Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-15

Dad Ruliy's Bsar-Trap.
[Chlngo News.


"That trsp had ben IN the Sully fam'ly
fur years. 10 had q betty pedigree g use
fulpcss runnin' way back 10 old man sully,
the boss bear.hunier aa' dcer.stalker o the
Ad'rondacks. ] wanted that trap, ans
what's more, wanted IL bad.
II was young Lige sully's prop'ty now,
an he swore h. wouldn't never give u up
fur love nor money. When a felier IKE
Lige Sully ser such a thing you can make
up yer mind that be means biz rum 'he
word 90.
81 tried 30 steal that trap.
Heres the scar o. bige's bullet on my
arm. reckon I'll allefs carry IL as ieetie
token o. that pesky night.
~ told Lice I'd give him my old buck
board an slice o my swamp lot fur hts
trap. Lige he on'y smiled and said II
wasu'ta go. He also said ~ how the trap
was a heirloom, q sort o. mascot tbs. had
been in the family ever since Dad David
Sully had pounded the darned thing out O
pig.iron from the rough.
81 offered Lige ey'ry inducement that
krowed on fur that trap. No use; he
wouldn't part with il.
zone night Lige come home with my gal
Sairy from spellin' match. The Two
fingered al the gate til after midnight. 1
kissed hur an said, Good night, dear
"When my wife asked me why | sot 30
long at the winder I on'y said I'd be'a
countin' the stars an lookin' out fur my
nt'rest in Dad Sully's trap. She said was
fool 10 let my brain run way with an
ornery bar trap. She said. too, that there
was plenty b'ar-traps sides Lige's; but
said there was on'y one Dad sully trap.
"Arter | seen how the land lay tween
Lice an Sairy ] showed was IN fair way
fur gettip' the trap.
II gin atierble consent: TO Lige's tsggin'
arter Sairy. | sort o smiled 'proyinIy
'pon their biilin' an' c0oin'. was usln'
diplumbacy In behalf o Dad Sully's mas
ter b'ar-trap, an was 'termined to git IL,
purwided could keep the stream o. love
tween the young people smooth an pur-
lucid.
"Well. you ougbtor seen me send squire
Tomrklns's hoy bout his biZne~ when he
come shn'in round my gal satfy. l
didn't care IL his dad was worth ten thou-
sand and held canal stock. What dih' renee
did that make to me when the traps tntr-
est was In dangerl
"Wcll. purity sun Ligc Sully come to the
front an asked me for Sairy's hand. Ill
never iurgit that night.
eve, 'Pyc ben a noticin' % this thing fur
sum time back. Salry's gal o a million,
an the man what gifts her III have prize
way back from Przcyiiie wiiha big L.
I'm within that sou shall hay hur, an I'll
he pcsky proud 10 call YOU nv Son.in-law.
I'll make dickor with you. III LET you
have Sliry fur the trap!
"IIge rot white az chalk In 4 second.
lie sort a. kctched his breath ;sld couldnt
sreak. Then he riZ from hts chair, took
his bat. an started fur the door. ! felt
mighty tremhly list bout then, fur seen
was bout Ia lose that trap fureyer. Lige,'
said |, goin' an llyiu' NV hand 'poD his
shoulder, don't give way In this sort o
a manner. BE a man; git your grit up an
strike bargain. You can have the g'd fur
! the trapl'
81 don't want TO Nly Sliry. I'd be
'Shamcd to look her in the face II ] should
| gree to such a downright Pe,ky mean biz
ness
=. He meant It. Iknowed it looked queer
| TO him, but h. didn't know how bad l
wanted that trap. ! drew him back to \
! chair an tole him 10 set down an we would
ugufy the thing spell.
"Wcll. | hbored with that boy tii arter
| midnight. I pictured purity leetle mum
| with Sairy In il To- keep things spic-span
| bright. | said III throw in the next VIM
| ter's meat an tha blackboard wagon sides.
| improved the 'casion an sw0rc I'd lay
| every cent o. my pIop'ty gin nickel that
| S,iry could Try corn-dodgers better'n any
woman in York State. an gin all this !
painted in CLOWN hues how mean II
looked for man to give up Sich heaven
list for poor ole b'ar-trap.
"Lige gin in bout daylight. He an
Sairy are now bsppy as two doyes-an'
got Dad Sully's trap At last"