The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-03

treaking no promises. Joe. supposing
a certain 'ous was mentioned in a
certain letter from forrin parts. wot
'Ouse was it?"
Supposing 1t was so, ses Joe.
careful. too; the second 'ouso count.
ing from the Caulifiower.'
THE ninth 'ouse, you mean, SEES
Henery Walker. sharply.
Second 'Ouse in Mill Lane. you
mean Sos Sam Jones. wot lived there
Then they all see 'ow they'd been
done, and that they wasn't, in a man.
nor q speaking, referring To the same
letter
while they was talking who should
come along but George English his.
self.
Evening, he ses. but none OF 'em
answered i'm; they all looked at Hen.
cry 20 see wot e was going TO say.
"'wots up?' ses George, in sur
prise.
Gardens. sos Henery.
So I've card, ses George.
"He shook is cad and looked al
them sorrowful and severe at the
same time.
Mark my words, ses George Eng
lsh, speaking very slow and solemn.
'there'll be no blessing on il. Whoevers
made is fortune by getting up and
digging Is garden over won't get no
real benefit from IL. He may wear
black coat and new trousers on Sun
day, but g won't be 'appy. I'll 20 and
get my little taste o beer somewhere
else e ses. ! can't breathe here
He walked OF before any one could
say word; Bill Chambers dropped is
pipe and smashed 1t, Henry Walker
sat staring after i'm with is mouth
wide open. and Sam Jones. who was
always one TO take advantage. drank
is own beer under the firm belief that
II was Joe's.
- shall take care that Mrs. Paw
lett ears o this. ses Henery. at last.
"'And be asked wot you dug your
garden up for SEES Joe, and ave to cx-
plain that you broke your promise to
George. Why, she'd talk at us for
years and years
And parson 'ud preach a sermon
about IT, ses Sam; where's your
sense. Henery?'
I'VE should be the larfing stock
for miles round ses Bill Chambers.
II anybody wants to know, | dug my
garden up to enrich the soil Tor next
year. and also TO give some other chap
a chance of the prize
MRS. Pawlett and the parson came
'ome next day. an 'er voice got that
squeaky with surprise 1t was painful
TO listen to her. All the chaps stuck
to the tale that they'd dug their gar
den up to give the others a chance.
and Henery Walker, e went further
and said Il was owing TO a sermon on
unselhshness wot the curate 'ad
preached three weeks afore. He 'ad
a nice little red-covered 'ymn-book
the next day with From a Friend
wrote in II.
"All the gardens but one was worse
than Bob's The only better garden
was Ralph Thomson's. who lived next
door to i'm, but two nights afore the
flower show is pig got walking In its
sleep. Ralph said 1t was a mystery
TO i'm 'ow the pig could ha got out;
II must ha' put its foot through q
hole too small for 1t, and turned the
button OF it's door, and then climbed
over a four-foot fence. He told Bob
e wished the pig could speak. but Bot
said that that was sinful and unchris
| tian of i'm.
There was quite a crowd on flower
| show day following the judges. First
| of all, to Bill Chambers astonlsh
ment and surprise, they went TO IL
| place and stood on the caps in II
garden judging 'em. while Bill peepeC
at 'em through the kitchen windei
'arf crazy, They went TO every gar
| den in the place. until one Of the
young ladies got tired OF II, and asked
Mrs. Pawlett whether they was there
to Judge cottage gardens or earth
| quakes.
/ Everybody 'eld their breaths tina
evening in the schoolroom when Mrs
, Pawlett got up on the platform anC
took a slip of paper from one OF thu
judges. Then Mrs. Pawlett put 'e
glasses on her nose and Just read out
short and sweet. that the prize o
three scvereigns and a metal teapo
for the best-kept cottage garden az
been won by Mr. Robert Pretty.
"You would 'ardly think that BoI
'ud have the cheek to stand up ther'
and make a speech, but e did. HI
said that II q told 'em all ed done t
make sure q the prize they'd be SUI
prised He said that ed been lik'
Ralph ThomBon's pig, up early ant
late.
HE finished is remarks by sayinl
that e was going to give a tea-part.
up at the Caulihower TO christen tn
teapot. where ed be pleased TO wei
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