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Show NOT THE RIGHT KIND. tnircthlng Wrong with Hen Tibbie Quality of Pluck. "Ton needn't tell mo that pluck aV wyi wln3 out," said Undo Josh." There's Hen Tibbies. Look at him. Am' a pluckier man than him round here and et what has he got to show fpr It? Pluck? Why, when ho gltn started on a thtng ho never lets up. "T'other day I was over to his placo whnn ono of the cows got Into hi corn patch and commenced eating and tramping down corn. "'Consarn hor,' says Hon. 'I'm Just go!n' to stay hero and see how long it'll bo nfore she gets all Bho wants and goes out tho way sho got In.' "Thar ho sot, hour after hour, nover letting up nor showing any slrns of giving In to her and aftor awhile sho saw she'd met hor match and began to weaken. "She et all sho could hold and Ihon sho tromped down pretty nigh half an aero more, but still ho sot tbar. "It como to be dusk fln'ly, and still Hon was standing by. Then tho oJd cow saw It wa'n't any uso tor hor to try to mnko on thnt sho was plucky ns h.e wus. Sho gao In complote wont back to tho pasture, laid down, bloated up and died. "Hen's been waiting weeks now for his potntc j to dig themsolves, and ho says If they can stan' it ho can. "Pluck! He's got enough for ton men. But somehow, with all his pluck, ho ain't over caught on, 's yo might say. Ho ain't got ahead. So's I'm tollln' yo, tliero's something moro'n Jos' pluck necdod for a man to get ahead In this world." |
