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scrutinized the resident "frog." Memories of the author and other relatives of Isaac Bruno, Iowa Censiis of 1860, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, and Fremont Counties, Vol. $-, p, 713, Madison Township. Post Office-McXissick's Grove. FIRST PLACE SHORT STORY TWO R0UHD TRIP TICKETS TO FOUNTAIN GR2EN Woodruff C. Thomson 1080 North Birch Lane Provo, Utah 846O4 (With thanks and apologies to Chris Jensen, 'Sheepherder 3amf" for his atory "Take Her Home To Her Family; Don't Bring Them To Her," The Salt Lake Tribune, July, 1975, page A-5.) "Ja," explained Jhalmer Jespersen, station master at the Sanpete Valley Railroad station in Ephraim, "der vas someting qvite different dat happened at de station. A little vile before de Creeper he kora in from Manti, Broder Jhalmer, jeg will biiy two going-and coming billeter from Ephraim til Fountain Green. And how much vill dey koster meg?" '"For vat in hele void, Jjifrgen, vill du hal dese tickets to Fountain Green? Your vife Anne Marie has yoost died dead, and de funeral, jeg haf heard, vill be in tree days. So y'y vill du go til Fountain Green? Haf you asked six of de broders to be polar bears, and haf you got all de odder tings arranged for? Jens Gravedigger has told meg du haf bought a grave lot in de new Park Cemetery, so du von't haf to go vay out by de Keskos to bury Anne in de old graveyard.' '"All dat,' replied Jffrgen somewhat testily, 'iss none ov your business. It iss only my business. Maybe jeg will tell you more later-og maybe jeg vil not, yoost make out de tickets.1" 100 |
