CHAPTER XXII.
JOBE HELPING TO RAISE THE OFFICERS’ SALARIES.
JOBE has been a helpin Hen Minick cut wheat and harvest for a week past, and the poor man has big blisters in his hand and cracks and sores on his fingers that jist keep me busy a pickin and a salvin and a doctorin. And he is that stiff he can hardly walk.
He has been workin to git money to pay taxes with.
When he got done Hen told him he would have to wait till arter thrashin time for the $7.50 he owes him for helpin.
Jobe told him he would have to have it right away, as his taxes was past due, and if he dident pay them soon they would attach a penalty to them. Hen said he was sorry, but he dident have a dollar, nor haint had for weeks.
Jobe come home discouraged like.
How can he git it from Hen when Hen haint got it?
If Jobe sues him, Hen will git mad and git somebody else to do his harvestin next time.
Besides, Hen is honest and would pay if he had it. He is a good nabor and worth it, but Hen says times is hard and money scarce.
