Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-23

BVb NuAN VI - bruuJ AC Woutu
shove IL into bis little bank and
The thought Of having a time with
his money never seemed to occur
to him. When be got older and
started out in company II there
was any setting up Of lemonade or
fzz water or gum some other
Josey boy had to do the setting up
act. Young Luther was never
known to go down into his jeans
and dig up the price. 1t vas no
ticed, however, that he never re
fused any Of the sweetened wind
or gum when some other lad paid
for the same. This course Of con-
duct on the part Of young Luther
made the other boys tOlerably sore
on him, and they got in the habit
of shaking him whenever they got
the opportunity, and il Luther did
succeed in fastening himself onto
q crowd he was given the marble
heart In a way that would have
discouraged az ordinary sensitive
youth very much. Luther, how
ever, was not q ssnitive youth.
Fer that reason the conduct Of his
companions did not jar him as
much as it would otherwise have
done. Even when the girls Of the
neighborhoOd got in the habit OF
handing him the icy NIT when he
asked them to accompany him to
picnics and church sOciables he
was not 80 cast down rs you might
have expected. He got some con-
ISOLATION out Of the fact that If the
girls wouldn't go with him be was
ahead the 10 ceats that he would
have had to put up on the young
lady's account. The thought Of 10
cents saved was quite q consOla-
ton to Luther, but the fact that
both boys and girls gave him the
gO.by made him somewhat lonely.
It was noticed, however, that as
the years rolled on Luther was
piling up the long green all right,
all right. The other young fellows
we're having a good deal of fun,
but Luther had the money to lend,
and it might be observed in pass.
ing that when Luther let 60 OF. a
dollar he had 81 worth of security
fastened down in its place. By
the time Luther was 80 he had
one Of the best farms in the cOun-
try and a very comfortable wad OF
money that was bringing him In
good interest. Alosg about this
period Luther concluded that il
was time to have q wife to do the
work around the house. His
mother had been doing all the
work about the house for her board
and about 81 worth Of clothes per
year, but she was getting old and
stiff and liable to pass over on
the other side. There was q little
school teacher who weighed about
LILO pounds, wac sort of took
Luther's fancy. He noticed that
she was as active as a squirrel
and he got q buach that she had
saved up quite 3 lot Of money and
had it we'll invested. Luther fg-
Cured that if he could get her that
she would be a rattling good work
er and make him good money over
and above the cost Of her board
and clothes, and besides that he
would add what she had sailed
down to what be had himself.
When Luther 6rst commenced to
side up to the teacher she was in
clined to give him the frozen stare,
but the more she thought the mat
ter over the more she concluded
that Luther might not be such &
bad speculation after all. She
told some of her friends that she
couldn't say thatshe was Just bUb-
bling over with love for Luther,
but that she had concluded it was
a fairly good business proposition,
and that she was getting tired Of
trying tOsteer q parcel u ireckle-
faced kids into the paths Of knOwl-
edge.
Tight Squeeze Luther, as he was
called, and the little school ma'am
hadn'd been married more than q
week until Luther began to get a
few iOlts such as be had never be-
fore experienced. His old mother
had been in the habbit Of milking
seven cows twice a day without
complaint, and hehad anticipated
that his wife would do the milk
maid act also, but here was where
he found that he had figured
wrong. His new wife told him
that il be wanted those cows milk
ed be could either milk them him
sell or hire It done. The way
she said IL convinced Luther that
she wasn't ioOling, and be MIXED
the cows. Luther had also EXPECT