The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-22
TH III
D~isnppotpted In Feieg. He EniiEhtens tn'
joulre on Istckerel.

"Gran'pop." eaid little Peleg one day. me
and Bill Simmons fs going after pickerel
through the ice. up to the pond. Saturday.
The Old Settler looked up from the single
he was cutting into shape for a tip-up.
"Ohw said ho. You an Bill Simmons Is
goin' arter plcker'l through the Ice. be yeH
Who we're tellin' We SOP"
Nobody" replied Peler. B there nin't
any school Saturday. you know. gran'pop."
"No." said tho Old Settler. Thu hain't no
school Saturday. nor tina hain't no school
Fourth o. July. But 20 wouldn' be goin'
picker'l nshin' through the ice on the Fourth
o. July. would ye. sonny. list cause there
want no schoolp"
And tho Old Settler reered over his specta-
cles at peleg. ms II he might say. What Kin
yc say to that. now" Peleg looked a bit sur
prised, aud he twisted himself around on his
chair uneasily. But he recovered himself at
last and said:
well. no. grau'pop. / couldn't 60 fishing for
pickerel through the ice on the Fourth ofJu'y.
but I could go after trout. couldn't j.. cause
there wasn't any SCHOOL,"
YES exclaimed the Old Settler. Or ye
could 20 arter green apples. b'gosh. an git
'em. nm keep me UP all night easin' ye with
collie drops. when l orter DO out secin' the IRE
works an henrin' Freedom shrek! That's a
nice prospec' yer lnyin' out fer mo fer tho
Fourth OF July. hain't itr But wat mowt
'spect bettcr'n that. bein' tho onfortnit gran
pap Of n chap that hain't got no ambition
moron to 20 arter pickcr'l through the ice
with an insiniwatin' young rapscallion liRe
Bill Simmons? II he'd only drop In here Just
this minute I'll be bound / wouldn't use TINS
here shingle for q tip-up. not by a jugiui l
wouldn't. b'Goshtlmighty! More'n that. 70
hain't got no bait. anyhow. hev yeY'
ssnslt ~, -, IN c'p rnn Ia DnIuy TO gel inc
bait" said PeleC. meekly.
In the name O. the Snortin' Bullfrog y exc
clnimed the Old Settler. dropping his slingle
and his knife. and gazing ut Pelcg. 'le
lain't calc'la,in' on takin' OIL Hunky inc
along with We. too. be ye? Peleg. l ben weep
In bitter an scaldin' tears for this fifty year
an better cause my pap. an his pap. an all
my ANCESTORS wasn't no longer 'monGst tho
scenes and doin's OF this mundane sp'ere. but
now I'll hef to say that I'm glad. b'gosh. that
break their hearts an take their gray hairs
that n ofr-shoot O. their'n Wore ,standin, up an
&c E,s,if Ice re 'ioSs 70 viii til Of h''emh u risy' simmonsi
PeleG! Don't ye know that I'm yer gran
Eran'-pap. an that Eliph'let Giles was yer
great. great.gran.-nap. IN, that thhe qiies es
Tore them runs way Sa tx, SO or iu IN 'h 'am i[ Eil, on
that come o,ten Noar's ark An, you're Eoin'
simmons. Goshtimightyl, l got to go ont
artGr q enlp or two o, fresh nrnd air nhd now; or III
And the Old settler hustled on his coat and
hat and went out. There must have been bot
ter fresh air and more Of 1t over in the direc.
Dir s y ne w Sfas' W vas teyari Bill i'll sim laoasS:
against since the elder Simmons Questioned
in very decided terms his vcracity one day--a
very wrong and insxcHsa6iS thing ,Enn for sS Sim
for lori the Old Settler came upon him vending his
c Tny tsy hostsiry to ana t t&o .a sMS s q psoper and IND
The ickerl lShin,',II hear. is list more'n
pf"!%P f:f !es' hf ilsshi in'Hi"" said the Old Settler.
" !. Id know tia was any pickHrIany m WSy
tia lain t never ben u time know'd sence FISH
was made when pickcrl was SO plenty nm 80
savage an SO ramTassin, to Git at srmpin,
knows it no better'n you do. consarn ye!",
self t Gh III 2 IsG'aS s ys. s1nlr nH 'I aseei the ' Cd
settler. undisturbed by the Squire's vehem-
,"fknow the difference 'twixt .picker'l an
Ihain't ben sucker fshin'; b.gosh: IN ten
little heated himself; for hesublect OF suckers
was one that touched a sore spot In his memory;
usety like TO snare. suckers. they didn't cost
yon nothin. b,gosht! mighty
had ! sS, { e ms e fsHlif ia the h o san stsck :I !ts snss
that's mors,,n suckers Is worth II toni",v
Mebbc!' said the Old Settler. But fer all
that We don't know what IL giniwine. savage.
rampagein' picker'l is. cause tina haint none
This aroused tho Squire again.
"D' You mean ter tell me. consArn We 2" said
he. that | don't know pieker'l when see
S..p,, ,, 1o,.t n mana C,u;ra,, c,i1 Cha
Old Settler. once more bland and smiling.
Not no giniMine savage ana ram paS ZEN ones sa..
kn s 3 a yHa1hi say about 5oi ' tic rsm III gem e eSst
wind picker, o Sugar Swu,np!"' 49,,
.E rEas t, Wind noI risEcr,Ii j. sruuted the Squire.
"Nsverheerdo,t them pISker'l.didy e; Squire
Swamp that nobody didn't das't fish fer when
Pub! wa, AZ the ,rspl!y the Squire made;
e":f T never o' EheW,i wha, it WAS in the east
rampagein." lie said. Int it must n ben
natur' or, it wouldn't q happened in sugar
s s'n 2 On n ! TGTs f fIstry r iist fore q ie I d io1sses sHsr
from home, an I'm sorry I didn't think OF a
iectur, on pIsker'I az, picker hshin,, cause
wind pickerl O. Sugar swamp an rarnt him a
heap. whatever i mowt u ben IN them
e ea:fteT win adaf / maze eaa's 's maE Es% no sailIaaS SSr tn. b tns
ev'rybody know'd that setch they was. an
gether In my fust bar I'd heerd my paptalk
about them fierce east wind %pickerl.. Now 70
mowt think. Squire. th't q good long. while.
but b'gosh It want nuthin' o. the kind. for
were only iist turnin' my ninth year when I
Knocked over my fust bar. member i ez
well ez II 1t were ylst'day. We had a calf an
one day the calf were missin'.
",'Silns.'' says my pap. go hunt up that cali,
an, don't be all day bout It, nuther.n.
",Pap's idec were that the call had broke out.
an were soms'rs round the ~clearin'. but
my idee was bar. Bar had took that calf. 40,
starts to look fer the call. come, mp to the
bar, an | know'd from the looks Of INN that
the calf were inside OF him. He want satisfied
with that. an when he see me he concluded
TIT he'd put me in long with the cali. an he
come Ter ne Ike q steam iagine. But mt
tonic e ! mowt; an he quit an, give up the
miled. an got to our ,%clearin'; Pap were out
lookin' fer me. mndder'n II ,hoptoad cause
hadn't showed up with the calf yet. When ha
sec me draggin' that bar he lit on me.
we consarned little whelp. You" he says.
calf, an, here ye beluGgin' In a durn worthless
Hold yer hosses. zap! says: list cut
this Of bar open,. says. an yell find that