Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1917 — Blue Blood. [ARTICLE]

Blue Blood.

Bushrod was establishing a pigeon coop of his Own, emulating his neighbor, Bill Hite, In arranging the financial promotion of this venture, he went tp his mother. “Mother,” he said, “I want a dollar to buy a x Mother thought a dollar U rather high price for a pigeon, with common birds averaging ten cents. “But, mother,” Bushrod -said, earnestly, “you don’t understand. This Is a pedigreed pigeon. With its pedigree It’s cheap at a dollar.” Bushrod finally wheedled his mother out of the dollar and left to buy his blooded bird. He returned with the pigeon and a scrap of crumpled paper in his pocket. “Mother,” he said, “this is the pedigree.” J ~ -; ~ On the crumpled scrap of paper was written: “Grandfather, unknown. Grandmother, unknown. Father, unknown. Mother, Bill Hite's pigeon?’ 7