The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-22

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Matter enough, says UHcle Ike, some
bodys gone and hooked a slathern Of
my mnsh mllyons, aud I've tracked EN-
70 the springs, aud they tell me they
b9agh, them OF yoa boys for ten cents a
psice.
IL that 50? Said old Tildea. Wan III
ju,t call the boys, lArnl 'em to be keer-
ful about their rspnlaahuns, aud to never
do nsthln that ~ill be discovered In .
way 70 allie their good names, My motto
is Take care Of yer name, and yer karc.
tor will sartin take care OF itself.
Then be goes ont 10 the barn where
Nose and Sam was trying to cheat each
other trAdin' hsh.llnes, aud talked with
the boys Ia low tone aRd went back in
the hOuse.
When the boys came 10, he says: Boys
Uncle Ike has lost hull slew Of them
milyons OF hisen, aud has found them 1t
the Springs, and they ted bin that Mose
bruug 'em there and sold 'em, What ye
got TO say boys3 Ef you've stole Uncle
lke's nilyonS III lick ye within an inch
OF yer lives.
GfaciouIi You ought 10 seen Sam lie
turned up that round, smirkin', ouesided
face Of hises, aud, lookin' Uncle Ike,
square la abe face, said:
You're 9 nice otd.anele, to come here
aud twit me an Nose OF stealip' yer gol-
derned mush milyons. Don't nobody
raise milyons In this town but you You
ought to be ashamed OF yourself. I'd
like to see ye prove thin milyons to be
yourn. III you can't prove 'em yonrn
what are ye going TO do about II tbcnS
Say?
AT first Uncle Ike was so took down by
Ssmmy's sass, that be began 10 fee
sheepish like, and wux about to beg the
kmily's forgiveness and go, when the
last misfortunste remark about provln'
property riled him agin, aud says be,
Sammy, stay on your hoss jest q mint.
perbap yer can bluf me- aud perhaps ye
can't. Perhaps you didn't know that I'd
cut the letter ID be seed elid OF every
one in my garden, and could tell them in
Tophet, where you'll be most apt to get
a lick at sich fodder il you are lucky
enough to eat anything coolin as milyons
in the futur life.
Oh, says Sammy, then you know they
are yourn. And, say, Uncle Ike, Pm
& lad you wuz smart enough to cut the
front corner OF yer fust name onto them
milyons think | know the chaps that
stole 'em told 'em on Sunday, arter you
had treated us SO nice, that ii would be
mean to steal them, but they didn't
mind what said
pm ashamed OF my sext Pm sorry
is boy, il the Lord spares my life I'll
never marry and run the risk OF bTinin'
more boys iuto the wn-ld. hnt ~ devote
my life to exposing sinners. I've been in
the milyon bizniz q little and bought aud
sold milyons more or less, hut who'd a
thought wuz dickerin' with @ lot of
IheivcsI 1t makes my blood bile thikin'
Of it. But II ia lucky for you and the hull
thet them milyons wuz sold to me
1t may be the means of brcakin. mp the
allfredist milyon gang that ever cussed
the country. kin spot every one Of 'em
and bring them 10 Justice, though it'n
lake time and money, and shall run the
risk of gittin' licked like thunder, for the
boys will be awful mad. But it is time
somebody begun 10 bust these chaps. l
ain't sfeard To 60 ahead.if you amt afeard
10 foller.
Sammy, says old TiIden, | never wuz
so proud of you sfore in all my born
lays. ruthsr you'd steal all the mil
yons in the county Of Klumby than not
git chance to be sreformer. Your tho
stuff that Guy'uers aud Pres'deuts is
made out on. Bless ye, my boy.
Sammy, sayI Uncle Ike, with The tears
IN his eyes, Pm glad sich brave aud
honest boy has took hold OF this thing
and il you'll tell me the names Of the
boys thst did ihe stealin' ye ueedn' pay
nuihin pn tho inilyon-, and i'll 20 snucks
with ye on the money git outcn the
boys dads.
Wall as boys all got an awful iickin,
AMI our fathers paid Uncle Ike three
Iimss the worth Of the pfop'ty to have it
hnshed up. Sammy cleared about fifteen
dollars outen the eutire consaru, aud got
lhe name of bein' the braysst aud honest
Dst boy in the hull country, aud was
mentioned in The minister's sarinint the
next Sunday.
Bnt (and here the old man shook bic
head aud knocked the ashes from his
pipe.) don't know ab1ut sich doinS.
can't see why the big'st theft in the hull
lot should git paid and praised and all
his tooIs git licked aud disgraced. That
is what bolhefs me. spose he's got
over sieh capers now. He's old enough
10 do better anyhow.
fgaVe the old man a ticket to my con-
cert, and As ! bade him good aftsruoon
and folded the paper on which bad
written this narrative, as 1t fell fresh and
quaint from bis lips, be said;
Say, Mr.. Clsrk. I see you've ben writin
.omethin, bu, il ye print what I've tole
ye don't give my name, for Sammy aud
wuz boys together, and ! shall prob'ly
vote iJr him, ss have voted nothin but
The straight Dimocrst ticket, aad it's too
late 10 change now.
II any Of your readers desire the old
mans address, III confidence, | can send
il 10 them II they viii inai me stamp,
Or postal card, At Syracuse, n. y.