The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-12-24

keer how soon we git away. Let's bu
osck our six acres on the edge {
Oioverdaie. We can git it for thre
Thousand. an then you'll hive min
thousand to put out at interest"
Yes, mother"
And we kin git little Jim his corne
ana send him off to be learnt to play
10 kin do jist as you please, mother
I'm rich enough now. reckon. to d.
as ! like, and hope won't never wan,
to do nothin' very bad"
That's somethin' you never did do
father" dutifully replied his wife. .an5
! oon't believe bein' rich is a-roin, to
cnange you much. If it would I'd want
sometnin to come along ard take the
money away from us, because IL cant
never pay to give up dom good"
as soon as the transfer was made
ana the deed recorded, johnson sent
tne following telegram to his whilom
partner: "Ai1oin
tome on-bring all your loose cash
oil in abundance.
The cash was sent with instrpct;or.
20 buy adjoining farms on option .,
.nirty days; the oil man would come
iaser and bring an expert.
Inc farms were bargained for Mt
rldiculously low figures, and then John.
son invited his friends out to see his
find" niS
tell you, boys" he said, as he rode
up and tied his horse to the me.do,,
renee, the whole earth is Just a-soale-
IN with 1t, and it's jist burstin, ont ~
Inc ground. You see this country has
never had any oil taken out of III he
went on glibly, land as it is constsrtIu
1T has become SO chock full
nat the ground can't hold it and it's
to come out You'd be as
onished to see how it is actually boil
ng up" ool
~ must be wasting if it is in that
ondltlon, some one remarked
WHAT'S q waste of a few millions :, +,
arrels?" scornfully retorted Jobnson 8
inere's enough left for me and mn I
lmily and all my poor relations
BY this time others, HAVING ha.ra a.. I
,ws' had arrived at the farm. and +
iiee a crowd had gathered when the y
'r'ner with the expert drove up. fol. r
wed by MIR. Hobbs. I
Just wait until You examine thes. a
ue patches" johnson said to the tur %
"a after they had alighted from tbe;, Il
ggy. Nov tell me If Won ever sar nj
'urer indication OF oil9' d,
ne exert gave a glance over RI. &c
ID, took quick survey of the cor. a,
na'lon OF the country, and opened co
Ups to speak; but before he could lo
icuiate a word. Mr.. Hobbs broke
'ne conversation with a renarl tn
! sent the cold chills down Johnson,s DO
ne. -
and is it them blue patches that in WI
lte Hep he asked, with a pIanoa mir
plying, half contemptnous 40
lats fact, for used MORN two liv
on on my ole mowin' machine eta
YIN to git through the season with. VIII
buyin' new one" des
l.et TINS be lesson to you, SIR" said in
nson's partner. che
Al the lesson git out of it, again row
IN Mr, Hobbs. lis that when Won in
a,cutcln' nay use plenty Of lie. apr
Us a--swindle!" johnson broke ont era,
with rage And I'll land Won in wri
pen before this is over" p
'on't talk to me about swindi;no ), ba !,
Hobbs began, advancing upon So
lson, who retreated to his bugpv lew
70 was it swindled the Widow Rob was
4 out OF her property and drove her sha,
.,. suicide! VINO was it that in a
died the people out of their taxes not
barely missed the pen? Who was into
at swindlcd-" .h;s
1nson gave his horse lash with head
mp and drove rapidly away. wea,
as auow notmn about this lie of di
ess until this mornin'," Mr.. Hobbs plum
aned to the people present. II mad,
ca they was somethin' up, but / and
Q IDA what it was. for supposed ties
blamed fool in the country would gain
machine-ile on medder after a I'll