Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-01-01
If BACHELOR COUSIN.

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,ny he's coming again this
az a tbe same as before. About
I,s ", many years has Cousin
% a' coming here to stay the
II, counting The last stop
'r Nv from May until NoVemberi
~ '..+ makes twenty and a half
wv. , cousin Jim has visited u.s.
~. sr' early and stayed late the
-. =. vou know. What has Jim
.' ,ot 10 say this time, S1lasF
id thing, Mandy; same old
y I'm never changes his tune;
s.m ny feelings and tells about
!, brgs to visit the old hooks
,rsrs of the farm once more.
soa fetching sort of way about
= swimming hole down under
l1,rs. also grips me tighter than
about the fishing place be-
4, mill dam, where he once
! ort a fOur-pound pike with a
= hook. Jim's got the same old
drawing folks to him that he
!, had Poor old boy! He has
s,rgpd a bit since he went to
N 70 build up a fortune. He's
ri for a bachelor, and will al
IN f alone to the end. If he
r,ripd, and was going to bring
naughty wife and a lot Of
md saucy children I'd think diff
about bis coming here year
rear The poor, lonesome, old
Inns to the place if he has got
!, Of money; I can't say as he
- bis wealth around when he
gne-"
biz pays ordinary price for board,
ball and no more. l will say
Inrt Cousin Jim-he never finds
butt with things; he never COM
d warm meals or cold; they're
ame to jim. He really seems
sg plain fare the best, and al
tells ne not to fuss with fancy
i He crawls up the narrow
b the little chamber without
-I. Some rich old bachelors
ire most Of the year in high
ateIS and fashionable boarding
would find lots of fault. He
he's common like, and easy to
Just likes to take off his coat
&t around; hangs on the fence
ugh be was watching the grass
0TeS to sit on the stOOp in the
9 like any poor man listening
Z tree tOadS and frogs. Silas,
auSin jim has never risen a
aUe you If he has got barrels
.1eE Poor jim. | saw he was
when he was here the last time.
lN that was the reason why he
80 early and stayed SO late"
slt like TO write and tell him
APPS look poor, and that we are
1lncAed, and don't really care
9lpany this"
mt you do 1t, Silas; don't you
WY that would be cruel and
y and ii would break the poor
&aeIOTs heart. You are the only
u laS got left of the old stock
ne parts; the rest are all gone to
w. Sllas Cousin Jim just pines
e SIGHT of Your face, and the old
F'HeFe you and he were boys to-
II Is like a heaven to him to
NA mere with you and the dear
A4lIlar things he loves SO much.
!0a SIT right down and tell him
WI De tckled to see him again.
-Iu The apple tree limbs are
s-s Up against the window of the
'-aulOer; tell him the grass is
I = USh ever, that the SNOWFALL
lungs heavy, and that the roses
I''eF 50 sweet. You might tell
4a' my last churning was the
's'e' turned out since we got the
|NS Mention word about nv
]. biscuits and say a little some
''Vu' the bees and the nice
r 1t will come like a breath
4, T : O'a sweet home when poor
N, ''n reads all that. He win
% able to wait, poor boys
VS. VS. the same old Homecoming
t y : jim hunched over a little
i e, = ue buggy as Silas drove from
H. s1 1oa,i through the shady lane of
|s,,,. saulng TO the little farmhouse
1 b,.S, among the apple trees at
r. "a ~e Short drive he said but
b. =. When Silas asked him q
<ss s aS Aesitated, falteredand rub,
sSsr Saln before replying. when
s' NJ 'o'ned down the lane where
\ @oo. were singing and the SOUR.
3 h s rps'Ing, a trace of the old
nd ia Sack to the old bachelors
sss t, tue faded, sunken cheeks
d., I 4. laying his thin
h. 6 tVI the others 49, so.
Is nome through the
Is n. hung listlessly from his
he fa,' Ula mare slowly walked
eSsr rs NIL place toward the
R& ~, Mandy stood IN A.