The sun., 1893-06-05

away with nea in his car. new buckskin
| Grecchcs. straps. an all
| hbs'lom BobentiT come inter tho cavern
| lookin' ~ il he mowt De skoert pooty nigh
What IA the ,namc o, tho Grizzly Kings
the matter pfyc. Abs lon 2 SAYS Simon 1ilnt.
simon says Aos'l9m; my brother shai-
.".:.Gonc Of, a-whirln 'gycrybody hollcrs;
witGnhed him, an' tha's no tellin' where hon
=, ThSn. % 2 course, eyrynGGy va wanted to hear
'.|Se Know simon says he. that Shairac;
Ind his heart sot on yonr ,Tury Ann An ez
she didn't seem to take 70 him eS last g he
an asst her what he'd host do. Granny SAYS 10
him that II he'd git = nice bucksn tannod TN
in these parts could help tyin' right to him.
down you nder YER r'E she says 70 srn
holdin' 'em nndcr yer boots shc says. is
tnn hf Ess aS"s Il. in' ,rSp:
don't kttci ,Tpry Ann like u pceon In net.
she snys. the iust time We give hGr sigh! o
creek an, dip 'cm in the water she says. an,
then hen, put EN- on an, dry EN- 9y IRE made O.
Ann MOI, any other gal. I don't keer il she's
Queen o INC SrnwcM Islands she says, KIN
Sharsckt,ia S "a E.H ms .sef th" says %g say NO. "n'"
'Gosht'linighty, ShndP | says. 'Prickly
ash ,ite Why; .l;ats the witchin'est Kind o
Eut $hal he saii he dldntkecr He'd try
as Night arer nes aRnn h " M
%2wa to tho Sfssk to oasS tNs an
G1iit "a rHon.iSnrlskiy Han s,h 5e: az and shsd hs
backed un t" the jlase to dri en- 'rooy soon M
they begun to SIN oke likc a. frosty melIer, when
queer things through that smoke. Fust alongi
thort SEQ shad stretchn' up like CROWN
@ Gg. 'OS%s TEey s0ISHfd ruia
huns ti he Bottom shnd
q course tha couldn't be only one upshot to
this; peryai;lIn,' the straps Nin't break The
come: The, brseshes ksp' qq shrnEin;;
ohars osn lis FEET na .es soGp Gm in ea he air. shs
kind O. clutched an grabbed to etch sumpin',
but all he struck were, wind. Hewere steann'
'Tore could git up an graz him AZ haul him
down he were, out o, reach. lie tteamed
san % nas tasng 1 isD S 3ns s sot o ss
H. Hs soIooShsd q and }usGed; + The. 6rseehss
ier minute ,twxt Shad an his bresches an'
Shad more n nifty foot at one bounce, BY this
hollers to Shad:
the s'rfGs N}s an come hack
lie out Win MS Rnl1e an siaeneu one o. the
straps. That throw'd all the pullin' OF tho
brooches on one eg. an 1t nopped Shad over
like tumtler pigeon IN the air. an the last
windmill. turnin' about twenty cartwheels q
ssecond. an p'intGd fer the clouds; OF Granny
sure eZ crows
Nobody had got their breath yit arter list
enin' 7" Abs'lom' 8 amnzin' story. when in
busts Pun Dix. Simon Tidnts hostler.
Simon. says he. yer black hoss Sam 10
gone; an tha's durn big warty toad tied In
his place In the stall
" Everybody rushed ont to the barn. an sure
enough. Sam were gone. an there sot n big
toad. tied to the manger with a long string.
Wull. by the Black Cat Of Egypt says
Ats'lom II OIL Granny Nutslap hRtn't witched
Sam. too. an changed him to a toad =
1t were q good while fore folks at Sugar
Swamp got over them skeery doins. but they
vas afcerd to lay hands on Granny Nutslap.
The day arter his brother shadrack had ben
away. sayin' that, he couldn't t atand It in them
parts more. A week artarwds Joe Bundy
kim home from q trip down the rlver, an said
he'd be willin' to bate his clearin' ag'in q side
hill plough tn at he seen Simon's sam an Shad-
rack an. .Ab'slom Bobentifr drivin' through q
deestric' whore he were stoppin' fer supper.
But O. course that couldn't be. arter what
folks at Sugar Swamp know'd. an Joe had to
give in that he must u ben mistoOk.
Witches is curious things SQUIRE" con-
cluded the Old Settler. an I'm glad I reco-
m emher about Shadrock Bobentiff an the
buckskin breeches OIL Granny Nutslap made
him. SOS don't hef to compromise myself In
any pinted questions" ED MoTT.