Show FICTION WIND FOR THE MILLS CORNER By H TT WAS THE FAMOUS wind storm of 1935 which lasted three days and which nearly devastated the town of that gave Silas Kent the idea of selling his windmill to the The heavy gales practically ruined the mill as a use-i ful farm ap- i a fact 3 which ac-Fiction as Silas had installed town water three years But it gave him the idea it was either a matter of paying to have the thing or sell and as Si was a hard-shelled old New England Yankee of the first the idea of paying for anything against the He waited a month and then dropped over to his Asa said regard-tog Si to the town that rickety old Sell you blasted old highway robber 1 It's a wonder we got out an injunction agin you long ago fer the SI reddened to his old Yon my windmill Dang you're plumb and time it was torn down and drug off said cluttering up the The next day Si went down town and tackled other prominent citi- said i Si in the town that rickety M But he was too k Gardener Si's idea about the best joke si heard in and had protest to let every one in on it citizenry to eye with the were easily Si came home in a 9 was serious in his Idea aba erecting the windmill on the a they were even Hi ing about getting a court order 1 make him tear it II Ik succeeded it would cost him n The thought was piM It is necessary to note tl coincidence played a big part I the events that transpired the next For it was most that can J. Allan public-spirited citizen oi Bo to pen the letter that sell The letter directed to S. He opened in the with half 1 i curious citizens standing idly Within an hour every re dent of nf M the great J. Allen Hi potted Si Kent's to buy It for W add to a collection oi America relics he was TOOK IT half day tc grasp the W cance of all and then began to A special meeting was Speeches made to the effect that S M windmill was certainly a It-and it would be a shame it moved off to soma mw Si himself nad it on the village P A committee was see Si the very next said My After Ike you Dang my Git I have you oH- The committee sidewalk and Presently they returned lawyer who quite an b He wound up W cash for the Si 0 Triumphantly the drew and Si went baci He closed the door to which hi j at him in Oi it's a lucky thing fer me didn't insist on me hL pa-letter from J- on it but I done |