The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-02-21

One day had jag OF hay to get in; (;
and, as the boys were away, l thought
I'd have him load it. / pitchedit ON to
the wagon about where it ought to lie,
and looked tohim only to pack it down.
There turned out to be bigger load
than I had expected, and the higher it
got, the worse the shape of it, till final
ly, as l was starting it towards the barn,
off it rolled, and the old man with it,
head foremost.
''He struck a stone heap, and for a
moment thought he was killed. But
be jumped up and spoke for the first
time. .tPHJlow'a,' sayshe, finishing the
sentence he had begun four years before,
when he called for the horn to be passed
up to him. -yigGt 3ts4
81 couldn't have been much more as
tonished if one of the horses had spo-
ken. But saw al once that there was
an expression in lJedwort's face that
hadn't been there since his tumble in
the belfry; and | knew that, as his wits
had been knocked out Of him by one
blow on the head, so another blow had
knocked 'em in again. " - K
where's BobP says he, looking all
around. a2'.s.,1 g. a.ati'.. 80
E" Bob Z says /, not thinking at first
who he meant, %, Bob is dead, ,-he
has been dead these three years > %" p =
tFWithOut noticing nv reply. he ex-
claimed: Where did all that hay come
from? Where's the old meetin' -houseF
"Don't you knowF says l. Some
rogues set fire to it the night after you
got hurt, and burnt it up 'g
"He seemed then just beginning to
realize that something extraordinary
had happened. =
" STARK says he, whats the matter
with yea You're changed. vi
wYes,' says |, 4 wear my, beard
now, and Eve grown older Y ma
H'Dumbed if 'tafnt't odo..' says be,
STARK, what in thunders the matter
with meP n n it.r 4.
't"'You've had Westinghouse on the
brain for the past four years. says /,
that's what's the natter '' %
at was some time before / could
make him understand that he had been
out of his head, and that so long a time
had been blank to him. -
aThen he said, is this my farmP
"tDon't you know itl' saysL
@It looks more slicked up than ever
it used to, says he. - --17.c
" Yes, says l /; 'and you'll find ev-
erything else on the place slicked up in
about the same way -
Where's Davep says he. -
"Dave has gone to town to see about
selling the. WOOL .," .4 d IL
Where's Dan?
EDan's in college, He takes a great
notion to medicine; andwe're goingto
make doctor of him.. r .'', s,-. !,
"Whose house is that 2 says he, as
| was taking him home. ~
"SsNo wonder you don't know it, ;
saysI. 1T has been painted, and shin
gled, and had new blinds put on; the
gates and fences are all in prime condi-
ton; and that's a new barn we put up
a couple of years ago3na II N
"tWhere does the money come from,
to make all these improvements "a, \.
1qFt'It comes off the place.; says /.
'We haven't run in debt the first cent
for anything, but we've made the farm
more profitable than it ever was before. ;
".'That my house 2 he repeated won
deringly, as we approached it. 'What
sound is thatP 20
+" That's Lottie practising her lesson
on the piano
"'A pianer in my house!' he niutter-
ed. i can't stand thatn He listened.
1T sounds pooty, thought
eyes, it does sound pretty, and l
guess you'nlikeit. How does the place
"It looks pooty.' lie started.
What young lady is that
eIt was Lottie, who had left her mu-
Size and stood by the window. .,ae. .,2.
"My dahter ye don't say! Dumbed
if she amt a mighty nice gall
81" YES says l 'she takes after her
tnotherr fHI. Hr.n...'r.'r
~ gust then Susie, who heard talking,
ran to the door. an taa AZ ..-
q. "'Who's that aginP says Jedwort.
II told him. ir. 'raa unl
.f""Wal, ShsSa mighty nice-lookin'
gall ta i .5ya Z. .0... w.. gg !,
~" Yes says l, 'she takes after her
mother ''' .. y. i,.. FIX ''.
"Little Willie, now eight years old,
came out Of the d-shed with bow
nd-arrow in his hand, and stared like
an owl, hearing his father talk. l
~"'What boy is thatR' says Jedwort.
And when I told him, he muttered,
'He's an ugly-lookin's sbrat5 T5ySsyc
titles more like his father says ].
K aThe TRUTHS, Willie was suoh-a fine
boy the old man was afraid to praise
him, for fear Id say of him, as T d said
of the girls, thathe favored hismother.
eSusie ran back and gave the alarm;
and then out came mother, and Maria
with her baby in Der arms, for 1 for
got to tellyou that we had been mar
ried now nigh on to two years 81 i.
"Well, the women-foIks were as
much astonished as / had been when
Jedwort- first spoke, and 'asgood deal
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