The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-28

Wneu was iduuic one time asked
little girl whom she loved. She said,
81 know, but | amt goin' to tell" /
one time met boy in the road going
to school and he said some boy was
going to get whipped that day. When
asked him who it was. he said, a
know, but | amt goin' to tell" |
one time overheard two men talking
and one of them said it was plain as
day that somebody was going to get
hurt. | asked him who it was and
he said Il know. but | amt goin' to
tell" The other day | went I'D to
Shoshone to see what could be done
toward refuging delinquent l8-year-
old girl. A doctor had rescued her
from poverty and neglect, if nothing
worse and he gave her $500 to go
down town and buy herself an outfit
of clothing. He said to me, That is
a mighty sensible girl, after all; and
she is good girl. She spent her SIS
neck stuff, either" The question
has come 10 to the Hired Man to won
der why many women wear this low
neck stuff, and / am like the little
girl in the opening of this piece: 81
know, but l amt goin' to tell" Now
don't you think something and say
that | said it, when it is only YOU
thinking that way.
One of the really brilliant, but over
cautious young women women of
Caldwell. says she would be afraid to
open her mouth in the presence of
the Hired Man lest he got something
for his space in The Tribune. There
is no use being SO cautious as that, for
the Hired Man never puts in a thing
that is calculated to injure living
person. If people knew who the Hir-
ed Man is, they would send me scores
of items, where l now get one. Those
who have dug out the mystery, bring
me many pretty little stories and
fix them up to suit my own ideas, and
then run them in through the censor
machine of Banks and Davis, and get
them mostly into the space allotted
to me. Few people come at me with
meanness toward others. In fact not
two persons have proposed to injure
others by what they tell me. Caldwell
is pretty free from the submarine tao
tics. Now this week business man
came to me and said he was coming
along the sidewalk where little lad
die had load of coal on his little
wagon. One wheel had dropped
through a crack. The man stopped
and helped the lad free his vehicle.
The cordiality with which the lad was
greeted, made him feel on good terms
with his new found friend, whereupon
he admitted that he was stealing the
coal and just did not like to do it at
all, but was made to do so by the
folks at home. Now the business man
did not turn this story in to do any
body harm, but for the purpose OF
giving information to the proper peo-
pie The folks at home suppose, OF
course, that the lad picks the coal up
where it is wasted, but the lad, failing
to find it plentifully that way, goes to
coal sheds and purloins the article
He is being made out thief and>yet
unconsciously on the part of the home
folks. He knows it is wrong to steal
the coal, but it is easier than gathering
it up piece by piece. The nice bright
regular looking pieces he takes home
do not arouse the parents attention
for they have forgotten that coal get:
a little dingy when it lays around out
side few days. Of course if the read.
Hired Man, care Tribune" | will ge
them.
All the spring a Bob White and hi:
mate have been living sweetly to
gether on the Sebree Island north O
town. Every morning just at 9 the,
few across the river to the highland
of Canyon Hill, and there spent ;
part of the day in quietude, once NOR
to drop down across the river to thu
island. Well, the other day, in max
ing the ascending flight from the is
land the mate struck one of the tele
phone wires and fell crippled to tn
ground. A magpie whose eagle ey'
had been watching the quails ever.
minute. saw the accident and in ;
moment bounced upon the uncon
scious or helpless bird and ripped opel
her crop and tore away her breast
The wheat grains in the crop wer
not so delicious as the warm pinl
flesh with the blood of life washing
over it, and the selfish maybe regale,
himself. and gormandized on the pre-
cious morsel, leaving the contents o
the victims crop 70 rthe second visit
The Bob White now runs franticall
where he paused before: he -skulk
from bush to bush where he formerl
walked without fear. The Hired Ma
does not want some other femal
quail to be separated from her lover
but If other wires and other magpie
have laid waste in her happy HON
and she is alone in these weary day.
he hopes she will hear the whistle c
my sad bird and answer his call. |
the mean time the readers may low
the magpies il you feel like it but
cannot.
Yesterday l saw on the sidewalk
about town two baby sparrows who's
heads had been pinched off by som
one who seems to understand that tn
sparrow is a nuisance to people: Eve
since man started out on his fatef'
journey of life. he has seemed to III
derstand that he is cock O. the wall
and has dominion over everythin
that illustrates him or is in his wa,
He has carried this disposition so ia