Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-09-23

seem to have any success in getting
hold of it. Did you try?'
81 did, says l. and twas like try
ing to dig prairie dog out of his hole
with peanut hull. That pancake re-
ceipt must be jookalorum the way
they hold on to It,
"Im most ready to give 1t up says
Jackson. so discouraged in his pro-
nunciations that felt sorry for him.
But did want to know how to make
them pancakes to eat on my lonely
ranch,' says he. Il lie awake Of nights
thinking how good they are.'
"'You keep on trying for IT, tells
him, and Ill do the same. One Of us
is bound to get a rope over its horns
before long. Well, so long, Jacksy.'
you see, by this time we was on the
peacefullest of terms. When l saw
that lie wasn't after Miss Willella
had more endurable contemplations of
that sandy haired snoozer. In order
to help out the ambitions Of his appe-
tite kept on trying to get that receipt
from Miss Willella. but every time
would say pancakes she would get
sort Of remote and fidgety about the
eye and try to change the subject. If
held her to it she would slide out
and round up Uncle Emsley with his
pitcher of water and hip pocket how
itzer.
lone day galloped over to the store
with a fine bunch Of blue verbenas
that cut out Of herd Of wild flow
ers over OH Poisoned Dog prairie.
Uncle Emslcy looked ut 'em with one
eye shut and says:
"'Haven't We heard the news:'
"'Cattle up?' l asked.
"'Willella and Jackson Bird was
married in Palestine yesterday says
he. Just got letter this morning.
Il dropped them flowers in a cracker
barrel and let the news trickle in my
ears and down toward my upper left
hand shirt pocket until it got to my
feet.
"'Would you mind saying that over
again once more. Uncle Emsley:' says
I. Maybe my hearing has got wrong.
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-
IA Falls on a wedding tour. Why,
didn't you see none Of the signs all
along? jackson Bird has been court
ing Willcla ever since that day he
took her out riding
"'Thcn.' says | in kind of yell,
what was all this zizzaparoola he
gives me about pancakes? Tell me
that
when said pancakes Uncle Ems
ley sort of lodged and stepped back.
; Somebody's been dealing me pan
cakes from the bottom of the deck l
says, and I'll find out. l believe you
know. Talk up says |. or We'll mix
painful Of batter right here
II slid over the counter after Uncle
Emslcy. lie grabbed at his gun, but
. it was in IL drawer. and he missed 1t
two inches. l got him by the front of
his shirt and showed him in corner.
, Talk pancakes says l. or be made
into one. Does Miss Willella make
'em"
"'She never made one in her life,
and 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 3lnsley.' 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-
J ducing pancakes. and he asked me to
help him get the bill Of lading Of the
: ingredients. done so. with the re-
suits as you see. Have l been sodded
, down with johnson grass by pink
eyed snooZer OF what|
"'Slack up your grip on my dress
shirt says Uncle Emsley, and I'll tell
you. Yes. it looks like Jackson Bird
has gone and humbugged you some.
The day after lie went riding with
Willella he came back and told he
and her to watch out for you whenever
you got to talking about pancakes. lie
said you was in camp once where they
was cooking flapjacks and one of the
fellows cut you over the head with a
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 soothcd
down and you wouldn't he danger.
GUS. SO lie and Willella done the best
by you we knew how. Well, we'll,
says Uncle Emsley, that Jackson Bird
is sure Il seldom kind Of snooZer.' u
During the progress OF Jud's story lie
had been slowly but deity combining
Al l., &c