Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-01-21
THE OLD SETTLER.
He Was Not Sure About tho Story
of WIN Toll.
Hut lie Did Know OF Some wonderful
Shots Made by rotiphar Jump,
who Won Ills Bride with
Ills Gun.


ills Gun.
"Gran'pop, what do you s'pose my
teacher says9" said little Pc CO. as he
came home from school ono day, in
great eNc t,ment
shouldn't wonder but what she says
th't she wunt 'scuso y ont o school no
more ON them student 'tacks o. tooth.
ache th't ketchcs y soon ez the slSntin'
begins ~ GIT good, replied the Old Set
tier, looking over his spoctacles
This reply OF his grandtathor's was
somewhat embarrassing TO Pclcg, for
he and Bill Summons had stopped at tae
pond on the way home from school and
had tried the ice by throwing heavy
stones on II, and found II safe aud
sound for skating Moreover, Pelcg
had begun to feel approhcnsivo
that hd WINS going TO have tho
toothache and tho carache by next
morning, the way he felt, and had
made up his mind to tell his grand.
mother TINT he was afraid he would
have to stay out OF school nnd sit by
the stove with cotton and luudauum in
his ear and tooth until no ielt better,
course of treatment which the
Old Setter had noticed on previous oc-
casions as usually resulting In great
relief, II not absolute cure, about an
hour after school went in" The Old
Settlers unexpected reply 10 his qucs-
ton was such u homcthru,t, therefore,
that pclcg rogrctiully babe ndlcu TO his
toothuchc and curachc sympt oms unit !
some more propitious occasion might
offer for their rcapplarInce.
AN just harS u wat ! say, sonny"
said the Old Settler, before Pclcg r..
covered sufficiently to say anything
himself "Thc mex timo that tooth o.
your'n gets TO nchin' you're Rointcr
mog right along O. me TO the doctor =,
n hon gointcr yunls IL Quit"
This rather darltcncd Peleg's future
In regard 10 the symptoms he wa
afruid would rcappcar, but suddenly
recollecting that there wasn't anything
/ they could ''yanS OUT In ,aso Of ear.
ache h. grew ensy in his mind again,
and. smiling at his grandfather, said
Now, grnn'pop, that wasn't what
the teacher sIidl What do you s'posc
| IL wasp
"Sumpin' bout nat'ral histry, !
'spcctl" growlcd the Old Settler. III
Il were, Pcleg, i,st tell me wat she
said bout II, N Ill onsay 1t for y n
set y right"
"Twasn't about natural history,
gran'pop," said PclcR. ut was about
history, though, and something you
and everybody disc has always be
lievcd"
mot II It's hist'ry, b'gosh," ex
claimed tho Old Settler. Gimme facts
sonny, m III take en- in, but don asst
INC 70 swnllcr histryW
well, it's all about william Tell and
the apple, gran'pop," said pclcg
Tho Old settler looked at pclcg for u
time with n puzzle expression ON hi,
face and then said:
~ remember family by the name
o. Pcll th't uscty live on McGoniglc
run, in tho sugar swamp dcestric', but
b'goshl they never hal no ap
plesl They couldn't RAISE wild goose
berries on that clcnrin o theirn, let
alone apples, n all the sile wild
gooscbcrrics wants is the top Of a stun
wall"
"Ile never lived In tho sugar swamp
district, grau'pop," said Pelcg, "lle
lived In Switzerland, or ! Away
thought he did, but my teacher says he
never lived any where's"
KIND o boarded round, hay, like q
dcestrc' school marm?"
mo" said pclog. Hes u myth, the
teacher says You know what u mytl
Is, gran'pop? You remember telling
me about your killing Il bear that haC
two heads and only one eyc2"
"Y-e-c-s, sonny seems 20 me | do,
said the Old Settler Yes Twerc SIS
at the foot o squawlse hill n INC n
Lippy Conlsr.ght d"
THAT was the ONE said Pcleg, In
terrupting his grandfather "Well,
was telling Bill simmons about 1t yes
tcrday, and Bill said he'd bet q cooky
that the bear was n myth"
"lle DID, hay2" said the Old Settler
with snccr "Wull, II one O. then
myths stands five foot high, with
head on each shoulder, an ono biz
Rlarin' eye stuck right betwiXt 'em
then that b'ur were myth, m Il DUR
good spec mcnt O one ut THAR
= well asked tho teacher what
, myth was, Gran'pop," said Pclcg, ant
she said IL was something that WASH
So"
The Old Settler sat gazing over hi
} spcctaclcs ut Pcleg for some time with
out word. PeleR became uneasy, and a
, last started In 10 lead tho conversation
! back to the original subject
THE way always heard IT," he said
civilian Tell lived 10 Switzerland
and"
"Eddlcation is a good thing 70
; marked the Old Settler quietly shut
ting Peleg OF, Its u good thing, an
We pay eonsid' able taxes hirin' school
! narms W give the young idee p'ints II
b spellin' n writln', n dggerin', n Jog
. gerty, M so on n SO forth, OF cettery
. But wen II conner 70 g1vin' the younI
hee p'ints th't makes Us poor u graz
'paps out TO DO p waricdoors o the trusf
N shyers outen the way o facts n
: figgers In natral histry, Their II Atrike'
/. me pooty hard th't eddlcatIoh Is 6itin
/. OF more'a Il KIN chaw, m WI heai
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