The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-20
His Early Corn.

His Early Corn.
They were seated around a stove in a
'squire's ONCE, splitting on the heater in a
very friendly and cOntented manner. The
fire had nearly gone out, but enough heat
remained TO sizzle the tobacco juice which
was rained upon the stove musically and
OdoriferOusly.
Judge Homage remarked that. winter
must have packed up his kit and quit
the country, the weather was so beautiful.
And indeed IL was The bright sun
streamed In through the windows with that
delicious welcome and that grateful
warmth viii ch makes man want 10 stand
on the SUNNI side vi the street. And all
this in the early DAYS oi December.
I've seen some funny December
weather IN INV Time" continued the
Judge" but here IL l. almo>: the middle of
the month. We've hardly had & frost vet.
and to-day il is like sweet spring weather.
This kind OF dav ALWAYS makes me- think
of those Two brothers, the Schlegels. Ger
man commentators on the works al the
immortal bard oil Avon. and what they
say about Romeo and Juliet They pro
nounce ii a poem, and saw that IL Is As in
spring. And that's Just what ro-dav i. |
got married abou, this time, nearly forty
wears ago. IL wa colder than tue hlazcs.
and recollecl that the old lady made 4
fuss about NV cold ie.t And well she
might, Tor they didn' get warm that whole
winter"
This weather makes me- think oi the
time j killed the deer down on the. big
slough" said Dick lioogly, = farmer out
south.
How Wa. that >" laid the con>tabIe's
deputy, digging the a>he> out al hi pip
with the 'squire> iayoriIe pen.
Dicks a-gnin' 10 Civ. H. some wind"
said L man with his head tied up. He mad
bells ON him.
We'll. said Dick. looking steadily Al
the man with his head tied up. in a slight
lv rniiied manner, Il was a-plowing my
'arly Gavin. Spring had com. along
iolcrable soon that wear ami Was Young
and full oi hard work. and got out the
pillow and horses and went Ia the field and
went To work a-plowin. You know that
field of mine right west ui where the
slough turns north. Well, there's where
was a-plowin' had taken old Bose along
with me. and had my gun >cltin' up
agin the fence All of 4 sudden up Jumps
deer. lie Wa bigger than yearlin'
steer and he sIreaked across that field 80
quick that all YOU could see was some iur
and a pair of horns abouI six feel across
from tip {" tip. You know wlat kind of 4
shot am, guess, - | ji>t ups with old
Maria Jane-that WAS nav Pct name Tor
NV r1te-l iist raised her tu
level, ketches good aim On her. and
whangs away. ] seed that hit the deer
buck il was-for ] seed >u-hin' red in
among the hyin bundle of hair and horns
Old Bose he understood mis- business, | kin
tell You, and he went of after that buck
SO sudden that he jist kinder looked like a
brindle streak over the ground took
after Bose, and '>pect | looked like
streak, too, Tor | could run some them
days, myself. There We went. Bose after
the buck and me close after Bose Such
race you never did see. Bose gained on the
buck little, but he did not gain much OH
me. We was all making for the big
slough. ID had frose hard the night be-
fore"
''Eh - said The man with his head tied
up, who had been watching Dick with the
air of shrewd attorney.
".
Hes telling this, not YOU"
That's what j thought" returned the
man with boils on him, and relapsed into
silence.
at had froze hard, sir, the night before
and there was purity respectable sheet OF
ice on the slough. As soon as the buck
struck the ice knoved ] had him. He
slipped and fell, and Bose and ME both
laid hands on him sbont the same time
leastways Bose took hold with his
teeth and whipped out NV horn-hand-
led knife ond cut the bucks throat.
His hot blood poured out Oh the ice and
made kind Of steam. Dang me il
wasn't sorry for him. took him home on
my shoulders, and We lived 0n buck meat
for some time"
That's little the 'arliest Gavin ] ever
heered Of" observed the man with his head
tied up. That's a pretty good yarn.
Dick; give u some more uf the same
kind"
A little weak in some oi lis incidents"
the judge remarked. THAT ice, Tor in
stance"
But Dick Hoogly was Disguised. He
left with an angry frown upon his brow,
that there was always some
dang fool 10 interfere and spile a mans
story"
SHILOH'S CATARRH EENEDY,