Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-10

An better'n that he says, 'ther people n shy
that it sarvcd him right. I've got my finger
showed way under his Gills, yer majesty ho
says, an don't you furgct it,
"Ihc prophet was bad man, Pclcg, an he
were cz jealous o. Nociy-nop cz the king were,
an he had gludgc agin the king, too fur
the prophet had mentioned 1t wunst to Slam
bo-gash th't it would suit him to death to
marry the charmin' Bippy-rap-Ket an
the king had sot down on him like II thousan'
o brick ON II rotten punlin All, Pecg said
tho old settler, "the wicked often Euurishcs
like n gre, IN bay horse, an the righteous haint
got no moro show thin a jug o rum at n barn
raisn'
"I'm gcttin' n lcttlc ahead o my story Pclcg,
so I'll put right in here wat | moWt ha' tOP
We aforc. The Iniins lnow'd th't all white
deer was sacred an tht to kill one would he
invitn' all kinds o misfortun ON the killer
i,ut then, fclt'nitly, white deer had a charmed
l. =, an if any one had took it inter his head
to knock one over, he mowt just ~ well hev
pu scd away inter the side Of Il barn cz inter
the a. cr, fur no common bullets hCdn't no
feet On 'cm. More'n that, white deer WANT
ez plcr,y "a chipmunks, an twa'n't morc'n
wunst ia coon's age th't any Injin hutkcr
run agiu one.
"Wull, vat dye think the wicked prophets
scheme wcir! Nothin, only to hcv Nociy flop
kill white deer. The prophet laid his plans
fore the kin an one day Nocky-ilop were
s'prised to git Il note from Slambo-gash, sayin'
th't he were wanted at court. Norky an
swerod the SPECIFY with a heap O miSgivin'
bigger N h0yoock. Wen he got to the
presence o SanLo he foun' the ugly prophet
with him; then he knowd tn were sump-
in up and he said to hssclf, be'gosh th't it
stood him in hand to keep his weather eye
skinned.
"Nocky,' said the kim. Il hear yer tolable
sweet on my darter luppy ap-Ketinko. Nice
gal, Bippy is said he.
"Nocky said he thort hoapo the gal, an
hoped his ma jcsty didn't hey no 'bjection.
aye Kin hev her, Nocky..op,' said Slam
bo-gash pelvidin' we Slip oot some evenin
an fetch me in the skin of a white deer, killed
by ycYsclf I'm pinin' fur II white deer
skim
"Thc king giinncd a KNOWN grin; the
prophet smiled a wicked smile Nocky-hop
turned from the color of a copper cent to the
color of a tin coffee pot.
"'Thuz big bluff in this somcwhar,' thort
he, but I'll do anything to git Rippyrap
"Tm yer hucklcberry, said he to the king
But tn haint no ammunition round these
woods EN- knock white deer over
"'Td like to bet We my scalp agin you'rn
th't TIL is said the wicked prophet.
"'Perjuce it, them said Nocly-nop, draw
in hisself up foot higher, AN I'll lay the
white deer skin down here afore | pick my
teeth arter supper tonight
The prophet draw'd an arrer out'n his
sleeve. 1t had a silver head.
'Thar's an arrcr, said he 'cz'll find the
heart O any white deer an lay him low
9TH want no more said. Nociy took the
arrer an dug out fur big pond int laid Off
IN the mountains. He jumped in his canoe
and padded over to whar he know'd a white
deer giner'ly waded in lords night to eat an
drink. AFTER he had gone the wicked
prophet said to the king:
'Slambo,' said he, come long o me. |
know whar the young varmint is goin,. Wen
hide, an Wen he shoots the white deer, We'll
inj'y the wagon load o ms'ry that'll tumble
artcr him
80 Slambo an the prophet sneaked over
am laid low long the pond. Nocly drifted
about in his canoe, an 10y an 10y big white
deer skipped Out'n the woods an waded inter
the pond. Nocky strung his bow, an, takin'
aim at the deer, let the silver arrer fly. The
deer gave yell that Filed the woods, an
tumbled over dead.
Then Nocky-nop found th't he couldn't
move a muscle He sat thar in the canoe like
a stone monument TIL he went cray ez a loon,
an then he died. The people missed the king
an the prophet an' Nock-iiop, an artcr two
or three days went out to look fer 'cm. They
found Nocky in his canoe dca3crn Il salt
mack'ral. Then they 's.;ivered the dead white
deer, That spl1incd the fate o. No,ky.
Loolin' a leetle furdcr in the woods they