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Show I TlliVl WAS UNGRATEFUL. Stiurlfr Mud Orowrn 'I'trod of GlvihfT Him ! I Too 31ur2i l'ruuilom. j I ' I wiih aitting witli the it he ri It' in front I of the town courthouse., when ho kuI- B iJcnly .stood tip, shaded his eyes with' I his hnnti .iikI looked tuero-ss the street S and then called out: m "Hea-h, yo': la tlttit yo',.JimV" H A enlored man, uIkiiI 00 yearn old, flj who wis slouehtnyuJotithootlKir.siile, , came ucFteM the Mrcot.uml ivplled: i H "Yes, Mam licnfog, tlta nmnic." Ma "And whet sir' yo' doing1 hetih?" jJfl "JVis jht walkin' oat, tali. 1 dun MM thought I'd tlrap down and hOAMiiy diur- mfd "lfow did you e.t out?" jffln ".flt. uuixle 11 hole through the back H vail, sail." "l.ook-a-hea,h, .13 in," s:id thoHheritY, A as he Kit duttit and picked up a stick H to whittle on, "1 niu'tijTYiinu u stand H this fusaln' no 1110'. This Ik r.!jrh .shout H Mivun t linen you's broke jut o' jail." jH "Yes, iuib, nigh 'bout si; I; en times, fl sah, but doiVl l.v huittLuit me." H "You's got. out by ihedoah, the wi'u- H dows, tlie door, the eeiliug and the S walls. a.iid 3.tAi'ri put me to Uouhlc H and the county to expense. .Vow, yo' H eitn't jro back tiliar' no mo'." II ' "l'lo.ise, sail!" B "No, rvi.li, yo' ean't do it. I've given H ,o' a fair riiur.v a- it o' can't expect no B mo. Yo' can jist tal.c yourself mY." I "Hut, Mars Itrnfog1, lV.o ilun bin put V in jail on a hog ease, an' toe got to .stay J ilav till de eotehmise meet-! " prnto.sto.1 the man. "1 know you wire o.rresti'd and ex- , nmincd and Ixitinti over and all thai, but I'm fired or the fussing. I ain'l I going to stand by and let i.oi ody daui-M daui-M age the jail. Yo's j. out and orino back and now I won r abide, it no nso I .list. take yo'self off mnd don't come baelv I'o my jail again uvlc.ss jou want 1 to lw hard iimiiI. If I find yo' biwikin' 1 in I'll sliiKt.yo'shoiv'nyo'bo'n." "Won't yo' try i:io jist oiiee mo".1" I plt-adiHl the prisoin'i "io. nih! I've 11 rawed the linn and I now yo'rf lias giti In go and lake l.t-ei I of yo'self. I'm t.illin' yi' to si'.ilter be- fo' I iimlti" yo' turn in and stop up that I bust hole in lite wa.U." I Tin man "senttenMl" Mi a. diseour- , aged. deji-eUul wa, and as he was lout I to sight down the street Ihu sherili' ' I growlisl: I "Durn :t fellow who don't know whwi I 1 he's being used like a lio'n gentlenum." 1 1 IVtrnJfc Pre. l'rt. |