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Show Weary of the single life, Farm-' er Byrd went to town, picked a wife and married her. Instead of a honeymoon, he drove her by horse and wagon back to the farm. j On the way, the horse stumbled. stumb-led. That's once," said the farmer, farm-er, as they proceeded along the way. The horse stumbled again. "That's twice," said Byrd. Further Fur-ther along the way the poor animal ani-mal stumbled once more. "That's three times" said the farmer, who picked up his gun and shot the t i j horse dead. The bride was thunder struck. "Why you heartless fool," she cried. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself!" And she promptly slapped her husband across the face. He studied her silently for a moment, then said: "That's once." |