Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-08-01

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can Is Squire AEeTgss once. Converse
tsan lagxsas, and ha 1as his eyes roam
rennd the room.
@Healcg r BE said see you're got
4 new psacard o. the wala This y
my Dssay day.' "A Gsnkle hint 70 boreas
u suppose.
syyell, st waa meant to Be. said the
squire with GRIM laugh. II ike e
have my friends drop II occasions y.
he explained. ''even e they have no
special business. But some Of them
some 4 little TOO often and stay alto
gether too long. They may not have
anything more Important % DO q the
time than to Talk polltics o. spin yarns
But ii often happens that have; and
in that case. putting my time against
theirs isn't an ,RveR swap. The facf u,
The average man Id 30 interesting TO
himself that he can't imagine that he
may be bore 10 other people.
APnts me Ia mind Of an experience
once had trying to get rid Of q bore"
snid Isaac, as he settled himself COM
r0rfably lii his chair. # VAS doing
Yuife little business one winter build
ing pleasure boats 20 order. and .
nelghbor Of mine. an Oldish man with
some means and nothing to do, used
to come to my shop every day and
toast himself BY the fire and talk !
talk talk from morning till night. A
was rather fussy work was doing
and he almost drove me Wild telling
Did stories and Offering advice bnt !
remembered my manners and never
let on TO him that wasn't pleased
with his company. BIS the time lid get
home at night. though. my good na.
ture would be pretty much gone.
Why don't you try being little
cool "a him md see II he WON'T take
he hlnta my wife wonid say; and
Gnally thought I'd carry ont that
idea, although not exactly Ii the way
she meant.
$50 the next day when got to the
shop went right to work on my boat,
without the usual prelimInarles. Il
was q below-zero morning, and when
Mr.. Judkfns came In he made bee
Inc for the stove.
!. Why. says he. all shivering. syou
haven't got mite OF fret
No. says I. my work Is sort OF
sotllersone. and thought mebbe my
read would be clearer In q cold room.
lie tried to argue me out Of that
notion. but was kind Of obstinate;
ind after slivering round spell he
went Oh, and bad the shop to myself
f0r tie balance DC the day. ] didn't
GET on 50 much faster with my work,
alougf, what with having to stop 10
slow on my fingers every few min
atea; and as Tor my head being clear
II, It didn't turn out that way In the
md. When got home that night
ealizeS TINT I had q hard cold On me.
ind I didn't see the shop again for
three weeks
THAT would have been quite d price
to pay even II had got shed Of Mr..
Judklns. but, you see, 4 hadn't. When
ne found was laid M. ne considered
il his duty TO visit the sick. and he
would stay with he for hours He even
sat up with me d couple Of nights
when vas worst Oh. and innst own
Tint he was a grand good hand In sick
ness. When | did get 20 TINT could
10 I'd the shop ne went OH ahead and
built up a rouslng hot fire, 50 that We
could both be comfortable. He was
certainly kInd-hearted person. !
guess bores generally are md TINT Is
me reason why We and It so niaguy
hard 10 get RID Of them. Isn't that 30.
sqnlrc?"
flows fhati Oh. yes, suppose 30 !"
answered the squire, looking up from
his writing.
Some time later Tsane ieIsureIy took
his leave. When halfway home, he
halted abruptly. confronted BY an en-.
tirely new thought.
Shy jlngO!s he said to himself. sYou
dent suppose the squire NEEDN'T that
placard purity for me. do you ?''---
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