The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-22

Ills IWluS5 FURY du Iel. 1u6n was
girls The pretties' in Raccoon valley,
or any other valley, fer that matter
II year old, feet inch high, weighin
scant hundred an twelve pound, slim,
yeller hair, musklar He'd l ben a
younger man | might o. gone in the
fight with Teacher Perry, Jakey Wingle
an Hen Harmon. but gettin near to 90
as l am, with missus and seven lit
tie uns at home, | lef' the fell to them,
an high tire they an them twins he'd
O. it. 1t was case O. the three O. EN-
courtin the two o. 'em, fer if Teacher
Perry, or Jake Wingle, Jawhn Wingle's
son, or Hen Harmon went over to
Kramer's he never set up with any
pete lar twin, but with whichever he
seen first.
about corn cuttin time Teacher Per-
ry goes over to Squire Kramer's, an he
sails, sails he Squire, l want one O.
your twin dotters.
"'Whieh imp sails the squire.
GIVE no idee, sails Teacher Perry,
scratchin his head, kinder puzzled like.
"Jest then up comes Hen Harmon an
Jake Wingle, Jawhn Wingle's son.
Squire, sails Jake, kinder flustered
like, fer fear the teacher he'd got ahead
O. him, me an Hen each wants one O.
'em twins
Squire Kramer, he thot piece, an
then sails, sails he: Boys. they's three
O. you uns an two o. the twins. One O.
you uns has got to git left. Which imp
1.-THE three O. EN- kind O. looked fool
ish like, an Squire Kramer cast his eye
down over his 20 acre feel O. tall, straight
corn.
Which un?' he asked in after a
bit
"Gittin no answer, he says: See
yander fell O. corn? Well, I'll tell you
what we'll do Well decide this here
matter by a corn cuttin tournyment.
The two fellers thet cuts the most corn
in two hours time kin'have the twins.
The one Teller that cuts the most kin
hev the first pick atween Flory an Pet.
San SO they agreed.
"Well, sirs tibet there corn cuttin
tournyment was the grandest thing 1
ever seen. All the folks in the valley
knowed O. it an come to look on. There
was fully 90 buggies hitched along the
fence when the squire give the word an
Teacher Perry an Jake Wingle an Hen
Harmon fell to cuttin. Have seen
heap @ corn cut in my day, but l never
seen The beat O. the way them boys
made the knives go slashin hoo Tne
stalks. Each on 'em he'd a Teller follyin
hi,,1 nth oor7,11o ~ froCh EniuoS on
up in one corner O. the fiel' the squirrels
hirelin's was a-buzzin the grindstone
sharpin blades. The corn seemed to fall
down, blade after blade like, an what
with the swish O. the knives an the
crack, crack O. the stalks an the yellin
O. the Raccoon valley folks a-siekin on
the teacher an Jake Wingle an Hen Har-
mon it was most excitin. They took six
rows apiecet at a time, an it weren't
long before Teacher Perry, who's most
as good corn cutter as he is speller,
got shock ahead O. the others. Then
he slashed his leg an lost three shocks
while it was bein tied up. Jake Wingle
won the lead, an he'd "a kept it, too,
only he got one hand mixed up in the
leaves an took off two fingers That
tn lowed him ahint SO fer tibet when
time Was called he was full eight shock
short O. the teacher, who come in Sec
ond
"You should "a heard the cheerin
when young Harmon stuck his knife
inter a pumpkin an walked up to where
the squire an Flory an Pet was standin.
"'Well, Hen, says the squire, smil-
in, which I'M does you want?'
Thet kinder stumped Hen Harmon.
He looked at Flory, then at Pet, then at
Flory Tin.
"'Why, I hain't tho't O. tibet, he
sails, sails he. Really, hain't an idee.
Then he kinder blushed leetle. I've
been settin up with both, he sails.
"This here was hitch 'et hedn't
been allowed fer. Hen certainly he'd
right to pick, but ez he couldn't make
up his mind jest which un he wanted it
looked ez though they'd be some delay.
But the squire, he's cute man-an
unusual cute man.
Girls, he sails, turnin to Pet an
Flory, Hen Harmon was won the right
to the best O. ye. Supposin you uns de-
eide which un's the best by huskin thet
corn.
"Then the valley folks all cheered,
an the girls agreed, an tho the corn
was a leetle green, yet they set right
down, each at a shock, an begin what
be all odds was the grandest thing l
ever look at. To tell the truth, they
wasn't much to see after all, nothin
but kind O. cloud o. fiyin husks, with
an occasional glimpse O. red calico in
the middle. They finished the first
shock even-dead even-an run to an
other, tored it down, jumped into the
middle an at it ag'in. At the sixth
shock Pet yelled fer new huskin pin,
fer she'd wored hers clear out. The
sixth was finished even, an they was
half an hour left The twins were kind
er winded, an the crowd was winded,
too, from yellin an sickin 'em on. The
tournyment was finished in silence, ex-
cept fer the rattle o. the husks. Jest as
the squire yelled the end i the hour
Pet and Flory gifts up together, each
with her fifteenth shock. An when they
hearn the yells an knowed it was over,
an over even, they both jist dropped.
Ez luck would hev it, Pet fell plump
into Hen Harmon S arms, an he gives
whoop an picks her up an runs across
the feel an throws her inter his buggy
an starts off fer the preachers. Flory
fell inter Teacher Perry's arms, an he
put her inter his blackboard an licked
up his horse. -
"An what became o. Jawhn Wingle's
son?'' asked the storekeeper, for the man
from Raccoon valley had paused for
want of breath.
Jake Wingle, you mean? Why, he
went to the preachers with Elite Bum
BILE, who'd been nursin his lame hand
durin the huskin tournyment st.
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