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Show GIRL FiAKES flONEY IN THANKSGIVING TUBKEYS "These ain't my turkeys; they belong to my daughter. She had oughter been born a boy, I tell ye. If she had she'd a been a horse-trader from Wayback. Ju know what that girl of mine has did this Thanksgiving?" The wotnan leaning on the fence confessed she did not know what his daughter had "did." The old man. ; who was tall ' and straight as; an Indian, shifted a big turkey under his off arm and threw his weight on one leg. ' "Well, she had set her heart on a set of blue fox furs downtown. She boned me fer to give her the needful to buy 'em. but wben phe mentioned 73 aw the I figure I went to Bleep and did kot wake up soon, I swan. Finally I told the gal If she wanted I'd let her have the ten. young turkeys In the yard and she c'd sell 'em to her friends. Well, sir ma'am, I mean that young: 'ooman jes' naturally flew around like chain lightning and tn less'n a wink she had disposed of them yorfng gobblers to her friends at 25 cents a pound, drawn and dressed and to be delivered the day afore Thanksgiving. Took her ( less'n two days to make the sales. ' "Sh4 was all excited when she counted count-ed up the probable' profit -there wasn't no expense, you see. ma'am In this lot and found that she had cleaned up $23, If her turkeys didn't die 'fore delivery. de-livery. Next morning she hiked out and found a farmer who had forty young turkeys that looked pretty good to her. She haggled with the old fellow fel-low till he gave In and closed out the lot at 12 cents a pound In their stocking stock-ing feet, delivery to be made the day before Thanksgiving. Course he fed "em up good so they'd weigh heavy. Then .Ruth that's my gal's name, ' ma'am skated around among her married mar-ried friends and engaged the hull lot for delivery at 25 rents a pound drawn and dressed very decolletly. Twan't no trouble at all to make sales and 'n erbout a week she "was looking fr another batch at a" profitable figure. ; That was three weeks ago and turkeys had kinder climbed up on the fente and was roostin on the riders. She had ter pay 15 cents for her next lot. but she had no sort of trouble in negotiatln' the hull flock of sixty birds at the first figures. Then she borry'd Katy and the buggy and off to the country she hiked for more. Got 'em, too; Just nacherly talked them turkey miters Into selling her below market price. Takln' the lorg-come-short of the matter Kuthie has dealt in a few turkeys more than 3C0 and. stands to clear up over $100 on her month's invasion of the feather market. " 'Course, I had to lend her the money to operate on. but she has already paid back her borry'd capital and has money in the bank." The old man stopped, kicked his toe In the mud and waited. The woman looked Inquiringly. He interpreted and answered: "Yessuin; she's going to have that there set or furs and it an't none too good fer her neither. She c'n have a hull set of Kooshan sable-if she wants 'em; that's vhat, ma'am. Why, dyou know she hired her old dad to make deliveries for her and didn't haggle a bit when I charged her $5 for myself and Katy for the day. But she shore has made me work. And this afternoon when I left with the last load what do you reckon she allowed? Said she. was goln' to buy me a $25 overcoat 'coz this was lookin' sort o' shabby. Bless her soul, she ought ter been borned a boy and her name ought ter been Jack nstead of Ruth. But Ruth is all right, all rignt. and she can get money to go Into business with from her dad. You dont happen to know where Mrs. E. E. ; Brown lives, do you? The third .house? Thank you. ma'am. nd If you want a nice plump turkey Ruthle's telephone is blank-blankety K and I can bring it right over. Thank you, ma'am, and good night." |
