The Bossier banner., 1892-03-31
THE OLD SETTLER.
n Was Not Sure About the Story
of William Tell.
MT He Did Know of Some Wonderful
shsts Made by Potiphar Jump,
Who Won His Bride with
His Gun.

] 'Gran'pop, what do you s'pose my
teacher says?" said little Peleg, as he
came home from school one day, in
gsas excitement
] Shouldn't wonder but what she says
3ihtshe want 'scuse y ont O school no
more on them suddent 'tacks O. tooth
ashs th't ketches y soon ez the skatin'
egins to git good, replied the Old Set
Ter looking over his spectacles,
This reply of his grandfather's was
8gnewhat embarrassing to Peleg, for
Aaand Bill Simmons had stopped at the
3pad on the way home from school and
In tried the ice by throwing heavy
tones on it, and found it safe and
aRsnd for skating. Moreover, Peleg
~ begun to feel apprehensive
nat he was going to have the
abOshaehe and the earache by next
8soning, the way he felt, and had
made up his mind to tell his grand
HGther that he was afraid he would
8aFe to stay out of school and sit by
ne stove with cotton and laudanum in
zhk ear and tooth until he felt better, a
curse of treatment which the
M Setter had noticed on previous oc-
asions as usually resulting in great
#alef If not absolute cure, about an
-Four after school went in" The Old
ssiaer's unexpected reply to his ques-
boo was such homethrust, therefore,
aat Peleg regretfully bade adieu to his
sothaehe and earache sympt oms until
ans more propitious occasion might
asr for their temperance.
An just bark to wat say, sonny"
aa the Old Settler, before Peleg re-
a'sred sufficiently to say anything
anself. THE mex time that tooth O.
aTn gets to achin' you're gointer
agrlght along o. me to the doctors,
ahen gointer yank it out!'
This rather darkened Peleg's future
regard to the symptoms he was
uad would reappear, but suddenly
aeoileeting that there wasn't anything
7aey could 'yank out" in case of ear.
sae ne grew easy in bis mind again
aa smiling at his grandfather, said
NOW, gran'pop, that wasn't what
zaEss?n
Sanpin' bout nat'ral hist'ry,
fsct@ growled the Old Settler. 81
we're, Peleg, jist tell me wat she
~ eout it. n I'll onsay it fer " n
zsty right"
WASN'T about natural history
aapop" said Peleg. ''It was abou
a0ry, though, and something yoi
y everybody else has always be
not II it's hist'ry, b'gosh," ex
auea the Old Settler. "Gimme facts
aay n I'll take EN- in, but don as
% swaller hist'ryr
heil itsall about William Tell an,
spple, gran'pop," said Peleg.
.ae old Settler looked at Peleg for
win puzzled expression on hi
y and then said:
a remember family by the nam
" mt usety live on McGonigl
a tne sugar swamp deestric', but
zen. they never had no ar
lhey couldn't raise wild goose
.'ss on that clearin O. their'n, lie
apples, n all the s'ile will
ssas "an's Is 'ne top OF a stu
s,,.ss. : never lived in the sugar swan
e gran'pop." said Peleg. III
IN Switzerland. or l alway
sas ne did, but my teacher says b
. - hVed anywheres.
INA o boarded round, hay, like
ie school marm?"
! y said Peleg. He's a myth, tn
says You know what a myt
49, su pop? You remember tellin
49,. your killing bear that ha
! sa0s and only one eye?"
- Us sonny, seems to me / do,
!. h. oia Settler. Yes Twere ii.
| e. e loot o. squawke hill m me ;,
~ ~ Conkr;ght---n
onas was the one," said Peleg, il
d ssa: sag his grandfather. "Well,
zsa,s lung Bill Simmons about it We
|, \. n saa Bill said he'd bet a cook
w aayf" said the Old Settle