Show PRETTY GOOD KIND OF MAN Deacon Opdyke's Action Showed H Ho He Was Only Properly Appreciated l by His Neighbors Well Nell he is this kind of a man said the livery stable keeper when I 1 asked him about his townsman Deason Deason Deason Dea- Dea son Opdyke Last year the deacon had some extra work to do on his farm on the upper road and I hired out my old Bill to him film At the end of ot ofa ota a month the horse came back In good condition the deacon paid the price and everyone concerned was satisfied Including Old Bill I guess Along about Thanksgiving time the deacon dropped In here and Inquired about the he horse Seemed real pleased when I told him Bill was waa spryer er than usual after his summers summer's work Asked to see him but the horse was out on onI ona ona a Job Quite a member of ot society that I I horse Is he said and went away after atter Inquiring how many horses I had bad In Inthe inthe the stable boarders and all Thanksgiving morning there wasn't much doing here after the regular chores were done and we all sat around the office stove when the deacons deacons deacon's deacons deacon's dea dea- cons con's hired man drove up and unloaded unload unload- ed a gunny sack full of something I remember thinking he had borrowed that kind of ot satisfied smile of ot the deacons deacon's as he said I would find a note inside Inside the bag I did and this was about what It said You will find enough carrots here hereto to give every horse in the stable a good dessert after fter the regular feed teed today Be sure and have them cut fine enough so they wont won't choke and tell the hor horses s that Old Bill Is standIng standing stand stand- Ing treat the kind of a man Ive I've found D Deacon acon Opdyke to be said the liveryman liveryman livery livery- man with what I thought was consIderable considerable considerable con con- conviction Youths Youth's Youths Youth's Companion Com Corn panion |