The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31

E-h ACA>D 1oo LA Il nGAOlN
SHAKESPEARE DIS WINTER"
president, Il ain told dat you conten,.
plate readin' Shakespeare dis winter?''
Yes, sah."
II am told dat de objeck am to i'm
prove your mind:"
eyes, sah."
DO you w any back rentY
1.-TWO months, l reckon"
"Have you got in your coal for lie
winter:"
"N-no, sah."
"Have you got shoes and warn,
clothes fur your chilen?"
"NOt yet, sah."
Have You got an extra bushel of
taters down cellarT
"Not jest yet"
"Brudder Pullback. femme give you
q tip. Shakespeare was a good man.
He was a smart He used up a
heap Of ink and paper in writin'. Dal.
hain't no question but what II you or
any odder Guild man would sot down
and read his books for six months you
would improve your mind.
but you hain't got time, Brudder
Pullback. You has got to hustle fur
bacon and taters and clothes and shoes
and back rent. You has got to be
right OH dc hump. You may git time
to pick up somethin' by Laura Jean
Libbey or Old Sleuth, but you won't go
beyond dat.
Il shall keep an eye on you de CON-
in winter, and If l hear dat your
chil'en can't go to school fur de want
Of shoes or dat you have put a mort.
gage on your cook stove l shall pur-
ceed to improve your mind In a way
dat will make your heart ache fur six
months to come
"You may now sot down, and If Ed.
er Penstock am wild US tonight he
will please stand up"
The elder was there. During the last
three months he had been debating
with himself whether the earth or the
u moved, and he was figuring on a
piece of paper when the voice of the
president reached him.
"Brudder Penstock, you has been a
member Of dis club fur a good many
years. and up to a few weeks ago l
counted You among de level headed.
What You been gettin' in your head
about de sun movin'?"
I'VE am told dat de airth moves
around de sun. hain't WEI" queried the
elder.
us heard some SIGH talk"
Blu don't believe dey kin prove it.
rs been watcllin' things. and rs al
most believin' dat it's de sun dat does
dc mov:n'."
"Rrudder penstock. s'pose you should
find out dat de airth moved around de
sun for suah- what would happen?"
"Why-why-I dunno, sah."
"S'pose you should find out de odder
way-what would happen?"
Cant say. sah."
mo. l reckon YOU can't. but I'll tell
you whatll happen if YOU don't drap
dis sun business and go to work. I
happen to know dat You am head ober
heels In debt and libin' mostly on dried
apples. and unless you make a change
you'll get tie bounce from dis Lime
Kiln club in a way to take de curl
outer your hair. It's muffin to you or
me or to any odder Guild man who
has to work fur a libin'. whedder de
sur or de world moves What we want
IA to be on lie move ourselves. We
want to be movin' coal and goldfish
into our cabins. and we want to see
de chiren movin' right along to school
cherry day.
when u days work am done. If
any Of us am fule 'nuff to so out and
sit on de fence to see whedder de moon
or de fence moves. OATS all right. but
We hain't gwine to waste none of de
daylight.
"Dat's all. Brudder Penstock. and
now I have a word to say to Waydown
Beebe.
"Brudder Beebe." said the president.
"you am one Of de charter members
Of dis Limekiln club. You was one
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