Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-13
A RUSTIC EPISODE.
DEACON JONES HusEiNG GEE AND
IT'S NUMBER Or REQ EARS.

The Scenes Of That Sieht Made the Good
old Man Titiuk That lie Wa. Losing
his i.yrsight-It Takes a bright Oiri
TO Cifeun,,ent Her Papa.
deacon Jones' wife called on mo
to-day, Dob said Mandy. the other
oycnin. "Shc SAYS the Deacon hasn't
boon IN hia usual spcroh ever since the
failure, as he call IL, Of his husl.in bee,
and Mandy laughed right heartily over
the recollection vi that notable event.
It's the custom Of tho farmers IN our
nahorho0d 30 have q msldn bee every
fall, an tins bring the seasons work to
an end with a round Of mcrrynahin
which is looked for'arl 10 m talked
about by tho young folks nh summon
long, nn many castles IN the air uro built
by them 40 they fondly think II tho
many opportunities an hoped for results.
Deacon Joncs', specially, arc held IN
great favor by them all. OWN no doubt.
to his only child. Mollic, the prcttlast
aud sociablcst girl in the nahorhcol.
But the good deacon made up his mind
that he wouldn't have any moro a tho
COINS on at his huskin hOo that had wor.
riol un senniglizcd him as u lcadin
pillar o tho church at the last one ho
had.
one cvcnin Mollic overheard him
tcllin her mother how he was goin care
fully through the uuhu,scd corn. piclain
out all tho red ears TIL there wouldn't
be- u single uubbin lot o that color.
lie didn't intend to leave tho least bit %
nn excuse for tho young fcllcrs hayin a
chuncgO' kissln the girls, Ian specially their
Mollie. who always seemed 10 get moron
her share. He thought It was a sin an
shame TO allow such don's an he'd
show the ngbors huskin boo US was u
huskin bsO.
Everything would go or az orderly =
IL they were in mcotn. So the deacon
wont ON gittin ready FOR the event. not
KNOWN that his daughter was awutc o
his plans. Now, Mollio had her own
ideas about huslin bee. an they were
far different than her fathers. 50 sho
told two or three Of her admirers how
her father was planuin to spoil their
fun. nm they must tell tho young men 10
come prepared. They told her not TO
worry; they'd SEQ that there was a plenty
O. rcd ears for the occasion.
The oyentful cyonin arrived az last.
an all tho young folks In tho naborhood
were gathered In the deacon's barn.
eagerly wa.tin for the word TO begin
husiin tho great heaps Of corn piled
upon tho floor. Mandy an went over
To look on an cnioy tho young peoples
frolics, for Mollio had told Mandy what
was In tho wind. We stood tullin to tho
deacon an his wife, 1n whom he NJ length
gave the word FOR them TO begin work
ho turned 10 mo an says;
"Now, Zeb, yuull see what huskin
bee should be, accordin TO my idoe. Ia
all them piles III warrant they won't
find u single rcd"---
Jest ,hon the deacon was cut short by
shout Of joy from one Of tho yourg
chaps, az no waved big red ear over
his head an started after Molllc, who
gave q shrek an scamucred across the
barn floor After good deal o dodg!n
an squirmin she was caught ut last, ~.
tho lucky Teller took his reward in II
hearty kiss upon her rosy lips. You'd
orto'yo seen the deacon's face nj that
mint. II was picture Of Hsionishment
an dismay.
"Wall, swan" he stammcrcd ont, ~
don't SEQ how could'yo overlooked that
ear. Right ON top too, don't bclioyo
thcy'll fnd nny moro though he
clucklcd. "Thgts one consola"---
But jest then another red ear was
found, 0u MOllio was secn tryin To dodge
another young man who was after her,
holdin aloft his prize. She rushed be-
hind Mandy, whrro he caught her IN
gave her rousin kiss right before tho
dcacon's horrihed eyes. Mandy an tho
deacon's wife couldnt keep their flcei
straight any longer, but just set down an
laughed till tho tears ran down their
checks. The deacon sat down with u
groap Of helpless despair an says'
~ must be loo,in my cycsight, Zeb.
I'd made q airyduyy that there wasn't
red ear IN the barn, but the posky
stalks are full OF 'om.'
lilo was right. Full OF EN- they were,
for every youugstor had come with his
pockets stuffed with red ears, an they do
say that the girls brought moron one
ear apiece, SOS Ia be sure Of a good sup
ply. Leastwny8 theroWas moro rcd ears
found at III, leacons husISin bee than
were found pt all the other bees In tho
naborhood last tnll ami tho fun tho
young folks lmd over EN- was sight to
behold. When the deacon found out
how his plans had mhcarried he WIS
awful angry IN vowed that hold never
have another hual.in Doe, but Mandy
says she guessos that when the time
comes around again Mollo an her
motherll DO able TO coax him into
changin his mind about it,--New York