Andrews High School - Andronian Yearbook (Andrews, IN)

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I say, my dear Matilda. will you-I mean won't you-well, what I meant to say was that you're all alone and I'm all alone so we might just as well-that is, I figured u'e'd both be better off-Oh. shucksl I mean to say it's time for me to be leaving! Poor Widower Parsons, with a very red face, seized his Panama hat in confusion and retreated out of the back door without another word, noi' has he ever returned. for he can still see Matilda rock hack and forth with laughter to this very day. Short Notice XVhen Widow Perkins saw Widower Parsons coming down the road she looked mad as a hornet. and stepped to the back door, As she opened it she encountered Iilrs. Pickett, a neighbor woman, on the step in the act of knocking. Oh. my! You scared mel exclaimed Mrs. Pickett, I didn't hear you coming to the door. Knock, knock, knock, came from the front of the house. Oh, you're getting company, I'll het. I must run hack home. said Mrs. Pickett. No. it's nobody but Mr, Parsons. the widower, who is collector for the meat market down town: I told that man down there at the shop that I would pay him Saturday. Come on in and maybe he won't ask for the money now. Good morning. Mrs. IR-rkins, said thi- Widower Parsons. as the widow opened the door. Looks to me like you could tind a better niornin,Q than this, grutfly commented the widow, for the day was a dreary and misty one. Hut, anyway, didn't I tell that man I wouldn't pay him 'till Saturday? But, my dear Mrs. Perkins. I come as a messenger, not a collector. I hate that job myself, but then a person has to live. And what is the inf-ssagc? asked the good widow, her anger disappearing at once If you please, I would rather speak to you alone as your lawyer gave me orders to do so: he was called away by the sickness of his aged mother, who is seriously ill. said widower Parsons. Well, of all the nerve, exclaimed Mrs, Pickett, once she was out of doors and hearing distance. Fifteen minutes later. widower Parsons left the widow's house, with a much lighter step. That fellow sure has nerve, said Mrs. Pickett, on returning to the widows house. But he would have had no right to talk about the business he was on before someone else, said the widow. It was apparent that she was happier than usual and a little absent minded. I don't care, it was mean of him. Look here, whats the matter with you, one of your best dishes broken into althousand pieces, said Mrs. Pickett. XVell, that hill collector and I are going to get married to-morrow, smilingly cou- tided the widow. Hm'm, thought he came to see you on business, said Mrs. Pickett. Well, it came after the business and as we have been together quite often, I df.n't see that it's a sin. Ralph Cramer. Ffwly-Y'l1r'f'1'

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The Diary of a Small Boy April 29--It's Monday again. Ylastorllay wuz an awful trial. But gee, I'm glad school is out in a way: still I'll almost as soon bl- in sl'hool for I'vp had to hola garlic-11 'most l-vlerv day. I llbil-ipfl mom to lot me go swimmin' hut sho sed tht- water ud hl: too cold. Q11-'l-' whiz a flaller has to git Folllf-' joy outa litla an' I tlon't think I do. It's plenty warm 'nougli out hoein gardvn. I'll lm--t I'll go swimmin' some day soon April 30-Mallla yJ,2ll'tl91l all mornin' and l-loaned yard awhile this afternoon. Toni Brown an' Bill Smith an' Tl-lilly Williams Ckllllf-' past while I wuz all-anin' yard Blld we lllat-ide-ll wlfll go swimmin' to-inorrow if wla hall to Sneak off. XYhic-h we will. And Jim, my kill hrotlil'-r, lwrd us talkin' an' sl-ll lil-'ll tlall mom of we llidn't take him along, Illlaglllv a kill like him a-swimmin'. I-Iawl Haw! I hoxc-rl his Pars for nihhin into other DPODl9'S business aiill mom made me- go to he-ll without my dl-se-rt but he llidn't te-ll on us. Hle's Sl'2lI'PIl of me. you just hot hr- is. If hl- had I'd of got even with him some-how. May 1-Aftvr I'll hoe-ll 2lWlllltl this morning I sl-ll to niom-,f:u+,-ss i'll walk over to 'l'om's awhile-. Git hal-k hy dinnl-r time-. .Iim walkl-ll llown to the- street with ml? an' sl-ll. l'in goin' along. I guess you wont, I se-ll rlaal quit-k. You'rf- too littll-, an' walkl-rl on. I-Io followl-ll nil- ElWllllt' Git homo, l sl-ll. I'll tell on you if you lltllltl take ml- I'll give- you a 1ll?ll'lllt1, a hlnl- onl- too.-I,lat llltl sae it, sl- sod. So I :ot rid of him. Tom sled lllllfl git thl- gan: togl-the-r an' wl-'ll go swimmin' this aftpr- iloon.-f-Wo went, Thi- water looked awful warm. I S011 to Teddy I new thl- watl-r wouldn'1 lil- l-old. I f,'Olllfl ot' told X011 that a long timl- ago. ht- sl-d. It was awful l-old but I sr-ll. it's not l-olll,-.Xltho tho l-hills was running up an' down mv suinlia- Toni sl-ll. no: his tl-l-th a l-hattl-rin: aiill lookin' kinda hiul- in lhl- l.lll'4', XX'l- llltl a finf lllllfl if it lialln't he-on so l-olll. Nlay Zi.-lint much to te-ll. I'm not ftltlllllg so good. having a t'l-arlwa ll9Hll2lt'llt' and soar throat. Any how I got out of hoe-ing garden tl-llay, I llon't no how I got it. IIOPIHK 21IFflf'll I 0Xll l'll H32 llt'+'1l kinda damp out lilfvly ot' l-vt-nings 'SIlPt'llllly. Mom put some- flannel around my Ilt'f li. it's awful stil'-ky an' hot. .lim Ilt'PliQfl his hlaad in tho door an' sled. I told you so-You dill not. I lil-1f,l.7XVt'll I nl-w it anyway. hl- sl-df Git out of hl-ro aiill whl-re you llttlflllg. It aint your llllSlllPSS an' if you llast tl-ll I'll liamnil-r you 'till you'rl- soft. I sl-ll, l'PHl llliltl. May 3-Foe-ling: he-ttor. Mom looklatl wise- klllll sl-d she expel-tell I hood too lllllfnll gardf-n an' lafflad. I wonder it' .lim told hl-r. lt' hl- has hl,-'ll bl-ttl-r watch out 'l'1lllSl-' I'm awful when I'ni mall. .Iini knows ity too. May 4 --Fe-eliii' all right only mom llltlllt' ml- keep tht- flannel on. Saw Tlalldy this afternoon. Ile- lookllll at thl- flannel an' sl-ll, 5'0ll'X'P hall it too, NVQ looked at l-al-li other and Qfllllltlll. lll- sl,-ll. do you suppose- swimmiu' caused that?-Good lllltl, no. Wo dill it all last Slllllllltll' an' it IIPYPI' made- us sivkf llo stall. llill's sick illlll so is Tom. .lust thl-n .lim Vlllllf' runnin' out aiill ll0ll+'l'Pfl as loiill as lil- Vtllllll that mom sl-d I should Ulllllf' in llllll ll-arn mv vl-rsl-s for Sunday svhool. So I wont in. I'ni glad Sunday lmly l-oml-s onl-l- a wl-l-k. May 5-We-nt to Sunday Sldllltll ol l'Olll'Htt. Nuthin' llllPl'ESllIl2 to toll. Ilarl to go to my t'uzin's in the ZlflUl'll0Ull. llall an awful lilllll. Ill-11-'S hopin' she tl0ll'I rain tobmorrow. Iluhy XYOIYF-l'l0l'l. l lltli'-Fl-ill'