Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-19

! then swapping turtle won't snap. He
took it home and put it in his side-hi]l
cellar, and the invitations were given for
the apple-cut. AS remarked, Sid and
myself got the grand go-by. But we
kept mum.
"About three miles from SAILS there
lived couple of girls that Sid and I
used to go and see once in while.
About week before Sails dad got the
apples these girls had quilting bee,
ard didn't invite Sal. So Sal got back
at them by sighting them in the apple
cut. Sid and I went up to see the girls
one night, and we made it up to have
little apple-cut of our own. Their old
man didn't have any apples, either. Ap-
pies were scarcer that winter than scales
on catfish, anyhow. So we fellows
agreed to skirmish around and get the
fruit for our rival festivity. We con-
Guided to have our party on the same
night that Sal had hers, and, the night
before the apple-cut, Sid and I hitched
up to sled and took ride. We didn't
have much trouble in getting all the ap-
pies we wanted, and we had roaring
old time at our apple-cut.
"The next day met one of the fell
lows who had been to Sails party.
"sWeI,' says I, how'd you enjoy
yourselves last night :?
"'We busted up in fight he says.
"'Fight says. 'Hows that?'
"Well, says he, after we all got to
SAILS and had sot there spell, talkin'
an laughin', Sal says to the old man:
"'"Pap, says she, "Iguess ye better
go an fetch in the apples an We'll git to
business. Oh, wait till ye see them pip
pins" says she. "They'm good 'uns,
an they's plenty on em, " says she.
$50 Bobby goes out an fetches in
the bag. Sal had got big tub an sot
it in the middle O. the floor to put the
apples in. Bobby come luggin' the
bag in on his shoulder, an we all piled
around the tub to see the pippins. The
old man omitted the bag an dumped her.
May I hope to die ef Bobby didn't dump
that tub full O. turnips Two bushels O
thunderin' big fiat turnips, an not the
smell of a pippin!'
"I had to lay down in the road and
laugh" said the Sheriff.
"'Turnips,' I says, after a spell.
Not turnips?'
"Y-a-a-s, turnips 7 snorted the fell
low. sAn that want the fun O the
thing. You know Stub Wagner was
there, an it's only month ago that he
was ketched comm out O. Decker's pas
ter with one O Decker's sheep. Well,
when the turnips was tumbled in the
tub, Sal looked at her old man, an the
old man looked at Sal. If an earth
quake had a fell in that place they
couldn't looked scareter. Nobody
said word for about a minute. Then
Bobby woke up.
""Ikin lick the hide out'n any sheep
thief as has gone an busted this apple
cut " he hollered.
THE Oldham didn't have no more
reference to Stub u agner than ne did to
the man in the moon, but Stub peeled
hissef an howled:
"""I wouldn't let my own father call
me a sheep thief!" ne yelled. Gan
no bushwhacker as tries to put turnips
off on me for pippins kin do it an not
fight !"
"'He sweep the old man around that
kitchen like house-fre before we could
git him loose. Rube Calkins chucked
Stub out through winder, and I got
out O the back door an clum on the
fence. In less'n two minutes the party
was film out O that shanty an maxim
fur hum. SAILS apple-cut were busted,
an if I ever find out who done it I'll
make 'em sweat
"Well, sir" said the Sheriff, do you
know that Sal always kind @ thought
that Sid and I played that on her? But
nobody ever found out who did take the
apples, and I believe my mother is Won
dering to this day who in the world ever
carried off that bag of nice white tur-
nips she had out in the woodshed."
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