Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-04-16

soy mort yer gran NANNY were
trxln, To stnff y did yc. wen she tot =
bout the man in the uloong-- said the
ord Settler. in a mild and bantering
voice and with a twinkle in his eve
Then I guess she couldn't la fAlercd
u up By teliin' y the story she knows
bout one o yer aneisterS. did shef~
No exclaimed Pele-. forgetting his
troubles in anticipation Of hearing
lively chapter Of family history Was
he the man in the moon. grah'PoP2-
Not etzac-Iy. sonny. Not edxae'l
replied the Old settler, enjoying Peieg's
eageruess. IL M'riar had thunk q
tell v the story she'd ha' toll y th't y
had an ancistcr run>t ez rot i inter
I his head int he mus 20 n disl<iver the
north pole. IL hain't on the RECORDS
L " at b. were goin To with Il IL he had
had got back hum with il. but II he
hadn't discovered il he wouldn't never
{ Ia sot foot on his native Ian no more
Oh yes, He discovered it. ! know
T yer goin' ter say sumpin' bout yer
I jor-rrfy not havin' anythin' in Il bout
his disl<iverin' the north pole. but that
I haiu't got nuthiu' 10 do with H. I4
a tsllin' iist wat yer gran nanny q
ha' tot y IL she'd unly ha' thunlS of It.
[ This happened 50 long ago. sonny,
I th't srliesss the i0gVerfy's forgot al
Z about L. Will. - yer gran nanny d
say IL she were tellin- y the story, this
here ancistrr o yourG put on his
WOODEN stoskin's. n his covvhide
boots. n his knit mittsns. n his resi
/ n yaller comforter. n his barsxin
cap. n away he starts To disaiver
the north pole. Tha hain't M tellin'.
Peleg. the things tht yer ancister put
up with n went through on his Jour
nsy to'ar,fs the pole. but he KEEP gittin'
eIoseter n eioseter N the place whar
the moon comes up. till Il got 50 he
Id most reach out n tech Il NJ il
| rix n went On It's way IN shine On
Sugar swamp n the rest Of the
sentry he had left ahind him Yer
aucister's gran nanny had more n
likely tot him wen he were little
bout the man in the moon eatin' cab
bayc with spoon. list ike yer gran
NANNY toll You. sonny n h. mem
b~rct that n kep' watehin' out 70
git sight % him ~ he draw-d higher
to'arri the north pole
IL don't keer 50 much bout the mar
in the noon SaiI yer aneister. but I &
like 20 hev the run % that cabbage .
his'u for about half an hour said he
--Rut he didn't see uothin- % the man
nor the cabbage. n he jourueye,i nigh
er 70 whar the lEoon gifts up. B5me ~,
one day. he sewn sumpin' >ticlxin ur
az-in the sky. outen mountain % ier.
IN looked ut like aliare,i tall dad
pine tree Yer ansistrr stopped m
yoUd hook at L. Then h. xuow'd he
hasl ,ii>kivers,l the north pole s'p.lse
this ansiStsr % vour n. PeIez-. mus Ia
hem the ferZitfullest chap that ever
lived. fer ger gran uIammy-d ha' tol-y'.
II shed ha thuniS u IL. tat ~ ~ were
i'gyin' ON to'aryi the p.ll.. a-thinkin'
how he'd warm hLss-lf mp a chopin II
Il down h mads. the diskiv'ry IN . bed
ferZut u bring his Ak with him But
he went On n wen he rgt within a
quarter Hilrsi % the pole. he hevre,i a
noise ahind him. I,,.liSin' round " AT
n 4 he sev 4 couIin arter him. liei<v-te-
brinsile. but a white bar bfg-rs,r'n a
yeariin h@ifer. Then yer fsrz.it ful an
cister masls another sIisISiv'rv- H.. had
fergot - bring his gun with him, Tha'
wa No time fer him to Sniffi,. over
that though. for the bar KEEP on a
eumln'- Thar were unly one thing fer
yer anctstsr % slo. sonny. n that were
Ia dig fer IL * tight ez he could. n
shin mp the north pole. An he dug
The ar want more'u ten jumps
ahind him. but yer ancister reached the
Pole a were i good WAYS npit fore tbs,
bar got u IL Il We're list about ths
time ths, moon were gittin' up To start
On IT. travels. Yer aneister didn't h..v
No iriee th't the bar KID climb a tree.
but - he looked back 10 se,. at the
big hruin were up 10. he most let ~
his holt n tumhled down. for the bar
were slidin' up the pole arter hum e.
easy - water runs down hill. m were
gainln ON Yer aaeistcr 1T evrv elm
The moon were up by this time. n vrr
aneistsr give " at he thort were hi.
las look ut IT, He had got to the too
. the pole. n the bar were most in
rvachin' distance o his eoat-taiIs. Yer
ANCESTOR give hisself up fer lost. n the
moon KUN a saiIin' long. Yer ANCESTOR
Id most feel the bar breathin' on
him n Jest ~ the bar were gointer
set hts jaws IN his flank he felt hiSself
yaniSest often that pole 81 quick il made
his head swim, The man in the moon
had grabbed him. sonny, n reslSis.ss
him frum tint hungry n savag. bart
That's " 1t yer gran nanny q ha- tot
" PeIeg- II she'd ha think on il. n
she d ha tot v, too. how the man in th..
moon carried yer aneister back to-but
" ats ailin' of We sonny Is eramp, l.
Netchiu' of ye9-
Peleg's gaze mad Suddenly been fast
enesi Jn something behind ths. Old Set
tier At first he looked alarmed. and
then claDped both hands over hfs mouth
Ia keep back laughter that seemed 10
want 10 burst forth in h0wIS The old
SETTLER looked around. and his evss
popped wIsfe open with establishment.
Maria stoed IN the sittIn--roam ,Is-,r.
Her eyes snapped aa,i her head WAS
high IN the air she had come IN In.
front way. with her new gum shoes On
and neither Peleg nor his grandfather
hal heard her
That's " al I'd IA tot MIN II I'd m.
thun~ Of Il she snapped -WulL
here's Iist vat III tell you FORE fer.
g't T. 4 that i th't II Il want fer th..
ali-psr~assin' sperit D peace th-s I've
brought fun the meetia' Of th.. CIo4bs-s
Fe-sisrs I'd say some things thar-t
MAKE ye wish n you y a. that an.,iss.r
o fetess YerselE with the bar art-r
= even II thar Want 10 P.lle 10 climb /
nsar No man n the Noon % -v~Lxv - 4