The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-10-12
An l~nconvenient
Way of Living
IOriginal.1

"Afornin', Mr.. Hobbs" he said to the
clerk.
You mean afternoon, John. Don't
you know better than to come here to
make a payment after IL o'clock on
Saturdays? The safe is locked and the
books closed for the week. You'll have
to bring 1t Monday"
"Opn be workin' all the tonne y're
open on Monda'."
Cant help it."
"Mebbe If you'd tell me where she's
Twin now OF might taxi 1t roun' me-
SELL"
Couldn't do that. When I tell men
where their wives live. they go there
and raise a rumpus."
"Oi don't want to raise any rumpus,
Mr.. Hobbs; Old jist loike to git a
sight o. the kid. It's a month now
| since me an me wife parted IN Oh
haven't seen the boy since. Tomorra'
bein' Sunda', ORR be havin' tonne, an
It's mighty lonesome up In me ROOM"
Johns voice trembled, and the clerk
wavered. Then he told John where his
wife lived.
The next morning was bright and
beautiful. John shaved and got him.
self into a clean white shirt with no
buttons) and started to walk half a
dozen miles into the country. He
stopped before a cabin In the center
| of an acre planted with garden truck.
Through the open door he could see his
wife In a clean calico dress buttonlng
the collar on their boy, five years old,
thus completing his Sunday morning
costume. The man leaned on the gate
and called. The woman vent to the
door and, seeing her husband, was
about to turn away, when she noticed
a pitiful expression on bis face.
what brings We here, John?" she
asked, not unkindly.
1.-The allymony. The offs was shet
up Yesterday when Oh KEN. The clerk
told me Oh might bring it meseP."
The woman went to the gate and the
man handed her a ten dollar bill.
"Well, come In and have a glass o.
milk; We must be tired comm all the
way from the city. Johnny'l be glad
to see his dad"
JO1QQY WHO uhQ DtCu aQnuOHAoACh
In no placid terms TO give his father
A wide berth, looking upon this as a
removal of the embargo. ran down the
walk, climbed up on the gate and
threw his arms around his fathers
neck. The mother opened the gate and
the boy rode into the house on hr
fathers shoulder.
ssIrova ~, aop,a hoaE fa cfau daAT
be asked eagerly.
An embarrassing silence that fol-
lowed this Ill timed remark was
broken by the mother. who told the
boy to keep quiet aDJ not muss his
Sunday clothes. Then she got out a
glass Of milk and some bread and
outer and set 1t before her husband.
"Ye- shirt is wide open, john she
said. I'm thinkln' Ord better put on
some buttons while yer here"
While JOHN was drinking the milk
and eating the bread, or. rather, feed
ing 1t to Johnny, Mrs. Hobbs was get
ting cut needle and thread. Then she
produced the button bag, and by that
time John had finished his refresh
ment and was ready to have his shirt
repaired. but Johnny had settled him.
self In his fathers arms and refused
to be dislodged.
"Coom now, Johnny" his mother
pleaded, "daddy's wantin' to git mend
ed while he's here. Jump down loike
u good boy"
"Oi won't" said Johnny.
Lave him alone" said the father.
"Ofd rayther have him than the but
tons"
The woman laid aside the button bag
and the thread and needle, and Johnny
md his father had a romp. at the end
Of which the father produced n ginger
bread horse and several sticks Of can
dy, with which he brlbed his son to let
the mother sew on the buttons. The
process of sewing ON buttons without
Johns taking off his shirt brought hus-
band and wife in close proximity. New
ertheless they got no closer than was
necessary, and, the buttons having been
sewed on, John said that since 1t was
a long walk to the city perhaps he'd
better be going. But Johnny got hold
of the skirt Of his coat and chung Sc
tight that neither father nor mother
had the heart to shake him off.
"Oi'm thinkin', John" said Mrs.
Hobbs, that, 1t bein' SO o~nconvanient
for We to lave the allymony at the
clerks office, ye moight bring 1t every
Sunda' yourself"
And ye could put on the buttons"
An effort was made with this assur-
ance 20 Johnny to remove him, but 1t
failed.
what dye say, Mary" said John,
ito me stayin' or for awhile jist to
PLACE the chile? Oi might be helpin' ye
at times with the garden"
.Oi was thinkin' meser that 1t would
be more c%onvanient for We to be here
ITS far from me work, but I can get
up early"
"Lct 90, Johnny; daddy's goin' to