The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-24

~ ~ thFAN " Ahff' ~
the old man.
Land of libcrty!' Uncle Jacob
presently continued, there's d
sight Of storic, thi. chist could tell
stories Of wedding clothes and bury
ing clothes. There's been three gen
c%rationsof little heel. banged against
it, drumming tunes. There's the
dents mine made
Uncle Jacob leaned Overland point
cd out several little dcnts halfway
down the chests side.
Them. mine, and them. there, Is
Uncle Caleb's dents. I've Away. re-
mcmbcrcd mothers pointing them
out. And seems to me- amt so
sure Of that. though-that that ter
riblc big dent is the one grandfather
made with the chiscl when he stole
the doughnuts. But | amt 20 sure
II don't know but it.. the other one
over there. higher TO the hole"
The Visitor sat forward again on
hi, chair. Then the story was COM
ing at last:
stole the doughnuts you say.
Uncle jacob be- said. with gentle
in%sinuHtion.
What, that: Oh. the dough-
nuts: Land Of liberty. amt | told
YOU that yarn yet: I'm II terrible
%crittcr to go prcambling along! Now
wen get down to business. You sec
grcat-gandmothor KEEP this chist
up attic to store summer clothc, in
winter, ana yi.y very, winter
clothc. in summers. She vas a ter
rib.c hand To keep thing. just 80.
They .ay .hc always used to keep
grcat-granGfuthcr', winter shirts to
one end Of the chi.t and the sum
mcr one, to the other end. when it
come their turn To he stored. And
once: when he wa. laid up with
phthi.ic. one q the family packed the
clothes away for her. When .he
come TO unpack EN-. they warn'i in
the right end. and it worked great
granmothcr up 50 that she had m
other .pcll Of the phthi.ic. That
what they ray. but. land Of liberty an
freedom. YOU can't believe morc'n
quarter what folk. ,ays! Now right
over to Gross Corners. opposite the
Westinghouse there usctcr be an old
woman that folks said
The dangling toe. Of the Visitor
beat a persistent tattoo on the
rounds Of hi. chair. lie would never
get to the story! Uncle Jacob must
be switched or from that Cro., Ger.
rcr, road instantly and on 10 that
"chi,t" again. The Visitor, supper
bell would ring presently, and he
wanted To hear that doughnut story
first.
SAY. Uncle Jacob. did YOU say
your grcat-grandmolhcr kept her
doughnut, in the chcst;" the Visitor
asked suddenly.
ooh, well. she didn't. not TO say
keep 'cm there. hut ,hc hid EN- there
once when she wa. going TO camp
mcctin' with grcat-gmndfathcr 10
spend IT, day. She locked EN- in
good and secure. but along about
noon time, | reckon twas. grand.
father got real doughnut hungry,
lie didn't want the mincc pie and
cookies and baked beans all ready for
him in the buitcry-he wanted
d~oughnuts. and grandfather was just
n set a,-a.-wcll, ~ ] be, | cal
culatc setncs, i, just n hereditary a.
the consumption. Now, there's the
Bcalscs. they
Didn't he like the mincc pie!'
broke in the Visitor, hastily. The
Visitor was fond of miLce pie,
"No. he didn't. lie wanted
doughnuts, and he had EN-. lie KEEP
hunting all the afternoon for EN-,
getting hungricr and hungricr and
setter and setter. Long about milk
ing time he went up attic and poked
round there. Then he knew he'd
got 'em! lie could smell 'em. You
could smell grcat-grandmothcr's
doughnuts, they do .ly, clear from
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