The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Uncle Jake's Best
Joke
II
By JANE OSBORN
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper SyndlCate.)

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! anu so 1ar as any one knew, the! h"u
never caused any one real discomfort
But Maud took herself, ana aDo'e
all she took Rodney, amazingly SeI'-
ouSly' Now that summer mad come
the Rodney BlalneS had maze arrange
mentS to depart from the city tor the
woods, where Rodney owned a small
mountain cabin.
He had just announced his inten'
ton Of encouraging Uncle Jake TO oc'
cupy a smaller cabin not many RODS
from theirs which he would make tie
headquarters for his fishing and out
ing trips; and he would share the
company Of his nephew and niece in
many of his hours of inactivity.
well my dear" Rodney assured
his wife, ut isn't at all as if he were
critical or intended to interfere with
you in any way. There is no one else
he likes so well as yOu-and me. He's
the best sport in the world and what
if he does pull off practical joke
once in a while? l rather like his
joking"
Like his jOkingw echoed Maud,
and her eyes snapped fire as much as
eyes as blue as hers ever could snap
fire.
And BESIDES" said Rodney, as he
went On inspecting the fishing para
phernaHa that he had recently pur-
chased as preliminary to the v@ca-
ton in the woods, besides, uncle has
willed everything he has to US. That
shows that he is devoted to us"
Maud ct this accused her husband
of being merCenary, though had Gny
one else made this accusation size
would have ragged indeed.
The result was that Uncle Jake
went with the Rodney Blaines, and
this was not because Rodney acted
contrary to his wife's pleadings, but
because after having protested and
pouted she assured her husband that
he was right as in all other cases ana
that she was sorry that she had shown
such prejudice and would try 20 feel
as strong attachment for Uncle Jake
rs did her husband.
Then she regretted her good nature.
First he disguised as possible game
warden and called at the cabin one
day when Rodney was not at home
and informed Maud that her husband
had been violating the game law and
would have to serve a life imprison,
ment. Maud, in spite of her ardent
suffrage principles, was quite igno,
rant of the law and before she recog.
nized Uncle Jake in the heavily
false-bearded person, she had offered
him her entire worldly wealth if he
would 90 away and say nothing to the
authorities concerning Rodney's guilt
Then on the day that she went fish
ing with him he contrived to have
her book attach itself to little pack
age that he had brought with him Il
the brook and which proved after
Maud had excitedly angled for five
minutes, to contain can of sardineE
"A delicacy for which she had de