The Ordway new era., 1909-01-01
OLD DUFFS
METHOD
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~ita His preo MAJ.

az a. HaEa @---H-
storeEeeper. why in sin don't you
DO FuthEa' sides loaf around Wit
TIA, feather dusrer. DsggOns II ever
seen sech a wuthlsss. lo-aecoEnt 30!
IN all my time"
The ueE boy shl9et away gTum-
bling. and the stOrekesPsT turned 20
The g-oup. He does beat all for
orBer5ress' be said Seems Ike b.
Jest uacaaUy hated to move his feet
He haint Euta h-s salt. let alone
wages
When you pay a boy a 57llar.n
hat a week you uacLa.ly eTI=ct him
10 do su,hi1' TO earn IL don't ye.
Rufsr~ sad sol BAKER. sarczsti1zi.y-
He ueg1z zarcIn'.7 said Az-F-n
Parsons I've be n kseVIn' ny eve
On him while I've BEEN a-se''a. here
an he's ,-lEel zzay four or FIVE min.
It's 0. tie tine Euf-.s a-payll' him for
Justin OF them shelves. seace he
piled rse-a sacks C. -four
Tell Sc. said washington Han.
c2cE- syol don't handle him right
RUFF. You'd r.r q night smart more
zCrE oE'e1 rlm u you'd crack him up
std o. b--srarE.u. him There's
heap 10 that u hired help I'd DO Ike
old man UuH a.Tus done With his help
Ny cousin Jl}e bl-ed out 10 him one
time. az. Jake almost 20, Inter The
habit o.. =rrEla. hard when be gl--
-Jar- couldn't pick an choose the
-ay I c0-'d. not bela eErEg an. haT.u
roo- specially abgu, plaara
en- harg.s.l1' tn es." vent on Han
rDcE. ~Err Jake TUX q uElu. 20 the
I'D man -ha flst time be seen E.u
-EsG his white vEiEEgrs an his cle=E-
'rl manner Then every body didn't
srpreshare Jake. an old man DuG did
II r-cEou I've done good day
york gitrtu you. says the old man 10
Jake, as he Vuz 'aE.a' him home In
'ra v-rz q ! 50u'- make no mistakes
about folks an as soon as seen you
knOEs- you VIZ the man ws-l,eL-
There's a worker. says 20 myself
There's a good. Study. sober young
fe'ler that's a-goln' 10 make things
hum. an he's huskier. too. than be
looks 20 be bet he's EGta ten o
the trash I've ben a.hir.n." In right
glad 20 git you. Jake.
~JaEs felt some uneasy. but he did
not let on. an all the way along the
ID man KEEP a-crackln him up an
E0tt-zgaplu' him the same way. BIme-
by they got 10 the house an he told
Jake 70 put the team up while he
ven; an got the pals for the miIkin'
Jake sutrsnly did hustle around with
t-ai team an he wuz a-wa!iia' when
Duf come With the pals.
What did tell ye,' says the old
man. GRIMM Got the harness OF an
the oats in the f-edboIes an the man
gers filed an the bediIn' shook down
already. Why. there's some men
would a TUX the best part OF an hour
20 have done what you've done in ten
minutes. You're daisy. Jake. a
daisy, les 20 milk nov. bet you're
the chaupeen m!IEer. too
Jake wuz jest about z falr-to-raid-
ain mixer. but he pitched right in
an done the best he could As fast
as he'd stripped one COW he stepped
up lively an spry TO the next an there
wuz , o. them to milk. When they'd
got through he'd MIXED seven to the
old mans five.
Il knowed It. says Duff. I halnt
never mistook in a man. knowei
when | fust seen you that you wuz a
worker; still, didn't s'pose you wuz
quite as good as what you are When
you git used to them COWS you'll do II
faster yit Now, while me an the
woman IS takin' crre O the milk. ri
let you be sawin' up some o. them old
white oak rails By the wood pile into
stove ,en'ths. SOS not to waste no time
an give you appetite for supper.
He wuz gone a tol'able long time.
an when he come back he stood an
watched Jake sawin'.
Gosh all!' he sSys. 'Hain't you
Iightnin' slicked with aTeI grease,
Tou keep right on. | want mother to
see you. It's sight wuth seem. /
uEtsr think could saw wood when /
wuz young feller. but I've had to
knuckle under to you. III go tell
mother
He toddles of, an after a while the
old woman come TO the door. an Jake
cd hear the old man Dragging on him.
He was dead lame when they called
bin to supper. but he couldn't help
feelin' good when old man Duff ken
right on through the meal tellin about
how spry he'd put up the horses an
what time he'd made milkln' an the
pile O. wood he'd cut.
1t was the same way with
ayerythin' that Jake done. Old man
Duff told everybody that came around
what Tim dandy of man he'd got
an how he'd back him agin anythin'
in Atchison county-when Jake was
around to hear-an' he'd crack him nm
TO himself between times till Jake 90
sweiled up like mad hop toad an
come nigh to KILN himself irwin I,
keep up with the repertation the olt
man give him.
"Finerly, when the fust -,nn.b ,,,,