Mountain advocate., 1921-05-13


Mrs. POllywog will hc over tomorrow
to bOrrO" yuGr iuuntHin pen or your
tOrtOiseShcl comb or perhaps she will
come visiting Cos 1t few days, and tho
cost OF entertaining her would buy sew
cral barrels Of chicken broth.
81 hate to have anybody do me
kindness, knowing III he expected TO
return The .HyOr wih interest in one
way or another. When | was n mere
beg my eyes were opened to the fact
that Kind actions are tuluSOn and e
snare. Next door To Us there lived an
old dame named Mrs. Crimp. One day
she came. ever To orr house with Il
pair 81 "oolgn s"tSS she had knitted
for me. | suuposc an equally good
i3ir Cnuid have been 60ught at the
trad" palace Cor Nlccu cents, and !
wa>n't overwhelmed with joy. My
mother, who, with all her splendid
1Calitic", Was an easy mark, and in
cI,nrd t3 Iiul good in everything and
cF"ryh'3., was enthusiastic over Mrs.
trimps generosity.
"hut even in my infant years | was
gifted with the wisdom of the SERPENT.
ahd | tclt from the first that there was
some ma!cvglent scheme in the back
ground.
"Hh2 scheme was soon developed.
Mrs. crimp had many chores to do,
and she hated to do them herself.
There waa wood to bc carried into the
house, and The COW TO he taken care
Ct, and "a hundred other Improbable /.
tasks. Every timc I'd meet her she'd |
say, "Ncll, my sweet little boy. with
your golden rin%letS and sunny smile,
Iiuw do yuu like the socks made you?
If you only knew how | worked so you
would lave the best socks in town
And That reminds ne of little crrand /
wish you would du for me. Go to
Mr.. Jinks, who lives seven miles north,
nui ask him TO let you have his saw,
50 You can cut some kindling for me
tomorrow"
"first and last, Mrs. Jiggers, put in
$1,000 worth OF manual Labor for that .
woman and my youth was poisoned,
and my manhood Cmblttered by it. |
might have forgiven everything had
the Snci;S been good ones, but they
were GtrOciouS. The heels always
worked around to my instepS and the
tops worked down over my shoes.
"lt ha, been that way all my life.
when q inan insists upon doing me
Eir'a.as look upon him with sus-
p.vira. When | was laid up in my
coon with broken leg two or three
ear. ago. | had an excellent time.
ihp .rE hGct only at intervals, and
f1G .lrlty Of novels to read and
l2lh.uG 10 worry over, and | would
.1vr enjoyed myself splendldly but
tn tircsuuho ph.lanthrOpiStS who were
iatyIHlHyi to sit by my bedside and
slryy ,ae up. J didn't need any cheer
~" ~. and | tried to convince them
hat their visits had the opposite eff
'nrt bot they wouldn't take a hint
rur. SAT 10y my couch of suffering and
odd .i.6tic stories, and bored me al
nast 80 death.
lin, liirginbOit0m was an especial
nuisance. That man simply wouldn't
- away as long as there was an ex-
'U.o Tor staying. He said his con-
science wouldn't allow him to forsake
he bedside of suffering friend. At
hat time | carried some accident in
STRANGE, and wlEan my check came Jim
borrowed half Of it, and after he got
hr money he never worried over my
og any mere. And he never returned
my OF the money. l don't blame him
or thar, for make it rule never to
rtur borrowed money, but / can't
asily forgive him for boring me 30
many hours, when l wanted to bo
euding."