The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-13

Il. III - s-- =. 49, ~ II,
=" :, ~ cen ssa risky en- s
.-n.,d nike fr a dollar a.',I' NV
o /. ,.''.rs Ut NJ t"=; aah..s w !:
Mind Ter go XII NE ~Ac.s w.
yoa cane a!o!t :, yhat I
wen. Nj. Holden, PIES IS va
want" -, ,s what you
.,ol, have You're the fist Hns SO
srar saw in pauts. but Il YOU 'a ,nu
,hem ,igs of my hands III swear rn ~.
air one trum here tew capaua pnrt
After locking the pigs over nv NV
s.,d. "Now. Mr.. Holden, THIS Is -,
nronosition If you will crate 'Nel. w.,
n,gs and land them at the n aansrs
r frsisbt station III pay you two co., n.s.,
apiece, cash down. for them 49,
do you say" o,, take 'em.
..to ON Quick, fore ! wake Wy
and and it's nightmare
The next day Burt was oacA ~ ~.
"wbat luck?" anxiously questioned n''
father. IA Hol
den" 49, clean.
pigs" exploded the elder sieau ,,
what the devil =, | didnt senu
I'D there to buy pigs, but 70 sen '
rators." nsd"
DO you happen to know Daa.
went on Burt calmly. "wha' piss
worth here" ;, ,,u,.n
mo" snapped the old gentleman 4.
.,rt :, tbev are worth as much as
fools, you have corner on Inc lD
ket." .,.,ne
Burt grinned and departed WAITING
T h,cL "Pe,ter luck next time, dad ~
the meanwhile pork Is going up "''-
fools" pr-,
q BY little judicious canvass'ns bul.
: learned that pigs we're very scarce =
J. the outlying districts, and he mao ~
/ difficulty in disposing of his t~en..
pigs before they arrived al Gov
. apiece. :, n
s The next week saw Burt back IN Y
n on the read to IIolden's with ofan'
3 new Harples separator in the Wagon
r, Holden met him at the door u
It mouth wide open IN aston!shment' ou
ewing the separator suspiciously
. want some more pigs" he CRIME
- sheepishly.
\. Yes" promptly replied Bur-
al didn't YOU say those sows were
n have another litter apiece this faE?
IS "Yas. expect they be-
X well. then. want to set this sep
ie -ator in for yen to use until the plE
y, come along. If YOU like i, why yc
le I'm nav ME with the pias II yc
don't, I'll take it back and buy u
IN pigs Just the same for s. % each.
IN Holden revolyod the propositi'
H. over in his mind obviously for sever
ur minutes, but as he could see no ";
as that he could b. ne loser be ina'
ny said. Il dunno, never run one OF N
blamed things, aud don't belle
ne they're worth thinkers dam
III Their Rurt drove in the convincl
lm wedge. I'll tell you what It'll 60
Holden. I'm a little out OF hea'
H. owing to rush of business, and
stav here for a week or two and NJ
ne YOU get the run OF the machine a
nav YOU FIVE dollars per week for
- board"
Gosh all hemlock Yew don't me
1t, dew yew?" stated the astontsf
-. farmer
Az Sure do Is It bargain
lno 81 dunno: guess I'll go ask Mand
no Mandys answer must have b.
no sudden and convincing for HolC
oiii came hurrying back and said, "Cnl
her"
lon The horse stabbed, they went ms
aea for supper, and there Burt Sloan
ioi lovely, modest, capable Ressie Hol
ou' a gem in a rough setting AT
lon end OF two weeks Holden was sing
iei' the praises OF the Harples separ;
all over town, and Burt, to him'
no was singing the praises OF shy, den
'au' Bessie Holden,
leo' Then Burt got busy; as fast as
w! could ship separators from the
n'An tory he swapped them for pigs,
sold the pigs at an advance. L
no he brought Bessie home with him
o's presented her to his father.
Have made good" he quizzi,
inquired
YES, my lad, In more ways
to one" he replied as his eyes reste
was the sweet, blushing face before hi
'hen Up in northern Vermont to this
and Burt Sloan. the Harples premier a
TICK, Is known as the pig man
'eak. copyright 1919 by the Mcclure \
He paper Synditate)
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