The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-13

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their bpggies and after glarins and
snorting q each other f5f ! lime. NJ.
Jones safcastleaIly saId:
II haven't seen anything ofl them.
grasshoppers yet
J They are probably waiting TO come
! along with yonr later bugs.
.Um, Mr Talbot. IL thar & YOUR
name. pity the folks Ia THIS village
who have 10 put mp with your ways"
I'm! Mr. Jones' and that is I'M.
doubtedly your name. for I never saw
a Jones who didn't look Ike mean
man. II pas you, ia 20 hang myself
and let my town taite rest
Apologize. sir. Apologize az onces''
mot until you apologize first,
They met again on the highway and
again at a funeral ana a town meet
ing. and each meeting made them long
to Kill each other Tho son and the
daughter were forbidden under all sorts
of pains aud penalties even to bow TO
each other. but their loyemaking could
not be-stopped by such edlcis. There
was no question of love, bnt that OF
marriage was held In aDeyancs in
hopes that their respective fathers
might undergo change OF opinion. A
mutual friend undertook 10 bring this
about. he called upon the pepnery
Mr. Jones first. He started ont with a
lot Of sweet OIL, but he hadn't talked
over half minute when Mr.. Jones in
terrupted with:
THAT will do, sir. A year ago /
told that old fool Of Talbot that 1t
looked like good year for tater bugs,
!. and he up and lnsuited me.'
But there were no tater bugs last
year."
Makes no difference. 1 have met
him two or three times since, ana 1
tell you he Is cantankerous old rep
rebate. II bets going 10 continue llv-
ing in the state, I'll get out ofit,n
Nothing could be done with the pep
perry Mr.. Jones, and 80 the mutual
friend tried the Deppery Mr. Talbot.
He had only stated his errand when
the latter shouted out:
Stop, sir! l do not want that mans
name mentioned in my presenca!i If
ever there was an obstinate old fool
who needed TO be Kicked from here to,
Hornsdale, he is the one. lie owes
me an apology, and shah insist that
be get down Oh his knees u make It.
Be friends with Jones-7J -o.h-e-s! You
don't know me, STRIP
But yet things were working Provi-
dence or something else always seeks
to bring things out right IN case Of
true love. One day party of people
living in Winston went out 10 hue
klebe.ry swamp to gather berries, and
the peppery Mr.. Talbot went with
them. On.tfe same day party from
Hornsdale visited the same. swamp,
and the peppery Mr. Jones was among
them. The two parties kept separate
for some hours, and they had only
/ drifted together wien thunderstorm
came up. At the same time a messen-
ger arrived from Winston with the
news that the young couple had gone
aff aud been married. The people had
to seek the shelter CT tbs trees, and it
50 happened that the two pepnerg old
men found themselves side by side.
Il win never recognize the mar
riageH exclaimed Mr.. Jones as he
found himself face TO face with his
enemy.
Nor i either"
Your daughter plotted to trap my
SON"
Iris false. girl 1t was right the
other way"
They would probably haYe Kept on
quarreling for The next half hour. but
a thunderbolt shot out OF the black
cloud and struck the tree underneath
which they were standing. Five peo-
pie were knocked sensetess aud con-
tinued in that state for q quarter OF an
hour. Then the two peppery old men
recovered consciousness, sat Up and
looked at each other.
Talbot, where are wefp slowly ask
ed Jones.
In heaven. Jones'"
Were we Sliledfby IIghtninsT'
I'VE must ha1o Seem,
well, as we are in heaven and the
children married, ! don't want 10 carry
no grudge against you. l'm willing to
apologize II you are"
well, I'm sorry"
"so'm l."
OF course they fnmd out later on
that they were no nearer heaven than
the huckleberry swamp, and Of course
there was little humiliation on the
part Of both. but, like sensible men.
they buried the Ratchet and rode home
together TO congratulate tho happy
couple.
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