Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04
A STORY OF COUNTRY LIFE.
CHAPTER V.

| CHAPlER v.
The Road to the Poorhouse Missed.
Inauguration day had passed and
VIM. Mckinley Of Ohio was President
of the United States.
Winnie Grey had acted in the capacity
Of County Superintendent of Public
Instruction since the LIST Of January
and she was delighted with her new
work and Marble County was proud OF
Political Simon's daughter.
On this particular morning, Winnie
was alone in her Office looking over her
mornings mail. There were business
there was another letter. 1t was from
her Boonsville lover. How It filed her
heart with joy! 1t seemed to her the
happiest morning of her life. She felt
that she had a thousand things to be
thankful for. Glen Harrington re-
turned her love; her folks at home
were beginning TO see better times;
ers' products. yes" she meditated,
there are a great many things to be
thankful for" She had great faith In
Republican times, and she believed
that In two years, at least, her father
would be able to pay the mortgage on
their home, without her assistance.
! IL he wasn't able, she would take n
part OF. her salary and pay 1t for him.
The mortgage would never be allowed
to take the old home. AS she sat in
her office, medltating over the pros
poets of the future, there came tap
at the door, and then IT flew open, and
Winnie was surprised to see her father
| standing in the doorway.
Good morning. Winnie. How arc
your he said. taking her hand
Very well, thank you. father. How
are the folks at homer
"We're all well. ! thought I'd come
down TO the county seat this morning
to see you on little matter of bust.
ness"
Every well; what is itY'
why, Bob Wright. down there in
Boonsville. has some calves he wants
to sell, and | want to buy them.
Though extremely anxious. l haynt
the money TO buy them with. Thought
maybe ! could get the money from you.
| don't know as there's any money in
EN- or in anything else, as far as that's
concerned, but Joe Harrington is
countin' on buyin' these calves, and
that's the reason | want em. I've been
a-lookin' all this time for chance to
get my revenge on that man, and now's
my chance. My! but he'll get mad, II
l step in ahead of him, and knock him
out of the bargain by gettin' those
calves he's been calculating to buy"
You shall have the money" said
Winnie, rather amused at her fathers
method of revenge. How much will
you needY'
We'll, there's ten OF 'em and he
wants 81 apiece. It's really an out
rageons high price, but l won't stop
for that. Why last spring man
couldn't get a bit over So for such
calves"
Maybe they are worth more than
they were then"
well, the Republicans say they are.
but don't think So We amt havin'
bit better times than we had. in spite
OF their predictions. I've been think
in Of writing to Ezra and telling hiw
that he is false prophet"
Have you received any letters from
Uncle Ezra latelyr
yes; we received one just the other
day."
What did he writer
II don't remember exactly what was
in the letter. One thing that dlsap-
pointed me Is the fact that he's stih
Republican. Every letter l get l ex-
pect to hear that he's turned Popullst,
but SO far my expectations have been
in vain. He wrote that he thought
prices would get better for the farmer
He said II wished TO make money
now was the time to speculate. Buy
all the calves and other stock that
could, and hold them for higher prices"
80 You are taking his adviceT
mo, Winnie; l am going to buy Bob
Wrights calves for the express pur-
pose of outwittlng Joe Harrington.
What does Ezra know about running a
farm? He's lived nearly all his life In
n city, and Is green as a squash, when
II comes to country life"
Ills judgment is good, though, on
almost every subject"
lit Is on some subjects, to be sure,
but still he doesn't know everything.
He has his failings like all other hu-
man beings"
40 change the subject" said Vim
ME. "have you planted your corn yetY'
Yes, we just finished planting few
days ago"
How does the wheat look?"
ut looks splendid, but ! don't expect
TO get much ont of it, for silver's going
Gown right along, and Bryan said
whenever silver went down wheat
went with It, or when silver went up
wheat went up also.
II do wish Bryan had been elected,
for II we had free coinage of silver,
he said silver would rise in value,
therefore wheat would rise.
"If wheat would be worth what 1t
ought to be, there would be good
prospect for me to pay the mortgage
with IT.. l suppose now wheat win
tumble, and we all know It was low
enough last year"
Ito be continued.l