St. Landry democrat., 1878-11-09
A Gusa Story.
PRETTY STRONGLY DRAWN BUT MODER-
ATELY GOOD FOR ALL THAT.


You Couldn't call him IL sportsman by
any strain on your Imagination, ;irl Vet
NJ was hy no npaliS Il luafrr, tinlgh he
did TUX viii, Il drlWl which Indicated
that ht'tli.it't r.-a.,l tim. asa very vail
ualde .etnn,ndlty. lie sat on tile fence
nv tke train caue up tn Sirgtrie,',
Bridge with the three El<tom fancy
ginl,ers alM'aral, whom he WAS to pilot
across the r"untry after Qunil. His gun
having the lock, ii,.l on with II string
rtptSeh across lis knees, and his dog
looking like the ghost of starvation,
recessed at his feet. The E.ston men
cailse npto him.
DO ynu know Abe Hrrtzoge"
Y-a-a-s, know him"
sWhere can We tind !im9
.Ri-g-i,-s ttyar, | gutss."
"A,e7you Mr.. Hertz.'ge"
"Y-a-a-s! that's what I'm taxed fOl
anyway"
''Jimminy ~ said one of the party
soto U0ce, "can this be the man that Cap
told us was personally acQainted with
every quail family in Allen townshipF
"sYon frllers want to gu arter some
@'.TlEH's What we come for. Do you
know anything about them 7"
"W.a-a-l, y;'as; can tell one when
see II"
"What kind of gun have you got
there?"
a"W-a-a-l. ye ace, mister, that guns
an old residenter; bin into our family
ever since the first old Hrrtzng moved
she shoots mighty quick. Handle her a
little careful, mister" he continued, as
he handed the old thing over foi my in
spectinn; ''she has IL way OF tumblin
apart il she's used rough like.'
The old rifle liad Il barrel abOut as
long Ills a. fence rail, with iron enough
in il for IL young Gatling gun, and a
bore not larger than healthy rye straw,
while all the stock it had WAS absorbed
in a brass trap door leading into II cell lal
smelling nf verligris.- aud filled with
grease and little pieces "f rags.
"H"w do you kill anything with this
knock il alown9"
"W-a-a-l, yes! sometimes. That's
the way burstel the stock thar wha'
the riswhi.le ban'age air. IL knorkin' Il
fetluw down what made fun ut it."
At this point the investigator sudden
ly lost interest in the gun, and the party
moved off into the country. A they
climbed tile fifteenth, fence, the ol,l man
paused ON the top rail and waived his
hand indefinitely over The fields before
them.
>" uents. there's quiil< all about lyar
aud over yan'lrr-raiS. m thar "'Ie "i
'tl1 now" hr u tiled, aS he drew M old
reSrgltnter and Knocked it over where il
What! ,ln you <I,,,t bird on tn.
gfountLl Way, oil u'n, th,ts Internal
paftit,g."
.''s til.t soF" inquired t',e oil man
l,umlay, a> i,- picked npa piece "f his
gun s.spek hat till been ] trr'l oil by
ti,s. shot. s
Jtsr t',rm II snt,il cnvry of the birds
sm,k wing, AMI The m,u " ',n SEQ! ned
pot iiuniing bl " Il away With both bar
reds af i. colil v lret.chl idrrand missed
aNlt.rR wllar III y,,n shoot EN-. mis-
tel9" Inquired the v'd man. q '!"tiy' ~
hs ,lt.t his patch anl ballet -, the n'lz-
zle of his ritl., wllirli lr hsl hrtwrtn
his legs while h.. rlmmr'l the r!i ,rg'
hum., ,ri,l then, as Il stray hlri haW
Oyrrn.,.,,i, he rll~eI anl lini,p'l II.
.tIsrhst AR tiie way yol want 1t done,
misierfn So,
The olipctnr slid pntl,ins, AMI the
cunning proceeded; hnt Il S't'i i'rcAiiie'
evident tltttir SIP ,rt>n IN were 'ln,ng
the cunning aud the old niln MAS 'lnlng
the s.,,,pti,,y. Th, lock iun,!,l,.,t ntf his
gun ,n.c,si,,n lily, and the barred h,d il
Iuust, habit nf parting company with the
stock; btt the old man had. ii pofket full
of strings, and as fast lis it gave ont l,t:
tied it upani mt,lr ready 10 shoot whrn-
ever 10 bird shaved, and he occasionally
varied rhp motnny of the proceedings i'v
c,n,fly blazing into the bushels, where
upi,lll his mean locking dog would rusls
i'm an,l drag our ii dead rabbit. s3
y F,.IfI
according to their lights, and shot upon
fhs.u,nst scientific principles; bnts s0me-
how. tile old man got the game, rs the
count showed five quail and Il pheasant
among the three for tho days work,
while Mr.. Hertzng to,ldled along under
twanty.fiye aHaiI and four rabbitst and
as they sat 7on the board pile at the
depot bargaining for the old mans lot,
he Tetnarked: ,
ranch of a gun to look at. She amt
nmrtv nor Handsome at all, hut ltell yen
sI,ess mighty un the shoot. All yOli's
got Il, ti., il iest tO gsease the patch right
well. and ram the ball down close, ami
then ii You pint her ut "a bli1l ana pull,
that birds gtst t0 stop. lItastwise,
allerS fitd il ". Y,s st'r. gents, where a
man has sici M awfniiy purity glln, his
,trnsion'S kinder taken up asinlirlu' "f
IL like, an the bird goes away after i'r
shoots. Lpastwise, alters find it go.
just tI,e,, the lock dropped on "Uit!
Resin,lemter" for the eleventh time, ana
as the old man want going to siiooc
auy ,n,se that dizzy. Iie pHt it III his
racket along with his game Mouey,
eayiHg.
xTiaa,ik We. gents. tlmnkea. Come
mn s,,tsll again. an I'll take the Old Resi-
dslifer ,,tlt any tinIa; we'll hs purity
sure to get-sna .thipgs' Anil he meath
aiers off tl.foag.l tbs Indian summer
haze.
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