The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-12-12

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/: That givs No my idss. I drove that
gobblsr away over 70 the far end o.
the farm an DSansd II up, and from
then on I led Il three times Q day.
Every day I give it.a spsck o Alpha
bets rapid grower. Alphabet kept
wondslin. what was becomin' o his
powder. an finally got to work on q
theory that this petickler ingrejunt O
tn system was % pecooliarly con-
stFucted that It nachly faded out o
existence. which was, accordin' to his
theory. the reason people that don't
grow fast or big don't grow at IN.
Purity good theory, bat. Ike most thee.
rieA It vas faulty In Jest one petiok.
ler.
well. you'd ought to e. seen Mr..
0obbler. Gentlemen. take my word
for It or not In one months time Il
was big - horse. an By the hrst O
NOVEMBER Il was bigger n IN ele.
plant.
Along come . huckster. buyin'
Thanksgivin' turkeys. Lowed he'd
pay 80 CENTS . pound for EN-. I SEQ
to him I had one gobbler I'd cell him,
pervidin' he'd take It alive. Told him
] was . busy man. what with my 70.
searchin' an other scisntinc work, an
didn't have no time for KILN an
cleanin. turkeys. Huckstsr said hs'd
take tn gohbler, let q Il stood. 50 !
pfked or b IL hack corner q IL
farm. lst down. tn bafs. IN 'druv u.
gobblef up to tn college.
Honest. I was scared, Of Il mysslf.
II stood twenty test high, IN built %.
oordin'. That turkey was Zig enough
to furnish church dinners for al tn
churches In this state. But Il was q
gentle - lamb. Only thing about II
WAS it, voics. I'd forgot to tell about
that ,Whsn II gobblsd Il made moro
noise than . house anre. well,
drove Il up to th. collage, an Ii. fao,
ulty an tn huckstsr an tn studanta
an al was thsrs-an,, they blame nigh
died. with astonishment. e
Just, think how, you'd feel II IN
OF Q sudden right down . lane would
come . turkey - big - Q freight car.
an Il Just when It got about forty fest
from you It spread tail - big - q
circus tent and began gobbling in .
voice that could be heard in the next
county. Why. tn faculty nachly duck
cd right inside tn college instanter.
an tn huckster was 20 scaret he Jump.
ed into his wagon an tried to hide In
ono OF his coops that was full Of roost-
ers an hens an turkeys an guineas.
Then my turkey. bein' . shy and tim.
i'd creetur. got scaret, too. an It
dew up on top O. tn Hall o. Lib'ral
Arts an let out q gobble that sounded
like . million freight trains BLOWN
for tn flag man all at once. Seem
ed like that was tn first time 1t ever
knew it could fly. It topped its wings
once or twice. knocking all tn chimb-
leys OF tn buildin' in tn exercise. an
then started right up In tn air, an
was never seen since. No, sirs. no
body ever seen hide nor feather Of it
from that day to this.
80 that was why I lost my Job at
tn college. Alphabet he got sore be-
cause I'd stole his quick-growin 'medi-
cine, an tn rest O. tn faculty got
mad because they'd got scared over a
little scientific experiment. They pass
ed tn word around an I couldn't get
work at no other college in tn coun-
try. SO az last made up my mind to
settle down here in what is as near
oblivion as I can find an seek to be
forgotten. wouldn't a told you fell
lers about thishyere turkey, only
know you'll respec' my confidence"
What became of the huckster.
Am'zi?" asked Lafayette Allen. tug.
ging at his whiskers.
well, now. that's just what started
me to rememberin' thishyere turkey.
saw that same huckster goin' through
town today, an how I knowed it was
him was that he kept watchin' the sky
all tn time. expectin to see thishyere
turkey come down to roost."
That's pretty near as good q story,
'Am'zi." said the grocer. preparing to
close the store for the night. "as you
usually tell me when I dun you for
that little bill Of yours"