Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-03


know, am rich now. Got $4,000
in cold cash-f ourt en- thousand
dollars. I'm the richest man in Plum
county"
"Well p
wall, l want to say that l want
Burt to go to college and become a
great lawyer or doctor. l don't want
him to marry for three or four years
yet, and when be does I'd like the
woman to be-to be"
ITO be somebody better than Eu-
nice Taylor" finished the widow as
the Deacon hung FIRE.
~ bain't sayin' that exactly, but
you know that the eagle and the crow
cant mate
I've heard that they couldn't. Is
that what you came to say?"
eyes; that's about all.
Then you have finished and can
90. Good morning, Deacon Adams.
The widow turned away, and there
was nothing for the Deacon to do but
90. He had got off better than he
hoped for. He had expected to have
a row, and he was elated that the
widow had taken the matter so coolly.
In coming he had come by the high
way, but in returning he decided to
take a short cut across the fields. To
do this he must climb the fence OF
the widows barnyard, and when be
reached the top rail he sat for mo-
ment to look around. As he started
he found himself caught by a stout
silver and hanging head downward.
He couldn't lift himself up, and the
silver wouldn't give way to his wrig'
gles, and there was nothing to do but
to call out. He called Justify, and
in about FIVE minutes the widow ap-
peared.
rs there something you forgot to
say ?" she asked, as sac came up.
You see I'm caught on the fence,
be replied.
"Oh that's it? It's singular what
things happen to rich met. If any
one had told me that man worth
fourteen thousand dollars could be
caught by a silver on an old rail
fence | should have said it was i'm
possible. Are you enjoying the nov
city of the situation P
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 won't
hurt you. Take it calmly, Deacon.
All the wriggling about you can do
won't tear the cloth nor break the
silver. I'm going back to the house.
what You goin' to leave me
here hung up like this2"
I'm goin' back to the house to
skim the milk and get ready for
churning."
"But l shall be a corpse in ten
minutes more. My heads almost
Dustin now.
Il shall be back in quarter of an
hour. While I'm gone you do some
thinking Think about Burt and
Eunice. 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
fol- it. Because you've got $4,000
you are ready to swell up and bust,
and make yourself a laughing-etock.
Get hold of yourself, and get your
common sense back.
Don't leave me, widder ?"
But she did. She went to the
house and dallied around for long
twenty minutes, and then returned
The deacon had been thinking. He
was red in the face, and his nose wac
bleeding, and there was roar like
Niagara in his head.
"Widder," he said. as be became
aware that she had returned.
"Well."
Eve got fourteen thousand dol
lars, and I'm going to give Burt and
Eunice three thousand OF it for a
marriage present.
VERY nice, I'm sure, replied the
widow, as she brought the ak and
chopped the silver, and let BIN tum-
bic to the ground.