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Show A1LEABT ONE IMPROVEMENT. Quaity Htd Deen Added To, If Quan tlty Was Shy. Jcel Perkins was one of the first settler! set-tler! In tho plantation of Milton, Ox ford county. Mo Taking up a section of sM land, ho built himself a rabln, andHCh season cleared a small patch nndrslted a fair crop of grain and potatoes. po-tatoes. Oder settlers camo In around him, and te wns nblo from tlino to tlmo to sell Uem a portion of his surplus crop, trusting thorn until they could pay, llavttc no account hooks, ho marked with chalk on lilt cabin door what they owed him. A fur several years ho thought ho could afford to take a wlfej and, finding find-ing a comely lass In tho neighboring town of Ilethcl, ho married her and took ter home. Wollo Joel wns at work In tho fields hit slfo spent tho tlino cleaning up tho house One night, on his return, sha called his attention to what she had doae, especially to the Intldo of tho ctbln door. 'Oh, Mary!" he cried, "you hato rubbed out all my accounts agin tho neighbors, and I don't know what I shall do!" "Oh, never mind, Joel," sho said, -you can mark It all down again." He muilo no reply, but, taking a piece of chalk, entered the door onco more with figures and, with a sigh, sa down "There, Joel," exclaimed Mary, "I knew you could do It, and you havo, haven't )ou?" "Well, Mary, I don't know as I havo writ down as much as I had before, but I know one thing It's agin a darned sight better mm!" |