The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-04-28

bis wife II be had one The frog ha,
Jumped down Zabed's throat one da,
when be was drinking from the hors
pond. and. though thousands OF In
dscements bad been held out to him
nothing could prevail upon him 4
Jump out
well, where In the young gtf1 d
matter how her heart turks with love
who Is going 10 marry q young mar
With a live and growing frog In his
stomach She can't b found. sh.
wasn't found In this cAse. Prudence
smath cooled OF on Zsbed Winters
and he went about with his chin An
the afr and Was too pscod TO ask fcz
N explanation. II was q yssr before
ono came. Then a nshtnfhjksod man
stayed overnight at Smith;s. and after
snper be got to talking abont froSn-
Seeing be was posted on tbs subts :.
Prudence made bold TO asa hfrn n be
hsd ever beard Of . frog taking I'D In
side quarters. and be answered that
such a thing was absolutely impossi-
bic and beyond belief. Zabsd Winters
had probably swallowed q small nsh
and the fish might be growing. but II
ief alone he could In tune - ssAed
for and caught That settled the frog
question. and ZAbed was invited 10
come sround and make up. He got q
hustle on him. and the turtieAoves
sang soft aad low. q new date was sp-
pointed. and Farmer Smith stopped
chopping wood long enough to extend
q hand and say:
zabed. you gol burned IDIOT. don't
you know when you've got a good
thingf Don't fool around any more"
Zabed didn't want 20, but before II
bad been decided which minister
should Haxry them old Mrs.. Snyder
struck bis tran. She was too old 10
marry. but not too old - utter q warn
fng for the benent Of q young man
Who bad put in q day boeing her gar
Gen and refused 70 take pay for II
She told him right straight out that
Prudence Smith snared like a steam
engine that she bad six toes on her
right foot apd or1y -four on her leYt.
that she had had ST vitss' dance when
Q baby and that II was sure 10 coma
back on Der some day II might not be
year after marriage that zabed
would come up from the eornnsld
some afternoon and find her dau-kar
al around the dooryard and kicking az |
high as q fence. That settled Zabed- /
He wanted Prudence. but he didn't I
want dancing dervish- More cold I
Dcss. more strained relations II was q
full year before old Mrs. Snyder was
proved liar. and II took three months
longer TO make up and Get another
date. Things had run smoothly 10
within q fortnight OF the date when a
tin peddler came along and bought a
sheepskin OF Zabed and then told him
that Prudence Smith was deaf In the
right ear. nearsighted In both eyes and
would be tongue tied before she was
two years older. Zabed hadn't noticed
he deafness or blindness. but be be-
ieved In tin peddlers and at once grew
rigid. Rssuk another year lost
Fate was stfll In the gam however
md when everybody. intending the
Two principals. had made up their
minds that there would b no marriage
ne came ioafng around to do her
lufy. Farmer Saith and his daughter
1~e In the village one day ssuyinx
lhco and brown sugar when Zabcd
Winters appeared. He had eggs 20 scl
sr hickory shirting The lovers were
roueht face 70 face. but they didn't
psnk. They thought Of fyugs and 81.
nus dance and six toed feet and
're turning away when Father
ninth Eached out one hand for his
asghtss and the other for Zab<d and
aid:
Say. are - two COL durssd idio<sr-
-Umr rsprsl Prudence.
-CmT rsU1tsa xAhed.
IL you wasnr you'd come aicus
'fn me to me preacher and gft mar.
~ and bev this tarnashun thine 81
- - once and fur good and sns
frsdsnce looked a Zabed.
zabed isoksd at PSDnencs.
Then they smiled nd edged up pear>
esch othss, - - ~ ht1 az
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