The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

Man., Ma. in the the Village Wen ,a S' "s'
1less" Girl-A TravsliD, ~
Proves a Benefactor. "''a'TA
~, II reckon Jabs Hawk,0,
the ugliest man the Lor @s va ISV.
said Uncle Ben, as Ss sYer 1t lNi
Mhetted his knife upop ~ MieGlaS,.h
i've knowed stranRers ;. n's boot
man around for half hour " ' iais u
another look at his lace eur re !gsssau
right of an take a drips a. aea n
Seemed to kind of give en- . u liets
It. I've knowed fool wo ON a eliS d
their IN nc, children into spasms bv t . 10y
20 give EN- to Jake, an t 4! l!e'tS
he's been the cause O. mo ne! Do ~
runaway: He was Jest pizen @ .i %
that's all they was to q usI u
pity, too, because he was ui 10 wa,
man If you happened to m msN!g la
the dark, and he had mons e. lln
bank at Maple Run. and sisi. ID To
OF as line bottom land as s sl.! aSa
pillow. 90 ever felt,
We, Well in spite o him bein' 81 N,.
homely that he dassent loo L 20 olir.
In the face, this yere cuss woa wSaa
wanin' to git marie, but - J, alSiN
they want no way to get At !, yGl's
vertised some in the city man, m NJ
writ letters to lots O women Ft ~. u
but he was honest to the core ' oS EaI
the thing got along fur eno =. Wa
they might anything come of ittSi
ways sent his photograph a." ny
ended it. Oncet they was mipb,, Nv
~ widow from way back East + ny. "
TO likin' Jabe purity well tbrorss y y
letter writin', and | must saw I'u W
a good hand at that. before bs s =, w
pickshur. After studyin' over b 5S1i r ~
ments for couple O months sbs ' n NY
up her mind TO come on. anybow -t T.,
when she ackshully saw Jah4 !, w
flesh she backed out an mars, y
Peters, an she made him mI,, !
fine wife, barrin' the fact that ' ~
had twenty-year-old son that HAM,;
up after the ceremony an turned ~.
to be as shiftless as its possihla fn W.
man TO get an live.
Then Jabes gifts desperit an bs >,
an offers a hundred dollars reward /
anybody as will git him a nar5n..
But that didn't amount to mich ii,
bud Harris lowed he'd make his os
est girl. Mirandy. the one that had |,
hare lip, jine him, and Jabe. KNOWN
his own Shortcomings was satisfied !,
git anybody most, but Mirandy tms
epilepuc fits an died before the we'd
din come of, and folks all around s,is
it was a Judgment on bud.
Things was this-a- way when tbs,,
was hypnotiZer come through Msn,
Run an give a show an he asked ID
people to come up Oh the platform An
be hypnotized. Everybody most wa
afraid TO go till Jabe made the break
sayin it didn't matter much what h
come Of him, nohow, an then five moi
went up like they alluz do.
We'll, the mint this here hypnotic
took hold O. Jabe's head an tilted
back to git a good look in his eyes
give a funny little jump an says:
q" i can't do nolhin with you. VII
man, you may not know It, but you q
more power than l have. If you i
them fine blue eyes o your'n on an
body they just nachelly Lave to
what you say.
Then he let Jabe 90. an made Wa;
Difins fight humble bees an preten'
was q dog an do the most outlandj,
things you ever heard u. Golly. it wa
funny. an he made some 0 the othel
act up, too, but none 50 much as Q
Wash, an the next day he went avs
But he made a mighty big chan
in Jabe's life. I'see up TO this tE
Jabe allus dropped his eyes every ii
he see q woman comm, an women
lus looked the other way But N
Jabe made Up bis mind 70 ry it.
looked. an all the women know
about il, so they looked. an hey fou
out them eyes was mighty tle if '
looked 81 'en so keen you couldn't
the rest OF his face. They was mos
scared. too, since they heard as h
Jabe was hypnouzer if he only va
ed 10 be hathaway. but. Of coul
that only made EN- look a, the No
First of, Jabe didn't have the So
TO look al the best lookin' girls,
only the homely ones. an !, wasn't
weeks till he could OF had his choice
8 dozen girls. You see, they got
talkin' 10 him an studyin' them e
O hiss'n. an fusr thing they know
they were halkeEiu' after en-.
Jsbe got partic'la-. The? was q L
when he'd been ticklei 70 death
have any girl that wore dresses 4
cemp'ny with him. but he KEEP raj
his idees every day till fn'ly he
his mind or wianin' Herty Allen
was the blame,ieSt pu-I.esr -!-l In
whole COUNTY. an had dozen
loOkin' feIlers with good horses
buggieS an some land uyin 70 CO
her. au' blame If he didn't gil ner.
the funniest psrt Of Il sll IS that u
sin't go purifier youzg ms anyTf
than them seven children o Jates.
they sill got blue eyes"