Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
A RUSTIC EPISODE.
DEACON JONES' HuskiNo eEs AND
ITS NUMBER or RED EARS.

Old Man Think That He Was Losing
His Eys.ight-It Takes a Bright Girl
90 Ciroumvent Her Papa.
Deacon Jones wife called on me
to-day, Zeb," said Mandy, the other
evenin. 'She says the Deacon hasn't
been in his usual sperets ever since the
failure, as he calls it, of his huskin bee,
and Mandy laughed right heartily over
the recollection of that notable event.
It's the custom of the farmers in our
naborhood to have huskin bee every
fall, mn TINS bring the seasons work 10
an end with round of merrymakin
which is looked for'ard to an talked
about by the young folks all summer
long, an many castles in the air are built
by them as they fondly think of the
many opportunities an hoped for results.
Deacon Jones, specially, are held in
great favor by them all, OWN no doubt,
to his only child, Mollie. the prettiest
and sociablest girl in the naborhood.
But the good deacon made up his mind
that he wouldn't have any more o. the
COINS on at his huskin bee that had wor-
ried an scandalized him as leadin
pillar o the church at the last one he
had.
One evenin Mollie overheard him
tellin her mother how he was goin care
fully through the unhusked corn. pickin
out all the red ears till there wouldn't
lie single nubbin left o that color
He didn't intend TO leave the least bit OF
an excuse for the young fellers havin .
chanceo kissin the girls IAN specially Their
Mollie. who always seemed to get more 4
her share. flo thought it was sin m
a shame to allow such doins an he'd
! show the nabors huskin bee as was
] huskin bee
Everything would go off rs orderly /
If they were in meetin So the deacon
went on gittin ready for the event. no
KNOWN that his daughter was aware o
his plans. Now, Mollie had her owr
4 ideas about a huskin bee, an they wer,
/ far different than her fathers SO SIN
q told two or three of her admirers how
her father was plannin to spoil thei
fun, an they must tell the young men {,
come prepared. They told her not /,
, worry; they'd sec that there was a plent,
o red ears for the occasion.
a The eventful evenin arrived at last
an all the young folks in the naborhoo,
} were gathered in the deacon's barn
q eagerly waitin for the word to begil
. huskin the great heaps OF corn pile,
upon the floor. Mandy an went owe
TO look on an enjoy the young people
90 h. 81
\ was in the wind We stood talkin To TIN
g deacon an his wife an when he at length
a gave the word for them TO begin worl
u he turned TO me an says:
b Nov, Zeb, you'll see what huskii
!, bee should be. accordin TO my idee. II
all them piles I'll warrant they won
-, find single red
jest then the deacon was cut short b,
!, shout Of JOY from one of the your.
: chaps, as he waved big red ear ovel
e his head an started after Mollie, VIII,
gave shrek an scampered across tn,
!, barn tloor. After good deal o dodg;I
: an squirmin she was caught at last, al
the lucky Teller took his reward in
i hearty kiss upon her rosy lips. You,
u orteve seen the deacon's face at tina
mint. II was a picture of astonishmen
: an disnIy.
d wall, | swan" he stammered ont, :"
don't see how could've overlooked tina
!, ear. Right on top too. | don't believ,
! they'll find any more though" Ia,
i chuckled. That's one consola"-
I But jest then another red ear wa
n found, au Mollie was seen tryin 10 dodg,
l. another young man who was after her
;. holdin aloft his prize. She rushed be
hind Mandy, where he caught her al
gave her a rcnsin kiss right before tn,
|. deacon's Mortified eyes. Mandy an tn,
, deacons wife couldn't keep their face,
/. straight any longer. but jest set down al
: laughed till the tears ran down theii
4 cheeks. The deacon sat down with ,
. groan of helpless despair an says:
II must be loosin nv eyesight, Zeb
I'd made affydavy that there wasnt
red ear in the barn, but the pesky
, stalks are full of en-.
! He was right. Full of EN- they were
for every youngster had come with hi:
, pockets stuffed with red ears, an they d
, say that the girls brought more'n one
ear apiece, SOS to be sure of good sup
ply. Leastways there was more red ears
found at the deacon's hnskin bee than
were found at all the other bees in the
naborhood last fall. and the fun the
young folks had over EN- was sight to
behold. When the deacon found ont
how his plans had miscarried he was
awful angry an vowed that he'd never
have another huskin lee, but Mandy
says she guesses that when the time
comes around again Mollie an her
motherll be able to coax him into
changin his mind about it.-New York
Tribune.