New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-24

" ocofO ~ nay II loSc w EAeeho oAACoo
intrust money and buy a new ma
chine.''
ri think you'd better not, father,
Mrs. Hobbs answered, in mild alarm.
~ don't know where we are going to
get any more, and Johnson is power
FIJI close about gettin' the money on
time. I'd be afeard to les it run over
minute
"Well, but Lucindy, the hays with
more'n the intrust, and you know
they's no takin' the stock through
the winter without it. The cattle
might kinder rub|along, but the horses
is jist plum ableeged to have their
timothy, and my timothy is as fine
Suppose you try again" Mrs.
Hobbs suggested, helping her husband
to a luscious quarter of raspberry
pie. "Ill go out with you and help
onchoke her. and we'll use plenty OF
lie. and mebbe you can rub through
jest this oncet."
"Well, I'll try, Lucindy; hain't no
hopes, but I would like to save that
intrust money"
Mrs. Hobbs stayed in the field till
O'Clock, and the hay was cut with
few delays. The girls brought out the
supper, which was eaten with much
relish in the bayfield,. The horses
being watered and fed the work went
on by the big harvest moon, and at
ten o'clock the hay from the "big med
der" was in the stacks.
A few days after, Jim johnson came
out to see if he interest money was
ready He tied his horse under q tree
and started through the meadow to
see Mr.. Hobbs, who was fencing his
ricks at the other side.
"Moses and the bulrushes! What's
that?" he asked, gain, at glinty blue
reflections floating npools OF water
standing everywhere, for it had rained
heavily the night before. coil, and.
no mistaken he went on, after dipping
his finger into puddle and testing it
carefully with his nose.
It was only the day before that the
papers had contained an account OF
some new oil fields found not above
2Onliles away; an old partner of Jim
had been the first to invest, and was
consequently fabuiously rich.
johnson carefully rubbed his finger
on his pocket handkerchief, slowed
the latter in deep pocket and
FASTENED across the field, his face pale
and hiseyes glittering every unpleasant
ly. He tried to greet the farmer with
his accustomed familiarity, but his
words came by jerks and in gusts, and
his throat became so dry that he
could scarcely articulate.
whats the matter? liant you
well?" Mr.. Hobbs asked, suspending
his work to gaze curiously at his
visitor 'tYou look taller-colored as
the dead, an your eyes is like burnt
holes in a blanket"
No, thank you, not at all" John.
son replied at random. "I'm quite
we'll, except husky sore throat-are
you well? And the family?'
pretty fair-we've got a good deal
of health mixed up among us-you
know they's IL all told.
Eyes; large. interesting family
want to sell the farm2"
He tried to make the question less
eager, but he could not quiet the
tremor in his voice and he was in
mortal dread lest Mr.. Hobbs should
have some reason to cross the field
and see the oil, when his 'cake would
be dough- as he mentally expressed
it.
"No," Mr.. Hobbs replied, shortly,
and went on with his work.
''I'll give you a good price for it;
I want it for a comb nation shoe fac.
tory. Set a fgger. 2
'tWell, twelve thousand, thous-
and apiece" said Mr.. Hobbs, Joking
~. The farm was not worth more
than third of that sum.
'I'll take it, with q gasp. Here's
fifty to bind the bargain and I'll fill
out check for the balance right
here
He did SO and handed the paper to
Mr.. Hobbs, who kept his countenance
and received it with perfect gravity.
Privately he was convinced that
Johnson was crazy.
.1Come to the house and sign the
contract for the deed.
"All right
Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs accompanied
johnson to town, and We're thunder
struck when they learned that the
sale was real, and that they had
$4,000 in the bank.
Sense that Johnson ain.t crazy
Hobbs began as soon he was clear
of the town, ':why= they's sonlethin'
in the wind. 1t may be a shoe fac
tory, but I don't believe it. / wonder
if they've found gold?"
ut don't make no sorto' difference
to us, father Mrs. Hobbs answered.
She was afraid that her husband
would take alarm and want to rue
back as she expressed it. No, it
don't make a grain 0 Difference to us,
an we've got enough for the place eff
they find diments. j never did like it.
an I don It keer hoWsoon Wegit away.
Let's buy back our six acres on the
edge Of Cioverdale. We can git it for