Show few S snaps n a p 8 9 9 i in s n life L i f e 61 1 I wish I 1 could sell my farm said he As ho he stretched himself neath an ail elm tree to let the tho horski panting from heat lire ithe for a while in this cool retreat its too bard work and theres there s too mu much to do and I 1 work work work works et nevar am through theres merchant Drown what a snap haa has he ile these long hot days from caro care he la in free he ile rises at elx six and goes to the st store ore and there rends reads tho morning papers oer no tiresome chores when the day Is spent A merchants life Is but content and merchant erchant Al brown ns as he went yent to tho the storo took down lown his bli ledger and looked it oer and turning to billy pilly Blow Slow pays amount lie ile carefully added ridded to the whole account an en eon fifty he be eald said and marked it U pa paid cor for billy was and jim and promising joe and a dozen others ho he put in a row and said to himself what a chump been to let these ip lloye ever ret get ini and what would I 1 give to leave today to day and hie to tho the farm for a permanent etayl then he thought of the tine fruit on tho thi 3 apple tree tho the peaches ni 0 plums that used to be the melon melons and aud the tho garden green the wild shaped down in tho and the stapes thick IA sweet cream crean that he use used d to skim to oat eat with tho berries they kavc 1 for him and hie his head bent low on his weary eary arm As he sighed for tho daya days on the good old farm yes wished ha was there for the thoughts that stirred brought forth only blowert and songs of bird and sunshiny daymone day sone long sweet rest res t for lilor the farmers life of all was blest how strange it all is and yet can it be our road la is all rock and the others freo aco Is life to the cheerful just what it ma may icem or Is the big snap that wo eco see but a dream 1 ed fd bair in tho implement dealers Dc alera bulletin |