The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02
UNCLE JOFS Prize
BY JANE OSBORN.

where his Uncle Joe Brown, with IN
aid OF q single Office boy. performe
the entire operation Of getting out tn
local news sheet. all the way from eli
culation boosting to running the press
"well, now" began his uncle in hi
characteristic drawl, III you reall,
want to help out q mite, you nigh
hitch up the old nag and take turl
out the pike to see the girl I've picked
for the winner OF the beauty contest
You see, it's this way: Subscription
have been kind Of falling of since thu
rural free delivery brought the city
papers around every day, and fol
some years I've been thinking I'd go'
TO do something to help give things
boost. SO / hit on the idea OF having
some contests of interest to the WON
en- folks. I've got a due bill on the
dry goods emporium here for some
advertisements they have owed for
going on two years. and I'll have the
winners take out their prizes that
way.
well, the contest 10 coming along
unexpectedly the beauty one-and
I've got a drawer packed full OF pic
lures Of pretty girls from all around
here-only all OF them aren't so pretty.
I've about decided on the winner
I stopped around to get good look
at her after she'd sent II. her photo
and, honest, you couldn't see finer
looking girl II you spent a lifetime
looking. She's a regular old-fashioned
kind--beautiful eyes and-oh, well,
you've got to see her to know. Now.
what l want you to do is this: I've
picked her. and In the next number
OF the Gazette that comes out on Sat
urday, I'm going to announce her win
ming. with picture OF the girl, and
the same afternoon we're going to
have the girl and some OF her frfendr
come down and blow them of to
course dinner at the hotel. and then
take them on Joy ride.
Now. suppose you go out this morn
Ing and see the girl, and tell her she
has got the prize, and take the due
bill on the emporium with you, and,
II you could, you might take her to
the emporium and have her pick out a
pretty dress and hat and other ixings
for the prize. Be sure to get some
thing pretty and kind Of SNOWY. 80
when folks see them they will sort OF
give the Gazette a boost.
You'll have to stop at the house
when you go to get the horse, and |
you'll find the name OF the girl on an
envelope, with the due bill. Let's see |
you'll find them in the family Bible, |
In the sitting room.
And. say, take tip from me" add
ID Uncle Joe, there isn't much better
Kind OF girl going when 1t comes to
picking wife than regular old.fash-
oned. bright-eyed. pink-cheeked coun-
ry girls. II wasn't SO old. might
,e sparkling around this beauty win
Ter myself Now don't let the grass
row under your feet
Sally Bunn-that was the name on
he envelope-came to the door her
elf when Dave Brown called at the
armhouse on the pike. Sally Bum
anne straight from the kitchen, and
er hands and plump arms were COW
red with flour and her face was
ushed with the heat of the oven.
Tut somehow at that first glance 1t
ever occurred to Dave to think that
his really could be Sally Bum. True,
he was a nice little girl. bright-eyed
nd clear-skinned, but not at all the ,
vpe of girl he had in mind when he !,
stoned to his uncle's eulogy. Some ,
ow, Dave had felt convinced that the
rl his uncle would select as the /.
sauty would be of the peaches-and- j.
cam variety of blonde--a veritable :
arguerite. with braids of molasses-
indy hair.
And. besides, Sally Bum. though q
le was much impressed by Dave :,
rown's city clothes and city manners, 7,
as also mistaken. She took him for
book agent, and had all but shut the .,
,or in his face when he said that he :,
ID come from the Gazette to see n
ISIS Sally Bum.
I'm Sally Bunn,'' she said, and =,
i've tried to cover his surprise =,
Fine! I've come to tell you that W
u have won the prize in the con- II
ST." he said. MY uncle, who owns n,
e paper, asked me to come and tell 9,
u And now | am going to ask you
let me take you to town to select a,
9 pretty dress and hat and things IN
1t you have won" or
How perfectly wonderful cried W
3 girl, clapping her floury hands. he
lay I pick out Just what I want? II,
w wonderful" And. bubbling over mr.
III delight, she led the way to the
st room. an
Dave suggested that Sally should sb
re her mother or sister or some one I,
a chaperon on the expedition. but an
lily explained that she was the only ~
ighter of Farmer Bum. who was a do
dover. She and the maid-of-all- 7
rk. Aunt Mandy. were alone in the vo
Use, so she would have to go with IN,
chaperon. 90
But I don't in the least mind, for | ~,
,w Just what | want Oh, how per-
tly lovely IL is that | am to have u,,
ew dress and hat and things, You FOR
wv my fathsr's feelings on that. all
is old-fashioned. and he doesn't ar
} to have me spend money for new 20
sses. I have TO make them all for ,hs
elf Won gao he sc IfEo sha ntd