Teamster Jim

" 8ldVeh!hísOry P&"Oa to te" ln a WethchldeníhtUO!18 tro a frownln' an' A" Ö srT DOddlnl '" Ume W6th AD' t-aytChreodUetí1eOfdr,CaplUI """' But SVM?' an' An' sometimos we ean't help talkin' of the . , ,;hln8 weometlmesdo. An ton"?fetm.eJt1'raC?.ldly SheU ltSd0 rm 'tt'knnannT le ""' 1 """ai ni S&Í.V'So"1'' n dnoed An' IterdBebnet5cr!dre4reít MaW'-l8 I mlnd how they ot up housekeepln' two w. yp8' Poor happy fooi, When Jim pniy stock was a heavy truck an' We"imrjJo;8eda„a.1?s?,scontentedi weth their AD' ecoem7e3n8;aa.r,baby 'Cme' M' tWlOe a Till the house was full of chlldren, weth their shoutln' an playin' an' squalls, An' Jim, he seemed to lltce lt. au' he spent all hls evenln's at home. He sald lt was full of muslc an' llght an' peace fr.m plt to dome. " Hejolned tlw cburcb.an' he nsed to pray ti . k ? 'I811' be ilePt frora slDThe stumblln'est prayln' - but hea(I and hearta uRed u bow when he'd begln. So they llved along ln that way, tho same f rom day to day, Wlth plenty or time for drlvln' work an' a llttle time for play, An' growln' around 'em thesweetest glrlsan' _,,, the llvelient, manllest boys, TUI the oíd grey heads of the tiro oíd folks was orowned wlth the homelleat Joya. En? Come lo my story t Well, that's all. They'rellvln'Just llke I sald, Onlytwoof tbe glrls is marrled, an' one of the boys Is dead, An, they're honest, an' decent, an' happy an' the very best Chrlstlans I know, Tnoujth I reckon ln brllliant oomp'ny they'd be a leetle Blow. Oh, you're pressed for time- excuse yont Sure, I'm sorry I kept yon so lougQood-by. Now he looked klnd o' bored like an' I rokon that I was wrong! To teil such a commonplace story ortwosuch commonplace Uves, But we can't all get drunk an' gamble an' flght, an' run off wlth other men's wlves.