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-st.akIns ~ ni-fortun~- said tho sol
srp-fsc.d man, -,hs worst I ever encountered
~ iia tlnd WIS one I ran ssnInst whom lived
IN tho suburbs. We had been nut there quite
n stell. then, and I'd got 10 10 such m expert
nt earring things back and forth 10 and from
tho CITY, that thought I could ju1rle nny'hnY n
IN that line. without bread u, and which.
nf,er all. Il the really great test without loa-
inR ANYTHING But 7 mot my Waterloo I'd
rot homo al right with eses I'd carried
home nshoa done IN On that the bundle looked
like sAw wrapped m In paper had got thers
with BOTTLES ~ Ink. and. one spring I carried
ou' n hoe and q rake. without fallins over them.
and thought could do ANYTHING but ! came
70 Srief ovsr q simple pot ~ beans
TIP IN tho neighborhood vher~ I livsd
before got married there was baker that used
20 Rct m baked PORK and bo7ns. cooked for all
the world like the beans that mother used 70
babc' and occs1ion,lly our landady used to
b,y these for us. and used to like them first
rate and one day after I was married. and we'd
lived out there in che suburb awhile. ] said
TO my good wife that thought I would get
away from the ONCE little early that afternoon
and go M TO that bakery and Ret n pot n those
beans and bring them out And ] did
Il got them nicely done np and then had a
sling OF cord IN made for them othat could carry
the Jar the way you would one Of those Jars
of preserved citron, or whatever 1t IL they
put up that way And II was just as nice and
handy to carry s YOU can imagine Going
across the street from the bakery I had 70
step back suddenly. 70 avoid being, run over
me az the end OF the sling ]. was carrying IL
In. swung back and out behind me against
the wheel Of wagon going ip the other diTec-
enspb on an hut When MIA the bundn up fonnd
the jar dion't leak, and so hored there wasn't
se" 4" dsmae done ana Ike bep son1 on
| the ferry house waiting room 10 the boat, my
! jar got another. jolt. this time from a lawn
out 10 his place, and this time he Jar was broken
n ! could tell easy enough II sGnaed down
on one aide. and very soon 10 moisture in the
| though very Fortunately Ind had them put an
"ytra ""yStra pareeII around them at tne bakery even
Well, lupged the jar on 70 tho boat keeping
| clear OF people as much as ! could. And !
| didn't 90 into the cabin, where my bundle
on deck with It till the hoat rct across the river
sSnd9s h JAR Yin ta all ans %afc na5
could help il And was going along on the
edge Of the crowd on the platiorm. with, my jar
when the man coming up behind on that side
| with tho baggage for that train on -four.
a tr % wt ths end Of y. 70
nSles in such way aS 70 separate the two halves
Of the jar igrther STILL and break one of them
1T was getting pretty thick now, but !
| lugged the Jar into the car and sct it down, up
close by the side, and got II out at the home
station all right, and thought ! was gong 70
get i home without any further trouble, but
much the worst was vet to come How y
stepped of the car the jar caught between the
edge of the car step and the fall Of the station
platform lust a. the car started, and couldn't
the jar was turned around and over between
the car Step and the platform; holding on tG T.
crushed into ali H. soTts Of shapes @ when i dropped
clear. and held it up It was just a bunchy sort
Of bundle. hanging at the end Of string
announced in advance that was going to bring
these fine baked beans home i never should
have carried this broken up bundle Of stun
home ~ all; should simply have dropped 1t
| somewhere on the road but there was nothing
And went irto the kitchen there and looked
on while the lady herself opened the bundle
The interior was mass OF pork and beans
and broken crockery. splinters and shvers and
comminlled with the beans that M it W. Would have
been impossible to separate them and be sure
oft That last shock n had been too much -,
this ia the kind OF beans that mother used 20
bake, don't think We want any more Of them
And quite agreed with her. and as matter
observation is that in this respect men have
their peculiarities: there are some things that
some men simply won't carry I've known
men that drew the line nc watermelons; they'd
carry anything but watermelons. knew q
man onos who. under no circumstances. could
be induced 70 carry home such simple l!;tle
in his, pocket once and. though he lived in the
oa,, cubNEbs fourteen year. after that he never
oe as Sns as Sed Ans sss
that tried TO carry pot OF pork and beans