Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-07

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dOu't seem to understand this thing, no
way; however, I'll tacklo Ter aguin.' He
fetched another acorn and done his level
best to SEQ whut become oft, but he couldn't.
lie suys, "Well, never struck no such
hole as this before. I'm Of tho opinion
that it's a totally new kind of hole"
Thon lie begun to get mad. lie hold in for
u spell, walking up uEd down the comb Of
tho roof and shaking his head and muttcr-
ing to HIMSELF but his feelings got tho uppor
hand of him presently, aud he broke loose
opd ousscd himself black in tho face.
never see bird take on so about a little
thing. When he got through he walks to
hole and looks in for half minute. then he
says, "Well, you're q long hole and II deep
hole and mighty singular hole altogether
but l'vc started in to fill you, and ID
if don't fill you if it takes a hundred
ycars!'
And with that away he went You never
sec tird work So since you was born He
laid into his work like Niger, aud the way
he hove acorns into that hole for about two
hours and half was one of the most cx-
citing and astonishing spcetac!cs l ever
struck. llc never stopped to look any
more-hc just hovo 'cm in and went for
moro. We'll at last he could hardly tlop
his wings he was SO tuckercd out. lie
comes dropping down onco more, sweating
Ike an ice pitcher, drops his acorn in aud
says, "Now, guess I've got The bulge on
you by this time" So he bent down for
look. If you'll believe me, when his head
came up again he was pale with iagc. lie
said, "l'vc sEovcled acorns enough ip .hero
to keep the family thirty years and if can
see a sign Of Que of 'em wish l may land
in museum with a belly full of sawdust in
two minutcs.
| He just had strength enough to crawl up
onto the comb and lean his back agin tho
chimbly aud then he collected his imprcs..
siors and begun to free his mind. [ see in
ii second that what took for profanity in
the mines was ouly just The rudiricnts, as
you may say,
Anoihcr jay was going by and heard him
| doing his dcvotions, and stcIs TO inquire
what was up. The sufl'crcr told him the
circumstance and says, "Now, yondcr's the
hole, aud if you don't believe me go and
look for yourself" So this fellow went and
looked and comes back and says, GLOW
many did you say you put in there?' "Not
less than two tons," says the sufferer. The
other jny went and looked again. lie
| couldn't seem to mike it out, so he raised
yell and three mare jays come. They all
examined the hole, they all made the suf
fercr tell it over again, then they all dis
cusscd it aud got off as many leather
headed opinions about it US an average
crowd of humans could have done.
They called in moro jays; then more and
more, till Irctty soon this whole region
'pearcd to have blue flush about it.. There
must have been five thousand Of them, and
such another jawing and ripping and cus.,
sing you never heard. Every jay in the
whole lot put his eye to the hole and de-
liycrcd moro chuck lie headed opinion
about the mystery than the jay that went
there before him. They examined the
half open and at last one old jay happened
to go and light Oh it and look in. OF course
that Knocked the mystery galleywcst in Il
second. There lay the acorns scattered all
over tho floor. lie Hoped his wings
and raised whoop. "Come hcrc!' lie
says, "Comc here, everybody; hanS'd if
this fool hasn't been trying to fill up house
with acorns." They all come a swooping
down like blue cloud, and as each
fellow lit on the door and took o glance
the whole absurdity OF the contract that
that first jay had tackled hit him homo and
no fell over backwards sufTocating with
laughter and tho next jay took his pluco
and done the same.
Well, sir, they roasted around here on
the housetop and the trees for an hour,
and gnlfawed over that thing like human
beings 1t amt any use to tell mo blue
jay hasn't got sense of humor because |
know better. And memory, too. They
brought jays here FROM all over the United
States to look down that hole every summer
for three years. Other birds too. And
they all could see tho point except an owl
that come from Nova Scotia to visit the
70 Semitic aud he took this thing in on
his way back. lfo said he couldn't sec
anything funny in it, But then he was u
good deal disappointed about Yo Semitic,
too.-Marh Tyain