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Show Bird In the Hand. On a cabbago patch owned by a no-gro no-gro In a southern community oil waa found. Speculators offered the negro $20,000, which was accepted without waiting to consider anothor proposition, proposi-tion, said to bo worth 140,000. "What Is this about your cabbage patch?" inquired a neighbor of the negro. ne-gro. "I undorstaud you have sold It for $20,000. "Yas, that's true, boss," replied the negro. "You sco, men como picking round my plnco, an' doy say dar's oil hoah. Doy bay: 'Wo gib yo' $20,000.' I say: 'All right.'" "I am told If you had wultcd a day or two you might havo sold It for $40,000." "Yas, dat mebbo so; but a bird la tho hau's th" nobles' wok of Cod!" |