Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-25

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six hundred an seventy-five dol
lars" Simon Skrimp replied at the
same time rubbing his hands togeth-
er and smiling contentedly. 'Itwas
good price got, Liza, an | never
see hogs weigh up better than they
did. They brought at least a hun
bred dollars morn expected they
would. An then got their money
right off. struck it just right in
selling when did"
I'm glad you did, Slime"
''In cos we're all glad to do the
best we kin.
''Yes o. course. What yer goin
Ter do with Their money!
Il hain't fairly settled in my own
min yit, just what will do with it.
I'm sorter haltin' atwixt buyin' of
that rendered twenty acres of old
Mike Allen. and loanin' it to them
Herringtons. l kant well make up
my min as TO whether er Their two I'D
be ther best"
"You hain't no use for the timber
ed twenty, Slime, sein' es how you
have more la n now than is profita'
BILE an if you buy it, you'll jest have
that much more to pay taxes on fol
nothing"
''Yas, that's so. / hain't no par
tic'lar use for it, but its down CHEAP
at five hundred. an | dunno if il
would be er good speculation ter buy
it. But at the same time | kin lenC
theF money to Rob Harrington foI
ten per cents, an / suppose tina
mout be as good er thing es XII
do"
1T 'peres to me, Sine, like Isl
you've let them Herrington's hav,
enough money, already"
They owe me nigh Almost TIVE
thousand dollars, it's true. bu
what's the difference IS long es we get
the intrust?"
"But have you got the intrust??"
ono, Ihain' never got itin money
but get Their notes for it, an It'll
only be all the more when it's paid
and es we don't need it, hedn't it e
well be drawing of more intrust?
Eyes, / s'pose it had. But som
way / feel es if it hain't best to lie
that money out TO them spectators
You hain't got no kin O. security, e
kin see, 'ceptin' that one ov 'er
goes security for tother, and 'spos
they wuz ter bust up, then how
You get yer money from emp"
''Tain't no wise likely es they
burst up, s'long's they've got thou
sands O. acres of the fine lands i
ther country. Other peoples mout
willin' ter trust 'em and Tekon
needn't be scarf about loaning t
'em. Asides, ! don't see whut else
kin do with Their money, fer es We
say, Mikes twenty is something W
don't need, and I've pondered owe
the matter several days an kahn
figger out nothin' else that nd b
profitable ter invest in. We don
want any more stock"
mo, we don't want any NOR
stock, ner land, fer it keeps you o'the
boys a diegin' from mornin' I'll
night to keep up with whut we hav.
"Then whut am going ter do wit
ther money if don't loan it,"
For a moment Mrs. Shrimp wa
silent and she piled her needle wit
Dnwonted rapidity. A faint fus
came to her pale face, faded, car
furrowed cheeks. Then with timi,
halfscared air she came up and salt
"Sime, mightn't we buy the girls
pianer! You know the Aliens hay
one, an. our gals air jist crazy f
.pne, too. 1t looks like paying oil
lots OF money, but Eye been thinl
ing over it o'late, an it pears like
'ud only be Just right toards 'er
We've got as much as Allen or Smit
and can Just as we'll afford a plan
Ter our girls es they kin fer thern."
Yes, we could, but jes because A
len an Smith wants to go an was
money in ioolishness, it don't foil
that we have ter do it.
A pianer don't do work an it dor
draw no interest, an when thii
hahn t no Lroft, it's u clear waste
money ter buy it, an han't goi
ter throw erway money IN such
manner"
1.-The gals worked hard, Slime, a
denied themselves right along, an
teel MS it / orter do somethin' fer e.
Ii course, If we couldn't eford it,
wouldn't be right, bui we kin eford
pianer an never miss ihe money"
ayes, recken we could eford, if
was SO mind, but | low ye won