Identifier: saturdayeveningp1933unse (find matches)
Title: The Saturday evening post
Year: 1839 (1830s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Graham
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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, says his ma. That line is old, ma, says Elmer. It went out withthe last Friday evening entertainment on the Ark! The truth may be out of fashion, son, says the oldlady, but it aint lost its value yet. Elmers pa was a hick for fair. Ill tell you, dear, I nevergot no impression of that man other than a pair of dirtyblue overalls and a kind of depressing silence like he hopedto die soon but expected it would maybe turn out as big adisappointment as living had. He never opened his mouthexcept for two reasons: to park a piece of pie or giveElmer a call for not staying on the farm. I cant get help, he says, and its your duty tostay here. Aw, can it, pop, says Elmer. Duty is a dull word. When I was a boy, says the old gent, I worked forfour dollars a week and my keep and got up at four-thirtyevery mornin. Say listen, Mabel, the old gimick actually seemed tothink that was a virtue and, what is further, he acted likeit was reason enough for Elmer making a repeat on it.(Continued on Page 117)
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