Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

around here that we won't sho,
enough postmortem respect to ha,
out by the legs."
But sixteen dollars Il week, Sam
=. ayes, sixteen dollars Il week! An
what about sixteen dollars week
Suppose Jesus Christ walked into m
office this afternoon and sat down or
positc the exchange table. Suppos
He said to me, Sam iiod, will yo
manage somehow to rake tOgethe
sixteen measly dollars every Saturda
to loan to Me so that can help
poor, perplexed bcwildcrcd m0thc
raise six frecklcd- faced, hell-raiSinp
button-busting kids" IL Just n;ltul
ally scrape that money togethc
somehow, wouldn't I?-for His sake
Well, | don't mind sayin' that sever
minutes ago, as / sat in that char
and Mary Purse declared her inten
ton O. slavin' her life out to pu
them half-dozen young wildcats
! through SCHOOL, SAW JESUS
CHRIST IN THAT WOMAN's
FACE And I'd a damncd-sitc rather
lay Il few mouldy treasures for my.
self in heaven by givin' Mary Purse
sixteen dollars of unnecessary money
every Saturday afternoon than give
double that amount to some of the
churches of this town. I'd rather do
it than help pay minister's grocery
bills or send missionaries to teach the
slant-eyed Japs how to buncle the
Beatitudes or that Moses was a He
brew law-maker and not a Canal
street manufacturer of boys pants!"
Sam was exploding with a VEN
geancc and when in that condition,
had certain facility with language
He went into the back room and
addressed the force.
Boys" he announced, "Maly
Purse--Jack's wifc--is coming back
to work for Us. She commences
Monday morning"
Mike Clarity Strengthened up from
his stone.
"WHAT?" he demanded.
81 said Jack Purses widow, who
once graccd this hole with hcr wcet
presence, is coming back to pick uD
her stick and show us how to set
a few locals so l don't dread the
sickenin' ring of a telephone bell
every night after support"
Mike said an unholy sentence and
threw down his quoin-kcy.
''Then by CAD, I'm about ready to
quit! After all the pie-eyed freaks
I've had wished onto me since come
into this place to make over into
printers, to have an old woman
given place as an object Of !
|
He got no further. O"''' once in
my life have known Sam Hold to soc
red. He was upon Mike with an oath
and had him by the throat.
Take it back!--you foul-mouthed,
olealy-eyed, tobacco-spittin' harp!
Act crazy with joy that she's comm
md treat her like lady or by the
eternal Jchosephat III bust you in
he jaw, hammer you against the wall.
grind your ugly mug in the gravel
md stomp on your stomach! Now
hen, what is there about this new
.omer's position here that you don't
Speak it out now and
peak it out loud. Because if YOU
,pen your elongated head about it
.fter she gets here, it's going to take
more money than Solomon spent on
lis immortal meeting house to pay
or the masses said over yoIr Smould-
rim soul"
But Mike had nothing to say, alb
olutely nothing. When Sam un-
angled his fingers, the 1lishman's
ace was pasty. Deprived of Sans
he caught himself as he was I
liding onto his knees.
The office---individually and other !
yise-drew long breath. They
ontinued their washing-up with {
TRANCE smiles playing upon their. {
aces. From time to time after Sam 6
ad returned to the front Office they
asst furtivc glances at the suddenly S
owed foreman. v
Considering Mikes little idiosyn-
Iasies of self-aggrandizement since c
e had taken Jacks position and hi
'equent loud-mouthed assertions OF q
ontcmpt and independence of tho S
oss, Sam; emotional explosion had t
lther smashed Mikes militarsm. o
On the whole pleasant time had c
cen had by all. t.