Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-07

es; Robs gOin' TO do it,
The whole room stared in svmpa
thetic astohishnent.
You say he is?' I1illyer got out un
der his breath.
| Yes. I'm gon' to show him an his
mother that | rule the roost up ou.
way. Shes tuck Il notion he's too goo !
| to work like common folks an Let S
i'm run wild with these town dudes.
an I've made up my mind as long as
he eats my grub he's got to lay his
hands to whatever work there is to dc
l could git niger to do the job fer Il
dollar an a half. an I'm simply goin'
to save the money"
At this outburst Bob Hanks was
seen to turn his face to the door. 1t
was as red as blood.
"Oh. say HiIlyer began to pro
test. but Hanks interrupted him.
Cit that pair O. trucks back thar
an 60 to work." he said to his son.
'an' shuck off that coat an necktie
You won't need no buttonhole bouquet
: fer this Job
The young man made haste to obey.
1t was as if he wanted to spare his
parent the exhibition he was making
of himself Hanks sat down at the
stove in his usual place quite unruf
| fed
Say" Hillyer began mildly. II don't
think yo're handlin' that chap righl
He's all right eff you'd only treat him
like a young human bein'. I've want
ed to speak to you about that boy
it. Why. hang it, he's jest natural.
He don't know how to get down to
work. He's been fetched up in this
! giddy set O young folks, an he feels
i his fodder. When you do put i'm at
work you put i'm at some menial en-
ployment that makes all the boys in
town laugh at him, an no boy with
any pride at all can stand that. An
the trouble is he's ashamed of the way
you do along with it. The daddieS o
that set he's been rllnn;n with don't
act that way. an he don't know VIII!
yo're different"
What in the name O comm II sense
do you know about boys said Hanks
leaning forward and applying his
cheap cigar to a red spot on the stove.
''You've never had one. DO you reckon
hain't anxious 10 see i'm make
some'n' olit'n hisself? | tried my Level
best to ct i'm TO go to mill tother
day, and betwixt i'm and his NANNY
was clean outwitted. Jest think o,
meme feedin an housin' a young
Prince O Wales.'
"A Prince o Wales that won't ride
to mill on corn sack" said kenner
dryly. Lib. you've got white ele-
phant on yore hands as shores preach
in"
Just then they heard the rattle of the
iron wheeled trucks in the rear. Bob
Hanks had set to work. His father
began to pull at his cigar. No one
spoke for "A few minutes. Then three
young men. faultlessly attired and
laughing merrily. entered the ware
house at the fra:.t and went through
the building toward the ear at the
platform in II" rear.
''Go,u' back lo poke fun at Reh,"
said NeHlor. "!h"y certainly are a
trifin' gang, but III bel Boz feels like
in after lila.
Ectsr-@ .ugkley >t@oei doN' oa the
tio4. his t:gcc rig il. r. yere all
watyll.H. hil1. W took OF his Goa,
an. hi;uG il up a!.t! tlen wl!Eea out "i
de office thisrll2h the warehouse to-
w$nd the car uf l,a"s:;l.
Il wonder what he's eon' to- be-
gan kenllsr.
Coin, to scatter them fools, | reck-
on said E.A;Her anGrily. ".tn he
ort. the blasted idiots.
Hanks had observed and heard. but
he smoked on as if unconcerned.
kennef rose and went out. He CAME
back in a moment. "a strange light in
his honest face. his lips twitching.
George has got another pair o
trucks an is helpn' Bob unload that
car" he said in an unsteady voice.
by gum, he's man, tell you Z
man.
Hanks cigar had gone out. and he
leaned forward and pressed it's end
against the stove again lit won
hurt George as much to tske a liitie
exercise with the trucks as it will Bob
to be bolstered up in his ways by what
George is a-doin' The Lord knows
you'll all ruin the boy among YOU.
don't care how much work George does
fer me. I'll save a dollar and half.
He cant nlHke me feel cheap by that
sort q trick
kenner did not seem to be listening.
With his eyes on lIl!Vel's sympathetic
ace he remarked: THE minute George
doomed UP out thar an grabbed them
trucks an set to work that gang dried
~ an l"r,,et: like they wanted to hide.
'lH% mace some eXc.se or other an
,!u!.& ois down the railroad an Bob
COB Jest locked like he could die fer
IA l tell you, you old stick in the
!aud to Hanks-"i'll bet any other
.Hddy but you'd "a made man out O.