The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-13

! NlNlh ''' LII ItiI Nlohr 10 ORDER.
from the Goals. He'd burn himself to
ashes, and set smokn' two or three days
before he found il out, If didn't look after
him."
Nose struck ont n, his brother with "A fist
which revealed the third pcnciled slip.
Come, Moses" said Gurlcy; lets have
the mcllowing story first"
''Oh, git out" muttcred Nose. IN discom-
fort.
"Somc short and simple tale" added
Holmes; "only let it bc calculated to touch
the heart
"Oh git ont, ;" repeated Nose. twisting uu
easily.
If you have tears prepare to shed them
now" quoted MoArdlc.
"Oh, blame it, git out growlCd Nose,
looking hclplcssly ON all sG"s ot him
IF YOU can't do nothing else cry little"
suggested Adam, secure IN having drawn a
blank.
Here, Nose, give me your hat for for
felt" said Phubc White. You'll redeem
it some way. They shau't drive YOU to tears
while am by. IT, is Mr., Gurlcy's turn"
Nose gladly gave mp his hat, and curling
his shaggy head nearer the fire, prepared
for unlimited baskiug.
This is sudden" said Gmlcy but give
me your attention ANA will chdcuvur 10 fol-
low the war-path 80
Adam or his sister kept skimmng the
thick sirup, aud the sound of the skinner
ON the sides. or the Stirrvr on the bottom, Of
the kettle was Gurlcy's accompaniment
"Ouly few miles from the place where
we now sit said he. "thcrc il, as YOU all
know, II mound so ancient that the abOrigi-
mes Of this country could give no account of
it, Trees of centuries growth spring from
it, and il ~ believed To he the work of an eX-
tinCt race
Hes stealing bodily from pioneer pa.
pcrs," sighed Tom Holmes Nose. bring
MS u pitcher ~ lrcah sugar-watcr. we all
love that mound. II has been written about
and photographed, bur we like 10 rest our
selves from it occasionally. We couldn't
keep house without that mound, hut when
you attempt 10 give IL "a US for an Indian
story, Jack, YOU are taking a mean udvant-
age of local weakness
"Ouly u few miles from the place where
we now ait" repeated Gurlcy, with deaf
expression of cCuntcrtnCc, there IL u
mound 80 ancient that the aborigincs of this
country could give no account of II. Trees
of ccnturiCs' growth spring from il, and IT is
believed to bc the work of an extinct race
That ought 10 give mo a fair start unless the
judges persist in ringing me back"
"Tho Gurcys were always hupsey,"
commented Tom. But could stand turf
talk better than | can quotations from old
pioneer papers.
Not many years ago the speaker was a
youth who had a Familiar, and this Famil
lar, instead OF being such n mentor as his
age ought to have made him, acted rather
"a u tcmptcr,'
Tempt mulish Gurlcyw murmurcd
TSn Holmes
sMeXiCqln relics and Aztec tradition inter
cs,cd us greatly, and we Laid up heaps of
knowledge; only, one of IA became positive
that this old mound was merely :, burial
place Of the native INDIAN, and the other
became equally positive that IL was of more
ancient origin
"Afei long quarrcling We decided Ia dig
until we found proofs 10 satisfy us But as
the law protected that mound from curious
investigation, we dccdcd Ia say nothing
about our intentions, but 10 gn quietly there
Ia the night, with pick and spauc, anu avoid
disturbing rcoplv,
1T was fall, AMI hardly leaf remained
ON the signing trcCs. huggcd my coat Col-
lar mp Ia my ears, not because | was Cold,
but because the wCicdncsS Of the wocds aud
season drove one in on himsci We found
the spot previously agreed np0n, and both Of
us fell Ia work, digging straiyst downward.
Our slidc-lcntcrn was shut up and set al hand
"a ilslah on our discoveries. Before long We
stood q our waists In the hole, and then 10
our armpits. The Familiar, being corpulont
and lazy, now cliIabcd out aud said he would
hold up the lantern
''rhs story Is a contemplate poor per-
foiInunCe.' COntinue,i Tom Holmcs.
at grows better as IL gets on promised
Gurley ''The lazy, fat Familiar, I said,
opened the lantern slide aud latigued hun