Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-08-18
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UNCLE JOE,S DOG STORY.


did II" said Uncle Joe Kite, calmly re6lling
his pipe and lighting it with splinter which
he tore from the fire log.
"Wall I reckin not-leastways haint new
er heerd it, not to my recollecshun-no !"
replied Siah Linsey, who had just finished
a very truthful and entirely probable account
of South American lizard which had swal-
lowed itself and choked to death on its tail.
"No, I'm really shore you heven't."
WALL resumed "Uncle Joe," spreading
out pair of feet that looked like couple
of horse blocks-"wall, that dog followed
me clear through the Kafir war-clear
through it."
"The what war ?"
"The Kafir war"
"Whar mout that be?"
"Why, in Africa, to be sure. Them KAT:
frs are death in fight. They amt par
ticker where they strike ayther, or what
they strike with. A club comes jest as ham
.dy with 'em as a boulder. They're some,
tell you, Siah, on a plugmuss. Wall, that
dog, did you ever notice his tail-clus, l
mean "
II reckon not"
"Wall, that dogs tail is merecle. When
we were bein shot at by band of them
Kafirs, that dogs tail was the only thing
that kept him from getting shot"
II recon yaas," said Siah doubtfully, and
placing cubic toot of niger head in his
mouth-"Yaas."
"Fact. You see, he stood with his hind
eend toward the Kafirs, and knocked the
halls off with his tail jest as fast as they come.
One ball struck it, down towards the thick,
and it bounced back and struck the very fel-
Ter in the eye as had fred it, KILN him i'm
mejtly."
II reckon yaas," interpolated Siah, who be-
gan to tremble for the popularity of his liz
ard yarn.
avail, another of the balls struck the
point of that tail and hang me eff the bullet
didn't split in two, one half lodging in
the calf of soldiers leg, and tother fell to
the ground kivered with hair"
81 recon yaas!" and Siah elected mouth.
full of juice over Joe's feet on the back log,
where it Kissed and hissed and sputtered into
a dozen bubbles. "That baker has GIN
newine say, 1 recon-yaas.'
"That dog" Joe pointed to the animal in
question, which seemed in the fire light like
huge boiled ham, sprinkled with pepper
and salt. "That dog once come nigh upon
getting his death in Gurus and very onsatls.
factory manner. He has first rate smellin
powers"
"Yaas, 1 recon-" said Siah, moving further
away from the dog land reckon his smell
lin powers are increasin amazingly-yaas."
"Yes age improves the favor sartain.
Wall, as was sayin," continued Joe putting
away vigorously, che kin smell mile of
and he's powerful strong dog"
II recon yaas," said Siah, as he moved a
few feet further off from the canine; yaas,
you mought made it two miles, and bis
strength wouldn't a weakened any, recon
no?'
"Waal, as was saying, that Bowse is an
uncommon dog, and he's distressing fast
dog on his feet. He kin run faster than a
little boys nose in December. Fact"
II recon, yaas !" and Siah took another quid
half an inch larger than the old one, which
he had aattened against the chimney jamb.
"Siah, when that dog runs he runs. I've
seen him run so fast that his fore legs could
not keep up with his hind legs. He's beat
himself often, on a square heat. Siah, you'd
better give that fore log histe with your foot,
er it will drop out on the harth.'
Il recon, yaas.'
"Them Kaffirs, how he hated 'em. I've
knowen him to foller Kafir, in sneakin'
way-for he is cawshus about gettin' into
trouble-for ten days on stretch. Eta KAT
fir went to sleep, Bowse nailed him by the
throat and shuk him, and then"
81 recon, yaas."
"Well, as was going to tell you, that dog
Bowse, is his name-guess he mus be, lem me
see, nigh about ten years old. | got him of
Jemeny Pelts, over yonder on Shrunk creek.
Pelts is great feller for dogs, tho he isn't
much on hoss meat. You knowed Pelts,
didn't you, Siah? That were his darter which
run off with the city chap in the speckled
breeches and shiny hat.
II recon, yaas, sartin."
"Well, Pelts set great store by that dog,
and LJe-you've hearn Of Lie Pelts?"
81 recon, yaas," calculated Siah, growing
rather tired.
"Well, Lie had trained Bowse so kerful
that he'd jump over chunk of vittles an
eat it without bein' told. He'd fetch an
carry too-fetch himself up to a pound Of
liver and carry it offjust easy"
"Yaas," said Slab.
The dog arose, gaped, scratched his head
looked wistfully into the fire, and shook him.
self. Siah moved further away.
LAY down, Bowse!-down there now. He
knows I'm talkin' to him! Well, one day
when I was taken prisoner by parsel of
them nakid vagabond Kaffirs, and kerried
to ther village consstin' of two stumps and
briar-bush, the pricipal buildin' bein' hole
in the ground, that dog done somethin' and
done it afore the whole crowd of KaAirs-"
II reckon yaas."
"What he done was this; he was sportin' on
ahead of US, when all of a sudden, he stopped,
come to dead halt about more or less than
dozen yards in front of jungle. Then we
heered roar that sounded like an earthquake
afflicted with headache, and out bounced
a tre.menjus lion, an old he feller of gi-
gantic aspect. He ives ripper! Bowse
crouched, and so did the lion and Bowse
looked at the lion. and the lion looked at
Bowse. All the Kafirs took to their heels
cept one, and he was skeered into such an
awful amount of perspiration that he swan
off in it kinder melted out of sight. Well,-
II recon yaas." Siah saw that his lizard
yarn was demolished.
"Well, the lion riz and made lunging
leap at Bowse, and Bowse, bein' prepared,
made a lunge at the lion at the same time.
In size the lion was little trihe bigger than
Bowse"
"Yaas," calculated Siah excitedly. .
"Both jumped and met in the air half
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