penetrate the Deep Woods, where the Foot of Man had
never Trod and the Black Bass came to the Surface and begged to be
taken out.

On June 15th he and Wifey packed up and did the annual Hike up to
Uncle Foster's Place in Brown County, where they ate with the Hired
Hand and had Greens three times a Day. There were no Screens on the
Windows, but by climbing a Hill they could get a lovely View of the
Pike that ran over to the County Seat.

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MORAL: If Summer came in the Spring there would be a lot of Travel.

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_THE EXPERIMENTAL COUPLE AND THE THREE OFF-SHOOTS_

A man and Wife had three Sons. The first, named Abraham Lincoln
Tibbetts, was born in 1862. His name was promptly abbreviated to Link.

The second, who arrived in 1872, was christened Ulysses Simpson Grant
Tibbetts. This was too long, so people called him Chub.

The third was of the Vintage of 1882 and his name went into the
Register as Chester A. Arthur Tibbetts, but, in the interest of
Euphony he was dubbed Art, because Art is Long.

The Tibbetts Family lived in the City, and Link, the first-born,
enjoyed all the Advantages of Life in an Apartment Building. He went
to a Graded School and picked up so much Knowledge that at the age of
12 he could set his Parents down in front of him and tell them Things
they did not know. At 14 he was so far along that he knew how to lie
in Bed and have his Mother bring his Breakfast up to him. He went to
Dancing School and learned to play all the "Pinafore" music on the
Upright Agony Box. Sometimes he chided Mr. and Mrs. Tibbetts for not
having as much Money as many of the People he met at Dancing Parties.
He had about as much Application as a used-up Porous Plaster, and
he worried more about his Complexion than he did about his Business
Prospects.

Mr. Tibbetts gave him a Desk at the Office and called him Assistant
Something. His Duties consisted of looking at the Clock and writing
Notes to the Gazelles he had met the Night before. If he had been set
out on the Pavement and told to Root for himself, it would have broken
him of the habit of Eating.

Link was whatever they called a Lobster in 1880. Mr. Tibbetts
realized that City Life had an enervating Effect on Boys and made them
Superficial and Wise in their own Conceit.

[Illustration: _Link._]

Chub was 8 years old and had not yet succumbed to the Matinee Habit,
so his Pare