The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-20
1HE OLD sRTTlER
Ne Recalls TO- Il ssuire the Queer 0ssvI
Of Snm. sally. and thA RaSy.

Old Settler an u put me In mlnd o the
story Of poor Sam Doughty. who made the
clearin' In back O. my pap's place In Sugar
Swamp Y member II. don't y'?'
Sam Doushty?" said the Squire Him %
marry sally Galypnts?"
| "ler Him. replied The Old Settler.
| Il member Sam an Sally. but don't MEM
| Der nuthiu' bout EN- ez an owl had anythin'
! to do with" said tho Squire.
"Wa,3 Not tho wi,chin' business?" said
| the Old Settler. looking at the Squire as II In
| great surprise.
Never heerd nuthin' bout no witchin' busi-
| ness ez Sam an Sally had anythin to do WITH
was tho Squirrels reply.
| Then it's time y did. bgosh!" exclaimed
| tho Old Settler. "Seems to me yer mem'ry Ii
| durn short Guess Sam never borried no
money oty!"
mo. he mover did" said the Squire. But
l 'menber some folks ez did An don't
member th't they ever paid 1t. nuther. An
wouldn't hsf to reach fur to put my fingers ON
'em. nuther!"
Tho Old Settler was silent for time. and
then he. said:
THAT two shi!rn. Squire. has been standin'
quite a spell. 1 know but times is hard. an
money comes SLOW But you got 1t comm.
an OF y got It n comm yor list so much ahead.
II y had it now. j at ez like ez not I'd spend
the most OF it fer snifter fer me An you. an
then It'd be gone. l wisht y had It'll l do.
b'gosh."
The Squire didn't say anything. but he look
cd as il he agreed with the Ola Settler on that
point. decidedly.
But about this here owl story an Sam
Doughty. Squire. it's with istenin' to-" said
the Old Settler Sam married Sally up In
York State. She didn't hev any nanny. Wat
mean by that IL. her nanny were dead. an
30 were her pap She'd ben riz zip by hand By
her mammy's sister, OF Miss Hagencruft. Tina
WAS story bout Miss Hagencruft wen she
were girl. an the san th't got to bsrSam's
pop arterwds. jim Doughty. The ststy were
tht Miss Haeencruft-w which her name WANT
Hacencruft then but Smiley. she bein' one
o the Smiley sisters. but married Sol
Hagencruit arterw'ds the story wereth't Jim
Doughty orter married her. but he fooled her
an didn't. He married another gal aphgot to
be Sam Doughtys pap. Miss sHageukrufts
sister Jenny married Joe aNllyputs,Rpd got
to be Sally's NANNY. Miss Hagencruft never
got over bein' fooled by Jim Doughty. an. ez
the story Goes got to be a sour an aggervatin'
Of woman. Wen her sister Jenny got to be .
wilder an then died an left little Sally. with
nobody to keer fer her. oil Miss Hagencruft took
her an rz her by hand. The Doughtys an
Miss Hugencruft lived eghbors. an jim didn't
how no luck raisin' cattle nor nuthin'. More
thin that. his crops didn't never tufn out
good. His wheat an his corn allure; smut
ted. an his Eaters rotted. an his apples
was wormy: an then his eve lambs d all
die an his eggs wouldn't hatch an his COWS
give bloody milk. Then folks got to sayin'
tint OF Miss Hagencruft were witch. an were
dosln' jim Doughty fer foolin her wen they
was both young. Tina want no doubt about
1t. cause Two heerd my pap say th't
most any night y could see balls O red fire
dancin round old Miss Hagencruft's house an
black cats coming outon the chimbley. an
goin oil with their backs UP to'ards Jim
Doughtys clearin.' Jim tried all sorts O. ways
to git rid O. the witches. but couldn t do it. an
then to cap 1t all Sam Doughty crowd UP an
foil in love with little Sally. and Sally fell In
love with Sam. Now that were sumpln' th't OIL
Miss Hagenoruft want countin' on. She had
Sally cut out to marry Jerry Grimes. him th't
his father owned the big tannery. Now. wen
Sans pop foun' out th't Sam and Sally was
stuck he wore durn glad. fer he thort
that II they hitched oil Miss Hagsncrutt
d git over her spite an quit her Witchln'.
SO he done all he could to bring the match
around. an bought the place down Id Sugar
Swamp for Sam and Sally to move on ez soon
ez they was hitched. Wull Sam and Sally did
git hitched one night an OIL Miss Hagen
to Sugar Swamp an went to maxim the
clearin'. Then Jim Doughty died. AZ. ev'ry.
body thort tho wtchin' would quit o. Miss
Hagencruft were left all alone upT1n York
State. but she didn't soften bit., d io5
Long about this time 4 yesr an i'm about
q year AFTER Sam an Sally moved doNHtbn the
Sugar Swamp clearin'. sally WsssS Settin' .
knittin one night. wen all OF a student tina
came the on'arthliest hoop out doors TIT any
body ever heeId Ii want nuthin' butan owl.
but the who p kom So suddent an so terrible
III Cal ,;st Nv, - 1fo~J eh
were SO oncommon skeort Wall. to make the
SHG ai Wfso p*Sy From 00r al 10 ss
S"f w we're hosr4 tho IN
were. ,ez to that. he want maxim
cry. though he had the biggest Kind O. eyes to
cry with an nobody ever ncerd him mako
Soan h ssopn lis sp
wen all Of sHddent t kim the ts owl a-h h
9opo tse
ho9t With another boot list IKE IT: an sa&irmed
@ is, o n the owl ken eSSs Roon oSt
side. an IN. baby KEEP "A, answering
the sss away Then after that
baby closed up ag' in, az nobody never heerd
night ag'in. wen the owl Kim back and begun
the hootin, an the baby sauirmed an suffered;
didn't come, only on the 6a6y's birihda The
baby grow d. but never seemed to know mo-
thin Or notice nobody only the owl won 1t kim
Now. O course this most worried fhe life
outen sam an sally. Tue baby mqwt list .ez
well ben = bar cub or . young wildcat ez far
ma army. an they mSurned and suffered over
1t. Wen The owl kim back tho fot.Eth year.
snn took rs gan a Nd tried to kill bqt 4
made up their minds th't the owl =.
witcn. an TIT Oh Miss HagenagH -
follern, OF I'm mp. an carryin, opt Yer s.nte
hg'in Sans pap even IN the bsbt. This :.
went along fer seven or olght yeAyl. The
haby got 10 be nice l3akin, b.y;t M were
about him ncver: showin' ANY ,siGn q Enowln'
anything cept wen the owl kim hH3tin' on
nis hIlth,fay nightsi, Then Lippy Gankright
spring. list lore the, night the owl wrfe due.
an, sam were !ellip' him bout the terrible
IVY great srSoks says, LpDy:y that's
that's got u white boss nit haint never been
~ Yes says sam. Joe Shaitly hasa white
boss hit only had ITS fmst shoes put onto-day.'
Then you 90 to doe Tomorrow says Iip-
~, an asst him 70 lot y, hoy oneo them shoes;
lake the snoe an my tme f.acks ini, = ha,nh.--