Graham guardian., 1898-10-14

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ton in the foregoing. Well, mere
he is as he returned; Weight, l'z
pounds; rosy cheeks; hair on top
of his head where it ought TO De;
clear black eyes (they were br'ght
blue when he went away; small
white hands with dapper fingers,
etc. Josephus told her who he
was and sought to embrace her,
but she wouldn't have it. Couldn't
fool her, not much. So Josephus
had TO get out Identification papers,
| his discharge papers, etc. Had to
take off his shoes and stockings
and show her a peculiar strawberry
mark on his right heel and then
she was convinced, and then she
received him IN her arms and
hugged him for seventeen minutes
and then she let him 90, and then
she clutched him by the elbow and
said: "Josepnus, you Just come out
here and see lay corn" And to-
gether arm in arm they repaired to
the cornery, and what a sight met
his gaze, Corn, corn, here, there,
evsrywhere; IN some rows two
stalks, some five, ssme four, and
altogether about one hundred
stocks, some Of it most four foot
high, looking a triflo sckly to be
sure, but Jerusha exPlsined that
they hadn't waterod it that morn
ing. Aud she asked Josephus
what he thought about, and he said,
honest man, that it was Gne; that
! If the frost held off till January lst
, there would surely be corn on it.
|. Now, wasn't that good of him?
, The balance Of the day was
, passed in q recital Of the harrow
E ing experiences which Josephus
had passed through. And Jerusha
! had to gell him all the news and
/ the gossip. That Jim McKiddie
was running Independent for sheriff
, and ought to be elected. What
!, babies had been born and what
, were likely to be. Who were mar
. ried and who ought to be. Had
; to show him "old Bcss" the COW,
tell him how much milk she gave
and when she would caIve. Showed
. him "Comcr the Lorse, which is a
- misnormer for he is certainly no
!, comet. Had to mold the baby boy,
4 surnamcd "GerOuimO", about two
4 hours and listen to his entire his,
. tory, and to be told, oh, horrorsl
"that everybody said it looked just
!. like his pa Had TO amuse his
six.year- old daughter by dressing
: up and playing he was a Spanish
! soldier and allowing her to wayiay
], and massacre him with a butcher
1 knife, which was really a danger
Gus pastme for the KNIFE might
slip. Had to listen to d recital of
!, the love adventures Of the gushing
Miss EthyIn GoIdenrod with the
= big feet ana Appetite And at last
:, they went early to bed The first
,, he had been in except that fur
- nished by Nature assisted by one
=. army blanket tor five long months
=, 1t was difficult for Joscphus to ac
= custom him~elf to the change. He
. bad beea used to mosQuitoes and
here there were none. And the
: bed was too soft and Easy, and ii
- was not until he had gone out and
= gatherei q hal full Of stones and
~ pieces { 4 bricks and sprInkled them
!, around under the sheet on his side
y Of the bed that he could go tc
r sleep.
g No sooner was he asleep than he
= began t. dream over again his san
:, gulnary gld imaginary conflicts
He had reached that stage where
, he had sucycs,IuIl dispatched six
= teen Spauiaris and was engaged in
! q hand. To- band conflict with big,
muscuInr officer, general or some.
> thing, ana was just ju the act OF
! clearing his head with ne machette
which Be had wrcuchel from the
officer, when, something: happened;
bus entire oddly 9yrtem became
! convnlsed, parAIyzvj rs it were,
, and all "as dyr&ucs>. He thought
. a she'll had burst avid rent HIM in
twain, but pretty quick he realized
, that it was his wife, Jerusha, by
! his side kicking hrm with both
! feet IN thn small OF ne back and
= : saying at the same time: "Josephus,
, Josephu, Dldaicwguhee, git up.
! There's q Hoss in the orchard. He
,, just kin ont OF the Garden. Git
up and drive him ont. He'll cat
, up all lay corn" Well, Josepbus
+ was in 40 mood to get up, besides
it wasn't regular; Wasn't military
so to speak. No bugto had sound.
ed, warnfng him Of the approach
OF the enemy, 50 he essayed to go
> to sleep and aGau dream of killing
, Spanlards But that didn't suit
Jerusha little hit and he renewed
the attavl>. Kicked him again,
and Jerusha knows how to kick;
missed hor vocation, ought have
been a high kicker. So Josephus
he scramhlra up and sought to
evade the "TRIP ont into the mid.
night chuu.y air by the powers of
augmentation. Josenhus ought to