Evening journal., 1910-11-09
SIXTY BUSHELS
OF CORN
By M QUAD
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

kmdn cnhuTen, anu tne WOrlo was not
going very we'll with her. Her COW
had been taken on a debt. there was a
mortgage Of 5000 on the place. and
the holder was threatening to sell her
out.
One day a tat man arrived In the
village and took rooms at the tavern.
He was fat and jolly and gossipy He
was also sympathetic. He happened
70 hear OF the Widow Glenn's troubles,
and after three or four days he saun-
tered out that way and found her seat
ed on the doorstep with tears in her
eyes.
widow" said he after introducing
himself and sympathizing with her
about the loss Of crops. I'm fat
man. I'm a good man. | have
heart. You are not getting fair
show in this world. j am not here to
ask your hand IN marriage. for Cupid
is not for me. l am here to say that
those who go out TO shear shall be
shorn. or words TO that effect"
II don't understand you" was her
reply.
"And those who go out to slay shah
come back home slain themselves.
While am fat man and a good man
and have a heart. there are times
when do little business on the out
side. This is one OF the times
want to rent your barn for week.
and then / want you to act as my
agent for perhaps two more. viii
pay you 500 a week and perhaps
more"
"But you can't mean it" exclaimed
the surprised woman.
"But / can. widow. ] want the barn
to store corn in. II is shelled and viii
come in sacks There VIII be many
come to buy It for next years seed.
The price win be SO bushel.
"As my agent you are to sell It at
$40 a bushel. and am TO pay you
5000 for so doing"
why. I'll do that OF course. but
"Say no more. widow Rest right
there. Here's So for the rent OF the
barn till we get married. The corn
will arrive on the railroad. and teams
will draw it up here"
Next day the fat man and the good
NiuA anu TUG iltin NAAn nNAAt lAt"
pared an article for the village paper.
He also got out circulars TO farmers.
The inventor of n new breakfast food
wanted 5000 bushels of corn next
year. He wanted red corn exclusive
ly. He would pay S1o per bushel for
It. The red corn was a fad. but New
York vas willing to pay for Its fads.
, The Widow Glenn had been made the
agent Of the Great American Red
n Corn Fad company and had red sees
= corn to sell at SO per bushel Cal
te before Il was all gone. Not more tha
s. three bushels 10 any one buyer. as "a
company wanted TO eifx--all = ss;iitir'; sss'i;iiiirlss
chance.
The fat man with a heart disappear
ed The widow had her instructions
r and she obeyed them. The red corr
was in two bushe sacks. and the farm
ers tumbled over themselves TO take
e. them away.
T. The widows roll OF ten and twenty
r dollar bills grew larger every hour. and
her heart grew lighter There was a
mystery about her being appointed
\ agent. but no one had any time TO
talk about II. Il was. the red corn fad
h that was on tap all the time. Many
s Of the buyers thought there might be
- a demand Tor blue corn within two or
three years and wondered how It could
be grown In ten days every bushel
OF the corn was sold. and the widow
!. had 5000 deposited IN the postOffice
safe. Then the fat man showed up.
He was just as fat and jolly as ever.
= He said at the tavern that the day
n seemed TO have dawncd when red corn
= must take its place in the social and
I commercial world. and he intimated
! that the stock he had secured in the
= Great American Red Corn Fad com
! pany would pay dividends Of so per
cent within two years To the widow,
o when he had sauntered out 70 her
e house and received the roll Of green
8 backs. he said:
J. widow. / am r fat man. a good
n man and a man with heart Here
u Is S225 to clear the mortgage and In
z terest on your home"
"Oh. but it's too muchF she replied
widow. there's those around here
who have sought 10 shear you. They
will lose their own wool. Take this
W SIS to At up the children and your
Ie self
There are those around you wh'
le have sought to slay you. and now the,
have slain themselves. Take anothe
hundred to build a new fence. pain
the house and get some new furni
ture"
hs "But that's S400f"
widow. your figures are correct
nr The 5000 l keep viii pay for the corn
he the freightage and my summer vacs
ke ton. ! was in the lightning rod bust
De- ness once. but my conscience drov'
me out of It. am now simply a IA
ng man. a good man and man with
heart Widow. orphans. fare the
iy, we'll"
And about the red corn? It had bee
t. dyed red. And about the farmers
NO Well. as never a kernel OF that re
'' corn sprouted they had none to sc
next year. And about the Great Ame
ican Red Corn Fad company? VIII
he as there was no red corn to buy
ell didn't open a purchasing agency
by Bryon. And. lastly. about the fat nj
ld- with a heart? oh. he still lives al
continues TO do good actions