| Show THE mB l O SOLOMON Solomon might have havo done better beter but I 1 doubt t It II laughed the attorney I was out In the country the tha theother theother other day on a II matter of ot business bU and while there my was attracted to a II peculiar situation that existed among three old farmers which prom I rom to become serious as they were all 11 stubborn not nut one of at them belli willing to admit that he lie was WiS In tho the wrong tong It was ns like this One of or them had planted a n hill hili of ot watermelons ner his lino IIno and antl the tM vine 1110 had bad grown over oer Upon his lila neighbors land where It had spent P mt its energies to ht n developing a single huge hugo melon The farmer larmer who had lied planted the tho seed claimed It but the theman man ilman upon whoso whose ground it had hail said that It belonged to him There Thero had been some trouble be tween them for years and the lie melon meion episode only Increased the tho utter JItter feel eel ing Tho old man who owned the land where tho ho melon was waa threatened to sue his 1118 neighbor for trespass If It he picked It and tho ho other swore that he would have the tho farmer arrested d If It lie hI took th melon Here matters rested till a hO hog f belonging to anether neighbor came along and ate the melon At this stage of ot the proceedings the tho local minister milliliter stepped In III and tried to smooth the Sue matter over oer He lit finally got Ita I them to agree to leave loa the matter to me mo and I accepted the th responsibility Now sell said I J to the tho man hog IOK had Imd eaten eat the melon you ou me axe clearly clearl liable for Cor what your our hog do 10 nail and ani I 1 think 10 cents cent would coter coer all 1111 done doneHo Ho lie thought this was reasonable and promptly handed the tho amount over to inc lite incAs As At 1 I put the money In III my nay socket pocket f r said Mid Seeing that this Is exactly the amount of at my mip fro fe for noting acting as ns referee I can cnn fee seo to ro no need of ot going nry al ai further The contestants stared blankly nt It atone one OliO another for lor or a fl moment anti and then t I rift nl of or them said Inlet that hn he us terry torry torr that the other hog ate the melon before I canu along To tell tim th truth 1 was wall sorry orry torI myself for lor or according n to all accounts that melon m lon was wall n a buster Detroit Free |
