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Show 1 f WHEN MILLVILLE Wj r BROKE. Aitful Drummer "Puts a Job" on Guileless Vlllaj z. "Undo Jorry" was 1 1 n tn r cry-body cry-body In MIllvlllo. A j ,ir, 1 ,,,, old man, lio wns nlwnj, omnia n'n. Tho form of Bnlutntl( invariably wna: "Hello, Undo Jerry" "YnsB, yass." "How you feeling?" "Wretched, wretched,' .nnk : r " Nover tiny dovlntlon, i,n that. A travolltiB mnn got on U w old man's liecullailtles. Ono day was tolling stories to a crowd on t drup storo steps whon Uncle .) wna Ricn coming up the street. I I "Isn't that old Craw ft J'- askod tho drummer, shading hii'es with his 1 hand. "Ych." "He's tho man thatMwajs replloi that he's 'prqtty wel irnUo God'" "Oh, no! Ho'ti tho b i who alas replies that he's 'wreljcd, wrotched, thank ye.'" "I may bo inlstul.tj but i don't ti.mk so." I "Of courso you aro'l "Well, I'll bet tWQfc- dollnrs that when ho comes up ail you ask him how he Is he will rcf as 1 Bald." There wero sovon r litKcrs present, and all they could ra was $10. They handed thnt out fast i otmli, however, and It had been coVj d when Unrlc Jerry camo along. Ti y were on tho grin when tho drumo r called out "Hollo, Undo Jcnj " "YaBS, yass." "Pretty well, prab God." repllcc Uncle Jerry, as he pi sod along. It was two minute before tho villagers vil-lagers could get th lr breath, and thon tho drummer l.al gone with the stakes. Thoy aftor rd learned that Uncle Jerry had use 1 up two hours learning his "Pretty jrll, pralso God," for which ho got a dollar an hour. |