Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-31

oh! man. what a snap you've walked
overi"
Did you get that stun around
here?"
Almost under your nose. Eet's have
a talk"
The talk resulted in q partnership,
They were to buy the Josiah Flint hill
and marsh and develop the minerals,
peat and other things. The deacon had
laid by some money in his better days,
He IA besides, the only maj in the
county who knew anything about Flint.
He knew that he had gone to Kansas,
and that he and his wife had died leav-
ing a young girl behind them. The girl
must be Of age by then. She must
have had a guardian. but he had never
made a move about the real estate.
The young man. whose name was
Edward Sweeny, was TO go to Kansas
and hunt up Miss Sarah Flint and
stick right TO her until she accepted an
offer. Then Hardy and Sweeny were
to buy it.
What's it wuth?" asked the dea,
con.
"A hundred thousand. at least" re.
piled Sweeny.
And what do you think We can get
it for"
Il think she'll jump at a thousand"
The deacon chuckled. Then he
sighed. Then he groaned. Then he
went home and said to his wife:
Martha, II men and another Teller
can get the old Flint place for $500
apiece, and make over $4,000 apiece
out OF it. do you think it would be
wicked?"
II should call it good bargaining"
she replied.
1T wouldn't be laid up agin me-"
Look a-here, deacon, they used to
raise a heap of cattle, sheep and asses
in Biblical days, didn't they?"
They did"
And they sold a heap Of 'em?"
They must have"
We'll. do you reckon anybody sold
below the market price? Don't you
think they sold way above It when
they got a chance?"
II should say they did"
"Of course they did, and there isn't
a word of criticism in the Bible about
it."
Ought we to tell the gal what has
been diskivered on the place"
Does a merchant tell US what his
kaliker cost him a yard, and amt they
dying and going to heaven every day.
The deacon's conscience felt balmy
after that, and young Sweeny started
out to find the heir. Luck was with
him. He had located her whereabouts
and was approaching the house where
she lived when he beheld her coming
towards him OF a runaway horse.
There was a fine opening for a hero,
and he grasped it. He caught the
horse and saved Sarah's life and had a
leg broken. A hero is a hero In every
state and county of our glorious Union.
When he has a leg broken in playing
his part he is taken to the house where
the heroine hangs out and given the
hall bedroom until he ear once more
jump fences. This case was no ex-
ception. Love came and a marriage
came, according to program.
One day Deacon Hardy got a letter
with the Kansas postmark. He read
it and took 1t home and laid it before
his wife.
He says he has found the heiress."
she read.
Yep"
"He says he saved her life"
yep"
HE says they are married"
Yep"
And therefore he's the owner of the
Flint place and don't care about taking
in a partner. Deacon Hardy, did you
have any partnership papers drawn up
so that you can hold him?'
No"
well you amt a fool! You are just
a good man who is going to heaven
like a streak of creased lightning
when he dies. and IL I'm left behind
you I'll forward your fried pork and
johnnycake by the first express!"