Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-02
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That Ten Acre
Lot
BY Donald Allen
BY Donald a lien


in the village of Flint He was neigh
borly. kind hearted and always willing
to do for Others
Jed's good qualities were in way
to his lazincss. he had mania for
trading He would trade horses, dogs.
guns, WATCHES, ovcrcoat or anything
else, and it so happened that the other
fellow always got the best of the bar
gain.
He had been left quite a little for
tune by his grandmother, but in the
course of five years he had sold Mt Il
loss or traded with sharperS until all
that was left to him was II ten acre lot
lying just outside the village limits
1t was as fine Il meadow as could be
found in the county, and Jed was hang
ing on to that until some lightning rod
man should come along and trade him
n farm on top the Rocky mountains
when he fell in love
Jim Thomas. the carpenter had died
three years before and left Il level
headed. economical widow behind him
and he had seen her almost every day
for twenty-five years. and until the
spirit of love hubblcd up he had sim
ply regarded her as he looked upon all
other women.
He was sitting on the grocery steps
,l1, wi, ,li
ped and cut his finer The Widow
Thomas was Just entering the store for
half Il dozen eggs when the accident
occurred, and she pulled ont her hand
kerchicf and bound up the bleeding
finger. 1t was only Il trinc. but some
how il touched the heart of the old
bachelor. and three days later he called
on the widow
"Martha." he began. I've got tired
of sloShing around alone and am going
to get married"
For the lands sake" she exclaimed
have me"
"Who is it?"
You"
'Now, Jed, don't come around here
with any of your nonsense" she said.
"" "l' 81 E'"'', i i'','''''' '''''''' "u' U"
va ''''''N w" N"' i"''t',
''" "o'''
drive me crazy to have such a hus-
band"
'o"i' an" "oui" REFORM ii had
any one To peck ut me I'd 20 to work"
maven lliAe 10 DE poklh% UP
iiuH"lllu' us ii"ru |" '''''ll oiu d"SS
new "l'NN' ii'hN !e io' 'he hoiior'
'eu' put guess we won 90 any mar
~ I''I'
DE" was SIuSile" lor 'hree days. our
INK when 'iIle "'l''ihiH man came
Along ana oiieF'u To 'r'"" MN ''"No
acres OF desert lana III Arizona lor ms
meadow an" eNp'a'n'n lh't ne c"uld
l"lSe l',' w l,'''''Hii'N'N 10 'ile acre OH
'ilc sunny N"il ana sen 'h' OH ior % "
S"i'''' w S''"H' 'i'' '''' Vi o"'''s
wiz"
II ''eu hau oceA Ill HIS norman cohul-
lloh ne WonlI nave closed win the OF
ici "' "'i''' "u' "H ne WAS III 'll' tiit to'S
VI "oi''''NH 'oNe ne "H'''l'>iir" ''le
Wv" y! ''' li'"N '''' N'"'''l''ii man
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I,., ~, - >,
1nh yon'yn cnno about that boro
ro,,, ,i,, n..,.od
.I h,,.o Tn, ,,i.or,,lo man,,
.IIovo Won, trioI c,tri,, toog"
"rotnin tn,g ,,r.,t ho,vaus, What
nils mo is Iovn and if IN. Nississirni
river WAS comnosnd of cotn,n t.o II
couIdp't cura mo Martha If Won wop,t
nromis, to boya m. ,,r,t 1.-Two , wool,
LONGER"
Nonsense I'm husv with my iron
Ing. and Won run alone"
Jed wns now so broken m that ev-
eryhodv hrg,u to uotica and comment
on if hut when Questioned hc simnIv
shook his hrol and Iutimotcd that he
was NOT Ion., for This siufuI world IJe
got mn energy enourh however to
contract 10 got ont = Thousand tins for
n suburbnn electric line and hon,nc
this might worI, in his favor he Maid
another visit to tho yidov and told
her of il
"Now that Won seq am going TO
work can't Won say yesp, he asked in