Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-02-16
CHAPTER TX.
Joe Makes Mother Happy.


IN HERE remained now only ST.
22O to pay on the place. After
discussing their affairs all the
" way home, when Joe and his
father unhitched the team and started
to the house, Tom Weston handed Joe
the paper the lawyer had prepared.
which insured home to the two wop1-
enfolk
"You hand it to her, Joe. It's your
doin's morn mine," he said.
Joe thought of a little speech he
would make, but at the supper table
ne forgot all about it and merely
poked the paper at his mother.
"There's a home for you and Sis
was all he could say.
As his mother read tears of happi-
ness welled from her eyes, and she
threw her arms about their necks.
ooh, I'm proud Of my two boys, and
1 thank you from the bottom of my
heart, but the dearest thing to me is
that you are beginning to understand
each other and are such good COM
rades."
1--WE are sure enough pardners now,
mother, amt we, Joe?
Eyes, sir-in every way"
AN, mother, when we get this place
paid for we're agoin' to build sure
enough nice house on it, with lots Of
closets an SIGH, an big piazzers, an
all painted nice, an lightnin' rod on
it too"
"That will be fine; but, Tom, I love
every log in this dear old place, and
I don't want you and Joe to put your
selves under big strain on that &C.
count. Let's get something ahead
first"
Joe and his father lost no time get
ting the land in shape for next year
and followed the method Joe used the
year before. All the barnyard fer
tilizer was now carefully scraped up
and saved, leaves and trash hauled and
put into the soil as permanent in
vestment. Link washington was hired
regularly now. and never a day passed
that the three Of them did not do a
solid days work. The place began to
take on an entirely new aspect.
Joe sold the pigs for his mother and
Annie-$43 for the two-and he and
his father insisted that Mrs. Weston
use every cent Of it for herself and
Annie They could not keep her from
buying nice tie and a dozen linen
alandkerchiefs each for cher boys" as
she called them, and even Link was
made happy with green and blue tie
and pair Of bright red suspenders.
Mr.. Weston took the wagon one day
when they had about caught up with
work and vanished down the road to-
ward the swamp. When he returned
he had four splendid young magnolia
trees, a great clump of yellow jasmine
roots and two fine young crabapple
trees.
'Gives a Teller a different feelin'
don't it, Joe, to own land. Now,
never cared about fixin' up this from
dawn BEFORE but now it's ourn. why,
want to make it pretty"
'I'm glad you got those crabapples,
said Joe as he tramped the dirt abou
one of the trees where it had been set
II think the blossoms in spring ar
lust about the sweetest of any,"
"Well, when that yellow jasmine get
to runnin' over the front porch it'll b.
shard to beat And the magnolias j
look pretty fine, won't they?''
"You bet Now, if We'll just get som
woodbine to run over that old cal
stump and lot Of those yellow Jon
quils to go on each side of the from
walk we'll be fixed. think we ough
to name this place too" *
'"that's good idee. What'n we ca
it-Prize Acre FarmY'
"No, I don't like that. How's the Al
vance Farm?"
'"That's all right. If mother an
Annie like it, she goes.
II think I'll ride over this Afternoon
and see Jim Sullivan
What for?'
IT beard Jim was trying to sell OF
everything be has. Says he's going t
Texas man amt got no chance i
this country Joe cast his eyes aroun
at his father. 4.
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