Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-08-13
getting ready to tell you a Joke I
played on your Aunt Mary

s'ing reaay to tell you a joke
= played on your Aunt Mary
n "Uncle, please begin,, said A,
. me; I'VE are all eagerness to he,
b "Ysys 'et.,y than began Une
: sam iys bosseds that 81
would not II Sdare, and it wa
> my delight 20 have hard tasks tn.
no one would think about doing an
dare her to perform them.
one day Mr.. Jones, her beau
met me on the road and asked IL Mis-
Mary had gotten home from he
visit. Livery politely told him sb
had; so he requested me to tell M,
sister that he would calf that after
noon. On my way home miscbie
got into my head, and l began tc
think how best ! could arrange mat
ters to have some fun off of Mr.,
Jones and Sister Mary.
FINALLY remembered Sis.e,
saying that she believed she could
put on PAS pantaloons and ride his
horse as well as any man. The wav
Tor me to arrange for her to con.
sent to try it this afternoon was a
puzzle at first, but finally | thought
would 60 home and dare her to
put on PAS suit of clothes and get
on his horse and ride ont to the
front gate and back.
" watched the clock that after
noon' and when the time had slow
~ gilded by, until thought it was
within an hour of Mr.. Jones's arri.
val, l went to Sister and dared her
to attempt the ride with PAS best
rig on, and said further, when I
saw her hesitate, that if she did not
40 this | would ever afterwards call
her braggart and coward. This
got her blood up, so she said. $50.
get the horse. was not a second
IN getting the animal in readiness.
ana soon after l got him up to the
gate | saw man, judging from his
dress, coming out of the front door:
but his suit was bad fitting, as nv
Pa was stout, and to fill up the su. |
perfiuous room she had put in pill |
low.
"She mounted the steed and gal |
loped away, all things considering.
remarkably we'll. There was a wood
in front of the out gate, and a per.
son going the lane could not see
people approaching the house until
they got to the gate. When she
reached the gate and turned her
chargers head to retrace, she heard
! noise' as II some one was approach
ns. Upon turning her head she
recognized her lover, just a few
lew PAGES from the gate.
'such dismay rs swept over her countenance
ou never saw before. Nevertheless, she was
qual to the emergency, and rode back to the
'ouse' disnounted and was out of sight before
ar' Jones could ovcrtake her, try as hard as
e may. ! was In state of ecstacy, but was
iraiu 10 tel anyone that knew Mr. Jones
US coming 'hat afternoon, and feigned to be
$ much surprised TO see him as any of the
amiIy.
i will now relate to you a joke I played ON
- ia'ner' ana mad he found out that was at
ne bottom Of ii i would have been skinned
live; so he said. Wen, he never found :, ou,
no. therefore, | am living to relate IL 10 YOU
title folks.
Pa had prepared land for a crop OF POTATOES
nd gave basket filled with potatoes IN oneof
ne farm hands to go to the patch and drop
hem. The man sat the basket down forsome-
hing. and happening to come up at the same
me, began to mediate upon having some
hn by moving the basket, but a ham |
Ter thought struck me- I Remembered ,
'me artichokes | had, aud thinking II
ould DC nne fun TO replace the potatoes with
ftlchokes, soon accomplished the exchange. ,
thout anyone seeing me. When the man
anne back he noticed not the change. and
ropped the artichokes in the potato patch. ,
aen discovered how far nv prank had gone
grew frightened, but ii was too late. Moth
~ was left for me but to be mute ON the s,,h- | =
81, and LET Pa find it out when the arfichokes I
..ne UP. HOW hart wished they they would | .
~ some up, but nevertheless in due course of '
M they put In an appearance. When PA | -
'und out that ne had patch of artfchokes in
csI ol potatoes his wrath knew no bounds | i,
lu would nave gotten amply paid though 4
,rthinIy did not charge him n penny had II |
?. oeen Tor the laborer who drorped the ar !
cnokes. He asserted. most positively. that I
~ no opportunity 10 meddle with the basket C
20 =, tnat ia must have made the mistake him
". Inis took some of the wind out of Pas 9
w. Dut he always had an inkling that had
mething 70 do with the alteration In his crop. I
ow children, IL is time for you all 20 be in
u. 80 VIII have 10 discontinue our narrative o
Z some future time- ,
Az this moment their mother began To caH q
= them Justify from the head of the stair
-, ana away they all went went, well pleased
itn their evenings entertainment" H. a.
THREE OF A KIND.-An i'm
Ioral show and a Sunday paper t.