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Show HAD A SUFFICIENT BURDEN Son Saw Little Probability of Father Taking on a Duty That He Could Sidestep. Down in the southwestern section of Texas a gentleman by the name of Patten was running for the state senate. sen-ate. His partner, being very much interested in-terested in the election, took an active part in the campaign. One day he met a young man from the forks of the .creek' and after inquiring about his father, mother and the rest of the family, discussing the weather, crops, stocks and things in general, said: "Well, Bill, is the old man going to support Mr. Patten this fall?" The young rustic scratched his head and after some little hesitation replied. re-plied. "Well, I don't know, sir, .but I think not, sir; you see' he's having a darn hard time supporting himself, sir!" Mack's National Monthly. |