The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-06-05

had got back hum with il, but If hc
hadn't dislIiyercd il he wouldn't never
ha' sot foot on his native Ian no more.
Oh, yes. He disllivered it | know
yer goin' ter say sumpin' bout yer
joggerfy not havin' anythin' in it bout
his disl1iverin' the north pole, but that
hain't got nuthin' To do with il I'm
a tellin' jist wat yer an'manarny d
ha' tor v if she'd unly ha' thunk Of it,
This happened 50 long ago. sonny,
th't ! guess the jogSeriy's forgot all
bout il. Null, eZ yer gran nanny d
say il she were tellin' y the story, this
here ancister % your'n put on his
wooden stoclzin's, N his cowhide
boots, n his knit Inittens, n his red
n yaller comforter, n his b'arsl.i-l
cap, N away he starts 10 dis,1irer
the north pole. Tha hain't no tcllin',
Peleg. the things th't yer ancister put
up with n went through on his jour
ney u O'ardS the pole, but he l1cp' gittin
closeter n clOseter To the place whaI
the moon comes up. TIL it got 50 he
KID most reach out N tech IL az il
riz n went on its way 20 shine on
Sugar Swamp n the rest of the
lzentry ne had left ahind him. Yer
encister's gran nanny had InOre'n
likely toll him Wen he were little
bout the man in the moon eatin' cab
bage with = spoon, iist like yer gran
I.aaulHy tot you, sonny, n h. mem
bered that n KEEP a w2tchln' out 10
git sight o him q he draw'd higher
an higher 10 the moon on his Journey
to'ard the north pole.
~ don't lleer 50 much bout the man
IN the rsoun,' said yer ancister, but I'd
like - hev the run o. that cabbage o
his'n for about half an hour said he.
But n didn't zee nothin' o the man
nor the cabbage, n he journeyed nigh
er TO whar the moon gifts mp. Bime by,
one day, hc seen sumPiu' sticl.in' up
aE-n the sky, outen = mountain o ice.
th't looked jist like a ALFRED tall dead
pine tree. Yer aDcister stopped n
q good look at IT Then he know q he
had dislzivrred the north pole. ] s'pose
this aucister q your'n, PelcE. mus ha'
ben the fergitfuilest chap that ever
lived, fer yer gran mammy'd ha' tol'y',
IL she'd ha' thunlS OF il. th't ez he were
jCEgin' on to'ard the pole, a-thin6in'
how he'd warm hissclf up a chopin OF
il down. he made the diskiv'ry th't he'd
fergOt 10 bring his TX with him! But
he went on, n wen he got within a
quarter Iniled q the pole, he heered a
noise ahind him, n lool1in' round wat
sh'd he see a comm arter him. liclSy-te-
briDdic. but 4 white bar bigger'n II
yearlin' heifer. Then yer fergit ful an
cister made another disziv'ry. lie had
fergot TO bring his gun with him. Tha'
want no time fer him TO smile over
that, though. for the bar KEEP on a
comm. Thar were unly one thing fer
yer ancister TO do, sonny, n that were
to dig fer il ez tight cz he could, n
shin ND the north pole, An he dug
The d ar VA Mt more ten Jumps
ahind him, but yer ancister reached the
pole n Were a good ways upit fore the
bar got 10 it. 1t We're jist about the
time the moon were gittin' up TO start
on its travels Yer ancister didn't hev
no idee th't the bar lid climb a tree,
but cz he looked back to sec wat the
big bruin We're up TO, he most let go
his holt n tumbled down, for the bar
were slidin' up the pole arter him ez
easy ~ water runs down hill, n were
gainin' on yer ancister at ev'ry clip.
The moon were mp by this time, m yer
ancister give wat he thort were his
las look at it lie had got To the top
o. the pole, n the bar were most in
reachin' distance O. his coat-tails. Yer
ANCESTOR give hissclf up fer lost, n the
moon KUN a sailin' long. Yer ancister
KID most feel the bar breathin' on
him, n jest ez the bar were gointer
set his Jaws IN his flank he felt hisself
yanl1ed often that pole so quick it made
his head swim! The man in the moon
had grabbed him, sonny. N reskied
him frum th't hungry n savage bar.
That " at yer gran NANNY q ha' toll
v, Peleg, If she'd ha' thunlz on il, n
she'd ha' toF V, too. how the man in the
moon carried yer aucister back to-but
watts aiiin' OF ye, sonny? Is cramps a.
ketchiu' of YEP"
Pelegs gaze had suddenly been fast
ened on something behind the Old Set
tier. At first he looked alarmed. and
then clappcd both hands over his mouth
to keep back laughter that seemed to
want to burst forth in howls. The Old
Settler looked around, and his eyes
popped vide open with astonishmcnt-
Maria stood in the sitting-room door.
Her eyes snapped, and her head was
high in the air. She had come in the
front way, with her new gum shoes on,
and neither Peleg nor his grandfather
had heard her.
That's wat I'd ha' toI him if I'd ha'
thunk of IT," She snapped ''Wull,
here's jist wat Tlf tell you. fore fer
git it, n that Is th't II 1t want fer the
all-pervadin' sperit O. peace th't I've
brought FUN the meetin' of the Clothers
n Feeders I'd say some things that'd
make We wish th't you was that ancister
o Peleg's yerself, with the bar arter
v, even if thar want no pole to climb
nor no man in the moon To sky ye,
An, Peleg. yer hist yerself off te- bed,
or III make that paddle SO hot on we
th't ven think yer settin' down on
mustard plasters!"
Peleg hurried off to bed. His grand
mother followed him. The Old Settler
smoked awhile in silence. Then he
his hand on his knee aud said:
''I'l give twelve shil'n to anyone.
bgosh. that'n steal them gum shoes o.
4 fellar hain't safe round
here no morer'-Ed Mott, in y. Y. sun.