The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-22

the Chicago mat lyt
and back comes your che
you'd come, and so I've
penter fix up 500 nests in
You've got little 'uoncy.
some more with il to buy
doves as a starter kl,u,
buyer who'll get t. ,or
reasonable price !I,'s IN
on me, but of C r,e | wo,
of marrying Il all in th..
On, the money vii. roll i.
| bit"
But If its so profitable why .rt
everyone around here IN IT." asked
Miss Jennie
Lack of energy and ambition, dear
They are the slackest pcop'e around
here you ever heard of. They haven't
the energy to pick up a Collar in the
road. They might be mil!cnaires ne,
| if they had gone into the SQUAD BIZ i.
ness five years ago"
The farm was dated and seen.
to be run down, but TIE girl from
east aroused herself to action, and
the course of three or four days t
chicken buyer came along end -.
I ranGements were made with him 7
the first hundred doves 10 get SOU; bs
you must first get your doves. The
chicken man was conservative man.
When Miss Jennie asked for his hon
! est opinion about the squad In inc
he reflected lcr several mir ties be,
fore replying:
We'll. I will be honest with you ani
say that you c..nt CA ct to make over
$4,000 the first year. You have got to
get start, you know. .\fter Nc doves
,or-e 20 know what is required of
them you can't keep track of the
checks that will come tuuibling in
from chicago"
That settled any i-.I't lie was
paid Is cents apiece mo than the
r.arket price for his hundred doves,
and they arrived and were Gagged in
TIE barn. They arrived !, at dusk
one evening, and at daylight Mis-
Jennie was out at the +" = and climb
ing around in search Ct Eggs. The
doves had slept instead OF laying.
Not an egg was laid in the next three
days, and then the birds were al
lowed to soar about the farm. They
were a success at the So ing, bUt
when it came to clSs ley COX not
the slightest interest After a wee (
Miss Jennie and her cousin drove
seven miles to the village and con
suited the druggist. He Wa man
not easily startled but on this ocCd-
sion he said that something must | Q
done without loss Of tine. lie there
lore rushed behind his co"nter and
| put up a prescription to be mingled
| with a hot bran = rs soon as they
| reached home, ana l".IEed one dollar
! for the same. 1t was Only n.ic gied and
1cvoured, but still no eggs.
In the midst of the &uxitties the
4 chicken buyer cane that way again.
\ He was given all par;icl airs, and aft
I er weighing them for half an hour,
| and going out to look p he barn and
4 the doves and the land >"are. he gave
it as his opinion the 100 doves were
\ dining for the 70 h I'D al his farm
md with whO.n t..,y were 'OrmerlT
associated. The 30 were purchased
md delivered, but week won't by
| 1Lu not an egg al pc tItu. ..Gn MISS
i Jennie VIII IT'S sat down on an old
II wagon wheel in the Larny@.d and
wept. She wept lccauso OF the OBJ
durate Nes-bec@L>e Of her disap
: pointed plans-Eecause OF her quarrel
N with Frank-becauSe-he
N And then some one pate ! her on
the head, ard she lCokrd up to find
le the young architect smiling into heI
a eyes.
ct "Oh. Frank, the doves wCu't lay!'
e. she exclaimed as she rose to her feet
'e And you aren't going to make q
1t million dollars out of sqdabs?"
'e Twelve lost al he'd"
n And your lite head is not wist
r enough to figure oat why l50 dove.
" haven't laid an egg yet and never
will?"
lie oh, Frank"
Because they are MAJ irds anC
not used to it, Gene ihto he houst
and Wen talk about getting married
tomorrow and starting Xxx home th'
N day after. Squads. NY dear? Squad:
G are a snare and deiusion compared
with matrimonyi"