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Show I e iTitTiil WW J "with- , II ; , , k .. fiM Brother Bill. My llrothcr 1)111 lie known It nil! IIo's too rlp-nnortln' einnrtl lto' one of theKc htro Jotmnlo W'lso Hint ,,, overdoes IiIb part, lllll soz I never know th' wny to do a thins Up brown; Hut Hill' the boy 'at knows It nll-th' wisest "biiB" In town. nencver t siibkcrI u Bchomo t drown a gopher out. My Urothcr lull he knows THE way t' reach that Kophcr's snout I cnr,ry water frum tb' crick, whllo Bill hi Ims th' fun I Of pourln- It rlKht down th' liolo nn' seoln" of him run When I advanced a plan t' poko that rabbit frum a log. Then lllll ,p pushed me right away and t t whistled fer th' doRl ' 11 ,onrn' 'rum th' holo, right In . ""I nrms ker-plunkl 1,1,1 ''eked mo when I smclled ot hlm-forh j had ketched a skunkl ."!' boys 18 vls'un '"o 1 nm Big Chief Lo, Hill cums an' crowds mc oft my stump then he's tho hull darned ahowl Last summer when 1 found th' boos a-swarmln' a-swarmln' in our lot; '1 knew It all th' time," sex Bill; "jett sco tho stlne 1 cot!" An' when Cy Bingham's dog he cum an' e' P our buck sheep, My brother dreamed tho hull thine out tha nlBlit afore, asleep! So 1 Jest plnnncd a 'ipcrlmcnt. 1 rushod In with a laugh An' yelled, "Our brlndle cow, 'Old Spot,' has got a brand new calf!" I knowed it llrst," sez Brother Bill. "Last night 1 liecnl her bawll" An' then I danced anil liol!rcd: "8ho ain't gof no calf n-tall!" Twas ylsterday I went f fish where 1 knows plck'rels Is, I'd Jest spit on my bait and cast, a gettln' down t' biz, , When Brother 1)111 ho cum along an sez: "You don't fish rlghtl" An' took Hi' polo nWay frum mo Jlst when I got a bite! Jut, gee, th' fish unhooked hlssclf, an' Bill ho said a word rhct If my ma hnd heard him say, ho'd wlsht sho hadn't heard! An' Bill ho llshed llko everything he Jest tried hnrd nn' llslied Then threw tho polo down on th' bank and sez: "Well, I'll bo swished!" n' right then when 1 picked It up I felt a awful pull Dy jlm-l-neo! I'm tellin' you I Jest had both hands full! Ho flopped nnd dovo an Jumped like time, n-whlppln' things t' fonm I fell In but I Inndcd him an' hlporedoff fer homo) 3ee whlzl ho weighed eighteen pounds on mother's butter scales, An' she said: "Goodness gracious me, th' next things will bo whales!" Sez mil: "Oh, l'vo caught bigger flshl" an' "Ho Just mado you climb; That's why I tossed tlio polo t' youl" IIE KNEW IT ALL TH' TIMEI Ode Spring Is tha tldng To mnko ono slntr. See! 'TIs tho bco On busy wlngl Dreczo In tho trees (O-tlieo! 1 sncczel) Bird 1 havo heard Sing ecstaclcsl Ulue Is the huo Tho sky Is, tool Mud In a flood (O chcol ke-chcwl) ltntn On tho pane, Heats down llko Calnl llrook, It has snook To lowland plnlnl Hills And some bills For springtime ills; Worso Is my purso For doctor bills! Bosh! Hear it swash! Kc-soosh, ko-sosh! Slop In tho crop In spring, by tosh! A Benson for It. In a lucid moment one ot the la-mates la-mates of an insane asylum sat on the I Bunltarlum wall and rubbered at s I lono fisherman angling In tho creek "Fishing?" queried tho lunatic. I "Yea," good nnturcdly. I "Caught anything?" "No." 1 "Had a bite?" "No." "How long have you been Ashing?" "Oh, about six hours!" yawning. "Say," screeched tho man with the bug, waving his nrms wildly. "You come on In here!" Then ho got 'em again and fell off tho wall Into a raspberry bush. A comforting thought In connection with the coal Btrlke Is that wo don't burn coal In our hearts to keep ther warm, anyhow. Everybody cheer u& |
