Show THE RUINATION OF SAM BUD STORY OF A MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE LIVED HAPPILY IF HE HADN T HAD 80 MANY RELATIVES I 1 kin remember when th only feller that had a suit case auz some dude with two tro seta sets 0 seen ery that attended all th out o town dances now ever one you meet an all has a suit case an la Is coln some place er alst gittin back ever time I 1 read about some buddy returning return in home after a delightful two weeks visit er see a ole b bettered up pasteboard suit case I 1 think 0 sam bud a fate sam bud got married long before he begun t f shave an he never seemed able t find anything t do at home that aist suited him he was allua allus about accept in a position an when he d go way t accept it he d allus ailus come back an say A aw they didn dian t want t pay bothin he didn dian t want a job with wages er he didn dian t even want a situation he wanted a light position with a good salary knew what he wanted t do ter fer he couldn coulden t do kotbin his relatives got kind 0 tired 0 him after he too foo ed around eight er nine years an I 1 guess he noticed it ter fer one day he took his golden oak dresser an foul chairs a plaid husk mattress an a blue enamel bedstead up by th livery stable an sold em at auction an him an his wife lit out bothin auz heard 0 em ter fer nearly ten years hen one day pinky kerr found a ole city paper in a empty egg case th fust thing he read auz this while samuel bud a wealthy an prominent manufacturer auz crossin Wash luton ton street tuesday evenin he auz struck by a tourin car an taken t his home at north meridian street he auz not seriously injured sam bud wealthy manufacturer manufacture rl I 1 met think cs it an livin on th north side too that auz enough ter fer his kin folks so one evenin sam bud went home he found his herandy covered with relatives an th hall full 0 suit cases weeks went on an they kept comin an coln ever few days a new family group appeared sometimes it auz uncle jim an his f amila he d bring a 40 cent dressed hen an all stay two to weeks then aunt lide an th girls would come with a pound er two 0 pale butter an gay say now ellie don t you go t no trouble on our account th lord t snows we hain t used to muc then cousin bill would aist happen t be in th city an he d say now sam remember no dedoes I 1 kin eat anything you kin then sam sams s father would drop along with one side of his suit case full 0 early rose pert aters an th other side full 0 socks enough t run him a month he allus mixed business with pleasure an when he wasn gasn t out t th stock yards he d set on th herandy in his feet an watch th autos go by th relatives kept comin till sam had t sell his interest in th factory an go t bookkeeping book keepin then his big home went next an he rented a flat an had t put in boldin furniture an cots aver buddy from th ole oie town looked sam up an brought him hickory nuts an sorghum an an remained over one saturday he returned home after puffin a delegation 0 home folks on th interurban an tell fell int a easy chair an picked up th dally daily paper soon his wife who auz beelin some turnip turnips in th kitchen heard a muffled report rushin int th room she found sam kayin on th flior flor in his hand auz a clippie from th tb paper sayin the state grange will meet in this city next week abe martin in indianapolis news |