Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-11


and you only said that prime heifers
was $3.50 on the hoof or something
like that
Married yesterday says Uncle
Emsley. and gone to Waco and Niaga-
ra Falls on a wedding tour Why,
didn't you see none of the signs all
along? jackson Bird has been court
ing Willella ever since that day he
took her out riding
"'Then,' says | In q kind of yell.
what was all this zizzaparoola he
gives me about pancakes? Tell me
that
when l said pancakes Uncle Ems
ley sort of lodged and stepped back.
Somebody's been dealing me pan
cakes from the bottom of the deck
says, and I'll find out. l believe you
know. Talk up says |, or wei! mix
a painful of batter right here
II slid over the counter after Uncle
Emsley. He grabbed at his gun, but
it was in a drawer, and he missed 1t
two inches. l got him by the frcnt of
his shirt and showed him in a corner.
"'Talk pancakes says l. 'or be made
into one. Docs Miss Willella make
'emT
"'She never made one in her life,
and l never saw one says Uncle Ems
ley soothing Calm down, now. Jud,
calm down. You've got excited. and
that wound in your head is contain.
mating your sense of Intelligence. Try
not to think about pancakes
"'Uncle Emsley,' says l, I'm not
wounded in the head except so far as
my natural cOgitative instincts run to
runts. Jackson Bird told me he was
calling on Miss Willella for the pur-
pose of finding out her system of pro-
ducing pancakes, and he asked me to
help him get the bill Of lading of the
ingredients. l done so. with the re-
suits as you see. Have | been sodded
down with Johnson grass by a pink
eyed snooZer or what|
Slack up your grip on my dress
shirt says -nC>c -.m.'ey. 'and I'll tell
you. Yes, II looks like Jackson Bird
has gone AMI humbugged you some.
The day after he went riding with
Willella he came back and told me
and her to watch out for you whenever
you got to talking about pancakes. He
said you was In camp once where they
was cooking flapjacks and one of the
fellows cut You over the head with q
frying pan. jackson said that when
ever you got overhot or excited that
wound hurt you and made you kind
of crazy and you went raving about
pancakes. lie told us to Just get you
worked off the subject and soothed
down and you wouldn't be danger
Gus. So me and Willella done the best
by you we knew how. Well, well,'
says Uncle Emsley, that Jackson Bird
is sure a seldom kind of snoozer.'
During the progress of Jud's story he
had been slowly but deftly combining
certain portions of the contents of his
sacks and cans. Toward the close of it
he set before me the flSlshed product
pair Of redhot, rich hued pancakes on
u tin plate. From some secret hoard
ing place he also brought a lump
excellent butter and a bottle
sirup.
"How long ago did these -
happen?" l asked him.
Three years" said Jud. They're
living on the Mired Mule ranch now
But l haven't seen either of 'em since.
They say Jackson Bird was fixing his
ranch up fine with rocking chairs and
window curtains all the time he was
putting me up the pancake tree. oh,
got over 1t after awhile, but the boys
kept the racket up"
"Did you make these cakes by the
famous recipe?" l asked.
Didn't l tell you there wasn't no
receipt?" said Jud. THE boys hol-
Tered pancakes till they got pancake
hungry, and l cut this receipt out of
newspaper How does the truck tasteF'
They're delicious" l answered
"Wby don't you have some. too. judo"
was sure heard a sigh.
"Nie?" said Jud. II don't never eat
EN-"
Respond 10 Blue Eyes.
"Every little while physioiogists come
to the front with some advantage ac-
cruing to people who have blue eyes,
said the city salesman Nv Nell. dis
covered Il point that they have never
mentioned. a jeweler told me. He is
manager of the jewelry department OF
a big store. | applied to him for