Double Trouble

It's happened again. Years ago my middle boy, Jack, had a little problem with a couple of girls. He got both of them in a family way at the same time. It presented a real dilemma since he could only marry one woman at a time. Anyway, it all worked out. Both girls had their babies and married other fellows. We saw to it that those children were taken care of. I won't get into all that here but we did.
Zasarus Smith was bemoaning the fact that his youngest boy, Hayworth, was in the middle of the same predicament. Zasarus runs a farm and often lends (for a fee) his big bull for servicing other peoples cows. One fellow spoke up and said he figured Hayworth would bring in more money than any old bull if Zasarus would just demand payment from the girls daddies. We got a little laugh, but only for a moment when we settled down to how serious the matter really is.

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