| Show I 1 ak K g g 7 I 1 M MM i T 1 ai N L pe g nav z 5 aj i t lra 1 ar az 5 1 I 1 I 1 i M R 0 I 1 9 C 22 z 1 L 7 11 1 k AJ A tt 1 J burn trio AND apin DINCI I 1 dehate pur etui taunts fallings cut alit and ar ailments gil ments and such and then we make it up again 41 they dont amount to much I 1 but on one auble ct anyhow azzy bow were jal all of the same mind indi we W an all of 03 dont want to tu turn rn and all do want to grind heard about a grindstone of AL a laborsaving labor saving kind it only takes one person to turn tam it and to grind you work a treadle with your y 0 ur toot foot the same as mother sews and a fellow dont mind turning when hes grinding I 1 suppose but ours is not that kind of one it aint that were asleep rat but moneys scarce and hard bard to set get and elbow grease la Is cheap where abere theres halt half a dozen elbows that are half the time in sight though mother puts on patches I 1 reckon every night boys father said eaid the other day one thing youve got to learn we cant all do the grinding for somebody must turn of course id like you all to be as smart as folks are made but it very likely that you will be im afraid aad and theres very few so stupid that they really earn themselves an honest living it if just agree to turn by all means try for grinding but own it if you find that you can do the turning but aint smart enough to grind when father talks he says it he likes to do things out I 1 see him smiling sometimes at the things he thinks about when he comes in from the plow field he dont tell you how he aches he tells you something queer hes seen of birds or beasts or snakes its only in the winters we have time to go to school but we dig at it I 1 tell you and I 1 hope im not a fool and the thing we talk the most about the thing we hope to do in arace race free to every one is what im coming to well keep our eyes wide open it if were only fit to turn well look for the best way there is and the one well learn but think how mother and father d feel if they should one day find that every single son they had was smart enough to grind margaret |
