The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-25

most sensible thing they ever done. 4
hogs trough Il the best thing they could
hnd for sich s'hog."
"rhey staid round there purity nigh
half an hour. and one or two on 'em
got In through the broken winder an
looked high an low. but they couldn't
nnd hide or hair Of Nose. After they'd
been gone spell. Lish went over an
hollered { Nose NJ told him thcy's All
cleared out, and nobody shouldn't
| tech him II he'd come out. But be
never showed himself; an Lish lit q
candle an went all over the house.
from garrit 6 suller. but he couldnt
find nothin' o. Nose nowhere; but
jest - was a-goin' Z give 1t up, he
heard Nose call in kind OF . scarf
whisper:
gomez
AN as true as W live. there was
Nose down on all fours-a-crawlin' out
Of hogshead way in under the suller
stairs. He was all covered with ashes
an dirt, an he shook jest like . pop
pie leaf He was scarf all but TO death,
ar hung { Lish 50. not to leave him
alone, that he had TO fetch him homo
with him. He put him in the bed up
garrit. n never knew nothin' about
II till morning. or thcre'd arbeen
music, ye better b'leve. Jest made
Lish take that bed out inter the yard.
an it's there now; nobody'd never
wanter sleep ont after that nasty crit
tcr'd been sleepin' in it,
"Well. declare fort" Aunt Han
nah said. spitefully. at the close Of the
narration. II wish & goodness they'd
a-ketched him an tarred an fcathered
him an rode him on rail out O.
town. II owed the Old Scratch
dozen sinners an he wouldn't take
Nose Potter m call il even, L cheet
him out o. the hull ont! He's the big
gest old hypercrit that ever see. "
There, there. Hannahr' Uncle
joel interposed. mildly, coming out Of
the pantry. where, during the recital
Of his neighbors' misdemeanors, he
had been hunting high ard low for
something he could not quite rcmem-
Der, . Judge not, lest We be judged"
by their fruits We shall know en-"
Aunt Hannah retorted, sharply. AN
If man don't show nuthin' but hog
gishness m hypocrisy. / dunno
where's the sin in calling him . hog
an hypcrcrit, an you needn't stand
up for him. nuthcr. He's got more
devils in him than ever was cast out o.
Mary Magdalin'. anyhow
Well, Hannah, twas = woman the
Lord cast 'em out Of. The Bible don't
say as he ever cast seven devils out OF
. man."
Z" No. he left 'em all in the men, an
they're there now" was the Triumphant
retort
Under this scathing rebuke Uncle
Joel retreated to the pantry and con-
tinned his search.
What in the world are you sput-
term round that butt'ry foro'f his
wife called. as the chatter of pans and
dishes first drew her attention to
Uncle Joels trespass upon forbidden
ground.
why. I'm lookin' for them eggs.
Hannah. Ye told me to set the cid
speckled hen. didn't We? an / can't
find the eggs nowhere
Mercy on US! And you've been all
this time about itP l thought you'd
set her half an hour ago"
And rising from her chair. Aunt
Hannah started hurriedly for the pam
try, when an exclamation Of 20 Mis-
Potter. do sce!" recalled her.
And what sight, There, in the
feathery depths Of the chair cushion,
was the old felt hat crushed as Hat as
pancake, and all that remained Of the
dozen eggs was mass of broken
shells, whites and yclks mixed in .
manner not common in cake-making.
Her dress was plentifully plastered
with the mixture, and every movement
sent drippings of it down to the floor.
In her eagerness 70 hear her neigh
boris story she had Sat down without
looking behind her, and the soft depths
of the cushions had given no warning OF
the mischief she was doing.
my goodnessr' was all she could
say, Is she stood looking upon the hor-
rib!e mixture.
well. Hannah" said Uncle Joel.
II never thought ye was in SIGH hur-
~ to hatch them eggs that ye'd set on
EN- yourself"
And for the first time in her twenty
years Of married life Aunt Hannah had
no retort ready. and the old speckled
hen was not set that day Jennie |
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