The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
ROBERT SIMPSON
WRITES STORY
.I,, VI 'AVAiUN
Narrates Events That
Occur In Every
I:: Day Life.
CBy ROBERT s. SIMPSON,


-liGT Ro''iyn. Va
Monday-went up to the field by
the store today. and all of US boys
decided to make a baseball team.
skinny said we ought to have a cap
tain, so they elected me. and after
that when I'D told 'em what good
choice they'd made. Skinny said he
could pitch. They all groaned an
-isoney said he might git his sister
to do It..
Ben Arney said 1t was too to play.
han. He always was lazy cuss- so
we let him alone. / got 'em started
somehow, and the fifteen cent ball
,we-bought at the corner. had n un-
can-uncan-oh, IL had a foolish
way Of runnin' up your arm and
bbttin' into your chin. Skinny and
ME. pitcher and catcher. was the
on9S ones who could see the ball
long enough to catch it We all had
a powerful swing with the grub-hoe
sksrdle. but there wasn't many that
could hit It Once Boney knocked 1t
7oVef Dunk Skeeters we field and
Hank Chowder tore his pants on the
Tafbwire fence trying it get 1t. but
II didn't hurt him much.
Tuesday-We didn't feel much like
playing ball today. so We put 1t on
I'll tomorrow. Skinny says he's
gofn' to git a game, but I said We
needed more practise, so did Pappy
Hooch, the old man who sits close
TO the stove at the store on real hot
days.
We chased a pig for the Widow
DARBY, and had to run a hour
Nnfghter been a half hour-'fore we
caught IL. As usual, was tn goat.
I caught the pigs back legs, an al
most had i'm fixed, when the crowd
came a-runnin' up and got i'm ex-
eited an all up in the air. Least
whys, he was all up in the air 'cept
HIS Back feet: / held onto those. He
heean squealin' and up an bit me.
Skinny, pullin' up bout that time,
saadthe pig should have more broth
erIy love But didn't see the joke.
wednesday-I got through hoein
th', corn and just started on tn
'tatoes when Hank and Skinny came
down tn road an asst me to &C
swfmmin'. 1t was mighty hot and
was gittin' sunburned even under
my big hat ma got me at some big
mail order house, but pa would
make me work after dinner II
didn't get through, so I went on
an had to listen to them lyin' G
mean sittin') an talkin' under tn
big tree by the garden.
We got started soon, though, an
We walked. an then walked som
mo . When we got down there 4
our hole, there were some girls il
a-vadin'. We supposed IL was
part Of women's Rights, so we left
an beat 81 Comstock two outer nv
games o'horse-shoe THROWN.
Thursday Somebody broke int
Pappy Hooche's cellar last night. ar
stole q pile o. cider. zinc, raisin:
yeast and sugar. Pappy said he ha
all of II left over since the foo
shortage. We had a coupla year
age Pa says Il looks to him tina
II was pot there since prohibition.
We practfsed ball today, an hat
% get q new nfteen-cent one at tn
sorner. We did better an only on
Of us got . black eye an two go
hit on tn knee an had to stretcl
cot awhile. Skinny's gonna git
game for Saturday.
Frtday-Tvo men came through
Prater sville today in a wagon. call
in out somethin'. I thought the.
were sayin' rag man." so I ran ou
an told 'em I had some papers an
rags
-a'For vhat7- one of 'em asts.
Fer to SELL" says.
See here. young feller, you can
poke no fun at me-" he bellows, ar
made at me with his horse whip.
didn't see what the matter was bu
when he came at me. didn't Sc
much use in hangin' around al
arguin', so I beat it learned late
from Boney that he was a fish mar
II varn't my fault. anyhow. that
zade any comparison between m
seIlin' my papers an rags an
selling his fish. cause he ought {
speak so . body could understan
hiny.
Saturday This evenin' a tea,
came over from Clark's Crossir
We got Mr.. Hun to umpire, an
when we tossed up a quarter to sc
who'd get first up, that dunn couI
tryman on the other side grabbe
II, an we had to. toss up over agai
We got last ups
GOSH but you oughter seen theI
jakes swing. They shore did loc