The Holt County sentinel., 1913-05-30
ION A MEMORY EXCURSION"
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| NUliNUeu ITOItl rage
Of mothers gentle little chastise.
ments. We never did think much of
mothers whippings, although we mol.
Tered bloody murder when she start.
ed. When father welded the hazel
We didn't do so much hollerin'. but
we did a powerful lot of jumping
around. We had good reason for ev.
cry jump, too.
Wish I could locate the old desk.
But It's been gone for years. New
desks now, with a lot:of modern con.
traptions hitchcd to them shat we
never would have dreamed Of. 1t
would be pity to carve your initials
on one of these handsome pieces Of
furniture, wouldn't itp But that's
what those old desks were for when
we went to school. And II wasn't
your initials only that you carved on
It, either. Let's see, whatever be.
came Of that girl whose initials you
combined with your own into mono.
gram that had more curley.cues than
an eel on hookY Well, never mind:
maybe II wouldn't be well TO tell now.
II might get back home and:start in
puiries. You remember those old
desks had lid on 'em that you lifted
up, just like the top Of trunk. IN
never get over laughing about the
time somebody put big frog In Min
MES desk, and 1t hoped out when
she opened up to get out her g'ografy.
My, she almt 81 hollered her head or.
Vet Minnie wasn't afraid OF anything
on earth. I don't know who put the
frog In her desk, but ] remember
mighty well who got the blame for II.
] could touch him right now without
taking my hands out Of my pockets.
Dog.gone II, he's the same fellow that
got blamed for purt nigh everything
bad that was pulled OIL In school.
And the taiIy pullin's, and the sur.
prise parties, and the bolsled parties,
and the halelnuttin's, and the wal.
nuttin's and the hick'rynuttins, and
all the other good times! o, yes:
there was 'aynes cidermill, too.
You remember he'd let us drink all
the cider we could holdiif we'd gather
up the windfalls and grind 'em up.
! can just feel the waistband O my
trousers gettin' tight right now!
What's thatg Time for the return
trip.
Dog.gone these ironclad railroad
schedules, anyhow. Trains never
come when you want 'em, and always
coming before you are ready. We'd
jvst got started on this tour back
through Used.to.Be Land, and now
we've got to hike back into today and
take up the old grind. Well, all
right. We can come back whenever
We please, even II we can't stay long
at time. Hut we've had mighty
pleasant, day, haven't we9 We've
seen the chums Of the old days, and
wandered over some Of the old scenes
and enjoyed some Of the old games.
We're going back now, refreshed by
this little trip back TO yesterday.
Don't you feel awfully sorry for the
fellow who l. so busy, or such q
crouch, that he just cant take day
oil now aud then and bark back to his
years of childhoody Maybe he thinks
he's getting lot Of pleasure ont Of
grubbing for mere dollars, but he
isn't. The loncsomest man ] know
hasn't got any othercompanions than
the dollars he has stacked up during
the last twenty-five or thirty years.
] haven't stacked any worth mention
Ing, but wouldn't trade these trips
back to 'sed.to.be Laed for all the
money he has made Or ever will make.
Some OF these days you just drop ev.
erything and come along with me. III
show you things that will take the
cobwebs out Of your brain, the kink
on, Of our spine, the sluggishness out
Of your blood, and make you feel like
spring colt,
Speaking Of spring remember the
sass'fras tea mother used to make us
drink Just about the time the sap
startedy
but that's for another memory ex.
cursion.