The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-10-10
Prudence and
Zobed.
BY "a. QUAD.

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PRUDENCE Smith and Zabed winters
met Al smelling school and were i'm.
pressed with eath ,a4cr zabed would
have married her II iae Widow Pen
rose hadu'i mixed IN Sa wanted n,
Young man for herself ma T. Nv.
Some vbisrss sbn tn,..., ~.
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10 s'al'u Il "'S'''' r'
down the ''iWr tatS faH
was at once imprrf 80 ~ 49,
spark Prudence un nfd ~
assure her that lr lar ~.
over n~reci.Ices r. ,.r
course sh. e.ept,
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no eAI''N'''
strained Ter ~ y ''it'
Zabeds NO ttl ,eu +"
the natter VIII H.
right The Vic, IS
mad, u up Wiz !,
ammo . oe,f, $500 .,.tl,l
ar
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nufu '"l 2 '''"c ''d s"'"
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gittin The real IT, $50.
Dc rue happisst unAn "a N@e.hG
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Zabcd was IN al q; lep V,c'
Then Deacon r." Nta
or apd wllted llh fl rtst bt s'yu
wife. gave up Son e tnltsf hHa .tt
Zabed. W hen he lrtd 'NftttI ltr ftI.
most awful s%rcrc's l' oa.rSsci IL
the young man hal q llrp frog III n
stomach and would pr biily - ma,
within two years AMI cut the throat O.
his wife &c he had one. The frog ha6
jumped down Iabed's thronl n da1
when he VAS driukiu. FROM the horse
pond, and. though thousands OF Ia
ducements had been held out 10 him
nothing could prevail upon him ID
jump out.
Well, where Is the young girl, nc
matter how her heart turks with love
who Is going 70 marry a young maj
with n live and growing frog In his
stomach? She can't be found. She
wasn't found In this case. Prudence
Smith cooled of on Zahed Winters
and he went about With his chin In
the air and WIS to proud 10 ask for
ar explanation. 1t WAS "a year before
one came. Then II li"htniug rod mal
stayed overnight al smiths. md aftel
supper he got 10 talking about frogs
Seeing he was posted "h re sttJe
Prudence made bold To = IN If ne
had e heard cf = frog ta ing up In
side quarters. AID ne nSN.etrtl that
such a thing was absoluiel. tmposSi
BILE and beyond belief. Iahed Whites
had probably swallowed - 'inall lisa
and the fish might he froWi y, but Il
left alone he could IN lime De lished
for and caught. That settled the frog
question. and Iab"d was invited To
come around and make UP. He got
hustle on him, and the turuedove:
sang soft aud low. a new date was ap
pointed. and Farmer Smith stopped
chopping wood long enough 10 extend
a hand and say:
"Zabed, you gol burned idio' don'
you know when You've got , good
thing? Don't fool around any more
Zabed didn't want to. bu before /
had been decided which ministeI
should marry them old AIRS. Snyde'
struck his trail. She wa too old It
marry, but not too I'd to utter II warn
ing o the benefit OF q yonng mar
who had put in n day hoein@ her gar
den and refused to take pay for Il
She told him ri@h; straight oui that
Prudence Smith snored ike n stear
engine. that she had six toes on hei
right foot ard only four Oh her left
that she had had ST. Nitus' dance wher
a baby and that II was sure to come
back on her some day. 1t miSht>hot bt
a year after marriage that Zabet
would come up from the %cornfelC
some afternoon and find her dancing
all around the d0oryard and kicking a:
high as a fence. That settled Zabed
He wanted Prudence, but he didn'i