The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-02
CHAPTER xxx.

"Oh, nothing, only was going 4
grind the Ratchet and some knives an,
things this morning. andI thought may
be You would like to 60 out in the she,
and turn the grindstone for me to devel
op your muscles. Turning . grindston,
is the healthiest thing boy can do"
THAT IL all right enough" said thu
bad boy - he took up sweet cracker
'but please take good look at me. Dt
look like grindstone boy? Do I re
semble good little boy that can't say
mo- and goes of and turns a grindstons
half day for some old duffer who pays
him by giving him q handful Of green
currants or telling him he will be man
some day, and the boy goes of one way
with lame back, while the good man
goes the other way with a sharp scythe
and q chuckle at the softness Of the boy:
You are mistaken in me. j have passed
the grindstone period, and you will have
to pick mp another sardine who has never
done circular work. Not any grind
stone for Hennery, if you please"
You are getting too smart" said the
grocerymsn a. he charged q pound Of
sweet crackers to the boys father. You
don't have to turn the grindstone if you
don't want to-"
That's what ! thought" gays the boy
- he takes . handful Of blueberries.
"You grindstone sharps who are always
laying for fool boy to give taffy to and
get him to break his back don't play it
fine enough. You bear on too hard on
the grindstone. have seen the time
when . man could get me to turn a
grindstone for him till the cows come
home by making me believe it was fun
and by telling me he never saw boy
that seemed to throw 20 much soul into
turning grindstone as did, but l have
found that such men are hypocrites.
They inveigle boy into their nest, like
the spider does the Ay, and at first they
don't bear on hard, but Just let the blade
OF the Ak or the scythe touch the grind
stone, and they make boy believe he is
. bigger man than old Grant.
They bet him be will get tired, and
be bets that he can turn grindstone a.
long - 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 be holds out, and when the |
tools are ground he says he u as fresh a. |
, daisy when be Il tired enough to die.
such men do more to teach boys the hol-
owness Of the world and its tricky fea-
ties than anything. and they teach boys
% know who are friends and who are
'oesl No. sir, the best way Is to hire .
crown person to turn your grindstone.
remember turned . grindstone four
,ours for farmer once. and when got
through he said could 60 to the spring
md drink all the water I wanted for
lothing. He was the highest man ever
aw. Why, tight! That man was tight
nough to hold kerosenec'
That's I'll right Who wanted Won
o turn grindstone anyway But what
} It about Jour Pa and Ma being turned
ut Of church, I hear that they scan
Allied themselves horribly last SUM-
A."
well. You see, me and my chum put
p job on Pa to make him think Sun
~ was only Saturday. and Ma she fell
ato It, and guess we are all going TO
et fred from the church for working
sunday. You see. they didn't 90 to
leetin last Sunday because Mas new ,
cnnet hadn't come, and Monday and
tuesday II rained, and the rest Of the
eek was 30 muddy no one called. or !
~ could not get anywhere, 70 Monday
slid out early and got the daily paper,
ad on Tuesday my chum he got the ps-
y on the steps and put Mondays paper
it, place. Watched when they were
aiding 1t, but they did not notice the
Ite.
Then Wednesday we put Tuesdays
lper on the steps, and Pa said 1t seemed
orc than Tuesday but Ma she got the
lper OF the day before and looked at :
% date and said 1t seemed 20 to her, but
e guessed they had lost . day some
~. ThurSday we got Wednesdays
per on the steps. and Friday we rune =
Thursdays paper. and Saturday my
Ium he got Fridays paper on the steps,
ID Ma said she guessed she would wash
morrow, and Pa said he believed he
ould hoe in the garden and get the
eeds ont % Il would look better 70
In whom they went BY Sunday to O
urch. Well, Sunday morning came
ID with IL Saturdays daily paper, and =
barely glanced II over as he got ON
overalls and went out in his shirt B
scves a-hoeing in the front garden.
ID and my chum helped Ma carry
Ater to wash. She said 1t seemed like
. longest week abe ever saw, but when
brought the water and took . plate
pickles to the hired girl that was
'wn With the mumps we got in the
&C bushes and waited for the curtain
rise.
IT wasn't long before folks began TO
to church, and you'd a. died laughing
see them all stop in front Of where =
, was washing and look ut her and !,
en- 60 on TO where Pa was hoeine $
seds and stop and look at him and y
en- drive on. After about dozen teams On
d passed heard Ne ask Pa II he knew in
10 was dad, - there must be q funeral IL
mewhere. Pa had just hoed into q q
Imblebee's nest and said no did not u
low Of any that was dead, but knew a
ne that ouRhf 70 b and NJ sha axa ~