The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-02

you VISA. you WOulOu spas
around so and roll the water all up!'
Mr.. Baker set up a yelling for help.
He had a strong voice, but he was
down in a round hole. The yells whirl-
ed round and round, and by the time
they got to the top they had turned
into rat-like squeals. The man also
hoarsened up very soon and came to
realize that the woman in the chair
above him had an advantage. There
fore, by and by. ne said;
The law cleared me, but III pay
you five dollars for the COW"
you mean S35, Mr.. Baker"
I'll see you blessed first"
Very well. When you get ready to
talk business let me know"
Five minutes later Mr.. Baker raised
his bid to $40.
Nothing doing.
Then to $15-$2O-$25.
rs the water warming up any?" so
licitously Queried the widow in answer
I've been told it's the hottest well
in town when it gets to goingl"
viii you take $50 and go for help?'
q said $35, and that's what l must
stick to-
It was ten minutes before Mr..
Baker could be pried loose from that
other ~" but at last he called up:
Well. I'll make it S35, and now you
hustle. Bring as many as four men and
a stout rope
Yes, but we are not through with
our talk yet. Your hogs rooted my
garden last June, and Elder Fairbanks
said the damages were at least SIS
1T wasn't my hogs"
But I can prove it was"
But I won't pay a cent. It's ex-
%tortion!"
"Oh, well, think it over. It's four
hours to shutdown yet"
At the end of twenty minutes the
shivering, c%hattering man called up
that he stood ready to compromise at
$12. This was agreed to, and he
added:
81 may be a dead man when the
men get here, but they can haul my
dead body outl"
Yes, I'll see it's hauled out, but
there's no great hurry about it. rye
often thought I'd like to talk with you
and now I've got the chance"
Great smoke, but is something else
coming!" groaned the owner of the
only mummerette in town.
IT'S about Mary and Tom. You've
come between them and raised a row"
II won't let Tom marry her"
Il heard you'd said 30. Well, Mary
will have to hook further, though she's
sot on Tom for sure. Goodness met
rs help coming at last?" chartered
the man.
Help? Oh, no. You zee I'm getting
drowsy here in the sun, and found
myself nodding. If l should fail In on
top Of you"
Don't you do it! Shove back a
"Tll try not to, but what about Mary
and Tomr
"TIl be hanged if | give in on that!"
But II you don't you are a dead
man in a well, and when you are gone
Tom will do as he ~pleases."
That was good logic, and after ten
minutes to save his face Mr.. Baker
not only agreed to withdraw all OBJ
but to being Toms best man
It the Wedding
And now that's all, and you get
me out O. this" he added.
But just a word MORE said the
my heavens, woman!S
You need a wife. You need one
avery hour IN the day. I am as good
Is any you can find in the whole state,
II go for help to get you out, and
when you bring me that money this
evening you tell me what you think
If my proposition. Double wedding,
you see. Don't cost any more to mar
y two couples than one. I'm a woman
hat knows how to save and econo-
nize."
At s o'clock that evening, Mr.. Ba
ler, still s~hivering at intervals,
brought the money and said;
81 have thought it over"
Yes"
Wen make the double wedding
wo weeks from today"
And he hadn't been married a month
people we're saying:
The cold water in the widow Arm
itrong's well froze that mummerette
tut of Jim Bakers system, and he's
cot to be one of the best ever again"
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Not Bothered in the Least.
C--A. 1911 Wy NH