Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-03-10
A. LETTER FROM
BILLY BOY WRIGHT

tAo" nave pScu WrlJlIlS lou o
letters to the papers of tn,
county and takin a bite at eacl
other Until they have got me
ashamed OF both of them. VIII,
can't they kaap their trLbbles tC
themselves like other peepul
1t seems to me that we have haC
enuff fun made of us without
havin to have everything come
out in the papers. But they
wont quit and so | guess that
will have to tell the reel reason
of their trubbles.
Gee, but it is tuff on a kid tc
have your paw and NAV to be
lifting all time so they can't live
together, but it aint maw's falt
They used to be all right when
/ was a little cuss. Paw used
to teech schoo' and me and sister
sure had a good home. Paw
used to say, "Billy Boy, you
must learn fast and grow up to
be a good man and always look
out for nav and sister," Gee,
but them was good times, good
clothes, good grub and paw and
nav hnggln and kissen us kids
all time and each other too when
they got in a corner. But paw
got to talkin politics with a lot
OF fellers that never worked any,
and they would come to our
house and set around and talk
about how the "sistum" was rob-
bin them and a hole lot of other
bunk. 1t wasn't long till paw
began to let his hair and whis-
kers grow and wouldn't wash his
neck and years and his close got
dirty because he wouldn't
change them even after NAV
worked hard and washed them.
and purity soon paw couldn't get
any more schools to teech, and
then it got WORSE mighty fast.
Paw said that the capitalists
he'd bucked him from gettin
schools 70 teech. Nav told him
that IL he would wash uD and
dress ND and quit talking hot air
all time that he could get plenty
of schools. to teech. And so that
is about The way the trubble
started at our house.
Paw wouldn't try to do any
thing except go down to the
store ard talk about the isis
tum" robbin folks, and times
got mighty hard at our house
Sum times we would not have
enuff to eat, that is. us kids and
NAV wouldn't, for paw would al.
ways fill his tank first for he sait
that a workin man had to have
plenty to eat, but none of us seer
him doin any work After while
NAV began to take in washir
from the naybors. Paw acted
like he was awful sore at frs,
cause nav took in washin, but
all the same he wouldn't carr
anything himself and was al.
ways on deck to eat the grut
NAV bought with her wash
money. wy, paw got so cussat
lazy that he wouldn't even hell
NAV carry wood and water tt
wash with, and nav would have
to carry wash water about forty
rods from the'sprilg and rnsse
wood the best she could. Wher
NAV would ask him to do any
thing he would say he had to gt
to the store to see man and h
would hike off for his old seat o.
the male kag by the store stove
One day when NAV had three
washins to do for the naybor
she asked paw to help carr,
some water and paw got off tina
same old gag about havin to se
a man at the store. Nav go
perty rathy but paw bumped OF
to the store and did not hel
NAV a bit. Bout noon pay
hadn't got back and NAV ha
did one washin and was gettil
reddy to start anuther, when a,
at once she slammed down tn
wash bord and said: BILLY Bo!
you stay here and watch siste
and | will go down to the stor
and help your paw work at tn
'sistum' awhile" So NAV graf
bed a old broom handle out {
the biler that she had been usi
for a clothes stick and hiked OF
for the store, and / tell you sh
looked mighty spunky. Sis an
me was scared to stay alone
we slipped along a little way
behind. 1t was raynin and peri
cold and me and sis had to G
berefutted because paw had M
got any shuze for us yet, he sa
he would get em after crismus
for the storeman had promise
to trust him for them then. Ma
bumped right along and whe
we come into the stol
.Loro etood naw with his baC