Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-25
Apkopos or HOMEMADE CLOTHES
MT. Davfs Rec ais an Experience of One of
~ the Boys In His Native Village.


ME. Davts Rec ais an Experience of One of
~ the Boys In His Native Village.
"Abe's CROWN boy now, an reckon
I'd better cut this suit O clothes good an
large to allow for his film out an
@eugthenin," remarked Mrs. Davis brisk
ly as she stool, shears in hand, in front
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 helpmate, II
dunno's I'd cut 1t to much more'n fit
Abe eff was you. Boys are poorly hard
on their clothes anyway, an cal'late
by the time A be has growed too tight to
be conf table INTO that suititn be about
wore oot."
Mrs. Davis looked doubtfully at her
husband. He had not reputation for
great iberality, yet here he was zadvo-
eating 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," gan Mr.. Davis again, feel
ing that he was the object of embarrass-
ing scrutiny from his thrifty spouse, II
allus reclect boy that was raised in
Enderville, not fur from where we lived,
till was well inter my teens. $50
His mother made it practice to al
low on that boys clothes the whole
'durin time, an it was dretful trial to
him, can tell We. IL knew him pooty
well, bein RAISED in the same town, We
see.
HE was Kind of a 'pindlin, lanky
boy, an wouldn't hev looked extry good,
anyway, but his clothes allus hung ofFn
him, jest as eff he'd ben left out in the
rain sometime an he'd shrunk.
His mother want 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 II was a sorrerful sight to
see that boy,
He never caught up to the size of his
gar1nints, to my knowledge; never! An
other boys used to Isske fun at him con-
sd ble-boys whose mothers wasn't quite
so forehanded in their idees and cuttin.
IAN l rec'lect my fathers once sayin
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 it
more ways n one. So, say, make Abes
suit come somewheres near him, an eff
he grows out'n it fore it's wore I'll git
him 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, tive 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 1 noticed
it?' interrupted Mr.. Davis. Your moth
er's good hand at cuttin, but she's got
some notions Lind O. like my mothers,
seems's eff
IAN that boy was tellin you of-you
needn't say anythin about it to your
mother-but l was that boy m'self, an
there's some reflections that stays by
me more'n othersr'
Then they each fell to rubbing up
harness, their hearts warm with the
thought of the trial they had in common,
though one had endured it 30 years be-
fore the other.-Y Youths Companion.