut this suit O clothes rood an
large to allow for his film out an
lengthenin,Y remarked Mrs. Davis brisls-
ly as she stood, shears in hand, in from
Of the dining room table on which the
cloth for Abe's new suit was spread out.
Abe looked wistfully at his father.
"Well now, Marthy," said Mr.. Davis
mildly to his energetic helpnnate, II
dunno's I'd cut it to much more'n ft
Abe Of was you. Boys are poorly hard
on their clothes anyway, an cal1ate
by the time Abe has growed too tight to
be conf table into that suit it'll be about
wore out"
Mrs. Davis looked doubtfully at her
husband. He had not a reputation for
great liberality, yet here he was advo-
eating plan which was almost certain
to result in 50 years waste of good
cloth, for Abe had no younger brother
to take his outgrown clothes.
eye see," began Mr.. Davis again, feel
ing that be was the object Of embarrass-
ing scrutiny from his thrifty spouse, 81
allus rec'lect boy that was raised in
Enderville, not fur from where we lived
till | was well inter my teens.
"dis mother made it practice to AL
low ON that boys clothes the whole
'durin time, an it was dretful trial to
him, can tell ye. IL knew him poorly
we'll, bein raised in the same town, We
see.
"Re was kind of 'pindlin, lanly
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.
ellis mother want a master hand at
cuttin .anyway--not anywheres near as
good as you be, Marthy, y said Mr.. Davis,
feeling that here was an opportunity for
a handsome compliment, which was re-
ceived with an air Of conscious worth by
his wife, ian it was a sorrerful sight to
see that boyl
"He never caught up to the size of his
garnints, to my knowledge; never! An
other boys used to poke fun at him CON
sidble--boys whose mothers wasn't quite
SO forehanded in their idees and euttin.
''An l rec'lect my fathers once sayin
to me, referrin to that boy an the way
be looked, that he viewed 1t more things
was spilled allowin than was ever vast
ed maxim a good fit.' An he meant st
more ways n one. SO. say, make Abe's
suit come somewheres near him, an ct
be grows out'n it fore it's wore I'll git
him new one"
MIR. 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 go now" he hurried
out to his father.
I'm 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 l noticed
it?' interrupted Mr.. Davis. ''Your moth
er's good hand at cuttin, but she's got
some notions kind O like my mothers,
seelns,s ef.
San that boy was tellin you of--you
needn't say anythin about it to your
mother-but was that boy mself, an
there's some reflections that stays BY
me more'n othersE'
Then they each fell to rubbing up q
harness, their hearts warm with the
thought of the trial they had in common,
though one had endured it SO years be-
fore the other. Youths Companion.