Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

IT'S no laughing matter, Uncle -<fb -
think he's off his cazip on the lands
question, an now that he's traded his
best nest egg fer another swipe o. the.
earth's surface reckon they'll talk
Z harder. But yore pa amt no fool. No
plumb idiot could a. managed yore
ma as we'll as he has. You see, know
what he's accomplished, fer Pve been
with I'm ever since they was yoked
together. When they was married. she
WINS as wild as a buck an certainly
made our daddy w,lk a chalk line. but
! Alfred has tapered er down beautiful
She didn't want this thing done one
bit, an yet 1t Is settled by this time
The old man looked through the hall to
tho front gate-..yes, rabue's unhitch-
In. He's got them stock certificates In
his pocket, an yore pa has the deeds
in his note case. When this gifts out,
.mossbacks from heer clean to Gilmer
II be trapsin' in to dispose o. land at so
much a front foot
But what under high heaven will
he do with 1t alp
Hold on to IT." grinned ADner; that
( Ia EFF he kin rake an scrape enough to-
gether to pay the taxes. Why, last yeer
his taxes mighty nigh floored I'm, an
the expenses on this county he's jest
annexed viii push i'm like rips, fer
> now, you know. he'll have to do with
out the income on his factory stock.
But he thinks he's got the right SOW
INV 4 no.
out to us TO come hep i'm turn ''er
: loose. but he's waltzin' with 'er now
AT this juncture Mrs. Bishop came
J out Of the dining room wiping her eyes
ON her apron
~ Mother said Alan tenderiy. -try
not to worry over this any more than
you can help.
Your pas gettin' old mn childish"
whimpered Mrs, Bishop. Hes heerd
somebody imber land up In the
mountains viii some day advance, an
he forgets tlsat he's too old to get the
benefit of 1t. He's gotn' to bankrupt
Ma
"Ef / do" the man accused thun-
dcrei from the hall as he strobe out.
sit'll be my money that's lost money
that made by hard work.
He stood before them, glaring over
Is Eyeglasses ut his wife. eve had
enough of yore tongue, my lady. IF
Ydsnot had SO much to think about In
thar Jest now, I'd "a shut you up soon-
Ell. Dry up now-not another word.
I'm dom the best j kin accordin' to
my lights to provide fer my children,
an won't be interfered with"
No one spoke for moment. How
ever. Mrs. Bishop finally retorted. as
her brother knew she would in her
own time.
\ don1 call buytn' thousands g.
0cres o unstable land provsdlnf 64
anything except the pnreho1se," she
fumed.
That's beca'se you don't happen to
know as much about the business us I
\ do,' said Bishop, with satisfied
chuckle, which to the observing Dam
lei sounded very much like exultation.
when you all know what I know,
you'll be laughin' on t'other sides o.
yese mouths. reckon I'll Jest have
10 let you all know about this or I
won't have q specs O peace from now
on. l didn't tell you at fust beca's Sc
nobody kin keep a secret as well as the
man 1t belongs to, an. was Altered it
nd leak out an damage my interests,
but this last 5000 ,res Jest about
) sweeps all the best timber in the
whole Cohntta section an nought as
well let up. reckon you all know
, that ell say ef-my land was nigh a
railroad 1t nd be low ut Ave times
what | paid fer 1t, don't your Well,
then, the long an short of 1t is that
happen to be ON the inside an, know
that q railroad is goip' to be run from