The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19

sSa!isT one % s1 To Sls S cost .h { Sso, si.s ,s' Su t4 I 18th. tae
Sncd the big one was worth q, The next mall
were cheap pOs at that. for iiSxsss; don't 'T grow ss's So
large lsrH u GnS9 AIN In ! I'm tho ,osa av tines q, Tho SKIN was
"Whee,n' this story tory vas was rstoid at the Post ONCE
last night Uncle jim. Reyes happened to be
among the listeners. Uncle Jim Is the man who,
obliged % pay John Purdy. who claimed the
ierred to stand treat, although at an expense
81 30 cents. He never hears a story OF out
door door sIsf nS out bn Wsat r me 1e1ls Gbn 4" sh;g Sim, ,,o
boys I Engw 8 most > eSeasraifiiy that hS sf | Kin G 9lsh. 'n I
don't believe l eyer tod you about q little ex-
Nobody had ever hoard Of such n thing, and,
inter- Whiting 2 couple pIs Of minutes to see how
and meeting no rebuff. no continued:
Foxes is the smurtest, critters by natur', I
reckon. that was ever made. | never see a man
fGfey' w ySss ali Ia q t ssccos sa' You Ses n may yo sre srsee YER y
luther iqa ! ~ sIove seG ssd S anint the aHa cham nano With h a %ise
oil and pennyryalI r and anl,, bait alt, 1t with half a
Know; I | tried i,d1 Il. forty tines 81 But stt t'o S I 9 day 1
was oy,erhaulin' mg. ashln' tackle agin the
ers some niRht when the. game constable
wasn't Il t ltkely to Dc monkSeyin' round, when I
came esrs e to 'n n,e. fd 's eGf q night hh Iine ' FOR if6 oses.
"Iust Of / took three stoutish hooks. as 'ud
be about right fer pickerel, and ties 'em back to
what some folks as hasn't the fear o. the law
aifore their eyes might use fer snarin' patridIes.
and to that / ties about ten foot Of new chaii:.
o tcndcrlino out of the back Of a skunk what
byy Eimu anri yMf 9rnris'' a nd sasn fS %se I,se ehe Syss
a nnway and md tied the chalk line to q birch
quarter inches from The snow. 10wnu that
tho fox nd SEQ the temptin' morsel swinGin'
round, nnd 'ud rise M and gobble It suddinf.
" Maybe you wouldn't believe that n fox nd
tenderIine. disdainiuiiy. but h, aid" HI" Just
the reach O. temptation. and let that ere bait
hang, TIL It war lerked meat; yes, sir, jerked
skunk tenderiine.
c,ouragcd very easy when l sot out to do any
thing and you won't be surprised to know that
LOOK at 'em. let alone tastin'. II Then I got sSu mad.
mn, Tsnt d tEn1 s sS = TEsr' 1T i an ,s sSt ,6 g bOt an1 Z
dosed the bait and the hook and the leader and
the chaik line. and hung 'em up, agin. It
that's the sort a fox IL. Ho list KEEP clear OF the
bank altogether. and started a new unway
=" was clean beat out by that. What to do
next didn't know, an | was comm down to
the Post Ofico to talk it over with AdIt, here.
his old brown mare Bess had died the night be-
tore, That knocked me all In u heap. It's re-
mnrkable how luck follers the Keyeses. l says
to John. says L:
John. what you done with her y says /.
Her carkis lays out In the barn thor. JIM
says he,
".{gr fcelin' broke up over it, John says I,
an III list hook up the colt an drag 1t downt'
John says l, an bring the shoes back. john
I'm 'bliged to ye, Jim SAYS he. but I'd bet
ter see to Jcrkin' the shoes Off n her myself"
ers laugh. rs II they thought Mr.. Purdy had
been distrusttul, about the shoes getting back
Il Just hooked mp the colt, MS l was sayin',
rs fast rs could, because John Purdy is \
tickle sort of a chap and liable to changes. and
in the bed of the brook under that ere saplin,
and about six inches of snow over her. 'ceptin'
her boots. which stuck up stiff rs posts.
THAT night. when that ere fox come over
the runway. he thought no was about the
I4ekiest crltter in the county o H%erkimer;
nothin' in the way, for he smelt all around It,