New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
.F0NESY
BY Joseph {. Lincoln.


Twas Peter T Brown that suggested it, you
might know And as likewise You might know,
twas Capn Jonadab that done the most Of the
growing.
They amt no sense in il. Peter says he.
ssEaucation's all right in its place, but faint no
good out Of Il. Why, one Of my last voyages IN
the schooner Samuel Emory. had a educated
cook feller that had graduated from one Cf Ihen
correspondence schools. lie had his diploma
framed and hung Up the wall Of the galley
along with tiutypes- OF rwo OK three OF BIS wives
and rict11res cut out Of the Police News and
tla 15ka of that And cook! Why say, one Of
the fo'rrlast hands half dozen Of that cook 5
Ealeratus biscuit and fe1 overheard II he hadn l
been tangled up in his COD line. so we could haul
him up by that. he'd have been down yet He d
never have riz Of his own accord. not with them
biscuits in him. And for his pie the mate
Ete che Of tIe-n haheshop paper plates one time
thinking twas under crust; and be kept sayln now
unusual tender twas at tlat Now, what good
was education TO that cook Why
cut il OUT" SAYS Peer T disguised Who's
talkfnc about coazse These fellers amt cooks
they'rer--
Z know They're walters. Now. there It's
egain. When give order and there's any back
kalk want 10 understand il You take a passel
hT college feers like you want 10 hire for walters
Epose tell one OF 'en 10 do something, and he an
exers back in Greek or Hindoo. such can't
tell what he says sha'n't know whether 10 bang
him over the head give him a cigar What's
the matter with the waters We had last year?
They talked Irish Of course. but understood the
most Of that, and when didn't twas safe TO roll
I'D my sleeves and begin arguing But
''Oh ring Of :" says Peter. 'Twenty-three:' -
Ana so they had it, hack and forth didn't
ray nothing I knew how 'twcuId end IF Peter
z. Brown thought twas good judgment 70 hire
mess Of college boys for walters. felers who could
orGer UP the squab in pigeon English and the ham
sn hog Latin, I DIDN'T care Sc long as the orders
md boarders got filed and The pay roll didn't have
growing pains. had considerable faith in Browns
ideas. and he set this one IS a Brahma
Ten plaster rest egg.
TIL give tone 10 the shehang' says he. refer
-ing 10 The hotel. "and want 70 keep the Old
Home House as high toned as a ten story organ
factory. And as for education, that's :. matter
CT taste. Nc. I'd just as soon have d waiter that
bashfuily admitted Wee my dam I would
tha, pushed -Shur-r-e AIoze' edgeways out Of one
corner of his mouth and served the lettuce top
of the lobster. from principle, 70 keep the green
Bbove the red. When Il comes 70 tone and tin.
Cap'n you trust your Uncle Pete; he hasn't been
s. fling around the tainted money bunch all these
DAYS with cold in his head
So Il went his way finally. ] knew il would
and when the old Home opened up on June !,
the college walters was on hand. And they was as
nice lot Of boys as ever handled plates and wiped
dishes for their board and s. a week They was
poor. Of course, and working their passage through
what they called the varsity but they attended
g business and want mite set up by their learn
tng
and they made a hit with the boarders. especially
the women folks Take the c-ankiest old battle
ship that cru!sed into breakfast with diamond
headlights showing and a pretty daughter In tow
md she would eat lunpy oatmeal and scorched
EGGS and sound a distress signal. How
could she, with Of them nice looking gentle
Eaanly walters hanging over her starboard beam
hnd purring. Certainly. madam" and Two humps
sor one, madam" into her ear7 Then too she
shadn't much time 70 find fault with the grub hav-
ang 70 keep one eye on the daughter. The amount
IF complaints that them college boys saved IN the
,Erst fortnight worth their seasons wages
.pretty nigh Before June was over the OLD Home
sFTas fun up end we had TO annex couple Of next
door houses for the left-overs
was skipper for one OF them houses and Jona-
Dab run the other Each OF US had a cook and a
waiter, q housekeeper and an upstairs girl My
3ousekeeper was the boss prize in the package
'f5e= name was Mabel Seapury, and she was young
and quiet and as pretty the first bunch Of May
flowers in the spring. And lady-whew, The
sirst time set opposite to her at table made up
my mind wouldn't drink ogt OF my sasser IL
acalded the lining of my throat
She was city born and brought up but she
want one OF your common ''Het he, amt YOU
turriblei" lunch counter princesses with head
like dendelon gone 70 seed and FISH net waist
You bet she wa'n'ti Her dad had had money once
a1ore he tried 10 heat out Jonah and swallow the
Stock Exchange whale. After that he was skipper
cf 8 little society library up Cambridge and she
blessing. and some OF Peter Browns wife's folks
that knew her when she was well of, got her the
sob OF housekeeper here with Us.
The only trouble she made first along, and
that want her fault. ! thought at one time we'd
have 70 put wire fence TO keep them college
waters away from her. They hung around her
Ike passel % gnlIs around herring boat She
nice 10 'ern. too but when you're just so nice
20 everybody and not nice enough any special
ore, the prospect amt encouraging. So they gave
- up. bur there want male the place. from
Old Dr. Elatt miser % Blatt's Burdock Bitters and
Blatt's Balm for Beauty, down the boy that
empried the ashes who wouldn't have bumped him
self on all fours and crawed eight miles il she'd
asked him 10. And that includes me and Capn
Jenadab. and we're about tough couple Of
women proof old huks you'n find ahoat
Jonadab took special interest in her II pretty
nigh broke his heart 10 think she running my
house instead of his. He thought she'd ought to
be married and have home Of her own
.'Rel." says l. why don't she gel married