The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-15
Observation-Disclosures

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keer bow soon We GIT away. Let's buy
back our SIX acres on the edge Of
ciovcrdale. We can git II for three
thousand. an then you'll have nine
thousand 70 put out al interest.
Eyes, mother
.And we kin git little Jim his cornet
and send him of TO be learnt 70 play. z
tYo kin do fist asyou please, mother
I'm rich enough now. / reckon. 10 dc
as like. and hope won't never want
TO do nothin, very bad"
That's somcthin' you never did do.
father" dutifully replied his wife, land
I don't believe bein' rich Is a-goin' 20
change you much. II II would I'D want
somethin' TO come along and take the
money away from us, because II can't
never pay 70 give up doin' good"
AS soon as the transfer was made
and the deed recorded. johnson sent
the following telegram to his whilom
partner;
Come on bring all your loose cash
oil ia abundance"
The cash 8vas sent with instructions
to buy adjoining farms on option Of
thirty days; the oil man would come
later and bring an expert
The farms were bargained for at
ridiculonsly low figures, and then John
son invited his friends out to see his
Find.
= tell you. boys, he said, rs he rode
mp and tied his horse TO tho meadow
fence, "the whole earth Is just a-soak-
In with it, and it's jist burstin' out Of
the ground You SEQ this country has
never had any oil taken out Of it," he
went on glibly, land as 1t is constantly
generating IL has become so chock full
that the ground can't hold IL and it's
compelled to come ont, You'd be as
tonished 70 see how it is actually boil
ing up"
1T must be wasting II II Is in that
condition, some ono remarked.
What's a waste Of few millions o.
barrels2" scornfully rctorted johnson
There's enough left for me and my
family and all my poor relations Z
lily this time others, having heard the
news. had arrived at tho farm, and
quite a crowd had gathered when the
partner with the expert drove up. fol.
lowed by Mr.. Hobbs.
Just wait until you examine these
blue patches johnson said to the two
men after they had alighted from their
buggy. Now tell me II yon ever saw
a snrer indication Of oil7H
The expert gave a glance over the
field, took quick survey Of the con-
FORMATION Of the country. and opened
E4his lips "a speak; but before he could
artienlate word. Mr.. Hobbs broke
into the conversation with remark
that sent the cold chills down Johnson's
spine.
And is II them blue patches that In
dictate ile2r he asked, with glance
half plying, half contemptuous.
That's a fact, for | used MORN two
gallon on my ole mowin' machine,
a-tryin' to git through the season with.
out buyin' new one.
Let this be a lesson to you, sir" said
Johnson's partner
'sAll the lesson git out of 1t, again
put in Mr. Hobbs, lis that when you
are a-cuttin hay use plenty Of lie"
.sIt's a. swindle!' johnson broke out,
livid with rage. And I'll land you in
the pen before this is over
Don't talk to me about swindling,n
Mr.. Hobbs began. advancing upon
Johnson, who retreated TO his buggy
who was it swindled the Widow Rob
inson out Of her property and drove her
to commit saicide2 Who was it that
swindled the people out Of their taxes
and barely missed the pen2 Who was
it that swindlcdn
johnson gave his horse lash with
the whip and drove rapidly away.
II didn't know nothin' about this lie
business until this mornin," Mr., Hobbs
Explained to the people present. Il
lxnowed they was somethin' up. but /
had no ida what it was. for supposed
every blamed fool in the country would
sknew inschine-ile on medder after a
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