The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

spilled 'Roah reedie'lus. that 'Riah gal was that impeerious and self-willed that she done booty much as she durn pleased. The old squire dogged arter her right smart to keep her from notioin' Buck Peoples but the gal was like Thompson's colt, and had head of her own.
 Under her inspiration Buck worried his intellects until he evolved q eontrap- shun for fast'nin' on and holdin in place the tires of a buggy or any uther wheel vehickel, It shore seemed to work all right. Buck thort he had a fortune in Ii for fact. What did he do but line out and ask old Squire Bill Mayberry for his gal Riah? Yes, suh, actually asked for the hand in morrge of that interestin young teddy? Old Bill took it as a joke. He asked Buck did he reckon he could support wife, and hew? Buck answered him plenty seornful that 'eordin to his present expeetashuns from the patentin of his Great Gorjun Knot Tlreless Tire and the sale thereof, he'd be able to sup port the queen of Shelby before the year was out.
 Then old Squire, jess to youmer the boy, told him If he could prove to him that he could make a thousan dollars out of the Gorjun-Kn In a year he could have Riah. This news sent Buck back to the gal, and him walkin on air and feelin good as CT ark-angel. They set together and twittered like two inner cent birds for an hour, and all of a sudden 1t struck 'Riah that it wasn't such cinch as you might fust suppose. So she busted out cryn', sayin' she was afeered the thing might not work. like all of Bucks other inventions, but he hugged her. dried her tears, and they plotted mutual until the moon went down. "Riah scraped together few dol lers, Buck sold his steer. and atween 'em there was money enough to git the con- trapshun patented. and to buy an old shackly buggy, on the wheel of which Buck put his Great Gorjun Knot Tire
 less Tire, patented When he got good and ready he kissed Rlah goodbye, poked off down the road and out into the world, on top of the old buggy drivin' hoss he had borrowed from Dock Pearson, determined to git that thousand dollers out of that tire if 1t took 0 leg.
 "Enck was twenty-one year old, good lookin and a most interestin' talker, a. talker what knowed exactly how to git on the right side in politics, and also how to listen to the other feller talk, Well, he ambled about over all the lower eend of the state. stoppin' in every little village and at every blacksmith shop. high and low. Somethin' was ieverlastinl ly the matter with that old ramshackle bug BY that needed jess a. little fixin'. and Buck would git down and fix 1t hissef, talkin' mighty interestin to the black smith, and allers maxim 1t a pint to ad- Just the Great Gorjun Knot Tireless Tire in CT abstraeted, dreamy kind of way Many of the feilers and everyone of the blacksmiths, eyed the Great Cor Jun Knot Tire mighty careful loolSin' at 1t close. then backin' off and takin' another look. and usually feeln' of 1t and shakin' 1t and walhin' around 1t. ap- provin' But Buck never let on anything regardin' the 'Gorjun Knot Instead of that he talked about things in ginneral. and acted coy about the tireess tire. Arrived back home he tackled farmin' game as hornets. workin' at 1t between spells of courtin' 'Riah. until the crap was gathered when he hitched up and driv his buggy back over the same ground. visitin' the same blacksmith shops and stoppn' at the same villages. Jess as he expected, and calculated, them ingrates had stole his idea and every mothers son of 'em had a booty fair workin' copy of the Great Gorjun Knot Tireless Tire in use on their vehixixles. What does Buck do but go bluffin' and spraddlin' aroun', playin' the despot mighty horty, threatenin' law, prosecutions and tribula'- sHuH5 III hprt tof iHtfiHBin or ms patent, until he skeered the steam outn them infringers. One by one they lined up, beggin' for a compromise. and offerin all sorts of poodle to be let off. Buck ud swell and threaten erwhiie. then he'd sorter assuage, and appearantly mighty onwillin' he'd consent to Jake a roll of the long green from the culprit big enuff to choke cow, to stop the perceedin's s and let the violater of the law go home to tell his fambly. From piller to post he worked this racket until he 'cumu- lated sufficient greenback to burn a wet mule. When he pulled his wad on old Squire Mayberry that ancient sport not only give him the gal, but got drunk on the strength of it, and bought half in- terest in Bucks patent.
 "And I tells you. son, marvin that 'Riah woman was the best days work that one-hoss farmer ever done fin his bawn days, She wss bizness from the jump. Tn ten years time she had Buck ownin' all that end of the county, and no Ladies Aid, nor ID. A. R. nor any other feemale gutherin' dared utter 8 ehirp until Mizxes 'Riah fust giv' the word and I'm obleeged to say that she domineered over Buck mighty nigh as bad as she did over the other wimming."