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See that man. Era Penneu,
beaming, nodded lis head after the
brisk, ere It gentleman who had just
LEFT the grocery. afHat man is my
cousin. .
The men around the door looked
m Idly Interested.
Ezra sloucEed out from behind the
counter, and bore down upon the
sugar barrel-his undisputed throne
He shifted his pipe to the other cor
ner Of his mouth. Yes, he's my cous-
in Bout OF an age, we are. Sam
was mothers sisters boy. Lived in
this town, Sam did. Never vas So
ciable feller like me, though. All for
Workin' an readin. Liked fur we'll
enough, too, but You never could git
Sam to sit down comfortable like
this, an talk things over. lie never
knew il anybody lost a hen, or when
the head sopranner got new dress,
or Who got a new crate in the kitchen
stove. He never could tell who went
to the picnic with who, or if the
schoolma am was sweet on the mas
ter or any of the things that folks is
most gen rally interested in. But
round the house Sam was as handy
as q girl, an handler tllan some, Sam
was. Why, Monday mornins he
would git up an do Aunt Lizy's wash
in before school. Aunt Lily was his
motLer, you know. An more than
once he S done tie iroHin', too Then
he was always tiule4in' UP things to
make it handy for Aant lily. He
made a first rate. wash wringer fer
her. Mother used to send me over to
borrow it. He built platform round
on the kitchen floors for winters, SOS
Aunt Lily would be UP out OF the
draft She was terrible subject to
rheumatic, Aunt Lily was. never
took mucl to doin' things like them,
myself.
well, Aunt Sary Jane, she was
mothers sister, an an old maid who
lived up to Boston. She got it into
her head that one OF us boys must go
TO college, and wrote 70 mother about
it. Well, now, thought | would be
right in that, for they used to say
| there was a lot goin' on up to college,
an feller could be as so1iable as he
wanted. Aunt Sary Jane she came
down here an talked to mother, an
talked to Aunt Lily, an talked to me-
an talked to Sam. She took to me,
first rate, Aunt Sary Jane did, but
she couldn't seem to make much out
of Sam, he was so quiet. But was
always socable, you know, an l up
an told her what Id do when | got
up to college, how Ia make the folks
sit up Well, it tickled Aunt Sary
Jane, an she an my mother used to
sit up nights plannin what great
shucks I'd be. Aunt Sary Jane meant
we'll, but she didn't know much about
steerin boy into college. She took
me up to Boston. an went along of
me to the college. an had me set
down to write lot OF papers about
things | never heard of Latin an
algebry an geometry an a Whole lot
of such stuff. Whilst | was string
my pen round in the ink bottle an
Wonderin What in time it all meant,
who should walk in as large as life,
but Sam. He nodded at NE, pleasant
like, but never come ani9h to talk
Sam was odd, you know. He set down
at one of the tables an went to work.
Never stopped minute to stir up the
ink. When he got through, he took
the train for home without stopDin'
to speak to me, even, an | went off
with Aunt Sary Jane. l would just
as soon have gone to that college as
not for was havin' a tipt0p time
up to Boston, but about three days
after, Aunt Sary Jane got a letter
from the man at the college, sayin' |
had failed il every thing"
Ezra put his pipe firmly between
his front teeth, and stared out
through the open door. The men
moved their feet impatiently, while
| the boy on the porch looked around
eagerly.
Wal, what about SAM" drawled
| one of the men, at last, interrupting
| the il!-timed revery.
Ezra came back to earth cheerfully.
and adjusted the pipe for speech. 90,
Sam, he passed all but one study, an
the man at the college let him in, an
Aunt Sary Jane she put him through.
an now he's a minister up there to
Boston, an he's got d. D.. back of
his name, an he's fixed up the old
place for his family, summers, an
he's of to Europe every couple Of
years, an he's great talkin' to young
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