Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-03-31

When they was long about twenty
year old, 'Riar up an says:
So Here's what digs outen Sugar
Swamp an hunts up livin' An We
don't hear from me till make it. says
he.
"An' away he went Pnderbaugh,
tother twin, looked at things different.
Tha were plenty o room to hunt in
round the Sugar Swamp deestric, an
he thort that if tina were Twin to be
hunted up he were bout ez likely tc
run ag'in it there ez anywhere else,
An he hunted fer livin' so well that
fore he were old enough to vote he gol
married to little Swiftly Bnnce. Swiftly
were a nice gal an poorly one. She
hadn't no relation but her Aunt Hubby
Bean, who lived way over in the Bump
Hill kentry. Swiftly were allus goin
over to see her Aunt Hubby, but she
never jist got ready to go, an fore she
did she up an died, leavin Puderbaugh
a sorrerin' widderer
An now.' says he, I'll never see
Aunt lluldy.'
"Whcn 'Riar Tidd dug out from
Sugar Swamp he went straight to the
Bump Hill kcntry an fell inter Twin
right away. He want long in gittin'
a clearin', an more'n that he want
long in gittin wife. An his wife
were Hubby I'ean-little Swifty's aunt
Hubby, who was likely gal, an a
poorly one, too. Now, ez lucll'd hev it,
Huldy's aunt, Sabra Mullpin, n young
wilder, lived over in Sugar Swamp,
an s'pose she were about the snug
gest article O two-shill'n caliker that
tina ever was in the hull O. that dees
trio. One day, long about yeal
arter Puderbaugh Tidd got to be wild
derer, Hubby got letter from hel
Aunt Sabra that made her squeak right
out, an she says to 'Riar:
GO Riar,' she says, VEIN goin' tel
hev n new unclc!' she says. Aunt
Sabra's gointcr git married ag'in, an
VEIN invited to the wcddin'r
"Who's our new uncle gointer be?
says 'Riar.
"'Dunnor says Iluldy Aunt Sebri
unly says he's Swiftly Bunce's widderer
an never knowd Swiftly had wild
dcrer!' says Hubby.
lowell, says 'Riar, ri lief to &c
over an git acquainted with my new
uncle. An l got some more relations
in Sugar Swamp, too
80 'Riar an Puderbaugh's Aun
Hubby packs up an went to Sugar
Swamp to git acquainted with theil
new uncle. An mebbe ev'ry body
want s'priscd to see 'em, an to l'arr
that Puderbaughs Aunt Uuldy were
his twin brother 'Riar's wife! An
mebbe 'Riar want to ok back to larr
that his Aunt Sabra we're his twin
brother Puderbaugh's wife! An the,
was havin' the shortest kind o fur
over it, when all of Il student Puder
baugh's eyes flew open an his hal
most jumped outen it's roots,
'Gosht'lmightyr says he, Ria
Tidd, you're my uncle!
"Then 'Riar's eyes popped open, an
his hair most came nigh sheddin' il
self.
'Jeewhizz!' says he. so be yo
! my uncle, Puderbaugh Tiddn says he
Then they both hoIlered together:
An we're twins, bgoshn they hol
Tered. Vein the twin uncles, ez sur
ez meat aXn
| "An' so they was, Squire! An tn
news got around so quick that it got t
BALKAN Bonutt ez he were skinnin'
cat that had iist worked out Balaam'
idee. An the news must "a got t
Balaam' starvin' flock o cats bout tn
same time, fer when the twin uncle
went over to the clearin' to his
Balaam out they found him down o
The floor, with about twenty starvir
cats gnashin' away at him. An tn
cats had saved 'em the trouble {
h'istin' Balaam out, fer they ha
listed him outen this vale o tears al
started him onter the road that Hollel
back Tidd had took afore him.
but s'posiu' them twins had be
schoolma'rms 'sted o bark peeler
Squire? Then tina wouldn't a ben n
facts in this here case, shown thu
, folks can't be too p'tic'lar bout tn
kinder twins they'm havin', cause tn
haint no tellin' what's gointer harper
b'goshw-Ed Mott, in N. Y. Sun.