Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-04-14


well. you ought to be thankful for
that Won't you come In and sit down. p
NO. | guess not The fact Is, wild
der. I've come over to say somethin'
to you"
well. say on
Its about Burt and Eunice. You
know | am rich now. Got $1,000 In
cold cash $4,000. I'm the richest man
In Plum county"
"Well:'
"Waal. want to say that | want
Burt to 20 TO college and become Il
great lawyer or doctor. don't want
him To marry for three OF four years
yet. and when he does I'd like the wo-
man To be to be-
'"ro he somebody better than Eunlcc
Taylor finished the widow ns the
deacon hung fire.
II hain't sayIn' that exactly. but you
know that the eagle and the crow
can't mate
I've heard that they couldn't. Is
that what YOU came to sayT'
Yes that's about ALL"
Then you have finished and can go.
Good morning. Deacon Adams"
The widow turned away. and there
was nothing for the deacon to do but
GO He had got off better than he
hoped for He had expected to have II
row. and he was elated that the widow
had taken the matter so coolly. In
coming he had come by the highway,
but In returning he decided 10 take a
short cut across the fields. To do this
he must climb the fence of the Wild
ow's barayard. and when he reached
the top rail he sat for moment Il
look around. slipped ana found him
self caught by stout silver and hang
ing head downward. He couldn't lift
himself up, and the silver wouldn't
give way to his wiggles, and there was
nothing to do but call out. He called
Justify. and In about Ave minutes the
widow appeared.
"Is there something you forgot to
say" she asked as she came up.
"You see I'm caught on the fence"
he replied.
"Oh. that's III It's singular what
things happen to rich men. If any one
had told me that a man worth four
t-e-e-n thousand dollars could he caught
by silver on an old rail fence
should have said II was impossible
Are you enjoying the novelty OF the
situationT"
Say. widder I've got to ask you to
help me out of this scrape The blood's
rushin' to my head till my ears roar"
But as long as it's blue blood It
won't hurt you. Take II calmly, dea-
con. All the wriggling around you can
do won't tear the cloth nor break the
silver I'm going back TO the house"
what. You goin' TO leave Ae here
hung up like thisT'
I'm going back TO the house to skim
the milk and get ready for churning."
But shall be a corpse In ten min
utcs more. My heads almost Dustin
now"
Il shall he back In quarter OF an
hour While I'm gone you do some
tiIllhiH-. HIM dbOut buTt anu Eu-
nice. Think about that fourteen
thousand dollars; think what fool you
are trying to make OF yourself You've
got the swell head. deacon. and the
rush of blood will be good for II. Re
cause you've got $4,000 you are ready
TO swell up and bust and make your
self laughingstock Get hold Of your
self and get your common sense back"
Don't leave me. wldderw
But she did. She went to the house
and dallcd around for long twenty
minutes and then returned The dea-
con had been thinking. He was red in
the face. and his nose was bleeding,
and there was roar like Niagara in
his head
Wilder" he said as he became
aware that she had returned
"Wellf"
"I'ye got f-o-u-r-t-e-e en- thousand dol
lars. and I'm goin' to give Burt and
Eunlce $1,000 of it for marriage pres
emit"
VERY nice. I'm sure" replied the
widow as she brought the AK and chop
ped the silver and let him tumble to
the ground.