The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-11-06

c5ltin money lie wa Il bald no more,
but had head o. hair th't kivered his
bare conlI like an old hen lkiverin' her
eggs.
"'Thar's the hair v been so durn
anxious aboutr says Jerry. Now,
wen n var Goin' ter come down n
help me run that air clearin' o mine?
says he.
$50 Pru she give in n sot the day
fer her N Jerry to git hitchcd. N the
news q JcrTys hair fetched folks FIN
all over the dcestric' t. see it. n If
Jerry had run fer Office list then he
KID ben elected to anything.
Now, Jerry had a sister. Sally, m
he were her guardeen. She had sot
her feelin's on young Sam Stovcr. n
him N Sally wanted to git married
the wust kind But Jerry he didn't
want Sally to marry Sam. N pat 4
veto on the hull business fm the start.
The ideer says Jerry. wat kin
Sam Slower do but tame crows ~
coons, n bar n setch?' says he. An
he a-wantin' to marry Sally says he.
Young Sam didn't do much else but
tame crows N setch, that's SD. but he
picked up a good many dollars at il,
N his pop had a sawmill. n sam were
giner'ly thort to bc all right, N SO he
was. But Jerry had other idccs for his
sister. N he nipped sam right in the
bud.
'.Wull. the day th't Jerry N Prudence
Petty was goin' ter be hitchcd kim
round, n Jerry started for Bilcr's.
Sally had gone up to help with the fix
ms the day afore. Ez Jerry were
passin' by his bucllwhit field he see
th't two o Jed Cronc's pigs had broke
rootiu' away in the buclwhit- Th't
wouldn't do, o. course. N Jerry hur-
ried over n druv the pigs out Then
he see th't he'd hef to fix up the fence
er they'd be right in ag'in, n he sot TO
work to do it 1t We're a warm day,
N Jerry took off his coat n his vest
n his hair n laid 'em in a fence cor
ner vile he done the work. 1t didn't
take him long, n he were kind o.
restin' n coolin' off a little fore he
put his things on ag'in TO start fer Pet
tvs Vile he Were a moppin' his head
n his face with his handkerchief,
couple o. crows kim sailin' down outen
the WOOSs-affen the hill N lit on the
fence nigh whar j Jerry-- lair 1yara law
in, n begun clatterin' n ca...-,
n a jawin'. Jerry didn't think nothin'
o the crows Ii II one of 'em jumped on
the gro und n begun 10 make little
'zamination % the IL. Then Jerry
got kinder skeert N started 10 chase
the crow away. The crow, seein' Jer-
ry maxim fer it, knowed at once that
the hair was his'n, n want to be
fooled with, so o course the crow, fol-
lerin' out its narur, picked IL up, n
t'other crow grabbe d holt of it too, n
away off in the woods they sailed with
.l,. h..i, h had htA
Prudence.
Now. all the time Jerry were work
in away fixin' up his fences agin the
pigs. sam Stover, were sittin' on the
fence over home thinllin' about Jerry's
weddin' th't were to come OF that arter-
noon, an cussin' Jerry fer standin'
'tysixt him and Sally Vile he We're
cussin To hissclf. a couple o crows th't
he had tanned kim sailin' along an lit
in the yard right in front Of him.
WAT under the canopy has them
crows hooked on to now? said Sam
rittin' down often the fence an walk
iu' over to whar the crows was jawIn'
! over sumpin' they had brung in by the
dancin' ghost q Of Kentucky! hollered
Sam, stoopin' down an tal<in' il away
from the crows If they ,hain't COB
bled Jerry Billhinger's hair I'm a tea
| pot"
"An' sam danced an yelled like q
| crazy man, n then went an hid the
hair in the barn. He hadn't more than
done it wen Jerry kim a putin an
BLOWN outen the woods
- Them durn thievin' crows o your'n
has snatched me bald-headcd ag'inn he
hollcred. Cit me my hair, durn
We. or tha wun't be no weddin' at Pet
tvs this AFTERNOON"
'Wun't Pru marry v unless v sh ow
up with yer hair on?' says Sam.
=" No more'n she'd marry n slzeer-
crowr holiercd Jerry. 'Whar's my hair?'
THAT bein' the case, yer right,
jerry said Sam. 'Tha wun't be no
wcddin' at Petty's this afternoon says
he, unless An then Sam stopped
an looked at Jerry till the sweat rolled
| outen Jerry like peas
Unless what?' says Jerry, jumpin'
up an down, fer it were getting long
| to'ards time fer. the hitchin.
'.'Tha wun't be no weddin' at Pet
| tvs this afternoon says sam, unless
tha's two. says he
".rwo?" says Jerry. Who's t'other
| un?'
"'Me an Sallyr says Sam, GRIMM
4 Z
! bitches this afternoon says he, you
an Pru Petty don't" says he.
/ Jerry jumped an swore fer a min
ute or two, an then hollcred:
Gimme my hair, .consarn We, an
| come on said he.
''Sam got Jerry his hair out on the
barn, an went long of him to Petty's.
Wen Sam toll Sally th't tha We're
yointer be a double weddin,' an that
h,n an her were the doubler, Sally jis'
betered fer JOY.
How'd y ever bring Jerry over?'
says s,e
Nul,' says Sam, a-winkin, i got
him VIVA the hair were shortr says he.
An thcv had the double weddin,' an
1 never heed th't anybody were sorry
fer II, neithei--Ed Mott, in n. Y. Sun.