Mother's Doughnuts

1 vr [eit liln down Ier Thompson's, boys, N raalin' kind o' blue, I ilinimlit l'd look I ii at "The Ranch," Ter liml mil hut in new, V)ien I m-'mi t h is glgn a h.uigln ' i a a slmn ly liy the loke : "Hera'a wlmr ver net yer doaghnuls Like yer mother uaed terniuke.'1 I'vc seen n jjrlzzly show hls téeth. l'veseen Kentucky lete Draw out lus shooter 'n' advise A ' ¦U'iulTfoii"liT (rent, nut uut hln' ever tuk me down, 'N' mmle my hender slinke, l.ii.i' t hal slgn ah. mi the iliuii;htiu;s Like 1 1 1 - mother usetl ter tnake. A lol t i)f mist Bliut out the ninch, N staodlng t liar lustend I een vu M white farm-house Wüh ltsdoortinll palnted red. A wli 1 il' cumo llirougli the open door- Wu. I sluepln' r uwake ? The enicll wal ihnt i( ilouKlinnts Ijlke tuy mother used ter niake. The bees wuz hummln' round the porch Wlmr honcysucklea grew ; A yellow illsh if apple snss Wuz slttln' thar In view; N on the table by thetttove An old'tlme-Johuny-enka, v a platter tul i of doughnuls Llke niy mother used ter make. A patiënt forin I seemed ter see, In tldy dress of black, I iilnioHi thought I hcard the words, "Wben wlll my kp; tome hack?" " theu the tll kiiíii ereuked . But DO It wu. the boei who Kpake, "I [ere'l wlmr yer Kets yer doughnuts I.ike yer mulher used ter make." Wel!, boya, (bat kind o' hroke me up, "." n Tve "Mtmek pay ravel," 1 rmtber thlnk ril pack ray kit, Vamoee the ranch 'u' travol. I'll make the M [nks juhiiant 'N, el 1 dun t mixtake. I'll Iry sonie o' thern doushnnls I.ike my mother used ter inuke. - A7 nnnidn i-i.:_