The sun., 1893-06-05
1HE OLD SETTLER.
He Tells the Story or sshndrack Bobentin,s
Buckskin Breeches.

Buckskin Breeehes.
IF ye ahould asst ne. Squire. wuther I
| b'lieved in witches or not" said the Old Set
tier. burned II you wouldn't hev mo. It'd
kind O. go ag'in me to say did. cause 1t don t
seem list e'zacly 'cordn' to Gunter that folks
ez kin change ye inter a bar or wildcat or
warty toad whenever they feel like 1t is
gointer to be sceert inter conniption
| fits by nuthn' more'n list one look
at hoss-shoe: and then agin wouldn't feel
like sayin' thnt didn't b'leve in EN-. cause
cant fergit that recomem ber Shadrack Boben-
tiff an the buck skin bresches that OIL Granny
Nutslap made fer him. hope ye wunt ast m
wuther bIieve In witches. Squire. cause I'd
like to say that don't; but recon- EN- berin
Shadrack ez do. an them buckskin breeohes
O. his'n that Granny Nutslap made. I'll be
burned. Squire II think could say It'll SO
hope ye wunt asst me. Squire"
"Wull. who in Sam Hills gointer ast 70 ?.
exclaimed the Squire. Nobody haint thort
O. setch thing. not ez knows on. Ye kin
b'lieve in witches or ye kin unb'leve In EN-,
fer all keer."
Squire. I'm much obeeged!" said the Old
| Settler. Yer took a heft often my mind that's
powerful easin' to mo- Now 1 wun't hef to
! compromise m self. an ye kin draw conclusions
wuther b'lieve In witches or not But they'm
| curious critters. hnin't they. squtre?"
"Whate curious critters ?" the Squire asked.
Witches" replied the Old Settler.
"So's fiery dragons an grizzly bars with
wings" said tho Squire. ironically. But
what were tho matter with shadrack's
breeches. Major {" the Squire asked. Didn't
they ut him7"
"Snugger. b'gosh. than the skin ON q goose
berry" replied the Old Settler. "Snugp I
guess they wasl They was leetle too snug
think. fer Shadrack's well bein'. Shadrack
an his brother Abs'lom want geniwine sons
O. tho Sugar swamp site. bein's ez they only
kim in there temp'rhry. Nobody never
know'd e'zsc'ly where they kim from,
but they sot down In Sugar Swamp
ono day. an started in dickerin'
in sheep pets hosses. clocks. or anything
they could cit up swap on. II folks wasn't
list sure O. Shadrack an Abs'lom on evry-
ting. they was cocksure bout one thing.
Shadrack an Abs'lom didn't never get the
wusst Of II dicker. Tia were one thing. though,
that the Bobentif boys couldn't git up deal
fer an that wore fer Simon TidGts black hoss
fer SAM but imon wouldn't never bite.
"OP Granny Nutslnp lived Gll alone by her
o shy o Granny Nntslap cause wunst whsn
she Got mad At Fralsy Bunns folk cause they
took to nor the os 6g4s their
sI@oGS ms an wosdn aTHy e. Thadder
quit. an. the cows GOT fat agin ',Vi an wsnt went
e 1, giyn mIlk tx eE white o. they ever DID:
Granny Nutslap. an called her i durn Of
squaw, From that minute Dan couldn't talk
a while no tried to scalp his NANNY. An he
~ "sf @ as hs vent sDT to
elder. with his compliments. an, she sayin
that she thought menhe she mowt. he sent 'em
an Injn' an found his mother tongue agin'
Granny Aut tslapdone lot m ore .etch 11orly
ye. Squire. hal nta coml ermisin' myself by |
sayin' that she done these here things. But |
sns a tx. Of sanny @1s 0a Man
over-pop'l9r IN sugar swami. lut she didn't |
seem to mind ~ ono Ting fhs did keep
~, "' y %antar keen yer eye peeled on them air
ellpp'ry posaums, tell ye"
"EUt folks .tEort al, wunst that mobho shad-
dck er o some Kind. an so they KEEP their eye |
peelHd on o. ,Sa Granny M moTen over
thing simon had that ketc.ied the eye OF Shad-
rack 5 -, b4GentIi; 70 Mt 10y - !ng full. Simon's
GGsrtor pEy Am Ih iT sz nTeh @ 2
Ann didn't take to shadrack very hefty.though |
she didn't tnrn ur her nose an, snitf at him.
sSs sSsan SsN%s toss: fen masy Sys1 sow I
feller to cut u shine with yaller vests, an
heck cred pants. on blue coats an lie on His
hair nm all Sctch fancy doin's. an he sot the
young bucks o. sugar swamp pooty nigh crazy
cause they want up to his pitch in the line o'
hxins. Wuil. what does bhadrack do one day
but show hlsfeli at tho tavern wearin' u pair %
bran new buckskin breeches. They was list
down uni"r his boots by ynller straps. Them
pants alone d been pooty nigh enough to
skin pants with straps TO 7emi Jeewntzz,
Squire! That,werete temptln' less fort nit human
natur' to spill bloodi
An what do ye s'pose ehadrack had slung
on al! this here glory o. solomon ferP IL
nigh ez kin git at it. Il we're for 'Tury Ann
Tidht., H9 thort that 'Tury Ann couidn't hold
out ag'ln them new buckskin breaches with
she sot her blue Dyes on e@ any mama az es o soon az
g9TTlcker'n thss, shake, Of lambs tall. But
,,Tury Ann didn't do nothin' O.. the sort.