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April Jth, iNja
suppose you'll be pretty con,,l.,,n,e
"'ueA up when you come 10 see where
no" be, and 50 II Jest tell YOU m a, shor,
ordet as possible. how ~ GONE abou,
Ever since ! wrote YOU that last letter
about the Rakoon Story the Giner,I ,.IIsd
me, snt the Old Hen story 4 teIled b,,,
the folks about the GineraI haint civ mn.
no time TO eat or sleep. and have d adj nigh
upon the hull Government 10 beat off hui
SO long A. had the Gineral on nv ,,d. I
didn't care nothin about a.. But to,b.r
day the Ginersl he began 10 shake in IA.
wind ieetlr. and this was abnut the can.
ONT lie and me was sittcn tals;n ov.r
matters aione,and fiTeln red hot shot AT In.
opposition folks. and especially at Squire
Biddie when ieiled the t,inl. saw. t,,,,i
IL 5 well enuf for US IL ~ the natur Of n.o-
pie TO give one credit for honesty AT lea,,
though he - wrong. ir he ony seem, warm
ana determined. jes; as you was when YOU
cut down that old mans Bee tree. hut
says my slate don't tell me that the pre.
sent trouble all about the country i, n,x;o
~ The Bank crampin folks Aud with thar
reached down IBy slate and showed The
funeral Now says here we see Thai
The Bank actually has been Iendin out
more money since we took the d-p,.;,rs
away from II. than Il had lent afore that
time. The Ginersi he looked over IN.
hgers. and sure enuf there IL was. wbv
s-ys he, M'jor, how is this what on Garth
men says ne are The people grulnblin at
All our folks tell mr, saw. the Giner,i
'hai Biddie IL crsmpin the people all over
CFeatlgn. aud he re
as daylight, that the Bank ha,nt screwed
at alt. And with thai the Giner,I n. he
gan 10 count on his fingers, and tbourb
ne can sometimes Tiger out pretty con
siderable TUT sum that way, TIN. ni,zzled
nm smaz'nly. 30 10 rights. says he, Ma
Jor, what then - the cause ofai, this from.
6le Well. says I. GneraI 4 .unno,r =, =.
shall know pretty soon. There Is a CO.,
out somewhere, ssys I; and n IN. Sen.,e
IS o'erha"li0 The mill, perhaps ibey n find
H. aud let US know And the word, ,ys,nr
more than out of my mouth, when IN co,n,.
hindle and Blair lookin as though tbcy
had Jest ben shaked through gimLletholc
and they ielled the Gineral that the Sen
ate had Jnst passed Clays resolutions I,
won't do no good TO tell " hat followed. but
The 6inerai was hoppin mad. and il was
more than an hour afore he got through
siAihn things about. And as Il wa, abont
the time when folks would he comm .,
'Isit the Ginsral. Jest slept out 10 toll e,o
they must call sgin. for the G,arr,I Was
hard At work N d" Cabinet KounseI"
When ! got back found the G;n.,,I
with pretty nigh all tho steam blow ed oil
and them other two critters writing ,om.
thin q come out ~ tie Globe ne.t d,v
ielled the Gineral right oiI-now. nv. /
O'Inefai. we better keep an eye on mhatue
say ~ print. for we have trouble emf vith
What We 10y here 60 folks; but s,ys 1. A.
We 20 10 abusio the Senate and pu, II IN
prnt too, the people Gl5y take A stand
~" u and puzzle ~ hereafter most plsgi.
~ And with that the Giner.l not h,.
s'"am up IN mint and he iclI Inc If that
vas my bottom briter pack up aud quit.
'o' VIC uine hid come nOv for eVfy man
70 take his own side. and n I thought
VIC oenh's had more wisdom than lie had
! must clear ont Wei says G,neral.
hadn't sc best call the hull Cabinet togeih.
ef on this business. Cabinet SAYS the
Hinetsl, what more do want? and With
mat be turned and pinird 20 Kindls and
bi1ir, and give me a look ~ black IS thuo.
der Wei saysI that's enuf; aud ~ bad
eNPN NV buhuif Fcauy Tor move Tor some
days past. all ! had o. do was 10 stick INV
slate IN II. Snd poke my are handle thre.
The upper knot. snd slung the hull con
'atn o'er my shoulder and was back asin
20 the Cab'Set aiore you could say Jack
Robinson
Now. says Glnersl. and You are 60
ins 10 Tuit--but afore 20 should lie .
'' teN YOU story snd tho best ont -. n
nini a long one. ,ays : And { ts.ld the
O,nefsl that snake story you've besrn me
isll aiore. IlSw ! Vas once Wslk,n IN =
held down there 10 DowniBgt,lls, and
hesfin elaitcr. and seeing no one. but 10
nights hndin that u I'll come from = big
o'srk snake more ihtn hall rod long the
'' Ppafiln with The head about iakio the
~ 81 sod ssyIn the head bad led long
"o' aud ihc tsil ought 10 nv n. turn =
''P,,n .-And 80 the head give up and LEI The
,'h ha'e hi' way and follos, i 90 10 .,e.
~" 'D'ns' would work ihst Way-and 80
after g''n agin ihc scale. spell. AMI m,t.
10 thugs s'It cors,'eatie. iieta,IlteI,,i