The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-09
THE OH SETTLER.
We Relates to tho B,ys tho story OF -
Stvec,cr's Nlara In LII. w


died las wcok. hear" said tho Oll Settler.
an he wore wuth morcn two hnndord thou
san dollars, I 'mcmbcr durn well wen Job
started In. b'gosh. an he want with hardly
| enough 10 buy n load fur his rifle. An how
d'yo think no got tho start that sol him up in
business boys?"
Somebody died and left him tho money
s'pcse." said tho Sheriff.
''Yc do. hay 2" replied the Old Settler. wall
yo hant eS nigh to IL ez Pete Riblet wore to
KILN coon the time il want n coon no wero
amin at but n knot on tho troo an his gun
missed ilro. besides. Nobody didn't die nm
leave job no money His start all como from
him gittin' chawoi up by bars. an tho neigh
bors fccln' sorry for his widdcr."
Little on. to- night, amt yo. Majorg' said
tho County Clerk.
Not durn bit bgoshr' exclaimed the Old
Settler I'm givn' yc straight fao's. If they
do SCUM funny. nm. IL go mt mind llstcniu'
I'll tell 80 list how 'twere. I'll hsf to lug 20
way back inter tho 'thlrtios. though"
Tho boys all said they'd 80 back with him.
and the Old Settler went into the past fol-
lows:
"Th' Want or much style In Pike county
back in 80 ez tn Is now" he said. but b'gosh
tn were moro bar. durn sight. Tn want
so much game killed by bold hunters settln'
'roun the barroom stove CT TIL is now. 1 don't
thuk. but tn were moro clothes tore in tn
TH2d cssn omn In day r1e
M, rSn c2nnt ha d, 6srs cut the ths
nigh all woods. A young Teller cz ha, slugsod
way n in sns Sm the
to fes,or. back in 80. wy b'gosh. boys. down
nj Es had rss to vo'a at al Il he
hung no bar or two; and wen tho young
nnz carried with EN- the he scalp Of Bar G lloyd
sluEgod. SOS they could show it to the board.
s5GR out 5hfy wHs vaa
Joe West chai'n;soi it. an proved; 6sosh. that
sRd % Gar that Sis 81 par had Ms
Them was the days boys wen politics was
as no v6s Ia es W s no p a up
sIn4r'.
alone O ,Gc S a,s sa Pink n ! h y ssa %
nerve To TO back thar an start n clearin'. an
two year he'd Hnkiverei enough dir 10 make a
iatcr ra'ch an three-bushe field o. huckwhii.
n%a qe SH rs HGRle Ta yisg ar
oil the outside that he could opcr an shei. That
ten mi tn sen them the now Sys GSs
To git up stairs We had to climb n ladder and
then 70 waikGd on yer hn nnnr m knees MS ye
sep'. Job married Mag Swink. n gal that'd sot
al u" snrS crazy It the nppo cuts Tn corn
two rooms down stairs in Jobs now housc-a
kitfhen an spare bedroom The pttiLon
carpet cZ was left over nrtcr kiverin' tn spare
ROOM room Nag sGid 9h9 o moHt US !, eI wel Id
some more carpet or sumpin 10 divide en- on
Ears bothered Jobs elearin' good deal.
an it TUX n durn good deal of his time a shoot
in an trqprin' on ON TO Keep EN- Gut'n his
ra I| 30 Nag Tux It in her ho nd" Tint ~ he nus r
e. HS 5 me; 2G * Un to nS Rah ne
, job hnvin' run OUT o powder lhort 1t y be
oe@ shaHSe 10 sr '%sk MAJ 50 a ss up ,o
the Mouth. The stun-drag were all the CON
haa on the nGs q oo
the roads vas Grincrly pno stnmps an, OF
& al 1 nor tn on 'GH ab bacs
| hum nex' day, nm Mays folks said they d haul
Maj IN h2 nsN w ysss ' Emit TGSS54"y ro5s
day came rom, wo'en, Mag was to cit hum.
d ns aHa ins hs f'p a tho ts
outside cellar door onsn. ile'd ben out all day
t rn the shG ass' Mas 5
pull, see Job had to pull his bpekwhit crop;
Ike llax. bein,s ez natur he'd kinder pieked ont
a"t quiz vp' tobe sprnE Rn % stu" "' on Wien
or T' sSytIg over ' It. job slun said, Ssosb. that
| 'twerea durn good thing. TOO, fur 1t saved him
m" , wa The tatSrs bcin 6ort ready fur dig
gn' m, III: huek ITO null je had ben trarc-
| tp kinder coax bruin inter them. keen him out
:" n" CHI M an "a Gnns.k5Hp z h Joo we're tired
The collar door: 81 tw'an', likely any way. that
| tn war nry highway robbers gontcr come
bari o pork h. hnl in the collar. So he turned
Over an went T. sleep Nex' mornin, he got
- down cellar ~ Inside WAY to Kit some pork
fur brca ifnI' whom lie jumped back. h'sosh,
tie eai'ar nadsr we're +, bms.in bis b'ar ana It
st"rped up inter ne room o. conf h.hl,o a.,
Two T Ears GoEei y at JOB so iurn npS 20
to III his gun to show cm who wor" boss bat
wen Ne rI nS 60 tn H. ne Moro mf ny
NJ an showed their tooth 10 job, an Gr'"wled
WI, ,lyiso, 70 n9t o. TO ,Eit III gun iob d
concluded that he'd iist vamoose an cut over
TO sam Coolies. an, git sam AN, his gun TO come
f"q i G'ar loin't ehanccd to run osin an % o,
Jobs traps. an he'd come inter the cicarn', an
shoots inter mn had graiualiy worked their
Job erawled ou! fur the day.
job slid, out'n the house, without sstayin' 20
ahin' him., Then ho slams. the outside collar
door TO- an away h" reels fur sam G9be's "z
tho woods. Job hnl swing n door bar trap
wiyt HI, c'eara and sans A. he s?"d@t
ia sohbiSd bar. The tran we're
sG STA N r {SIossb T. e. ' Gf. to .a
at it, He fpun tho ptn empty. an the bait,
W ich were two pGun' q wild honey. lcs rH nod
lott il oYer II @ht. job rra SIZED inter the men 20
kinder llN the fall II lttI ditIrrnt. wen he
fetched IT. in some way. an kcrSpanE' down
com" tho big heavy door, an job we're ~ snug
a NliS'ncr IF red stosn hos~ an, were hein'
sheltered H. the peqtcn,hry., Tn want no
durn use o his tryin, to o9on Tho door, 'cngse
thar could only be did from the outside, an rl
knocks a Setchcd Mar could givn. it couldn't
bulge IT, he know'd, b'gosh, that If some ono
! ibu happen To stumble long thlt WaE soma
| tim lurin' the mex tNo weeks. tho chances
FOR y " Srrecters boin' Wilder was bang ap.
Wal, long in the artornQpn Mts got back
hum. Her 70 rs he'd hauled her IN ~ fur e2
| the crossroads, an she he'd footed it the rest %
| the way through the woods. She bangs llumn
inter the house. but comes right ont .ag in with
out wattn To take of her things. fur she see
| one biz hHr wnilcrin' 'roun' IN tho ashes In The
| kitchen fireplace. an another one With his
head popped M ontn the celiarNay; Another
ono had pulled down the p'ttion 'twixt the
kitchen an tho SCARE room. an were wrapped
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