Sharp County record., 1909-02-05
OLD DJy S
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He Never Had Occasion to Find Fauit
Wirl His Hired RAN.

st0rekAeper Why IN SIN don't you
do guthin sides loaf around with
that feather duster? Daggone if J. ever
seen sech a wUthlGss,- uO-accOuut boy
in all my time"
The new boy shuffled away grIIm-
bling, and the storekeepeF turned to
the group. He does beat ali for
oruerinass' he said. Seems ike he
Jest uachally hated to move his feet.
He haint wuth his salt, let alone
wages
When you pay boy dOllar'n
hat a week You uachaIly expect him
to do suthin' to earn it, don't ye,
Rufe?' said Sol Baker. sarc2sricaIly.
He needs watchin',' said Marvin
Parsons. i've been keepin' my eye
on him while I've been a-settiu' here
m he's thfed away four OF five min
it's o the time Rute's a-payin, him for
dustin off them shelves, senca he
piled them sacks o. Hour"
Tell ye said Washington Han
COCK you don't handle him right,
Rufe You'd git a right smart more
work outen him 10 you'd crack him up
std o. bullyraggin him. There's al
heap in that. II hired help I'd do like
old man Duff allus done with his help.
My cousin Jake hired out TO him one
time, an Jake almost got inter The
habit o. worIrin, hard when he quit.
Jake couldn't pick an choose the
way could, not bein' eXtly an havtn'
poor health--specially about plantin'
an harvestin' times, went on Han
cock. But Jake tut. u likin' to me
old man the fust time he seen him.
liked his white whigkers an his cheer
ful manners Then everybody didn't
erpreshata Jake an old man DUFF did.
"I reckon I've done good days
work gittln you, says the old man TO
Jake, as he wuz takin' him home in
the Vaughn i don't make no mistakes
about f0lks an as soon as I seen YOU
/ l1nowed YOU WIZ he man I wanted.
There's worker" / says to myself
There's Il good, stiddy, sober young
feller that's a-goin 10 make things
hum, an he's huskier too, than he'
looks 10 be I bet he's wuth ten o.
the trash I'VE ben a-hirin'." I'm right
glad to GIT you, Jake.
Jake lait some uneasy. but he did
not let on, an all the way along the
Old man KEEP a-crackln him up an
softsoapin him .ha same way, Bime'
by they got 10 the house an he told
Jake to put the team up while he|
went m got the Dails for tho mtlkin'. |
lake 3uttanlY did hustle around WITH
that team m he wu2 a'watt!n' when
Dun come with the pailB.
"'What did tell YET says tho Old
man, grinnm' Cot the harness OF an
tho oats In tho faedbogas an the man.
gers nlled an the beddin shook down
already! Why, there's some men
would NJ TUX the best part ~ m hour
70 have done what you've done IN ten
minutes You're daisy Jake, al
dahy! Lois 20 milk now bet you're
the champOen mi,ker too
Take WIZ lest about q ,airtd.mid'
dim mixer. but no pitchod right IN
m done tho best he could AZ Fast
aa bod stripped one COW no slapped
M lively an Bpry 70 the next an there
wus , o them 10 milk, When they'd !
got through hod milked seven to the
Old mans lve.
"T lmowed it' says DUN Il haint |
never miHtook IN a man. knowed
when iuBt leon YOU that you wus a.
worker, 5till didn't 3'pOse You wuz
quite aa good ns what you are When
YOU ~ used 10 them COWS you'll 10 itI
laster yit Now while mo IN thoI
woman IA akin care o. the milk TIL
lat YOU be Hawin' NJ some " them Old
whlta oak rails hV he wood pile .nt0
ataVp ian'tna, aos not 10 waste no time
an give you q apportita far supper
'lIe wug g0ue Oalahla long yime.
an VIXEN he come back he stood an
watched Jake sawin'
Gosh all" ha saws. rram't YOU
Auhmm llicRed With lysi grenae
You Jeop right On, want mother taI
aee YOU lEa % light wuth scent n
utter lhmlt could saw wood when /
wug young faIler, but lVa had td
SnucRla under 10 you. IN 20 tel
muthor
'ila taddIng on an altar whilo tho
oll woman come 10 tho door an Jake /
ed hoar tha old man Dragging on him /
Ia waa dead Iame when they called |
him 10 supper but no couldn't hnIr
foelin good when 1ld man lun top
right on through Ihomonl tfllim about .
how 8pry bnd put un tAe horSes m
what Jima nod mada miltm' M the
plla.1i wood hed cut
'lu wna Oho anmn way wtt
eyerythm hat Jake dono Dld mnn
luf Told everybody hat onma around .
what Im landy 1t man held zoe
an how held nneH hhn apin anythm' .
ia Atfhla0n county when Jake waH
around 10 hear AM held crack him up
10 hlmHef between times tll Jake Enr