The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-11-05

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six children should have a cherry pie
for dinner, how much would each
receiver" ga SEVENTH the little
fellow answered. Carefully" said l.
Remember there are eight people
eyes, sir, know said Tommy, but
mother wouldn't take any for fear
the others wouldn't have enough"
II want you to settle an argument"
said Old Bill Misgivens, as he came
into the Office, visibly excited. II
contend that breakfast foods are a
modern invention, dating back mebby
20 years or SO; and the missus argues
that they had 'em when she was a girl
so years ago and tries to prove it by
quoting some poetry that runs like
this: "A youth went through the vii
lage twice, and carried through the
snow and ice, a banner with the
strange device-"Excelsior" And
the ole woman claims Excelsior was
the name Of a breakfast food"
A lady entered store for spool
of silk thread. Sorry, but we have
none in stock today" said new
clerk, and she passed out. "Young
man." said the owner of the store to
the clerk few seconds later, "you
should have told the young lady a
different story. You should have said
to her that there is no silk thread in
any of the stores because all of the
silk worms in China have died" The
young man promised to do better the
next time. An hour later another
young lady entered the store, to buy
a tape line. "I'm very sorry" said
the new clerk to her, "but none of
the stores have tape lines in stock
just now, as all of the tape worms in
China have died."
Speaking of not being able to tell
from appearances what boy will
eventually amount to-" said Old Bill
there was Link Quinter.
Well, of all the ornery no account
,oys l ever saw, Link was about the
worst. He never washed his face
lnless he was compelled to and most
was lousy, and the itch
eemed to be chronic with him. His
ather and mother didn't know great
eal and never amounted to much, but
will say they would have rather
iked to have Link go to school and
ct an education and be somebody.
Veil, when he did go to school he
,ouldn't study and none of the other
cholars wanted/to associate with him
ecause they were afraid of getting
he itch or catching a colony Of lice
hat had been feeding on the boy.
furthermore, the boy was no account
D work and just run about the coun-
ry fishing and hunting wood ducks
nd the like. Well, l moved out of
hat neighborhood when Link was
bout 16 and when l left l said to
1yself, We'll, that Link Quinter will y
ever amount to whoop even if he
manages to keep out of jail didn't
ee or hear anything more about him y
Or 20 years and then one day ran I
nto him in the course of my travels {
nd how do you suppose that ornery, @
o account boy had turned out ?" 81
ave no doubt" spoke a wise looking s
ian who had been listening, chat a
ou found he had turned out to be a |
ustling, wide awake, successful bust t
ess man, at the head of big in c
ustry and that doesn't surprise me a
article. These no account kids are n
lie kind that generally make good, t
ut by the way, what did you find him t
Ding? How had he turned out?" A
lust as / had expected he would" re- 7
led Old Bill. "He was just as or h
cry and worthless at SO as he was a
, 16. He didn't even amount to I.
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