Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-29


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the fox N.gx I'll tell We what die
kiserei 10y sccidsai; bat mini ye, yell
Keep tsis sacred. Ne won't never whis-
per il To mortal man.,
The squire promised, solemnly.
wall, one day when was fi-hin' up
few the big pond. left canieen Of rum
and mcrlasses side Of rock with my
basket. While l was away over on
.'other side an old bar come along, and
I'm blessed if he didn't set his teeth
light threw the neck o. that ere canteen
twas tin, ye know-an' drink every
1rop there was in it'll At fust yew ken
bet was mad; but when I found that
ere bar not ten rods off, laid out dead
trunk, felt kind O. pleased. Sence
hen, squire, I've tried that ere game on
. good many bars, and l never knowed
t tew fail. Naow yew git nc Haow
many bars should We think thar was2"
20, there must be half.a.dozen Of
hem"
"Wal-then yew git me 'baout a gal
on of good old rum-it don't make no
odds whether it's old Jamakey or New
England-only the Jamakey's the strong
est--yew git me q gallon Of that, and
baOut quart Of merlasses, and let me
have three or four new, clean sap-troughs,
and T l don't show yew the biggest kind
IF a hist among them bars at We ever
dreamed of, then I'll sell aout for old
rags. / know jest whar to take 'em,
Bless ye! we've got to be keerful of whar
ye bait them fellers as ye would be of
baitin' fox.
Never had Squire Brown heard state
nent more frankly AMI honestly made;
md, moreover, it appeared to him very
1t came hard to pay out
money for such thing, but he was los.
ng to much nightly by the ursine depre-
1atOrs to hesitate at any reasonable ex-
pense that promised relief; so he bought
! gallon of Jamaica rum and quart of
nolasses, and gave it to old Trafton, to-
yether with as many new sap-troughs as
le might require.
And then Squire Brown waited for
'eport from the bear trapper. He waited
,ne day, and another day, and then he
vent out; and found that the bears had
been into his corn-field afresh. A terri
Die suspicion flashed upon the miser's
mind, causing him to culver with wrath
anu Inauguration. lie learned Where
rrafton dwelt, and thither he went. He
'ound log hut, away in tue woods, and
Upon the cluttered floor of the hut, laid
,ut at full length, with an empty jug by
lis side, he found the famous bear slayer.
He kicked him vigorously.
"Here! You scoundrel! Where is the
'um gave you2 Where are the bears you
we're to capture! Oh! ohr'
"Eh9' hiccoughed Trafton, brought
to his senses by the kicks.
Wharf, say7 B'ars9 Why don't (hic) r |
etch 'em ons Fetch (h:c) 'em on, I say
By Die 'er big horn spewn! jest'r fetch
EN- on, an + l don't (hic) fix EN-, I'm a
'ipner!"
"You're drunk, you beastv'
"Dr-dr-unk! Course gay dr-drunk
Il tell We, squire, (hiel r course FAY
Trunk! Never (hie) knowd it r fail
,ever"'
Trsfton sank back and snored again,
md old Brown went back TO his home,
adder and q wiser man. He was foolish
enough 10 tell the story thinking to create
, prejudice against the. dec~itful Traftou
bat il had the opposite effect. The mass
" the people we're thankful 10 the old