Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-19

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"'I'm most ready TO give it 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. I lie awake of nights
thinking how good they are
"'YOu keep on trying for it, | tells
him, and I'll do the same. One of us
Is bound TO get rope over its horns
before long. Well. so long, Jacksy.'
you see, by this time we was on the
peacefullest of terms When | saw
that he wasn't after Miss Wlllella l
had more eIdurable 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 I
would say pancakes she would get
sort of remote and fidgety about the
eye and try to change the subject. II
| held her to ii she would slide out
and round up Uncle Emsley with his
pitcher Of water and hip pocket how
itZer.
"One day galloped over to the store
with a fine bunch of blue verbenas
that cut out of herd of wild flow
ers over on Poisoned Dog prairie.
Uncle Emsley looked at 'em with one
eye shut and says:
"'Haven't We heard the newsT
"'Cattle upT / asked.
"'Willella and Jackson Bird was
married In Palestine yesterday says
he. Just got letter this morning
II dropped them flowers In cracker
barrel and let the news trickle In my
ears and down toward my upper left
hand shirt pocket until 1t got to my
feet
would you mind saying that over
again once more, Uncle EmsleyF says
|. 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-
ra Falls on 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 a 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
says, and I'll find out. | believe you
know. Talk up says |, or Wen mix
a painful of batter right here
II slid over the counter after Uncle
Emsley He grabbed at his gun but
1t was In a drawer. and he missed 1t
two inches. got him by the front of
his shirt and showed him in a corner.
"'Talk pancakes says |, or be made
into one. Does Miss WiIlella make
'emT
"'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 Emsley,' says |, 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. | done so, with the re-
suits as you see. Have | been sodded
down with Johnson grass by pink
eyed snooZer or whatF
"'Slack up your grip on my dress
shirt says Uncle EmsIey, and I'll tell
you. Yes. 1t looks like Jackson Bird
has gone and 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
said you was in camp once where they
was cooking fiapjacks 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. He 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.' u
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 II
he set before me the finished product
a pair of redhot, rich hued pancakes or
a tin plate. From some secret hoard
ing place he also brought a lump OF
excellent butter and a bottle of colder
Sirup.
How long ago did these things
happen?" l asked him.
'Three years. said Jud. "rhey'rt
living on the Mired Mule ranch now
But ! haven't seen either of EN- since
They say Jackson Bird was fixing his
ranch up fine with rocking chairs ant
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 thu
famous recipe?' | asked.
Didn't | tell you there wasn't pt
receipt?''. said Jud. THE boys hol
Tered pancakes till they got pancak,
hungry, and cut this receipt out of ;
newspaper. How does the truck taste ?