The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-10-11


IS a lad need bc-that he'd pay him
every week If he'd tend to the poultry
right up prime. That kept hlm aud
the turks both out of mischief.
"Twas surprising how selfsreliant
Hod growed from day to day. lie
didn't seek advice from nobody, but
went right ahead. 1t seemed as II he
growed taller. He sartinly did hold
his head higher. He got new suit OF
his first boughten suit, and a
tall hat and il buggy, and sold two old
cows that had been more plague than
profit to him aud lot of things that
he had been hankering to do.
"The neighbors begun to hope that
Mrs. Lurvey had gone OIL for good,
Hod was getting on so much better
without her, when the stage stopped
at their door one night, and out she
got. Jane had just come to the doc.
with the baby in her arms, Hod was
bringing in the milk.
"What are you here for p demand
ed Mrs. Lurvcy, looking cross enough
to snap the girls head off. Put on
your things and 90 home
"'You won't do any such thing,
jane commanded Hoo, firmly, i
hired you to work here, and you'll stay
till after harvesting and he looked
his wife full in the face. like one who
meant to be master
"They had it back and forth for a
week, Jane told me, before Mrs. Lur-
vey would give him mite Of peace,
but Hod was as firm as a rock. She
might go or stay, as she chose, but he
was going to be master in his own
house. But such a life as she led
him!
"We was afraid Hod couldn't stand
the pressure, and if he yielded an
inch he was lost. If only he could be
got out from that ev erlasting nagglng
until he got moe self-assertio n.
"'Why not send him to the legisla-
ture p asked my wife.
"'Why he don't know the first thing
about politics. scz l. we want
somebody to do credit to the town
Hod hain't been out to town meetin
since he took the freeman's oath
twenty odd year ago.
"But wife said things couldn't &C
SO badly to rack and ruin at the Stats
house as they was going ut TICK Kldg'
even if he did vote the wrong way
and the only thing that would reall!
help Hod was to show Mrs. Lurvel
that some folks respected his opin
. ions, if she didn't.
"It would be more credit to Bro
dick to save Hod Lurvev than to sent
: the smartest man IN town. sez she
and we couldn't disagree with her.
"Well. we talked it up one side ant
!. down the other at the caucus. Raj
= Wiley, who had been representativ
y for five years, and OF course expecte
: :, to be again, said he 'nuff sight ruthe
- - Hod SHOULD have it, and would wor
~ for him. There was no danger bu
~ we could carry the town easy enough
There warn't a man far nor near, bl
!, would give all his old hats to get eve
" with Mrs. Lurvey.
"IIod did not know what was u
n" n" but | made him promise to go 90"
:" and vote. He said lie would con
" over. cross lots, and go down with m
>, When l went out to the barn th
~ ~ morning who should ! see but H(
~ y. coming up the hill with his old cloth
~ on. and looking as meaching as
80 " whipped dog. ;,
&C. "'She suspected was going to Il
ny village to-day and got tearing maj
sez he. 'She locked my store cloth
n. up and put the key in her pocket a
ao told me to be lively about the chor'
ne for we was going to pick geese tod
IL fed around, then made tracks
we here. guess l might as well give
'gs first as last. 1t will have to come.
'ey don't beliyc that man lives who COZ
ed' stand up against her when she gets
a rage
sez WYou're tired and hungry scz
get come IN to breakfast, then we'll 7
Ihe things over
,st. II don't suppose l was as sym
md thetic as might have been, for
there's anything under the sun t
in riles me it is to have u man unde
Ing woman's thumb.
yey 1T took some argyfying to SC
old his courage up to the pint Of buyir
avs second suit OF clothes, but he done
I'd and there warn't a sprucer loon
and man in town meeting that day t
> Hosea Lurvey. We had agreed to
the calling him Hod and to call him III
ycy or Mr.. Luryey, to see II that woul'
cnt prop up his self-respect little
left "lIe voted the straight III
and through till they come to town re
ten sentative; then his name was
ssct posed and was greeted with sue
and cheer said that 1t was a waste OF
the to ballot and we'd elect him by IL
,cen nation. Then We escorted h'm u
rc'n In fine style. -, 49,,
w,s MRS. Luryet coMc to the door
,nld primed and loaded to give III
,ond Scotch blessing and was some
hcst back to see so many ofus. Col. Flo
stepped forward and sez, scz he
lane ".Allow me, madam, to intro'
him 20 yc our new representative, tic
.,,vo., NJ prnf1ick ESQ.,