Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-04-12
Brave Lying.

3 Braye Lying.
ssThat thunder shower was one of
the worst things Of It's kind I ever
took hand in.
ssWould you replenish your glass
and tell us the details?'' asked the /
heavy man, politely.
1t was in the winter of '40," said
the stranger, stirring his glass re-
'fectiyely. 'sI'd heerd there was a
good deal o. walnut timber in them
sections, and ] was keen to get it.
SO me. and my son, took steamer |
and went up on the Northern coast, |
where no white man had ever been /
before. As soon as We landed we
knowed we'd struck it rich. Gentle
men, there was millions Of acres, all |
cut and ready for the market" /
s.Might 1 inquire who cut it?" i'm
terrognted the heavy man. solemnly. |
ssYou say no white man had ever |
been there"
1.-The polar bears had gnawed it OIL |
| searching for honey" replied the
stranger calmly.
"Go on with your thunder shower"
"Well, as l was telling you, We
started right in, and in three weeks
we were richer than any eight men in
the states. There was no end to the
luck! Everything went our way from
the start. We had all the logs down
on the dock and were only waiting
for the boat to come and take us off,
when l seen clouds making to north
ard and knowed it was gong to
settle irn for tmck weather. told
my son to look out, and in less than
half an hour there broke the doggond-
est storm ever seed. Rain! Why,
: gentlemen, it rained so hard into the
y muzzle of my gun that it bursted the
derned thing at the breach! Yes, sir!
And the water began to rise on us,
|, too. Talk about your floods down
n South! Why, gentlemen, the water
o rose so rapidly in our house that il
flowed up the chimney and streamed
9 800 feet up in the air! We got i,
: both ways that trip. up and down."
al 'sDo we understand that you art
;. relating facts within the scope of YOU
. Eown experience?" demanded thu
l. heavy man, with his mouth wid'
Il open.
y Partially mine and partially m,
~ son's,'' answered the unabashet
W stranger. 'He watched it go up
,r and l watched it come down! Blu
II you can get some idea how it raine'
% when tell you that we put out bar
r. rel without any heads into it, and
rained into the bunghole of that ban
rel faster than it could run out 6
both ends!'
IN (which of you saw that" inqui
at ed listener.
al "We each watched an end, my so
in and me-" returned the stranger
10 "I'm telling you about stor1
a. now, gentlemen. But the worst {
nd all was the lightning. 1t wasn't
sr- streaks, it just stood still in one flasl
in and when it got through, you shou
ar. have taken a look at that timbe
M That timber was chopped into Il
Mt finest saw-dust you ever got your e,
vs.. on! Fine as snuff! Wasn't . sti'
'ay left half an inch long! You new
saw anything like it! There was ov
asst SIP ZOO, 900, 900 gone! We thoug
we might save the sawdust to m
ly, paints with and save couple OF mi
ose ion out of the wreck, but while
was thinking that over, the wi
no. sprang up, and then there was masi
ian I've seen some wind in my time, |
no. no such wind as that ever Blowed
size fore or anywhere else! Well, you {
aw- get an imperfect notion of how t
Dot wind blew, when / tell you tha
he blowed that saw-dust right back il
e OF its former shape, and when that sto
ood passed off. there stood them tr
ed: just where they stood before the be
rom got after them!'