West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-06-15
CHAPTER TX.
Joe Makes Mother Happy.


L~lHERE remained now only ST.
300 TO pay on the place. After
discussing their affairs all the
~ way home, when Joe and his
father unhitched the team and started
10 the house. Tom Weston handed Joe
the paper the lawyer had prepared.
which insured home to the two won.
enfolk.
you hand II TO her. Joe. It's your
doin's morn mine" he said.
Joe thought of little speech he
would make. but mt the supper table
he forgot all about It and merely
poked the paper at his mother.
There's 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
/ 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."
I'VE are sure enough PARTNERS now.
mother amt we JoeT
"Yes, sir-in every way"
"An'. mother, when we get this place
paid for we're agoln' TO build n sure
enough nice house on Il, with lots Of
closets an SIGH, an big piazzers, an
all painted nice, an a lightnin' rod on
1t too"
THAT will be fine; but. Tom, / love
every log in this dear old place and
1 don't want you and Joe TO put your
selves under n big strain on that ac-
count Let's get something ahead
first"
Joe and his father lost no time get
ting the land I'm 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 n permanent in.
vestment Link Washington was hired
regularly now. and never day passed
that the three OF them did not do n
solid days work The place began to
take on an entirely new aspect
Joe sold the pigs for his mother and
Annie-$13 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 a nice tie and a dozen linen
handkerchiefs each for cher boys" as
she called them, and even Link was
made happy with n green ana blue tie
and a pair OF bright red suspenders.
Mr. Weston took the wagon one day
when they had about caught ND 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 6no young crabapple
trees.
Gives Teller n different feelln'.
don't II, Joe, 10 own land Now. ]
never cared about Gxln' up this front
lawn before, but now it's ouru. why. I
want 10 make Il pretty"
"I'm glad you got those crabappIes."
said Joe 0s he trampcd the dirt about
one OF the trees where It had been set.
II think the blossoms in spring are
Just about the sweetest OF any"
well, when that yellow jasmine gets
20 runnin' over the front porch it'u be-
hard TO beat And the mnguOlias ~
look pretty Gne, won't thoyT
you bet Now, n wen Just get some
woOdbine 10 run over that old oak
stump and a lot Of those yellow jon
qnils 20 go on each side OF the front
walk wen be fixed. 7 think we ought
TO name this place too"
That's % good i1oc Whatu we call
it-Irize Acre FarmT
"No, I don't Ike that How's the Ad-
vance FarmT'
That's ou right n mother and
Annie IKE 30, she goes"
u think IIl ride over this afternoon
and SEQ Jim Sullivan"
what forT'
"I heard Jim WAS trying 20 soI %
everything no has. Gays he's going TO
Texas-a man amt got no chance in
this country" Joe cast bis eyes around
90 bis father
'Jim S1Ilivan's a lazy, triGin. wills.
~ drinkln liar. that's oI Tye got 10
cay about &c." responded Tom Weston
cmpha0cally. "An' ! reckon J ought
90 know, Tor I've proved &C."
"WeB. ~ he's going 10 cell those
pigs on cheap I'u buy 'em, for irs q
good stock Of hogs"
yes and while you're about 70 you
better buy The Old SOW too. She's
good mother 20 them pigs. mighty re-
liable"
Down the road a boy was approach.
ing on hor back Of l0pe Tie refined
az the gate and called.