The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-07
OURBOYSANDCIRLS
Dave and His
Wheelbarrow

"Cr-e-e-gee-g h, Cr-c-e-rpc-gh'
groaned the ovcr-tried wEesl of ~
old wheelbarrow, as II swayed unae
It's load around the house from tn
garden, across the front yard 70 tn
barn, and then around TO the swamp
hole behind, which nNeded TO be iii
ed aad so was used for a ddanliai
place for all sorts ofircfgne,
No one ever though 10 grease III,
wheel; and Dave In hts enthusiasti,
energy crowded double the veg 1 4
ought to bear into the wheelbarrow
and then bent his own back In tho
exertion Of holding UP the handles
and pushing ii forward.
Dave was ready and willing, and
! the wheel was ready and willing,
too; but it bent first to one way and
then to the other. under, the load,
and voiced Its pain In discordans
wall at being forced to wear out
prematurely Just for want OF little
/ grease,
| But no one had told Dave about
| 1t, and he had not vet found out for
himself, though more than once he
had bent over and peered into the
wheel In search Of possible stone or
stick that might have worked into 1t
somewhere.
Dave was not a real country boy
who knew all about such things, and
the woman who employed him wan
not a real country woman, who
might have known She had bought
the big farm just for a place to stay
at a few months In the summer with
her friends, and Dave, whose grow
ing ambition had made him walk out
from the city, had been hired for
month. with a promise that If he
suited he would be engaged perma-
.nently. and could help look after the
place in the winter. when the owner
would be away
For this he would receive SIS n
month, and, ii he wished Ii, the use
OF tiny house at the foot Of tie or
chard
The house had appealed to Dave
even more than the wages. II he got
IT lie would send to the city after his
mother and sister, who were out OF
work and wanted to leave
That is why he put double loads
into the wheelharrow and tried to
trnndle 1t around behind the barn
twice as often as any other boy
would have done. But day by day,
as the creaking grew louder AMI
more insistent, he began to glance
toward the windows apprehensiyely
Then, at what seemed the critical
moment, bit of Dawes breGl npel
the water returned to him. A neigh
boring farmer stopped BIZ the gar
den wall one day and loo&el Il Aisia
curiously.
Amt ye the boy who fixed % /,
dogs foot in the road ona day" ILL
asked IA yaller dog?a
Yes, sir; there was a big splin- !
Ter In Il"
Well, | seen ye 'eroes the field. /
Y was my dog, an twas nice of ye.
But why don't yo grease that
yheelg"
Grease tt how" asked Dave,
,lankly.
Why but wait minute.
,uess I've got some grease in M
Vaughn"
IN a few moments the man climbed !
'ver the wall and removed the bar
ow wheel, then with a stick he ap-
lied grease literally TO the inside OF
he hub
There" he said, as he replacel
he wheel. "S'pose We try II now.
Dave did SO and his face shone.
Why, It don't make bit Of
oise." he exclaimed 1T runs iuet
$ still as the rubber-tired carriage.
believe it'll get me the Job.
Perhaps IL did. and perhaps It was
he way Dave worked At any rate.
'hen the owner paid him al the eni
I the month she said she had de-
ided to engage him permanently.
The next day he sent for his
lother and sister.