Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18

boIt,. NOT ice. who stool By. noticed that
the uapef read, "and sgrcs- 60 lcase his
farg. .ituafe IN --- township, county of
uuilrr. state Of Pennsylvania. consisting
o, 10 acres, al a rental - five dollar 9cf
annun" instsad Of "hve dollars per acre
per nnnum."
Tin notlcoi the mistake.
Onick a. a dash he rcvolved the aiterna.
tive 81 losing The good will Of tho Raben.
Lol'sc,, or saving money on the one hand
with possibility, though no probability, ui
winning vrnnl; on the other clear money
saving II is5O Greed prevailed. As soon
ns tle lcass was approved 81 and siyufd
and the signatures verified by the squire
Dry Hole Tim folded the document, placed
Il III ~. breast pocket. brtioned the Goa,
AMI handed he astouishol farmer i've
dollar roll piece.
OH flaicnhotz WINS at first inclined "a
take Tins tender u the years rent ~ a
ioke. believing himsclf entitled TO tssi,
which doubles he WI. justified in expect.
lag But hlscluutcnancc assumed ahirhly
tmei comical aspect when the icaso i,as
produced again, which sustained Tins
action
The latter flung the gold piece on the
kitchen tabs and walked away whiftllug.
Joe wunirl 10 follow md knock him
down, lnt Nfnnl held his rrm.
What fuu Rabcnhohz had 10 any 10
Squire sghadhnurcr would make Interest.
ing reading BY ITSELF but Il has nothing to
do with tie story.
Six weeks passcd by. A tall derrick IN.
ei iis undghily wooden skeleton IN a
promising corner OF the liahcnholiz farm,
and Joe was dtllling the wei for tin.
The bic lAd gone 20 n depth o. eighteen
hudrCd feet and was expected mdmcnfafi.
~ 10 reach the sand. Tim rushed excited.
~ from tho engine room 10 the tanks. and
from the tanks 10 the drilling platform.
The tools hal To he hoistcd and a new steel
biz fastened to them. In cleaning the dan
hole ANAL particles Of whltlsh gray sand
werc brought 10 the surface. The sand
had been reached. Everybody was in q
high pitch u suspense Tho mcu scarce
dared talk with each Other above wills.
per, This Is one OF the porullaritics Of cx.
cltemrnt
The drill was lowered again. The lrrcg.
ular action Of tho engine betrayed TINT the
tool had ~ yet not reached bottom, aud IL
required Eono minuts- 10 adjust II proper
~. A few thumps and thu rope worked
up and down regularly. Joe touched the
damp hemp, attentiycly felt IT, peculiar
trembling. and declared that some hand
substance had bccn struck. The engineer.
m old oil man. came over. shook his head
dublourly and was willing To ict that 'slo
would Ia dry" Tins heart sank within
him and bis looks betrayed his feelings.
Joe was corrcspondingly pleased. Ills
pleasure was short lived, however, for NJ.
ter q little over an hours work the bic
sank again rapidly and evenly.
Avolume Of gns rashci upward, aud Tim
quickly threw away the cigar which he
had been chewing nsrvou-ly.
'She l. hllingr' yelled Joe. SUN enough.
Tim, who had jumped TO the rope at onc,.
could tell by peculiar vibration thereof
that the tool NJ H. lower cnd was working
Ia liquid. Whether II was salt water or
oil could not, Of course, 10 determined AZ
yet, hut the ever Increasing volume Of gn.
that rushed up tho drill hole made the lat.
ter more probable
Arudden rushing sound from below, and
the next moment n column u yellow oil
shot high up into the mir. drrnohlng every.
thing for many yards around err tho oil
Aaycr could he packed tightly over the drill
hole. Then the golden liquid rushed In a
steady sir,am through the large pipe into
the tanks with such force anil volume that
hundreds Of barrels of oil flowed down tho
creek, covering u with an irdcscent coat.
ing.
The excitement was Intense. and within
M hour hundreds Of people came 60 see tho
''gusher," Everybody congratulated Tim,
and every one thought he was the Inst and
only one 10 make n pun on his former 80.
hri1uei, which was not 20, aud Of course
Tim sirutted about a. u he had done Il all
by the exercise OF his surprising genius
aud superior anumcn.
Frau ltalrnholtg was furlons, but this
tlnu she failed 10 obtain sympathy even
from her husband. After she had cooled
down she called Nroni into the kitchen
aud told her then and there 10 set her cap
hll The stronger for Dry Holc Tim. Nroni
refused, aud there was quite scene. Thc
iu'h had the last word a, usual, aud poor
Nrum ~ last gave 10 for the SAX q Of peace.
Hut she told Joe all about II Ia the evening,
They discussed the matter from every
point Of Wow for long time Finally.
seclng no other way out of the dlfleulty,
they decided TO 10 To Butler aud get mar.
ricd clAndrsiinely. Tho fair was To- be- held
thcru on the 10th, nth and iath OF October
aud they made u up 10 70 ON the 18th, 80
they looked Ia the alinAnac aud found that
the 18th would fall On Monday. This wa.
strange, because then the last day Of the
fair would fall On Sunday, which had
never before been tho case. IL was Ger.
tainly an uncommon thing, aud they
could not undontand II. They sat for
awhile considering the matter, when at
lat Nronl turned TO the front page Of tho
almanac aud burst out laughing, II was
last years calendar.
Then she wont Into tho house 20 fetch
the latcs, edition. On her return she found
Joe In n brown study. lie graspcd the NJ.
We book she brouy ht with an eager, trcm.
bling hand, aud ncrvously began to turn
over the leaves until he came Ia the month
Of August His eye followed the index
hnger that ran down tho dates. Suddenly
no gave ringing whoop, aud olasping
Ngonl Ia his arms he commenced serie.
OF elaborate dance steps with her, singing
aud shouting and laughing ut the top Of
M Nolsc ~ he carried her along despite
Der ohl~ct!ont Old man liabanholtz, at.
trict0i by tho noise, stepped ont on the
porch iust In time o. REQ Vroni slap Joe's
lace The latter paid no attention TO pleas.
hulry, but rushed iuto tho house, carving
Tho old man aud Nroni with him. The old
lazy had arisen with n terrible frown; hor
arma weTo already akimbo aad her mouth
hnli open.
Bat this tins she did not do the talking
IN two ininntos jos had explained his
sudden strange behavior aud more. He
hai discovered that the date ON the oil
lease to Dry Hole Tim was correct. August
" was really Suudsy. and therefore the
lease Vas "lllSyal. null and void" having
been signed aad dated on Sunday, which
hl could swear 70. Accidentally, the old
calendar had bccn used.
Dry Hole Tim was unccremonlously dis.
possesei, and the ''gushern gushed hence.
iortli for the benefit Of the Rabepholtzes
under tho farnfuI mana ,,,,,,,,,t T., 49,