The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-11-28
GOOD
MIR.
By NJ QUAD.
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
By NJ. QUAD.

Silas Goodenough. a bachelor farm
err and an excellent man. concluded be
| would like to marry the Widow Spicer.
When Silas went counting the widow
he very soon found out that be was
handicapped. She had a good educa-
ton, aud be had none.
"Mornin', widderw
widow, If you please" she would
answer.
Eyes. | meant wilder. Horses and
cows and sheep and pigs all weiiY'
Every well. thank you. Won't you
sit DOWN
IL guess so"
"widder. | don't believe there's go
ing to be any circus In Brownsville
this year.
Nor
And | shouldn't wonder II hog
cholera broke out"
"No?'
"And I've got three hens a-settin'
and expect as many as twenty chicks
"Yes?"
"And-and they say I'm courtin'
you"
do they? Well. l didn't know 1t"
"Neither did |, but | s'pose ifs so.
Well. I've got to be movin' along.
Glad I've seer you. wilder
widow. Mr.. Goodenough."
Eyes? | allus git EN- mixed"
When this sort Of courtship had
been going on for several months Siias
determined on a desperate deed. He
rehearsed it for a week and then tied
his team to the widows hitching post
and walked around by the kitchen path
to find her feeding the chickens. He
Just gave her time to nod and then
started In with:
"Widder Spicer. I've been lovin' you
for years and years. and I a you
for a wife. I'll be good to you. You
needn't make soft soap nor rag car
pets. and II they hold a camp meetin'
anywhere within three miles of us
we'll drive over and stay three days"
81 couldn't think of 1t, Mr.. Good
enough" was the reply.
Don't care for me. ehT
mot enough to marry you"
81 thought mebbe you did. but II you
don't l might as well move on. Them
geese o. yours are lookin' remarkably
well for this time o. year."
Eyes"
"Well. so long. Oh. say. wilder.
they say that next year is goin' to be
a buster of a year for g%rasshoppers.
Hope they won't eat us up here"
Silas Goodenough didn't drive home
to commit suicide. He didn't Y
think Of 1t. He simply thought the
Widow Spicer a bit odd that she didn't
jump at bis offer. and after three days
he was all over 1t. Then came a
neighbor who said:
"Silas. | hear that you popped the
question to the Widow Spicer and got
thrown DOWN.
why. yes. . asked her If shed have
me-"
And she said no."
'That's about 1t. Mebbe she didn't
mean it. but ! took 1t that way"
SoCoo yOu tOOn II tiSbt tbOuSn.
She turned You down because jim
Wheeler is counting her. She's in love
with him. but | don't think he cares
much about her. II she had more
property he'd marry her. but as 1t is
I think he's only fooIing."
$50 you think the wilder cares for
him." asked Silas after a moments
thought.
"All the women folks say So"
"And she'd be disappointed II he
didn't marry herr"
Naturally"
Then Jim orter do It.. Yes. he
orter. The widder's a mighty nice wo-
man. and 1t would be too bad to make
a fool Of her. | must see II I can't do
somethin' for her"
The neighbor laughed and left him.
and Silas began to think. IL he wasn't
good at counting he was very fair at
thinking. IL Jim Wheeler was holding
Oh because the Widow Spicer wasn't
a catch financially. why. something
must be done. 1t took him just a
fortnight to figure out what that some
thing was TO be. and he brought II
home In his wagon after a drive of
thirty miles. At the back end of the
widows farm was a rocky dell q a
Spring and a rivulet. When Silas Good
enough had made three midnight trips
to that dell. carrying a jug of crude
oil each time. the people for a mile
around began shifting the air. When
he had made three more they began
hunting for coal oil. They found 1t.
1t was floating from that spring and
oozing up through the rocks around
II. There was excitement at once.
The widow had scarcely received the
first offer for her farm when Jim
Wheeler proposed marriage and was
accepted. Then he had something to
say about the succeeding offers. And
after marriage. he had all to say.
Men came and looked and Investigate
NJ and either shook their heads or