The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-11

do. Finally he give up, and said
he'd just make an exhibition set of it,
| and chalked down the date on the
wall, aud told strangers who dropped
in that il was a grand set ag'in time,
an attempt to lower the worlds rec.
ord under the auspices OF the Inter
national Setting Hen Association.
"Along toward night, when Hen
dershot was standing and admiring
her, and pointing out that she hadn't
moved feather since she sot down,
in come a sandy haired feller with n
red face, and wearing one Of these
iore.and-aft caps, and funny.looking
clothes generally, and squinted his
eyes around and seen the hen, and
said the feller:
"'Oh. say says he, jus. like
that-'oh, / say, you know, what's
the bloomin' bird on the table for?'
"'She's a setting on four billiard
balls, answers Hendershot, proud as
Lucifer.
Extraordinary, by iove' says
the feller; does she think she can
hatch emp
""That's her ijee. And I don't
know but she might-you hear wot l
say?' says Hendershot, swelling up
with pride.
"'Oh, 1 say, now, she'll soon get
tired OF that you know. Hens can't
hatch out billiard balls.
"'Bet you twenty-five dollars she
keeps trying for throe weeks anyhow
answers Hendershot.
"I'll go you on that, says the fel-
Ter.
Bet you fifty dollars she keeps
at it the fourth week." says Hender-
shot.
"'Go you again, says the Teller.
Bet you hundred she holds out
the fifth week, keeps on Hendershot,
getting excited.
Take that, too, comes back the
feller.
"'All right, said Hendershot; put
up your money.
'Oh, say. I'm not used to that,
you know. Don't do that way in
England, my dear sir. We're gentle
men-I'll just record it in my betting
book, you know, and he pulls out q
small book and looks along down the
page and sort O. begins reading to his
self, like this: His 'Ighness, fifty
guineas on the sweepstake; Juke O.
Slackwater, pony on the Goodwooi
cup; Lady Blink, box O. gloves, aad
then he scratched down something,
saying, Landlord, $175 ON hen.'
well, Hendershot he caught right
on, and he wasn't to be outdone, 30
says he 'Of course that's all right, my
lord both gentlemen - certainly
I'll just put it down in my betting
book, and he dragged out a copy of
the Smith Patent Pill Company's
Farmers and Mechanics Account
Book and runs his finger down the
page, sort O. talking to hisself-'The
President, five hundred on boss trot;
Chief Justice Supreme Court, $40 on
dog fight, and then he scratched down,
Stray Englishman, $175 on Everlast-
ing Hills
"Then says the fellow: I'm out on
little hunting trip-think I'll just
stay at your house. Well, Hender-
shot was tickled to have him, and
put him in the best room in the
house. and gave orders that nothing
was too good for him. And he was
just the kind that knowed good things,
and he went right in aud made his
self at home-had extra grub every
meal, lively teams each day to go out
hunting perahrie chickens, and all
that kind O. thing aud run up bill
like the national debt. But Hender.
shot was tickled to death over it, aud
used to spend half his time talking
with the feller bout the Jukes and
things he knowed in England.
"And old Everlasting just sot on.
They left the winder open 80 she could
get out when she wanted to. 1t was
always her way to hop off the nest
Just at sunrise every morning, and
hustle around and pick up handful or
two OF gravel and be back on in ten miu-
utes. Every morning before break
last Hendershot took a look at her,
and during the day he had an eve on
her most of the time. Fenced off that
corner of the room so that she
wouldn't be disturbed, and put up n
shade SOS the light wouldn't hurt her
eyes.
well, at the end of three weeks
Hendershot couldn't hardly contain
hisself, cause he'd won the first bet.
That's ag'in ME, pom my honor
says the Britisher, noting it down in
his book; but I'll win on the next
weeks and he give his bill another
hist. Once Hendershot presented
his bill, but the Britisher waved it
away sort ograceful and said he'd fix
it when they settled the bets. That's
all right, my lord, says Hendershot.
All gentlemen, you know and the
Britisher boosted his livery bill again.
when the fourth week ended the
hen was still setting right along, and
the Englishman owned up beat ag'in.
Same way at tho end of the fifth
week. Hendershot was 80 tickled
that he couldn't hardly talk. But
say, you ought to give me chance
for my revenge, says the Britisher;
go you another week for two hun
dred.' 'Ail right, says Hendershot.
Ana he won ag'in, I'll be hanged if
he didn't. Double tho bet and you
go ag'in, says the Englishmau. Brit
ish pluck, you know-never say die
Hendershot agreed, with some re-
mark about the American eagle. Tell