Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-07-12
sI.5o-A YEAR, cash.
His Lucky Uncle.

Ny uncle over IN the town OF
Wayne I suppose was the luckiest
man that ever lived, said Packy Girls
wold to the Fairchild circle Every
thing he touched brought money to
/ his till but the luckiest strike that
/ he ever made was when John Rogerss
barn burned down with a hundred
/ bushels Of corn in 1t that my uncle
had Just paid Rogers two dollars a
bushel for, although the biggest and
I hardest kind of waller corn was only
worth 10 cents, the best any one could
/ DO.
John Rogers had owed my uncle
couple hundred dollars for five
years or more. but that didn't bother
John any. as he was one of those chaps
who believe thoroughly in letting the
other fellow walk. One day my un-
Gle drove over to Johns to see il he
couldn't squeeze little something
ont of him.
How are You fixed, John said
my uncle
Expected tohayc $50 today sure,
said John. with twinkle in his eve,
| but when went over to Bill Ma
SON, to borrow it., Bill wouldn't let
me have it. Beats the horses how
much some people don't seem to have
confidence nowadays
But after my uncle and John had
talked awhile John said
Tell You what I'll DO, Abuer,
! said John. I've got a hundred bushels
of corn in the barn youdcr Soppose
you take the corn, and I'll be willing
TO call YOU and me square
"Myunclc figured up that with corn
at 40 cents, = bushcl was tolcr-
able high figure to pay for It, but he
might better pay y a bushcl for corn
and get $40 than TO never get any
thing. SO he said he'd take the corn
and call 1t square He went TO the
barn after awhile. There was the
corn Bat be came back to John feel
ing ugly
Here, John. said hc, that's moth
ing but little runty popcorn.
Yes, said John, grlnniug, its
popcorn ! didn't think to say pop
corn.
Why, said my uncle popcorn
amt worth nothing at all in the mar
ket
Yes, said John, that. about the
figure for popcorn.
MY uncle was pretty mad, III tell
you, aul John Rogers was pretty near
ticl,led 10 death. and 70 he said 10 my
uncle
There's going 10 be circus m town
tomorrow. Better stay all night with
ny and III take you to the show.
Ny uncle thought he'd get that
much ont Of John, anyhow, 80 he
stayed. The circus WAS expected
along BY Johns house early in the
morning on lts way 10 town, and when
Johns boys got up 10 see It go by
they woke their father and my uncle
with their yells
Jumping JacksniPes, pop they
hollcred The barnyard's got TWEEN
ty feet Of snow in it,
John and nay uncle piled out, for It
was early in September and there
hadn't been any sign Of snow. Bnt
there was the barnyard with a white
strip clear across it banked 20 feet
high. Then 1t struck everybody all Of
a sudden that the barn was gone.
You bet it was gone 1t had burned
down some time during the night and
had stuffed my uncle jamful Of luck.
/ Every blame kernel Of that runty lit
tie popcorn had popped ont like
snapdragon and there it was. banked
up where the barn had been, like a
staring big snowdrilt. Pop out
busbel Of popcorn and IT wall swell 10
FIVE bushels, 70 here my uncle had
/ 800 bushels Of the choicest kind Of pop
corn on his hands. While they were
all gazing at this curious transform-
alton, along came the circus. The
/ proprietor was in bis wagon at the
head Of the procession.
Thunder' saId he, stopping 10
take look at the big heap Of popcorn.
'That1l cell ike hot cakes with my
show. How much do you want for
it2'
Two dollar a bushel, aid my
uncle.
"Cheap enough said the circus
man, and be bought the whole FIVE
hundred bushels, and planked down
in my uncle's hand ten nice, fat one
hundred-doIlar bills
Lucky / should cay he wa.
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