Millard County Chronicle | 1926-01-21 | Page 2 | "Busted" Toe Got No Sympathy from Uncle

Busted Toe Got No Sympathy From Uncle Uncle Unde Eph Jackson an time old colored colored col ored field hand was hoeing cotton c one hot da day He was barefooted as he wanted to save his one pair pall of shoes for tor Sunday While he was hoeing he noticed a mole sticking its head out of the dirt As moles had been making themselves a nuisance he gave this fellow a hard bard rap with his hoe At that Instant Uncle Eph Jumped and howled with pain pain for for It was his own big toe that he had whacked instead Instead Instead In in- stead of a mole The toe bled considerably considerably consid consid- and Eph knew It would be sore for tor some time to come But he was as a sensible old fellow tellow and he always put the blame where It belongs He freQuently frequently fre fre- carried on long conversations with himself and so 80 addressing his wounded toe he called out You needn't ne think you Is gwine git no sim- sim paty fum tum me Its It's own fault an an you knows It Pathfinder It-Pathfinder Pathfinder Magazine