The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-10-09

bulged out ferder if it had ben a
growlin' n snappin' painter Lat stood
afore her Poorly soon she got her
breath, n fallin' into cheer, she
throw'd up her hands.
"'Wull, consarn you, Jerry Bill
finger! If that don't jist dumswizzle
me" she hollered.
Fer thar stood Jerry, holdin' his hat
in his hands n GRIMM like bar
eatin' honey. He want bald no more,
but had head o hair th't kivcrcd his
bare conl1 like an old hen kiverin' her
eggs.
"'Thar's the hair y been so durn
anxious about" says Jerry. Now,
wen a var goin' ter come down n
help me run that air clearin' o minc|
says he.
so Pru she give in N sot the day
fer her n Jerry to git hitched, n the
news o jerry hair fetched folks FIN
all over the deestric' to see it, N if
Jerry had run fer Office jist then he
KID ben elected to anything.
Now, Jerry had sister, Sally, n
he We're her guardccn. She had sot
her feelins on young Sam Slower, n
him N Sally wanted to git married
the wust kind. But Jerry he didn't
want Sally to marry Sam, m put a
veto on the hull business FIN the start.
The idee" says Jerry. Wat kin
Sam Slower do but tame crows, n
coons, n bar n setch?' says he. An
he a-wantin' to marry Sally says he
IL al,
tame crows n setch, that's so, but he
picked up good many dollars at it,
n his pop had sawmill, N Sam were
giner'ly thort to be all right, n SO he
was. But Jerry had other idccs for his
sister, N he nipped Sam right in the
I bud.
"Wull, the day th't Jerry n Prudence
round, n Jerry started for Bilers.
Sally had gone up to help with the fix
ms the day afore. Ez Jerry were
passin' by iiis b;iclsyvhit field he sec
th't two o jed Crone's pigs had broke
through the fence n was cvcrlastin'ly
rootin' away in the bucllwhit. Th't
/ wouldn't do, o course, N Jerry hur-
ried over n druv the pigs out. Then
he see th't he'd lief to fix up the fence
or they'd be right in ag'in, n he sot to
work TO do it. 1t were warm day,
m Jerry took off his coat n his vest
n his hair n laid EN- in a fence cor
ncr vile he done the work. 1t didn't
take him long, N he We're kind o
rcstin' N GOBLIN off a little fore he
put his things ON ag'in to start fer Pet
tvs. Vile he were moppin' his head
m his face with his handkerchief, Il
couple o crows kim sailin' down outen
the woods often the hill n lit on the
fence nigh whar Jerry's hair were lay
in, N begun a clattcrin' n Gavin
N a jawin'. Jerry didn't think nothin'
o the crows ii II one of 'em jumped on
the gro und N begun to make a little
Examination o the hair. Then Jerry
got kinder skeert m started to chase
the crow away. The crow, seem 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-
lcrin' out its natur', picked it up, n
t'other crow grabbe d holt of it too, n
away off i'll the woods they sGiled with
the hair tht had got Jerry the best o
Prudence.
Now, all the time Jerry were work
in away fiNin' up his fences agin the
pigs, sam Slower, were sittin' on the
fence over home thinkin' about Jcrrys
weddin' th't were to come off that arter-
noon, an cussin' Jerry fer standin'
'twiXt him and Sally. Vile he were
cussin' to hisself, couple o crows th't
he had tanned kim sailin' along an lit
in the yard right in front of him.
"'W'at under the canopy has them
crows hooked on to now?' said Sam
gittin' down often the fence walk
in over to whar the crows was jawin'
over sumpin they had brung in. BY the
dancin' ghost o OF Kentucky" hollered
Sam, stoopin' down an takin' it away
from the crows. If they hain't COB
bled Jerry BillAinger's hair I'm a tea
pot"
''An' Sam danced an yelled like
crazy man, N then went an hid the
hair in the barn. He hadn't more than
done it wen Jerry kim Il puilin' an
BLOWN outcn the woods.
" Them durn thicvin' crows O your'n
has snatched me bald-headcd ag'inr he
hollcred Cit me my hair, durn
We, or tina wun't be 70 wcddin' at Pet
tvs this arternoon!'
"'Wun't Pru marry y unless " sh ow
up with yer hair on?' says Sam.
No more'n she'd marry a sllser
crowH hollered Jerry. 'Whar's my hair?'
THAT bein' the case, yer right,
Jerry" said Sam. 'Tha wun't be no
weddin' at Petty's this aftcSSoon, says
he, unless An then Sam stopped
an locked 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 wcddin' at Pet
tvs this afternoon says Sam, unless
tina S two! says he.
"'Two?" says Jerry. Who's t'other
un?'
me an Sally" says Sam, GRIMM
all over his face. Unless me an Sally
bitches this afternoon says he, you
an Pru Petty don't" says he.
Jerry jumped an swore fer min
ute or two, an then hollered:
"'Gimme my hair, consarn ye, an