Show put puts job in second place A humboldt rancher returned from a searf trip through the east to find that a onetime one time neighbor of hie his a maa noted for his perfect patience had hatt been having a siege of bad luck upon hearing the news he immediately bought sought out the neighbor to condole with him well john he said after greet ings had been exchanged 1 I hear you lost all of your timber umber through the forest fires the other man nodded and they say that the river cut off your best bottom land that your bogs hogs all died of cholera that your wife and children had been sick and that they have now foreclosed the he mortgage on your other place pla ce john nodded again yee yea its all true he bald looking about him at what bpd once been his prosperous farm all true why some sometimes I 1 get almost discoursed disco urged ladles ladies home journal |