The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-12-26

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ainft 'afsowei a n,fati Of my own ter y
conscsenee. and eveuy time I go -e.a IN
paiggin ! feel like a pup. De 20,
know wshat II H.? 'aFts hell that's -what
1t is
''wirSt we need +said John. rse rfvi
service
"Civti service, They've got civfi -aerv
ice in Ehe postotIfce. Did yoa rvei
hear OF a postmaster or his clerk shat
wasn't sio I,litlcsT'
But q grumbling yeoIdier often as u
good fighter: witnees Jeremy ON a
scouting expedition It begins at the
esta hiishment Of s7ias Hicks. iieery
man &eremy. being a pegleg. eaRnoi
tramp the weary milee ahead of him
He drives out into the country. brow
wrinkie6 as he mafshas his argu
ments sde has no eyes for the ealm
beauty OF the afternoon. He pnls
In the Jogging horse beside field ia
the middle of which a man is seen
| driving hayrake In response sto
| Jeremy's &ail the maB .descends frem
his seat and walks slowly over to the
fence.
"Howdy. eomrade." ssws Jeremy.
"Howdy. 5eremy."
Good harvestin weather"
''Purty good. comradn agrees. There
as not a cloud in the sky.
'"Smoke?" Suggests Jeremy. From u
tbudging pocket he draws ferth cigar
fy.Iin hu dxy M a
They are very good cigars. costing $40
the hundred At home repose three.
boxes of them. recently purchased
jeremy has needed a new sait and his
wife new dreas for more than -
year These Injuries. however must
he postponed.
The farmer holds the cigar to his
nose shifting apPrevIngly. ''TH keep
Il till after supper He deposits II
carefully on the bottom rail Of the
fence beside his water Jug
Jeremy resorts again to the buiging
pocket Keep that and smoke this
now" he offers generously The farm
er lights the cigar From another
pocket Jeremy draws forth his own
weed This pocket is not go well filled
and contains only three fers'' for
Ieremy's own consumption.
After further preliminaries Jeremy
opens lire.
"S'pose you're goin' to git into line
This fall. same as ever, comradeT he
remarks casually.
The farmer leans on the fence in IN
attitude suited to comfortable argu
ment We'll, | don't knows l am"
with Johnny Dunmeade on the
ticket?"
Does my law work. don't think
much of the state ticket. though
Forthwith Jeremy launches into
passionate defense of his party. in
which the tariff Is freely mentioned
Reference is made also to the daAs
when comrade ard he shared blankets
together ON the red soil of Virginia
He talks rapidly. dreadlng to hear the
argument which he cannot answer
Comrade is not unimpressed hut is far
from conviction.
well. don't Know" he. says slowly
And then brings forth the thing thar
has been haunting Jeremy's nights and
days. I'm bothered some about thai
trust company business. Looks to me
as if some of Murchelps politicians
was at the bottom of it. When they
git to foolin' with our banks. it's time
to make change. If we let 'em go
on, how'm | to know that my bank
amt mixed up with 'emT'
There is silence. while Jeremy
braces himself for his duty. 81 know
lifts been botherin' me. too. But
he looks away and tries manfully to
keep the whine out of his voice. I'm
nskin you as favor to me to over
look it. They've served notice on me
that I've. got to bring in my list for
the whole ticket or my job goes"
There is another silence. longer
one, while the farmer chews his cigar
refectively
We'll" he says at last, I'D like to
do We favor Jeremy. I'll think it
over"