The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-10-23
JrM SELLS HIS FATHER A BAY MARE

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"I've come all the way in from HON,
to sit little law" said n man with
horsewhip under his arm, blue overall
in his boots, and 4 gray, stubby beart
on his face, as he entered the Aller
House rcading-room lately, where ;
number of the boys were talking politics
"Mebbe some o. you fellers kin give m,
the correct thing without me dickerin
with lawyer"
The speaker was well-known farmer
of the southern part of the county. He
and his son Jim noted for their sharp
ness at a bargain and a readiness to trad,
horses, cows, wagons, farms, or anything
that belongs to them, at any andall time
q customer may present himself jim
lives on a farm mile from the old mans
"Yesee, boys, continued the speaker,
"my boy Jim had bay marc that he
traded yearlin' bull and 4 cross.tooth
harrow fur. She was good critter an
no mistake. l wanted that mare the
wus, kind, an made Jim heapo' good
offers fur her, he wouldn't bite. Las,
Wednesday he come to my house kind
o. careless like, and sot down on the
front stoop. was chopin kindlin'
wood for mornin' Jim sot there look
in up an down the road whistlin' the
Sweet By-and-By' kind o. to hisself.-
When l carried in my kindlin' sot
down on the stoop by him.
"'Jim,' | seq, you better let your old
father have that bay mare seq |.
"lim had just started the second
verse o the Sweet By-an'- By, but he
whistled her all the way through aiore
he answered me.
al ben thinkin' o. lcttin' you have
the mare, pap SCI he, 'seein's YOU
got yer heart sot on her so, seq he,
'pervidin' We kin git up a dicker,' seq
he.
'lim had been goin' to camp-mcetin'
poorly steady for a week back, and |
heerd he was gettin' serious. He hadn't
been whistlin' nothin' but hymn tsnes
for two or three days, an when he come
round so nice on the mare question,
made up my mind that me an the old
woman would see him jinin' the mourn
ers fore long.
'Jim,' | seq, Il kin stand eighty dol
lear fur the mare seq |.
"Jim looked up the road and hummed
4 verse of Come We sinners, poor an
needy Then he seq;
"Pap,' ser he, Il know l orter to let
YOU have that more fur them figures,
seq he, but you know I've refused double
that for her, seq he. An so he had,
boys. sure.
"'Jim,' seq |, again, Il think could
raise the eighty about twenty more,
maxim hundred ser 4; but that's
all | kin do. Remember, Jim,' seq /.
shat I'm yer father, an I'm Citing
old, an my hearts sot on that mare,
ser I.
plunged in a gulf o dark despair,
hummed Jim, lookin' plumb up to the
sky. Igucss he got away with two verses
afore he said anything to me, an | didn't
INTERRUPT, his singin'. Then he seq:
"'pap.' sez he, IN tell You what
I'll do. Give me hundred dollars,
seq he, AN throw in them two Berkshire
pigs. an the mare is yourn, ser he.
lest 81 she is.
"a bargain ser |. The pigs is
yoarn, an I'll be down arter the mare
Tomorrow ser |.
al counted out the hundred an give
it to him. He druv the pigs home with
him. They was worth fifteen dollars
apiece. easy. loould hear Jim whistlin'
Hold the Fort till he got half a mile
away.
".yemima,' sez to the old woman,
.Jemina, ser I, Il never thought Jim
d git pious, did you. But I've got the
bay mare seq I AN what the old boy
Jim was thinkin' of | can't see. SEES
wuth two hundred an fifty any ia. n
the week. ser !.
"well. next mornin' early went
down to Jim's to git the mare. Jim had
gone to town. seed his wife.
"'l'vc bough, the bay mare, Nancy
sea.
"'Yes, know you have, ser Nancy,
GRIMM all over her face.
sWhere is she?' seq.
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Nancy, GRIMM NORM ever.
al thought il was funny that the mare
should be down in the stone lot, but
went down to find her. Boys, | found
her. She was layin' behind big stone
heap, deader' n door-nail. Invent hack
to the house.
"'why, Nancy serl, 'the bay mares
dead.'
40, yes ser Nancy, laughin' as il
she'd split. she died yesterday morn.
in with the collie ser she.
sBoys, for a minute I was mad
Then come to and sez to myself, I'll
be glued If don't git the mares shoes,
anyhow ser I. So went back to the
stone lot to draw her shoes of. Boys,
I'll divide my farm up between We il
Jim hadn't drawed them shoes hisself,
an the mares feet was rs bare as when
she was born.
Snow, l amt no ways mad At Jim,
boys, for il was fair an square dicker,
an il shows there's stuff in him; only
he mought left the shoes on the marc.
What l want to know is, can't git back
ar the camp-meetin' folks some way for
damages ? II il hadn't bin for them
hymn tunes Jim larnt at the meetin's
I'd bin lookin' out fur him. But they
throwed me way OF my guard. Theway
l look ut il is that the camp-meetin'
society is responsible for me loSin' my
hundred dollars and two fifteen-dollar
pigs. Can't l git back at 'em for tres
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