The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-19

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There were claims of a false charge;
false Imprisonment, defamation ot
character. and 20 on and SO on. Tho
10 different ailments of fruit trees
were all mixed up in one big scare as
the warrant was read.
What made the matter q dozen
times worse was that the two farmers
were suddenly seized with loss OF
memory. They might possibly have
witnessed two cases Of trespass by
two Graces, two susans or two Pollys,
but they wouldn't want to swear to it.
And then, to cap the climax, Miss
Grace Halsey came upon him as he
was making q diagnosis of a dead
plum tree and said:
"You can have your old bushes
back If you want 'em. They are dead
as punk"
Then 1t was you that took them?''
Nobody else"
But I have had Miss Haskell ar
rested!"
More fool you! She has also had
you arrested, and you may bet they
will make it hot for you!"
Il think will call and have .
talk with her." said Mr.. Renfew aa
he gave the old plum tree kick and
felt that he didn't care what disease
1t died Of.
Better keep away. young man. Her
old man is just aching to get his paws
on you, and they keep a bad bulldog
and boss hired man that once
chased John L. Sullivan three miles.
"But-but-"
ooh, don't be squealer! You are
stung and you might as we'll begin to
count on the twenty-five thousand
You ought to have known that ! took
the bushes and had me arrested
Guess you'll have to take soothing
syrup to sleep o. nights after this!"
Mr.. Renfew consulted two different
lawyers in the city. They said he was
up against It. He came back and
drove by the Haskell house. The
bulldog growled and showed his teeth
and the bad hired man spat on his
hands and removed his coat.
Commit suicide? Flee the country
Ambush the girl as she rode out and
assassinate her?.
The situation might not have af
fected a poet so hard, but 1t upset
the horticulturist until IL man had
come along and asked him at what
age sour apple tree begins to grow
sugar plums he could not have told
him within ten years.
When all hope deserts one Fate
jumps In. One day when he had
worried and stewed and fretted until
he could hardly see straight, Mr.. Rem
few borrowed boat and went row
ing down the river. 1t was not a
great big river like the Amazon, but
one just big enough to give Fate q
fair show. At a certain stretch
there were high bluffs and deep wa
that Miss Grace Haskell sat fishing
as Mrf Renfew came gliding down
They could not see each other for the
bushes lining the bank. but an ole
cow ashore saw the girl and without
rhyme or reason made"for her. Cow.
have various emotions and human
beings can't tell what particular one
will come uppermost at a particular
time.
There were screams and shrieks
There was a charging COW. There
was lodging girl. Then space Of
blum some forty feet long and TWEEN
ty feet wide gave way and went
down into the river. The girl ant
the COW with 1t. Mr.. Renfew wasn't
fifty feet away. He did not hesitate
moment between the price Of cows
and girls. He got the girl, but in 4
half.drowned condition. He got hel
to the house by means Of a passing
auto. He got doctor by means Of
another. g. '- go.
Miss Grace is wearing an engage
ment ring, and the suits were settled
out of court.
| Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate)