THE OLD RANCHER
THE BANKER SAW HIS OLD FRIEND TOM, AN EIGHTY-YEAR OLD RANCHER, IN TOWN. TOM HAD LOST HIS WIFE A YEAR OR SO BEFORE AND RUMOR HAD IT THAT HE WAS MARRYING A 'MAIL ORDER' BRIDE. BEING A GOOD FRIEND, THE BANKER
ASKED TOM IF THE RUMOR WAS TRUE. TOM ASSURED HIM THAT IT WAS. THE...