Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-14
A SAGACIOUS HEN.
RrOOklYu EAGLE

HOW dye dog" he asked, with a grin O.
familiar recognition. Don't seem to know
me, do ye? was In here last Fall and give yer
some anecdotes about some snakes down In nv
parts. Remember
YES" groWled the city editor 81 recollecs
you. All your snake stories were lies and we
got letters from an over town saying so. WHAT
DO you want now"
You don't ten me-" Illuminated the snake
man, smoothing his hat softly. Lies, was
they? Meobe the parties as writ to yer knowd
more about them snakes than me. P'rhaps
what come to tell yer about my speckIed men
with blue hackie, is all lies, too
What has she done?"
snakes war lies that hens Whopper, that's ali
can say" and he looked deeply injured.
editor. Wv wy
Yer hearn about the cat that Matched
chickens, l reckon. Well my old speckled
hens been dIscountin' that cat. She's natcnei
four brood of kittens; one In each BROOD
"oh. 60 home, and sleep it or" recommended
the indignant city editor.
Fact! Four brood, and one to the brood.
seen her gettin' restless and setten around ca
things and tried Ter to knock her out o. the
idee. No use. Shed set onto hot fat iron but
what shed set. FuSt she Matched an old milk
pail into tin cups, and then she squatued on
some dough that was sot to rise, and I'm
sugged IL she didn't hatch out dozen biscuit
and then try TO learn EN- to swim. i seen she
was gittin right broody, and says ID the old
woman, says |, Mar, sumptn' must be done fer
the speckled hen with the blue hackle.' Mar
nfer 50 with that we fingered what wed best
90. While we was 1ggerin she sot on a 10 I'd
o cord wood. and III eat grind stun If 1t didn't
come out all sawed and split. I'm tellln yer
was annai'ral Wen, mar and nd me- n5''G ms
gered and fingered, and while We was
nggerln' the speckled hen was nggerln'
TOO. she hoped on 70 bari o. scrap iron, and
I'm drunk II she didn't whack out two hun
dred papers o. tacks. We seen that sumpin'
had got fer to be done right OF, but before we
hlt onto tne scheme. yer can lick me If a
house. OF course, yer know, we forgot the old
hen fer few days. Dog my skin Ii She di1n,I
set on the pump handle and hatch it into
toothplcks. Sure's yer born. Somehow my
the next mornin' It was railroad spikes. Yer
never seen nOthin' like IL. She was bent fer 10
set. III tell yer. There was three hard shell
Matched out loosters. IL she didn't I'm a liar. y
mo doubt OF 1t. But how about the kit
teDs?"
"Well. the nen come to put a new roof on
the house; got there just before dinner, and
left their tools into the yard. seen the Old
hen watchin' them tools. but didn't think no
harm. Just before that
Never mind anything else. Come down to
the cats"
"Jist so. While We was at dinner seen her
explortn' around and l didn't know from WAT
happe ned the day before
drop thai! " SAID the city editor, sternly
Give us the four brGod Of cats, one In a brood
wei, the four wOrknen was at dinner, an
the old speckled hen with blue hackle Wa
nosih' around. and says to mar, Mar
"Out with those cats, quick" and the City
editor took down q scythe.
" Certainly. The tools was outside, you
know, four sets on em, in-what's this they
carry tools in?n
"A k.t?"
And that Old speckled hen sot on them four
o.
Parties desiring 10 exchange q new scythe
for secondhand one, somewhat out of re-
days.