Show t I The Evening Telegrams Telegram's I Daily Short Story I A WIDOWS WIDOW'S MINE By JOHN DARLING Copyright 1913 1313 1 by y the paper Syndicate Drat that Eb n Mt Moses es Slater was hoeing corn near the therO rO roadside fence and he leaned up against the rails to rest his Ma back Ile orter have been boen back t two hours o hours n no o Ivo 1 got to have a lalu talk with I I I have and tell teU him hats what's what Moses tOles was as a farmer and nd a l wId- wId ower oer and l' l Ebenezer was wa his son and 31 21 years tara old acid working for very small wages He had been sent to the village on an errand arrand and had ladled Hen Hell have to work an hour after atter supper supper sup sup- per to make up for tills this and you OU bet he wont won't get his nose nOlle Into no book At that moment the young man hove ho Into view down the road What he like a steam engine fort Hat Has somebody somebody's cow got choked to was ae called at him S sa 8 da dad Z OYe Theros Theres a-a a man In town tov X I thought there wu was two or three of em And be wants want to hire mot mel it ft I 1 dont don't believe He does dad honest Injun What to da Did you ever hear ot of a a. geologist asked uke 1 the tho son I Ive heard beard of a grimly re- re piled tho the father It A C no nn dad Hes He's a 0 mighty I smart man man A gi geologist is Is a a feller that hit hitI I CAn toll ten yoU all about the tho eel eoll and rocks They know what's In the tho hm hlll They know where gold old And silver and lead ought to be found So So do L I. They orter be found right in my mY car barn barn Dont Don't be foolish dad Right on this I farm he may fined a bed ot of sandstone I worth thousands ot of dollars to you ou Fudge I I Over on the Hills Hill farm i is R. R 1 range ot of hUll hills The feller to make mako a great discovery there Ho He hu has her per per- minion to dig and he wants want to hire me metor for tor two weeks to help him It Its a dollar a day and found dad He Te e WOnt WOn't n fin n d a But ru Ill get Bat my mT pay lust jOlt the same Ame But eve got cot to 1140 your Our help rIght here looked all 11 around although h he knew that no third person was all withIn a hundred rods of oC them Rn and then them almost whispered 1 Dad rm no chump lve Ive anus thought you was wa And you are aro no haY hayseed oed You are right there This geologist feller Is fl a Widower I 1 carol I What In thunder do care he makes a a. big find on the widows widow's Eh Wont he be keep Still about It till t he can can court and marry her herT By beeswax but he will I be there thore to know all about the find 7 And Wont I 1 hurry right home to tell teU you u about it itt And I 1 uk asked the father The widow Hill ts ie a widow You arc arca a wIdower Why shouldn't you Jou gut Cut the tho geologist out And marry many her ber By George By George And another point dad The widow has a mighty ty flue daughter named SamI Sam I r e e been sweet her ber for IL a year ear back Abeen nd never nover said R. R word t to me about it IU shouted the father It wasn't for Cor you to mix tn You marry the widow and Ill I'll marry the theda da daughter Any tiles on that dad Not ot C an Ebenezer only you want to bo be mighty sharp Dont Don't let that f feller lIer O find d a silver mine and make you OU thInk its it's only sandstone Keep your eyes peeled every r I will dad I will He cant can't gum gum- your eldest and only Th The The- next day Ebenezer went with the It was for or him to use ue spade and pick wherever a place was pointed out ITe Ile was faithful digger He was not looked upon as too brainy but noth noth- Inc Was turned up that he didn't know about As S a A. A matter or of fact there was nothing to conceal The Tho geologist was as looking for tor specimens or of a certain period rind anything discovered would no value lie Ho came J to realize that It was aft greed ee-d ee with the tho young oun man and on on th the last day ot of their work he worked t a Joke on hIm pretended pre pre- tended to find a silver bearing rock and Ebenezer to secrecy That night after he had been paid otC off the tho young oung man manmade made a straight ht hike for t the e. e house or of his father And he cut AU all the tho corn corners rs he could In there OWen Nell asked the old man who ho was down at the gate watchinG for hIm Silver ore dad t was gasped 1 Ebenezer dont don't tool fool with metT met mel I T wont Its It's silver ore ore-a million dol l tars tars' rs worth ot of It It and ho going to say FaY a a. Word to the widow And we we- we GoinG to marry the tho widow and her herda da daughter During the two weeks Weve we've boarded there thero rye made mado myself solid and now U its for tor you to go at It now and do dothe dothe the same Ebenezer how do I shape up as a a. man Wanting t tp get married agin TolerAbly well but you OU can make a ab b hig I Improvement You want a shave ha and a i haircut Get rid rd or of those old ohI whiskers your our hair dyed ded Throw away your our or of tobacco for tOI a week Get is a whIte shIrt and grease your r ol boots You ou know I dont donl 1 10 the Its It's pretty bra brash h to walk Into a womans woman's s house to for l' l the nr lust t time and tell her OU avant to matr marry her Iou needn't tell teU her the time Just let her 8 see e tha you admire h r and ond talk about hots ho lonesome you OU Kr arc Ebenezer believe c rv Ive I've Jot got the sand and Your moth mother r had to pop tile q t tion or It would J never V r Ita have been popped Ican face tace a mean Inan or It a Lull bull but when It ones comes to women Im I'm us as a rabbit See here dad said hl the son Oll at as a suddon in inspiration came carno to him maybe Im I'm wron wrong about It it Come to think It over I guess the widow is Id a bit queer It might scare her If you rou made madea a sudden proposal Its It's reasonable that she ho ought to be given cn a little time to size Iz you rOll up uIt It surely i but bill what about boul that geologist colo- colo gist feller eller 11 ont he be In lIe wont won't If you OU help me carry out o la laplan a aplan plan that has come u to me inc Shoot h her r At Sarah would marr marry me lac tomorrow it if I asked her to 0 Wall Cau Cali t qu see It If I Ier were er the widows widow's son law lr In she had e In me meas as 03 a nl member or of the family Jr I was there to warn her against that geologist if c olo lr I 1 Iwas was there to tell her forty ort times a day what a good old lad dad you Oll were were- u E Ebenezer you ou tall talk well interrupted the father tow b am glad you ou see ItC f ft t You are aro going to silver mule You lou marry marr primarily for fOl Ii a know n what primarily m means dont don't you ou Never mind tho dand word J But you rou must tall fall In love 10 with the tho widow Ido I can do that Well Nell Ill I'll have lIa to have a a. hundred bones bonos to set get married on They know that you OU are aro w well off and will look for us to do the tho thing up brown blown You shall have em em son SOil And I ought to go 10 to New York on a bridal tour Ho How much Another hundred at lEaThey least lEa They are yours ours I shall tal takee r. r my bride to falls I guess son on there therl Is 18 nothinG mean mcm about us u Two weeks later l 1 and Sarah wre were married J our Hour weeks later his father tusked asked the WidoW huh Hili to be his bride ant and her an an- saver was Thank ye e kindly hut but I guess one out ot of a family Is l eno enough h There was no sliver ore Ebenezer where do I In asked the fa father ther Why Vh dad you ou dont don't come In am anywhere any any- where was the answer Then Then hen It seems that thol I have been worked You ml might ht c call ll It that thal Ebenezer I anus allus took look you ou for Cor a chump Yee Y dad Rd But there thero has never ne been but bul one chump In the tho family and that is me mc |