Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-06-17

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from England just before Christmas.
and that Mrs. Burke's cooking of tur-
key and apple pie was the talk of
Humboldt county In Iowa, and that
Mrs. Brown positively refused first
| places to anyone when 1t came to
making plum pudding. and SO we
formed our own conclusions.
After the meal the table was
knocked to pieces and carried out so
that there might be more room, and
as the bridal couple stood about won
dering what was to happen next they
suddenly found themselves the objects
Of number Of presentations Mrs.
Brown made hers first; six wonderful
pieces Of Limoges china, hand-painted
by the sources daughter herself, and
presented to Mrs. B. on her departure
for Canada.
sour present Ii outside, and I'm
a-goin' to bring 1t In" said Burke.
putting on his cap and coat.
"Oh, ] wouldn't bring 1t In, Tom, "
his wife suggested. "Let them see 1t
out there"
But Burke was bound to do II In
style. "In 1t comes" he insisted, and
plunged into the night. In few min
utes he returned with a heavy sack
on his back, which he set In tho mid
die Of the floor. Again and again he
made the trip until five sacks were
In the pile.
"Ten bushels of seed wheat" he ex-
claimed proudly, "and may every ker-
mel yield q hundredfold
"Weel Ah'm thinkin' AhTl be next"
remarked the placid Andy Smith, tap
ping his clay pipe and returning 1t to
his pocket. From somewhere he pro-
duced q kit Of steel-workers tools;
wonderful pieces of British workman
ship, they were. believe Jack still
carries some Of them in the back seat
of his automobile.
mo as much as All could O. wisht,'
said Andy, modestly, "but RIGHT guild
in the maxim. and they'll come gey
handy when you buy that threshing
mill for the neighborhood."
Just then we observed the color
mantling to the tawny hair Of Ole
Hansen. -
"Ay tank by Yimminy sAy max my
self maybe yoke (joke)." the tall
Swede confessed. "Ay say to Olga.
BY dam, Olga. what you tank, Az
tax load O. hayr She say, ole, you
get more fool all the time Hay for
marriaging! What you tank dey
are, oxesY Den Ay say, Well, den.
wat else? an she say, Deere amt nod
ding else an den Az say Dab hay
gets it., and so 1t does"
IT hope you're not going to bring 1t
in, too said Lucy Burke.
"Yahr said Ole. opening his mouth
In great circular orifice and laughing
silently while his head rocked in in
ward. appreciation of Mrs Burke's
joke "Ay tank she make good bed
ding, but not tonight Az pitch i'm
Off beside dab barn"
We found 1t was true. Ole, having
nothing to bring but load Of hay, in
the fullness Of his heart brought that.
But an even more striking token Of
that community spirit which was the
salvation Of these early days was now
to be presented. Sneezit had slipped
out while the hay was under discus
sion and now came laundering In, his
broad back bearing whole dressed
| carcass Of pig. Sneezit did not trust
his English to make any remarks. but
he smiled broadly under his bristly
mustache. But what ! saw
was dug-out full Of children, with
eyes peering through the gloom, and
little, wistful, silent mouths.
"Now it's my turn" said Spool. but
Jake interrupted
"As It happened. was down In
Regina on business connected with
my estate when news o this approach
in tieup on Fourteen reached me, by
means of note from Spool" Jake
explained. AT first I couldn't make
head or hinder Of It. 1t was so bad
wrote. So took It to young fellow
I know with lots O. learnin'; got to
know him on account O. the interest
he usta take in the people on Twenty
| two; he found out / located youse
boys an girls and usta como roun'
pretty regular askin' questions casual
like. an says to him. How many
shirts does fellow get on this laun-
dry ucketr Well, he read It over
slow to himself. an then he tus' sits
lookin' at nothin' till I begun to think
maybe there was some bad langwidge
such as he couldn't repeat In my pres
ence. An after awhile he says, Jake,
JUS another mirage; you know, those
| phenom'na'-that's what hs called 1t
ION the prairie that makes you think
things is what they aint Let's 60
down town. he says, an on the way
he tells me what's In the ticket. Well,
I thought he was leadin' for q bar,
which Is the best place know Of to
raise q new mirage when your old
one goes bust, but DANCED II he dom
head me into jewelry store And
there he buys this"
Jake delved Into q pocket and
brought cut little gold pendant, a
chaste and delicate example Of the
1oldSmifhsS art He hald II for a