Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-04
JIMMIE'S
~-AMBITION.
BY LESTER L. LOCKWOOD.


"Chicken coop-that is, it will be
when [ manage to get few more
nails in.
Sam Simmins vaulted the low fence,
and, standing with his hands in his
pockets, watched Jim few moments.
Then he gave an amused whistle. 81
say, Jim, there's nothing like having
conveniences to work with. Now, if
l were to build chicken coop 1
should be silly enough to use new
wire eightpennies and steel-tipped
hammer; but daresay Tn quite be-
hind the times, and that assorted sizes
of bent and rusty nails and slippery
stone to drive them in with are the
latest improved Implements sort of
renaissance in carpentry, eh?"
''Not exactly" replied Jim, laugh
ing, 'but it gives you chance to air
that French pronunciation that you
had to stay for after school for last
night. SO there's some good comes
from my impoverished resources; after
NIL, that was the phrase 1 struck on
yesterday"
Don MISS Lalho Puo US tnrouSn
the definitions and pronunciations for
all they are worth, though? Father
says if this thing keeps up he'll have
to buy new dictionary before the
year is out-such wear ON 1t, you know.
But, to resume the original theme
what are you going to put in your
coop when 1t Is doneF
That Is also Miss Lambs doing.
You see, she knows all about my
poultry craze knows In saving up
to go into the chicken business, L
mean-and yesterday she showed ms
chance to begin. Ihe folks where
she boards are regular chlcken cranks,
you know-hne stock, lncupators, ana
Iansan 49,. gnatarday ttr % she beard
so determined to set that sn6' 6''coa.l ne n
break her up, and that she'd sell her
very cheap to get rid OF her. So Miss
Lamp tola her about me- and she
onereo 70 sell me tne men ana set
ing VI ni'eon eesaAai' S9ou s'och'
aoI, ooU' .ha4 hnino youulol @a; Doh you
l soT;s f fon ," Suy foot Ho% ho.
nj 10 Lnu ~ .,S " ali ID, "n'' Joe n"pPen-
eyes: I've saved nm Al Is and if T
can GET the coon done I'm going aftar
school tonipbt for tbe hon W
"And 7 supnose Won will Inv a
bicv,le with the nrocoodsp Rrt thot
doesn't eynIain whv Won are us;ns
rnstv no;Ia ond storc Ion,uaon - 8
"Why, you see, our hammer is lost.
as usual. Some of the children are
always getting away with it. and I
can't afford to spend my extra is cents
on nails. That has to 60 for chicken
feed, and l don't know when I'll have
o chance to earn any more. So I'm
drawing these nails out of the boxes
on the kindling pile. They are really
mine, you know. I worked for them
at Mr.. Lakes grocery last vacation"
"Going into business on a strictly
cash basis, eh?"
eyes, street That's nv ticket.
everv time -
"Been reading the life of Rockefel-
ler and all those penniless-boy mil
lionaires, I suppose?"
Jim flushed.
.sWall that's tho 10 hoa;r on
how y be said sturd;Ir AL " 49, sran,i'
~ q s+rbhorn no;l w;tl, X WI ml1nlH, aI;nni'
..hut do w;sb thar uonI1,,t m ~ aI,o, on,oe,'
Iosa the bomn,ar ' "o'An Always
10 "yvLy don,t no, volt al, = .ruuu
,np,' ~ WV oN ""' ''' ~ '"i 10
.
LOO hi'.cn rlsh' lou must make
nay whiie .he sun snlnes' you know
-ih ocnel woius' se' mems "nlie
'hey re III .he ho.ioh'
ooine in'o tne poultry business
WIN Que nen Is 81, too SLOW ior me; ! ~
gong " hionuiAe as eoon as sehooi Is