Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-03-26
JUVENILE AMBITIONS.
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sesst the Small Boy.
HIS MISERY AND TRIuHP4S

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fellow Eho wore l,ei- OF fasAer
sseeTe protector considered 14a:
fellow with 4 I1.r q .aos= things vas
al right II right, I-lls so-ae sa4s-e
Ihey aad & kid u Jaun:y ai-
abous en- that ! COULDN'T AMI can't de-
4ae. b.s 1t was ;nere. and revered
and reTerencsd en- made Up soy
mind tia. il eres grew Up and go.
lie prize. ne. ss,s. for pair Of those
basist slss-e protectors. no matter
what sso-t Of 7yos1 II happen 10 tackle
Queer dickense=. boys. eh: Mem
s--- fhose ysatsrst pencil attachment Is
tina. Elarxetraen used % i1a re-sssas
hare EN- y%.-hItche=i 10 their a;,rons :
Wei. though. those were pretty nifty
things, too. and Esei 10 secretly
banker 10 own ore OF EN- Made up
M uind that you'd ovn one Of I'm,
700. when ] so. 10 he 4 nan but some
how neTer seemed to want one
wiien l reached the shaving age
Guess some Of mr. ambitions as .
ioy we're pretiy crazs anyhow vas
50 jealous Of tie first 10y eTer met
'ha: could spit through his teeth at a
mark and hi. it that hated him. That
same boy pretty early in life got z job
driving delivery wagon for grocery.
Well, prettT soon after he got tha. job
he was wearing pair Of those patent
elastic sleeve supporters. Or holders. or
= hatever you'd caiI 'eIn-.hings ~ith
dutch al either end that pulled the
cum back from the wrist This boys
pair Of those things were pink elastic.
ard how he used to FAINT 'ep before
my eyes.
He knew Blamed welt that those
pink elastic sleeve supporters looked
dner 70 me than any Star OF India or
Victoria Cross could possibly look, and
he knew besides that because had
TO go to school and wasn't earning any
thing there wasn't possible chance
on Garth for me to get a pair like EN-
and 50 be just held EN- over me ard
made my life miserable Yet wher
got to the wage earning age never
seemed to care at all for pair Of pink
elastic sleeve supporters
Another boy that hated had o
maroon colored cardigan jacket That
was before the day Of sweaters This
hated boy wore the cardigan jacket
beneath his regular outer coat and SO
he didn't have to wear any oyercoat.
That, ] considered. was q gorgeous
blessing to have to wear an over
coat to school despised this boy for
having II on me that way. Anyhow,
his maroon colorcd cardigan jacket had
a couple Of pockets in front that he
kept full Of aIl kinds o! junk some
times he even carried mice to school in
EN-. And that made my indignation
al! the grcater-the fact that he had
thosc two fine covered up pockets TO his
cardigan Jacket.
One great triumph did come to my
tike life, though, and that was the fact
that was the first boy Of my school to
own pair Of copper toed boots. Well.
] gprang the first pair, as say, at my
school, and guess didn't break the
hearts of oil the other boys or nothin'!
Besides the copper toes, these boots
had red tops, with silver star and
crescent stamped on the red tops, and
that made the blow all the more fright
ful to the other lads that had to see
me stalking around in those boots.
After awhile. though, nearly all Of the
other youngsters showed up with cop
per toed boots and thus took the wind
out Of my sails.
I'VE never see boys wearing peaked
caps any more-notice? ] don't mean
these dinky little cloth caps with peaks
to 'em, but regular soldiers caps with
glazed peaks. First boy that turned
up In our neighborhood with one of
those things on made sensation. all
right. This same boy had got hold Of
Q carpenters pencil somewhere, and
he'd stick that carpenters pencil I'M
derneath his forage cap, with the
sharpened end projecting in a mighty
blase way that certainly caused us to
regard him as some pumpkins. was
always crazy for carpenters pencil
when was boy, but never got
hold Of one-never did have much
luck when was boy anyhow. My
folks were too blamed respectable.
AS a matter of fact-you can believe
II or not. but I'm telling you the truth
they wouldn't let me Mt the age OF
ten apply for the job Of brakeman on
Q passenger train. That. thought,
was The finest Job In the world-brake-
man on a passenger trafn-just swing
ing red lantern all the time. and
wearing a peaked cap mostly on the
left ear. and the peak pushed back so
as to show an oiled hang plastered
down. and sitting on - wood box in
the smoker talking to fcllers, and car
rying n pair Of red fags around every
where, and all that. But the main APP
peal Of the brakcman's job was the
pair Of red lanterns.
"Oh. we'll. that pair of basket sleeve
protectors that ! saw at tue poultry
market the other day certainly car
ried me back a long way. and ! was
still laughing like fool when stroll
ed away."-Charlcsto News and Con.