Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-05

"as 'It' warm Weunesday ana Jake
Conner began topersnirA-Hs manned of
the top of his lesd for a while, and vicious
ly pulled back he lcck Of hair that he trains
over hit bald la:e, md famed himself with
bis bandana' He was recording a deed. Not
an ordinary lgal instrument, but q deed Of
trust In whicta misguided farmer was sell
Ing himself, hi wifi. and children at fifteen
per cent. Evevboiy knows that farming
wont pay ten yer cent. on even half the
capital engagedn il, or any other business
just now for tina mater, but still poor mis-
led creatures wigol In debt. These thoughts
passed rapidly though Jake's head, and as
his compositions heart dwelt upon the
many poor fellow whose deeds he had re-
corded only to he them read by the trustee
on the front steL he got ot-ho In the
collar. He pulle' of his white choker,
jsrked his limp cokr from his neck, and II
be had moi been e%ligiously reared would
have sworn, as he mashed them on the desk.
"Phew! Its hottie said, and between his
pufts atthe heat .hevould write a few words
OF the record. Indeed he was engaged on
was q peculiar ono, 8 many are peculiar. 1t
had the beneficiary name where the trus-
tees belonged, and he parties of the first
and second parts wei so badly mixed that
even q Lexington layer, and they have
long since passed tn Philadelphia bar in
shrewdness, would haze been puzzled. The
more Jake wrote the hotter he got. He
stopped writing and tied to sing "Sweet
Little Buttercup, l." ht the sweat in his
eyes blinded him and hegave up In despair.
and pulled of his suspeuers and hung them
on = nail. Boldly he reewed his task, and
faithfully he prOsecutedit, until as he put
his loot to the floor he hard the stump of his
wet socks, when he stopped and kicked of
his shoes, and they carrhd the socks with
them. Again he went to work and line al
ter line went down upon he book, with oc-
c%asional respites to swab his heated brow,
when he came to the nine OF Whoopem.
sltcket IN the deed. 'Whoopemslickst,
Whoopemslicket, where have l seen that
name!" and he cudgslledhis brain till he re.
membered. ''Oh yes, he must be a cousin
to the republican candidate for l%ieut-gover
nor In Ohio" BY this lime Jake was SC
fearfully warm that his u1buttoned unmen.
tionablss were allowed I. slip to the floor,
and there he stood in SIMMER dishabilIe
clothes tight as natures covering to hi
flesh, the graceful contour of his person II
bold relief. and he drew a long sigh of com
fort ut the change. About that time a voic,
was heard at the courtroom door-a fsmal
voice-snd the 1.-the form Of the recorde
was seen to skip gracefully aud quickly l.
= corner, and disappear behind a big box
The ladies' came In, Of cOurse-a woman al
ways does what you are not looking for he
to do-and Jake, crowded down In the col
ner, with not a breath of air, got hot-re,
hot. The ladies', two OF them, seate
themselves, and the eldest, who had
grievance, recited to her polite listener
Captain -,who was In no hurry to hav
her go, every incident Of her life since sh
was u baby. How good she had always bee
to John Henry and how bad John Henry ha
always been to her. The longer she stat
the hotter Jake got, and she staid a lonl
long time. Finally, when she did leave, th
captain who occupIes the office with hin
seeing that he liz not emerge from his hid
ing place, went In search of him, and fouu
that he had tainted, and that q small lake c
humidity surrounded his person on the tlool
Ice was Immediately brought into requis
ton and his valuable life was saved. Whe
asked about 1t since he either denies th
whole story or asserts that be was su
struck. lie swears, however, no matte
what the thermometer may say, that it WI
the hottest day Lexington ever saw.