The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-22

and when tn detectives got through
with tn case. II was Georgiel But
pshaw, he didn't have no chance. HIS
pa was chicken thief fer years ana
we can't raise good men under sich
auspicesl"
III doan't SEEM" drawled Hank
SPOTS, ramming his horny finger
into his pipe bowl to ignite the un'
burned tobacco. "thet folks hez much
{ do with 1t. Alb. | recall distinctly
Widow Dodge's son out Silver Ridge
way. Horace Dodge was as good
boy to begin with as ye ever cum
acrost in a hull passed. O. boysl But
when his pa died, Mrs. Dodge gist
sorter lost her grip on that boy. he
begun by stayin' out nights. then he
got L keeping bad cump'ny, got drunk
once, run away with patent medi-
cine show--and nobody hain't heard
nothin' of him sincel Now his pa was
gentleman, as clean as they make
em and as square as diet"
That's all right" argued Alb; we
kin spoil good apples any time by
putting 'em In the barrel with bad
uns, Tn hull trouble with Horace
Dodge was his mother. ] amt nothin'
agin clubs er club women, ner what
they do err say, but, by jing. sum
times | can't help wishin' they'd put
as much ginger and thought intew
their home affairs as they do intew
tn lodgel
Now. In the first place. Horace
Dodge went down town nights becus
his ma, who was a mighty good WON
an. understand. was away tending
sum club meetin', and tn boy gis'
naturally got lonesome.
HE begun smolSin cigarettes gis'
as any boy does, and when his ma
found Il out, she cried. When he got
intew bad cump'ny. she called the
preacher and the deacon in, and one
night when Horace wuz out gallutin
around. they met in her front pariol
an prayed fer two hours fer him
That was tn night afore he run ava,
and somehow can't help but thinl
that Horace didn't need prayers hal
as much as he did lickinl
What his mother should dom
was L kept that boy so busy dom sum
thin on tn place tibet he couldn't NM
time to loaf around town. and whel
she smelled cigarettes on him, sh
should a gone out to the barn and 20
the calf rope and saved her prayer
until after she had gin him one OF tn
best dressin' downs he ever had!
III he persisted In bein' ornery, sh
should we Increased tn size o tn rop
and the number o. applications, gist
the Docs. does in serious cases, leadii
up L a climax that would o. broke G
busted that boy"
"Mebbe So" grunted Hank. BLOWN
the smoke from the bamboo stem
his cob pipe. "Mebbe so-but ! recko
that boys. like everything else, is di
ferent at timesl
There wuz Squire Dunham's bo
Alonzo. His pa was one o. tn hol
esest men tibet ever seen tn light
- viay- rrra-sS-- f-s l4Fs-siss -as-a-tasiaIaen
They had prayers ev'ry mornin', raj
er shine, went & church regular an
lived accordin' 4 tn Ten Comman
ments-that is tn old man and h
! wife did. and Alonzo did until OF
! day he went into town and cum hon
so drunk he couldn't drive tn hoss'
r straight
+ "That nigh killed Old Man Dunbar
e He was teetotlar hisself and had le
: tured a lot agin ticker Nobu'
knows how the boy happened Z do
L this day, except tibet he'd heard
much about II. that he gist got curio
Z see what whisky tasted like!
"An' the Squire couldn't stop hin
: He's runnin a saloon now, down
? tn Rapids-and his fathers heart
J. broke II ever mans wuz!"
Il guess, by gol yer right, HAM
y admitted Alb ITS gist another ca
; o. not KNOWN which way a frog
Jump frum tn looks o. him. Gimme
chaw err terbackerl"
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