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Show (GOOD MONEY FROM BAD EGG I Jim Buckley Finally Proved Truth ef Saying That He Wat Fond of Repeating. Tlinr unit nmliin' in the world hat le good ier eeniithln' " is one ot ue favorite saying ,,r Jim Buckley of Bear Luke. Buckley Is a thrifty soul. Me farms ; In summer and traps in winter and be-I be-I tween wheut and furs lit Is growing ; rich. One morning hie wife was cook-! cook-! log breakfast. She broke a rotten egg luto a skillet mid vvaa starting toward 1 the door to throw It away when Buck-; Buck-; ley stopped her. "Woman, don't throw thnt egg away," said Itucklty. "But Its rotten," protested his wife. "Makes no difference," declared the phllsnpher. "Thar ain't nothla' In the world but " "James Buckley," exclaimed his wife. "I've heard thnt it thousand times." The wolf never sniffs at the doors of the prosperous farmers of the Peace river country. But foxes are different animals here Is something you don't ' know rotten egga are rated us nn epl-cureau epl-cureau ttdl.lt In vulpine menus. That night Buckley set a trap In a poplar grove near his home und halted j It with the rotten egg. He hoped, to catch n red fox or perhnps a coyote. But When he went out to his trap next ; i morning, what do you think he found? The blggeet silver fox Buckley ever had dapped eyes on. He sold the pelt In Peace Ulver the other day for $340. A right nice lot o' money to hatch from a rotten egg," remarked Buckley, as he stuffed the money In his pocket , "I've nllers allowed that thar ain't nothln" In the world hut Is good fer omethln'." Chicago Post. |