Costly Crosshaul, The

DESCRIPTION: "When a poet's fancy takes its flight Into naught but romance bold," loggers will pay tricks. Greenhorn Billy Dean is ordered into town to pick up a "crosshaul." He is kept in town for months seeking the fictitious equipment -- and billed for the time
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps)
KEYWORDS: logger trick commerce money
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 42, "The Costly Crosshaul" (1 text)
Roud #18189
NOTES [22 words]: This was apparently intended to be funny, but I'd call it just plain mean. To be sure, I think practical jokes quite un-humorous. - RBW
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File: BeLo042

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