The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-04
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CAdCIy uIuCl0l0uu WHY Uul tOAa
them that we ought to thank the
Lord we were holding our own and
wasn't "slippin" back any.
Veaze had been riding all the time
in the spring seat with Bill, and the
girls were sitting on some very fine
upholstered grocery boxes, camera
fixtures and lanterns. Veaze thought
l had a very comfortable seat and de-
cided he would like to change with
me little while. Of course l dis
liked to give up my cushion, namely,
Smiths Honey Bread" and l knew
it was baked with a good grade of
yeast, that it sure would rise again,
but we changed.
Veaze decided he was hungry and
l didn't have to do very much argu-
ing with my stomach, until there was
withdrawn from the carefully guard
ed kennel some potted ham and pea
nut butter sandwiches. Say, did
you ever 60 anywhere, any time, any
how, and you get hungry but what
someone drew one of these aforesaid
articles of destruction on you? Well,
we ate them. Poor Fido. And / freed
a dozen squirrels before we went a
mile. l could purr just like old Shep
hold on there that won't do) mean
bark. You can see that I'm not
versed much in poultry, but my main
hold is Neutrality-suspicious. the wheel
barrow down.
Now for some water. We were all
thirsty after chasing those combina-
ton sandwiches from one tooth to
the other. We found we'll but the
we'll was so dusty we had to put on
glasses before could find the water
After we got it in the bucket, we had
to berrew a wFrii4ager to run it through
to separate it from little fragments Of
a blue and brown checked apron,
which the old man said had been
dropped in there some time ago, and
he was also very kind in explaining
that the little apron was clean; he
knew it was because it had been in
the we'll about two months and had
plenty of time to get the dirt soaked
out of it. We drank with our eyes
shut. Our friend went on explaining:
"But she's gone now, poor little
thing, she was drowned when we
pulled her out. The children are
just heart broken"
Say Mister, she didn't fall in this
well, did she?"
eyes, yes, we had the curb off and
she was dressed in little apron just
like the children and she got too close
to the we'll and fell in"
And say Mister, did you clean out
the we'll?
mo, friend, we couldn't, and"
Isympathize with you, Mr.. Tender
Heart, am very tender hearted also.
l am so tender hearted that it effects
my stomach and l feel now that my
hearts tenderness has gone the limit
and we favored the man with quar-
tette of what a fellow said when he
got seasick-we fed the chickens.
l asked what the little things name
was that fell in the well, and Mr..
Tender Heart said it was "Fido." Oh,
Oh,-another quartette please, and
that hamburger began to get friendly
again and started up but we fought
hard and kept him in his place.
''Say, Bill, do you want drink Of
fine water?" mo, Bynum, am GER
tainly obliged to you, but l have en-.
tirely recovered from my thirsty
spell and am feeling kinder sick at
my stomach anyhow. Its strange
how this hot weather affects people"
l told Bill it wasn't near as bad as
poor Rags and Fido. had touched
the keystone for Bill now, and we
all hung our heads in SILENT tender
heartedness. |
A little breeze came up, which was
about the only thing that came up
that was refreshing, and we all began
to recuperate. A few miles Of turns,
hills and dales, rocks and dust, and
we drove into Papinsville. Here we
stopped and ate, and replaced few
things we had lost at the well and on
top Of these sandwiches we planted
peppermint candy and spearmint
chewing gum, a little lemonade and
drank some water, which we tried 10 |