Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
FREE LIFE

Il don't expect to stay at this all
my life said the man with the hoe,
stopping to rest on it for a. minute.
Il got somethin' else in mind, you bet. =
That SOP" said the man with the
bod, inquiringly. What you fgurin'
on ~
.WeII, I got half notion to buy
one of these here small places on time
and start in raisin' my own stuff, (
said the man with the hoe. I'm get
tim good an tired o. havin' a fore
man over me and a boss over him
and contractor over him, all crack
in. their whips to see me jump A fell
low gets sick of it,
The man with the hod paused to
think over this mutinous proposition.
That's right" he admitted then.
But the pay envelope comes in good
and handy every week. How do YOU
think you could make it go in one
O. them places? What does a fellow
live on
"Oh. that part of it wouldn't worry
me- said the man with the hoe.
The only thing I'd be frettin' about
would be keeping up my payments.
Yon know. man don't need SO awful
much to live on, after all. The way
1 ought to be able to grow pretty
near everything we'd need-vegetable
and things like that
What does your wife think about
II =. asked the man Will the LOd--
We'll, sometimes she's strong for
it and then again she kind O. weak
ems on the idee.'' explained the man
with the hoe. You know women are
funny that way. They can't make up
their minds and go right at a thing
and get it over with. one way or the
other. They have to fool around and
talk to all their relations about it and
ask the women next door what she
thinks and all that business. Now,
myself, I just make up my mind what
l want to do. and that settles it.
The man with the hod scratched his
ear and looked at his fellow workman
quizzically. We'll, if that's the case
he asked .'how comes it you haven't
got this farrnin' place already? /
should think you'd be out there now
shootin potato bugs and Twin on
vegetables, so'long as you've got all
the say at your house.
I'D like to know who else would
have any say about it," said the man
with the hoe belligerentIy. You mean
the wife? Say, she'd start for Afri-
can or Chiny tomorrow if I came
wouldn't stop to ask me what we
We're goin' for, ether oh, no, she S
not standin' in the way for minute
but there's lot of points TO be
| thought out. It's no cinch this farm
in
Ever work on FARM" queried the
| man with the hod, curiously.
No, was raised right here in the
city admitted the man with the hoe,
but I've been out in the country
good deal and watched them fellows
workin' and I guess there's not much
of it I couldn't do. It's just case of
putin in the seeds and waitin' for the
| things to grow and then diggin' em
up. OF course. a fellow would have
to sell some of the stuff to get money
| to keep on maxim his payments
Sure" acquiesced the man with the
hod. That's what l was sayin' about
| the pay envelope comm in handy |
| don't suppose you'd be CROWN any
beefsteaks or sausages on that place
of yours. would you? I'm afraid you'd
| get pretty tired of eatin' nothln' but
/ lettuce and radishes at every meal.
The man with the hoe reluctantly
went through the motion of doing a
little work while he thought it over,
and his companion in toll slowly be-
| gan to fill the bod with mortar.
Yes, that's one point about it.