The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-09-14
An Inconvcniert
Way Of Living
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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 II locked and the
books closed for the week. You'll have
to bring Il Monday"
OIL be workIn' I'll the tonne y'rs
orsn on Monda'."
Cant het, It."
"Nebbe II you'd tel me where she's
l.rin' now Oh might taxi IL rcun' me
sell"
couldn't do that. When I tell men
where their wives live. they 60 there
and raise q rumDus."
"Oi don't want TO raise any rumDua
Mr.. Hobbs; Ord fist loike to ct a
sight o. the kid. It's a month now
since me an me wife parted an Oh
| haven't seen the boy since. Tomorra'
| bein' Sunda', Oi1i be havln' tonne. an
| it's mighty lonesome up In me room"
Johns voice trembled. and the clerk
wavered. Then he tod 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 q
| dozen miles into tie 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 buttoning
| the collar on their boy. five years old,
thus completing his Sunday morning
| costume. The man leaned on the gate
| and called. The woman went to the
door aud, seeing her husband. was
about to turn away. when she noticed
a pltlful expression on his face.
What brings ye here. JohnT' she
asked, not uakind.y.
.Thc allymony. The offs was shet
up Yesterday when OIL KEN. The clerk
| tod ne CT might bring IL meseH'.'
The woman went to tie gate and the
man handed her a ten dollar bill.
well. corcc In and have a g.ass O.
milk: ye NEST be tirel comm all the
way from the city. Johnny'n be glad
| to see lis dad"
Johnny, wAo had been admonished
In no placid terms 70 give his father
a wide berth, looking upon this as a
removal Of the embargo. ran down the
walk, climbed up on the Ate and
threw lis arms around his fathers
neck. The mother opened the gate and
the boy role into the house on his
fnther's shoulder.
Have y come back to stay, dad7"
he asked eagerly.
An embarrassing silence that fol-
lowed this III timed remark was
broken by the mother. who told the
boy to keep quiet ep3 not muss his
Sunday clothes. Then sic got out q
glass OF milk and some bread and
| butter and set 1t before her hlsblnd.
Yer shirt Is vide open. John" she
said. I'm thlhkin' Ord better put on
some buttons while yer here"
While John was drinking the milk
AMI eating the bread. or. rather. feed
Ing It 10 Johnny. Mrs. Hobbs was get
ting oct 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. hut Johnny had settled him.
self In his fathers arms and refused
TO be dlslodged.
Coon now. Johnny" his mother
pleaded, "daddy's wantln' to git menl-
ed while he's here. Jump down lo.ke
a 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 ana needle, and Johnny
and his father had q 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 buttcas. The
process of sewing on buttons without
Johns taking OF his shirt brought hus.
band and wife In close proximity. Ney'
ertheless they got no closer than was
necessary. and. the buttons having been
sewed on. John said that since II was
q long walk to the city perhaps he'd
better be going. But Johnny got hold
OF the skirt Of his coat and chung "a
tight that neither father % mother
had the heart to shake him on.
"0im th.nkin'. John" said Mrs.
Hobbs. that. it bein' so o~nconvanien,
for ye TO lave the ailymony at the
Clerks ONCE. re moight bring 1t every
Sunda' yourse.'."
And 20 could put on the buttons"
An effort was mace with this assur'
ance to Johnny to remove him. but II
failed.
"what dye. say. Mary" said John,
ITO NE stay.n' on for awhile jlst to
Place the ch.lef OIL might be he,pin' %
at times with the garden"
'Oi was thinkin' meser that 1t woull
be more convanlcnt FOR ye to be here"
"It's far from me work. but ! can gct
mp early"
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