San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-19

mas 10 pend on spoon vfctuals.' says be-
81 pose my oil mammy, squire. were
one o the high steppinest women tht
ever blonged TO s'ciety In Sugar Swamp
But she were 'commodatin', an Q neigh
Dor setch ez tn want unly q few like
Our mex door neighbors lived two miled
an their names was Buzzer Bstsey Buzz
.er were a cortion fer borryin' things, an
tn want day passed tht she didn't SEN
down to our clearin' fer sumpin', wuther
twere the quiltin' frames, or q kittle O.
soap, or mans specs. or a side O. pork, or
wat It mowt be. an she allus got It. Nam
allus could dress up In style an look
pleasin'. an SO one day she made up her
mind that she'd git rid O. three or -four
schey teeth she had left. an she sent fer
twist EN- out. Mex time dad went to
the county seat nam went with him. an
sot fer some boughten teeth. an fetched
EN- hum with her. They was nice an
shiny. an folks kim I'm all round the
OIL women stuck up their noses, an said
tht some folks was gittin' mighty proud
with their store chompers an SIGH. an
tn want nothin' truer thin tht pride
alluz went afore q fall.
THE day man fetched her boughter
teeth hum she were caclatin' on kinder
splurgin' roun' mongst the neighbors
with EN- that night. She were washin
up the supper dishes wen who sh'd come
in but Betsey BUYERS darter Sally Nam
know'd, O. course, sumpin' were to be Dor
r;ad on che 90 NO 70 Sallu.
Wall. Sally. wat does yer nanny
wantT
Mans gointer go to aquiltin' to Mrs.
Slupp's to night, says Sally, an she says
would We please lend her yer boughten
teeth to wear, an she'll break EN- In fer
ye'
Course man were sorry. but she said
she couldn't spare EN- that night. an
Sally went back hum in huff Nam she
put the teeth on an went out to make her
splurge On the bridge crossing Nc
Gouigle's Rue she met Dominic Skinner.
an she begun to talk to him. leetle thick
an cold in the head like OWN to the
room the new teeth took up. but the teeth
showed up in the moonlight like grave
stuns Vile she was talkin, nam had
to sneeze, an she did, an kebizzl went
the boughten teeth outen her mouth
They never stopped till they plunked in
the creek, an o course was carried away
long the bottom AFTER mann kim to her
self all she said were
Its Judgment on me. she says. for
not icommodatin a neighbour
"A year arter that Hank Yellrack were
6shin near Biler's Dam, wen " at does he
see but oil Redtail the Ripper sailin' roun
in the deep hole. fat as prize hog. an ez
lively an frisky ez a colt. Hank were
hidin a-hind q stump. eatin' q hunk o
pork an johnny cake fer his grub. an
soon OF he got over his start ut seem the
Ripper an. inj'yin setch amazin' health,
be chucked q piece O the pork in the
water to see wat the trout d do o.
Redtail grabbed it an downed 1t. Then,
not spectin the Ripper wouldn't see the
trick. baited his hook with pork, an wen
the fish had his back turned. Hank drop
ped it in The Ripper give one swash an
gobbled the baitI Hank give yank, an
had hook in oil Redtail at last He hol
Tered an yelled an all the men at the
sawmill kim a runnin' out to the dam
The big fish tried to take Hank down
stream, but Hank held him up an would
mt let him Bimeby Of Redtail turned
head squar up stream an rushed right
to ards Hank BE riz up to the top till
the hull O his big head were onkiv
cred Then he winked one o his
CLASSY eyes. opened his mouth wide
and the mex minute Hank were
turnin back sommersets on the
bank, an the Ripper dove down, held his
tail 'bove the water fer a minute. an
wiggled it at the stonished sawmill men,
and way he went Hank picked himself
up an looked sheepish, But wen he
looked at his hook ne most tainted He
see how It were tht Ripper had turned up
so fat On the hook were my nanny s
ooughten teeth The Ripper had found
EN- in the creek. fitted EN- in his jaw, an
went to feedin' or the fat o the land
agin Course, wen be foun tn he were
ketcbed by Hank an tht he couldn't get
away. he jist give up the teeth like a
ieetle man an ez good es said
Good by. you fellers, an be burned to
yer
AN be want never seen in McGoni
giles run agin." Ed Mott in New York
Sun.