Arizona republican., 1901-01-20
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 List after the Lection las Fall my Nav asts me sez she, "Jam,s, How would you like to be Paige in the Legis,acher?" "Wot's Paige?" 1 asts. She sez. Its d little Boy wo! earns More don nothin' n Full Grown man Il git fer diggin' Dltches q whole Day. You'd get Four Dollars day" "Wot does a Paigr haf to do. Maw?" l asts. Nav sez, His duties Is to keep his mo uth shet an his Eyts open 'thout pretendln' to see Every thing ats go.n' on. Fer ins ,ance. if he sees a man holdin' his hans Bch!ni him when important Legisiashun Is about to come cdf he don't need to menshun 1t. F he sees a Scmblyman CT Senator gittin all his Rltln done by the Same Lady Committy Clerk all the Time hc don't haf to go to the Noospapers about IL. r he sees a Member wot don't feel we'll some
 morrln' go into a COnmitty room an cast scairt look at the door an then take sora Medicine out of q Coffin shaped Bottei, the Palgr don't haf 10 Inform the House. It's an Easy Job, James. You don't haf tn do nothin' but Restranc yer Tung and keep q Deth Grippe on yer Curiosity The man 'at gifts up the Appropriaship Bil! II do the rest
 1T want to be Paige" STE !, "aD' with the Paiges stan. How kin I git the Job?" You'll half to ast fer it, sez Nav: "spcek to yer Paw. I jedge fun wot he sed In tn Campane at ho kin git anything he asts fer f it hadn't leen fir him nobody'd been 'lected.'
 That Mite wen Paw ccme home l sez to him, sez |: Paw, I want to be a Paige. Kin you heip me?" Paw looked at mo a Hole minls as if he was tryin' to think. He was nervcos an Com plaincd 'at his He'd Hurt him. He sed at he'd bscn Gittln' up with a sick member of the Lolgc las Night. At Las he sez: James, Wot did I under stan you to say?" I sez, "I want to be a Paige" That's a Nobel Aspi- rashun." seZ Paw. I'm glad you got a Litrary turn A Paige is about yer siZr now. If you Prosper an Grow, Mebbe after while you kin git to be a hole Volyun mebbe a hole, ensicklo- pcjum. Go ahe3. James. an be q Paige. F I kin help you lem me kpo. but doa't ibother me Tn" now, my he'd a,ts."
 This mor:lin' Paw was a good deal Briter, an sez, "Jamee, we'll see about this Paige b!zness today. I See by the papers the Legislators Is all in town
 I'll jis go down after Brekfus an tell 'em you'll be on han Monday an they needn't look any fGrder fer Paige Nav, !ou have James cloes reddy fer him an I'll take him G-wn street to
 night an git his Hare cut fer him
 Paw diGn' come back till lait His Cotr was tore m his coller WAS off an his eyes Giaired. Paw, am 1 a Paige Now?" I ast-. Nc, James" sez Paw
 you alnt nothin' but privit Citizen, the unonnered son Of man vets done with Pclitlx ferevfr; wun of many Mon nymcnts tN the 'ungratitude of Repub- Means. ez the s.aitsman srd. gess 1 cud a got it fer you. The Corkurs had at;sit greed on you when the Female applicants fer committy clerkc bust in an stainpsdsd the members. was tramp!ed on. Jist look at me. Wen Order was Restored and the Corkuss got its Brcth agln the chairman was hot and scd all promises Was off an noh pdy wot had aste1 fer anything could have it. He sed the Trubbel inc Legislacher had gittin 'lected wasn't Il
 marker to the Grecf thcy was havin' oyer the Digtrlbushun O the PlurdcT. He sed here he had three places tr give out an had promised 'em 10 sey.. cnteen fokes, mostly Females, an all the other members was fn the same fix
 1the Situa'Shun, he sed, was Emba~. rassin' an cuIacnt be solved. They was a goin' now to cut the Gorjlon Not. They was goin' 10 invite a new st Of Gests 60 the Pie Counter. So, James, Us at bore the Burdin an fleet O the day Is to be pushed off by lot O non Comb!tunts wich didn't git in till 'Leven o'clock It's all Rite. James. I'm glad of it. Yer PIliticlc Amblshun is cut G'Iwn whiit it's young by an Erly Frost. You have time yet to panb a crop ats more Profitabel. anyhow, an amt so Iibie to Oamidge by Chainges in the Pol.tlcle Ski It's all fer 1lhe best. Jarnes. It's better to