THE JUKES 9 



no home, no nest, no coop, preferring to fly into 

 the trees and roost away from the places where 

 they belong. The word has also come to mean 

 people who are too indolent and lazy to stand up 

 or sit up, but sprawl out anywhere. "The Jukes" 

 are a family that did not make good homes, did 

 not provide themselves with comforts, did not 

 work steadily. They are like hens that fly into 

 the trees to roost. 



The father of "The Jukes" Mr. Dugdale styled 

 "Max." He was born about 1720 of Dutch stock. 

 Had he remained with his home folk in the town 

 and been educated, and thrifty like the rest of the 

 boys, he might have given the world a very dif- 

 ferent kind of family from "The Jukes." 



Max was a jolly good fellow and not very bad. 

 He was popular and he could tell a good story that 

 made everybody laugh. Of course he was vulgar, 

 such jolly good fellows are usually vulgar. He 

 would not go to school, because he did not like 

 it. He would not stay in evenings, for he did not 

 like that. He did not enjoy being talked to, but 

 always wanted to talk himself, and to talk to boys 

 who would laugh at his yarns. He would not 

 work for he did not like it. He wanted to go 

 fishing, hunting, and trapping ; so he left home 

 early and took to the woods. 



Max liked nature. He thought he was lots bet- 

 ter than town people because he knew more about 

 nature. He found a lovely spot on the border of 

 a beautiful lake in New York State, where the 



