The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-05

EEN 6EEEDAL1 6E1AAs
90 and bring It home and cut the grass
in the back yard. Do sou think you
are big enough to do that:"
why. ma, could bring home ten
mowers-" was the boys enthusiastic
answer as be found his books under
the lounge and his cap In the kitchen
next minnie
you'll have to be very careful It's
responsible thing to drag lawn
mower through the streets. Dogs and
cats and boys will follow you the same
as they do a wild west show"
But I'VE wheeled wheeTbarrow
over two miles without anything hap
peulrS."
yes, remember. but a wheelbarTOw
does not go bur.r.r-r-r when you wheel
it along. Your father paid cash down
for that mower. and If anything should
happen TO 1t l don't know what be
would say and do. Don't you go after
It unless you think
bur do think interrupted Humpy
IF I hain't big enough to bring NOW
er home. then l ought to be spanked
and put to bed
After a little more argument and sew
eral cautions be was permitted to de
part and he went his way With proud
heart. He had gone only Que block
when the Watkins boy came out Of a
grocery with a package of sugar and
wanted to know what was up. On be
Ing told he said:
Would Have Licked the British.
and III 20 along. and wen get
about ten ether boys. Say. Humpy. it
win be the greatest thing you ever
saw. You can have lots Of fun with
a wheeIbdrrOw. but 1t don't begin with
a mower. Siy father says that II Ma
poIeon had had 10000 lawn mowers
at the battle OF Waterloo he'd licked
the British all boiler"
A minute later they picked up the
Simpson boy and the Taylor boy, and
then came two unknown but enthusi-
astic hoodIums. Before Wlntergreen
strees was reached the crowd number
ed ten. and the Watkins boy CONSTITUTE
ed himself as assistant leader Of the
expedition and halted the band to say:
Now. kids, It's almost the same as
IL we were going out to fight Indians
Every boy has got to keep his eyes
skinned for the enemy and look out for
his scalp. ANY one that runs away
will be called a coward. Hump SKIN
uer is the general and what be says
goes. We will now bear down upon
the hostile village and wipe 1t on the
face of the earth"
This was satisfactory to all but one
Of the hoodlums. he wanted 1t to be
a band OF highway robbers instead, but
after a brief tpssle. In which he bad
his hair pulled and his nose skinned.
he gave up and marched along In hum
BILE spirit Mrs. Jackson was ready to
turn over the mower, but took Humpy
aside and asked:
'Bub, do you fully realize what It
means to drag a mower through the
streetsT
Il do" was the reply.
Its different from walking up to a
dago stand and buying two bananas
for 5 cents"
"Iknow."
There's a bur-r.r-r-r and a whir-r-r-r-r
to it as you push it along"
HYes'm."
"Wen. II You are prepared to take
the consequences have no more to
ray. II anything happens to the now
ar your father mustn't blame US"
no, mann
Was Dragged Down the Street.
The lawn mower was dragged out Of
he yard and down the street for a
oloek. Humpy and the Watkins boy
pushed 1t ahead Of them. and the 9TH
srs ran on ahead or followed on be
hind. wban they had gone a block
and q half they came upon a milk
mans horse aud wagon hltched In
front OF a bakery. The old horse had
heard a thousand different noises
without becoming frightened, but when
that bur-r.r.rF reached his ears and he
saw the band Of boys charging down
upon him hereared up and then made
a bolt down the street The driver
came rushing out and cufed three Or
-four Of the crowd and then followed
aftef TIE horse Humpy WIS scared,
but TIE Watkins boy bEased him up ~
saying
= lawn mower has got tie same