Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-09-02

~ 40 Spu get mere. IN tlu1o, IS3T,
l shall be as headlong as the rest Ok
them. Some way the news OF my act
has got here from Springfield. Sarah
was kind of cut up. Jack Kelso has
nieknamed me The man with the iron
arms, and Abe. who is a better man
every way, laughs at my embarrass-
ment and says ought to feel honored
/ For one thing Jack Armstrong las
become good citizen. His wife has
foxed pair of breeches for Abe.
They say McNoll has left. the country.
There has been no deviltry here since
that day. / guess the gang is broken
up-too much iron in its way"
Sarah enjoyed fixing up the cabin.
Jack kelso had given her some deer
and buffalo skins to lay on the floors.
The upper room, reached by a stick
ladder, had its two beds, one of which
Harry occupied The children slept
below in a trundle bed that was
pushed under the larger one when 1t
was made up in the morning.
Some time I'm going to put in a
wipdletrap and get rid o. that stick
LADDER Samson had said.
Sarah had all the arts ef the New
| England home maker. Under her
hand the cabin, in color. atmosphere
and general neatness. would have de-
lighted higher taste than was to be
found on the prairies. save In the
| brain of Kelso, who really had some
! acquaintance with beauty. To be sure
! the bed was In one corner spread
with its upper cover knit of gray yarn
| harmonizing in color with the bark
| Of the log walls. A handsome dark
brown buffalo robe lay beside 1t. The
rifle and powder horn weres hung
above the mantel. The fireplace had
| its crane of wrought iron.
Every one in the little villege came
to the house warming. The people
we're in their best clothes. The women
wore dresses of new calico-save Mrs.
Doctor Allen. who wore a black SILK
| dress which had come with her from
her late home In Lexington. BIN
kelso came In dress Of red muslin
ledge also wore red dress and came
with Abe. The latter was rather
grotesque in his new linsey trousers.
Of better length than the former
| pair, but still too short.
SIT isn't fair to blame the trousers
or the tailor he had said when he
had tried them on. MY legs are SO
| long that the Imagination of the tailor
is sure to fall short If the cloth don't.
Next time I'll have 'em made to meas
ure with ten-foot pole instead of a
yardstick. If they're too long can
roll 'em up and let out link or two
when they shrink. Ever since was a
boy have been troubled with shrink
ing pants"
Abe wore blue swallow-tail coat
with brass buttons, the tails OF which
were so short as to be well above the
danger of pressure when he sat down.
His cowhide shoes had been well
blackened; the blue yarn of his socks
| showed above them. "These darned
socks Of mine are rather proud and
concelted," he used to say. "rrhey
like to show off"
bleaehed cotton, a starched collar and
black tie.
IL speaking of his collar to Samson,
he said that he felt like a wild horse
In box stall.
Mentor Graham, the schoolmaster,
/ cr,nnfh HaaaH y,,au rrvi&la
large head, sandy hair and a small
mustaehe, who spoke by note, as It
were. Kelso called him che great
articulator and said that DO walked
In the valley of the shadow of Lindley
Murray. He seemed to keep a watch
full eye on his words, as IL they were
lot of schoolboys not to be trusted.
They came out with a kind Of self
conscious rectitude.
The children's games had begun
and the little house rang with their
songs and laughter, while their elders
| talking, Ann Rutledge and BIN Kelso
and Harry Needles and John Mcneil
| played with them. In one of the
dances all joined in singing the
| verses:
l won't have none o. yer weevily wheat,
won't have none o. yer barley;
/ won't have none o. yer weevily wheat,
To make a cake for Charley.
Charley is a fine young man,
Charley Is a dandy,
| Charley likes to kiss the girls,
Whenever 1T comes handy.
When a victim was caught in the
| flying scrimmage at the end Of pas
sage In the game of Prisoners, he or
she was brought before the blind
folded Judge:
Heavy, heavy hangs over your
head" said the constable
Fine or superfneT the judge IN
qulred.
"Fine," said the constable, which
meant that the victim was a boy
Then the sentence vas pronounced
and generally 1t was this;
go bow to the wi1tiest, kneel to