The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-28

head. Ez he looked at Uncle Jake his eyes
begun TO bulge. He stood for q second az IL
he couldn't believe his eyes, m th't he mus
be dreamin'. Then he stuck his sars straight
up in the air, N r'ared up m paved, m
snorted like a mad 3-year-op. Then he got
down on the ground ag'in. give another look
at Uncle Jake, m then turned round like a
skeert buck, m went snortin' away toward
the Corners so fast that he we're out o. sight
in less than thin it takes to tell it, his trail
oein' blazed by pieces o. 'Riar's gig th't he
strung along ez he went. Ev'rybody nad
been 50 took back by Laddybuck onheerd
on pformance th't he we Q of fore they KID
put out a hand to stop him.
That's mighty skittish mule y got
thar, Riar,' said Uncle Jake, inherent ca
could be.
"'Y-a-a-a.sp said 'Riar.
They never toll Uncle Jake wat skeert
the mule, cause he were gittin' old, n they
didn't want to hurt his feelin's But Nosey
Frazelpeck paid 'Riar for the gig. They
mowt ha' been humlier men TIM Uncle
Jake Slybox, Major, but il tina was hist'ry
hain't got 'em down.
After a hearty laugh over Uncle Jake
and Laddybuck, and an exchange Of COM
pliments with the Squire at the bar, the
Old Settler said.
Member the TIdits, Squire, ez usety
live over beyont Gallus RidgeP
Right by the McGonigal Run crossin'P'
asked the Squire.
moi" said the Old Settler. ''Them was
the sheep snifiies Tidfts. Don't " member,
we usety call 'em the sheep sniffies Tidfts.
cause tina WANT one Of 'em from their val.
Ter houn' up through the family o. nine
young uns N their pap N nanny to the
OF brindle steer, but wat alluz seemed to
hev cold In the headi Course y dol 'Tain's
them mean, but the Tidfts the lived furder
upon the Ridge, on the edge o. the big
win oil hnv LIN Al.
prong buck with fence rail. " member
them Tid6ts, don't y. Squirrel"
"Sh'd say so" assented tho Squire. "iN'
nice folks they was, too. But about 81
Golfer KILN that six-prong buck with q
! fence rail-he never done it!n
"W'atp exclaimed the Old Settler. ISL
Golfer never killed that bucki Wull.
Squire. that's bout ez clean-cut a way o.
CALM a Teller q liar es l ever had run agin
meln
Who said you was liarP' demanded the
Squire.
"You said 81 Golfer never killed that buck
with fence rail didn't W" cried the Old
Settler.
YES, did p exclaimed the Squire.
"Wull. l said he did kill it with a fence
railw declared the Old Settler. "If that
hain't CALM me liar, wat In Sam Hill Is
it, theng'
"Did you see 81 Golfer kill that deerp'
asked the Squire.
mol" replied the Old Settler. =,
How do y know ne done 1t thenp'
HE toll me so, b'goshl"
80! he toll y sol"
"Yesl He top me cot" ~
Isl Carter couldn't lie, could hefD
He KID lie IL be wanted 10, s'pose. Tha
hain'tno law to p'vent him"
"Wull, then, how'm 1 CALM you Iiarr'
w siniwated, anyway
m II tat U,,k
snapdragonl Y start in by askin' me who
were the humliest man ever know'd or
heerd on, N tell y, m then y start off on
sumpin' th't hain't got nothin' to do with
humly folks, m end up by quar'lin'. You
orter-n
"But, hol' on. Squirrel the Old Settler
Interrupted. "The Tidhts did hev sumpin,
to do with humly folks were il st gointer
asst y, wen y went off a flynn on 81 Golfer
N the six-prong buck. IL y ever knowd
X etury Ann PepperwellF'
Mop snapped the Squire.
"Y' missed good deal, Squire said the
Old Settler. smoothly. "She were a corker. "
The Squire grunted.
"She were some kind Of relation or other
to the Tid6ts, m had clearin' with heap
O money over on Rouzer Run. Me m
young Pete Tidft was workin' the woods
together one fall, m Pete says TO me:
My cousin, Ketury Ann Pepperwell's
comm down to visit us fer SPELL, Sile.'
says he. She's got durn snug clearin' up
on OF Rouzer.' says be. 'Y' better take to
droppin' round our way now m then m
'casiou'ly, says he, a-winkin'.
u hadnt took TO goin' with M'riar yit, m
not havin' any gal In my eye jist then, 1
top Pete, b'gosh, th't I'd drop round his
way some evenin'. n winked ez hard en-
Peteshad. hadn't never seen Ketury Ann.
m nobody didn't seem to know her round
al hat kaf.
her bailiwick. To drop inter snug clearin'
want sumpin' th't were turnin' up ev'ry
day, m thort to myself th't if KID ketcn
Ketury's eye m settle down on her place on
oil Rouzer Run I'd jst be about fixed, m
the fust thing know'd mebby I'd be Shurff
or sumpin', N who know'd but the Legis--
latur' mowt sail around my wayi had an
idee I'd like to 60 to the Legislature in them
days, but known wat l know now, m
seein' wat see, Pm kinder thankful, b'gosh,
th't my posterity won't hev that ag'n EN-.
II were chuck full o. Ketury's clearin'
m Shurff m the Legislator the AFTERNOON
started fer Tidft's to make my fust call on
Ketury Ann. 'Twere long late in the fall.
bout the time punkins was in season, m
squir'ls was getherin' in their last stores fer
winter, m bars had their heads all p'inted
to'ards their cold weather dens Fer all
tht it were late in the fall the weather were
warm-one o. them decevin' kind o. days
tht makes y wanter put Ice In yer liquor.
Wen got to Tidfit's cIearin' 10 were good
m light yit, but drawin' on toards night.
Just outside the house two or three rod liz
tie Johnny Tidfit were settin' on the
ground with punkin. He had holIered ID
out m had cut face in it fer jack Ian
tern, m he'd made a leetle the all-firedest
ugliest loookiu' mug OF it had ever see,
Pete Tid6t m his nanny sot out on a log
nigh the door. I walked up m spoke m we
was talkin' m jabberin' away, wen
looked to'ard one o. the winders, it being
up.
"Wull says /, 4 thort Johnny out yen
der were buildin' about the humliest lookin'
jack lantern l ever see,' says, but who
ever made that I'm in the wlnder yender has
beat Johnny's fer humlIness more'n twenty
p'ints. 1t amt anywhere nigh or big ez
his'n.' / says, but jeewhizzp / says, wen
it's lit up it'll skeer the old boy hisself inter
fits says.
esquire, " kin imagine my feelin's wen
see that jack lantern in the winder jerk
itself n walk awayi 1 turned m looked at
Pete IN his nanny, skeert like. Pete were
stuffin' his coat tail in lis mouth, m his
nanny were Dustin.
"'Silep said Pete, soon ez he KID make
out to speak, that were Cousin Ketury Ann
Pepperwellp
81 d'know how got away from that m
back hum. Squirrel Goshtlmighty Wat
match Ketury Ann m Nosey Frasel-