Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-29
"Yes.o
"And fed her on milk toastyn

I went in and found Sarah sitting up
in a rocking chair. with bed quilt
around her. She had pencil and paper
and she was dashing Off poetry by the
rod. She looked at me In a mournful
way and slowly shook her head. |
picked up one of the sheets and read:
To kill my love for Henry Jones
Ny mother must nH Try,
For sooner than prove false TO him
I'll hang myself and die.
"Lcok here" said TO the mother az
I took her out into the kitchen; you
have been trying to separate Sarah and
Hank Jones'"
"Y-yes," she replied.
"And Sarab's mind Ia being unhiDg-
ed. She may become a raving maniac
any minute Mrs. Biggs, Sarah is 20
years old IL she's a day. When an old
girl falls In love for the frst time. she
has 1t bad. 1t doesn't take much oppo-
sition to tie her brain up in knots. Do
you want gibberlng idiot or raving
lunatic on your handsT
Lands O massy, nor she whispered
as her face grew white.
Then take down the dinner horn and
foot for Hank Jones to come over on
the dead run, and you tell them they
can get married hext week"
"Abe, is that your official advicef'
"You bet 1t is. Yes, ma'am; I'm
speaking from under the wing Of the
baldheaded eagle of liberty and while
representing the bulwarks of freedom
and the principles of fraternity. It's
an official opinion clear down to the
ground, and you get move on yon at
once"
She grabbed the horn and went out
and blew blast to lift q calf off his
feet, and as I drove away l saw a
young farmer in his shirt sleeves COM
ing across a meadow so fast that the
grass seemed to be smoking under his
feet. / expect to find Sarah fully re-
covered when l drive along next.
For the last four weeks I've been no.
ticing that Farmer Jim Cummings has
been acting sort OF offish as he took his
mail, but he didn't volunteer any ex-
plantations, and 1 didn't ask for any.
The other day, however, he was so sur
ly that opened out on him with:
"I.ook here, Uncle Jim; have you got
cramps or anything?"
"Cramps!' he growled in reply. "D'ye
reckon I'm a blamed old fishwoman to
have cramps in July?"
ANY trouble in the familyT
"No."
"Wheat, corn and taters coming along
all rightT"
Eyes"
"Then what's hurt your feelings
Something is wrong Uncle Jim, this
government wants to know what 1t Is"
Look a-here. Abe" he says after a
bit, "am for this government or ag'in
itY
"You are for It, of course"
''Do you know how clus the vote In
this township was last fallf"
81 forget"
"Well, sir. the present administra
tion had just one vote to spare. If 4
hadn't been for me, the vote woul(
have gone the other way. My hiret
man had the castin vote and threat
ened to lick him II he didn't poll as
did. I'm the man. who saved the day
"And you should be rewarded" said 1
eyes, so I should, but how have
been rewarded? A few weeks ago there
was a new school board elected for
this district. The cohorts Of this gov
ernment ought to have been on hand to
see that l was elected chairman. but
not one blamed cohort showed up, and
/ didn't come within mile of It, That's
what ails me, Abe, If you want to
know"
ut was too bad" I said. I'm one
Of the cohorts Of the government, as
you know, and ] never even heard that
you wanted the office. Can nothing be
done nowT
"The government might cohort the
feller out and cohort me in," suggested
Uncle Jim.
I'm afraid that can't be DONE"
"Oh, 1t can't? Well, amt askin the
government to break its back. Just lei
things be as they are"
"But you may do something RASH"
"You bet willw said Uncle Jim as
be looked up at me with grim smile
"Yes, Abe, the CALLED jade winces, ant
the iron has struck home. IT'S too latt
for the cohorts of the government tt
show up. I got up this ,rnornin fully
determined to upset these United State!
and bust this American nation into 6
cooked hat, and, by gum, III do tt"
"Can nothing induce
"Nothin tall, Abe, and you might as
well save your wind. When the gov
ernment left me to fight 1t out alone.
left the government to sink or swim
She's goin to sink, Abe-goin down like
COW in quagnire-and all the tooth
of all the brass bands In the worlc
can't save her. Jest drive on and gel
ready for the awfulest, biggest calaIf
ity this world has ever heard of, and
you are my witness that the govern
ment ia to blame for the hull thing"
Poor Uncle Jim Cummings! He spell:
cat with K. but he has saved thl:
country no less tNHr three different
times and ought to l...Ne been the whole
school board ere this. NJ. QUAD.