The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-01-17
A PRECEDENT.
Two Deer at One Shot Not Ex-
traordinary.

back on P'ison Run had bagged two
deer at one shot, and there was great
diversity of opinion at the tavern as to
1t or not Some protested to believe 1t,
while others loudly proclaimed that
they would bet little something that
there wasn't word of truth in it. The
squire was among the latter, and the
Old Settler coming in when the discus
sion was at its height, he was placed in
possession Of the disturbing news.
ssW'at-a We think bout it. major?"
asked the Squire.
"Who were the hunter?" said the Old
Settler, sitting down. and assuming
wise and judicial air.
s'Baisly Cronk." replied the Squire.
.'O'Cronk Hip" asked the Old Set
tier
Eyes; him."
"Do y know wuther his gun were
loaded tol'able heavy7"
Dunno nuthin' bout his gunln
ibid y hear wuther he were patient
err than common vile he were waitin'
fer his shot?"
"Durn his patiencel Do y b'lieve
he got them two deer at one shot or
don't W"
Were tina anythin'. said bout his
waitin' till he see the whites O. their
eyes?'
.'See here, MAORI exclaimed the
Squire, his patience exhausted. BE
a witness in britch o. promise suit, or
be wantin' to know what " think
bout Baisly Cronk gettin' them two
deer at one shot? 1t don't make no
differ'nce, ez matter O. that, wat y
think; but watts all this here rig'ma-
role o. your got to do with it?"
Squire" said the Old Settler, bland
", and without feather rufaed, s'alluz
load yer gun heavy an hev patience.
an don't shoot till y see the whites O.
their eyes. Then If y don't git enough
bar meat an venison. ct cettery. at
one shot to last y pooty nigh all win
ter, it'll be sumpin' that hain't in none
O. the perceedents o. the past that
know anythin' about That is. pervidin'
y don't shoot too high, or too low, or too
much on one side, or too much on
t'other Tina hain't nuthin' that'n
knock perceedents inter cooked hat SO
quick ez that kind o. shootin't Do
b'lieve Baisly Cronk got them two deer
at one shot9 Not If he didn't hev his
gun loaded heavy, nor didn't hev no
patience, nor didn't wait till he see the
whites O. their eyes, don't II he did
hcv all them, O. course b'lieye 1t. An
II his gun were loaded heavy enough,
an he had patience enough, an he
waited till he see the whites o. their
eyes enough, he orter got more than
two deer at one shot. Tha's perceedents
fer 1t.
There was look of mingled disgust
and commiseration on the Squire's
face as he stood for moment gazing
at the Old Settler. Then he exclaimed:
"Mebbe tina is perceedents fer 1t, but
If tha's any perceedent fer q man a
gittin' ez foolly ez you be. day arter
day, never heerd on it. T"
sMebbei'' said the Old Settler, with
surprising and aggravating calmness.
but then tha's good many things
Won never heerd on, Squire, an
shouldn't wonder If one of 'em were
the time | stood on a runway fer an
hour seein' bar feedin' an prancin'
around in the scrub oaks, an not wunst
a-pullin' bead on him, cause had pa
thence, b'gosh, an know'd that if !
handled things right the future were
bulgin fer me with more than jist one
bari | shouldn't wonder bit, So uire,
but wat that time were one o the
things you never heerd onl"
The Squire shook his head slowly,
and, as If soliloquizing over some mel
ancholy fact, muttered: ''Foolier an
foolier ev'ry day. An his pap lived to
be eiphty-six an want mite child
ishl An a scnsibler woman at ninety
than his oil nanny were I never sect
The Old Settler bristled a little, and
there was little warmth in his tongue
as he remarked:
II was sayin' to Mriar only this
mornin', 'Mrisr,'I says, seems to me
the Squire's gettsn' uncommon sociable
all to wunst, hain't hep says
"'I1ow sop says M'riar.
".W'y,' | says, he's stopped ut the
gate morc'n dozen times this week,
! says, an asst p'tic'lar how you was,
/ says, AN how yer lard tried out
says, am how my roomytiz were,
says, am If my 'taters was rottin' any.
| saws, AN if we wouldn't like to try
roastin' o. his spare ribs, says, an
seemed terrible anxious, says, about
how things was turnin out round our
premises in giner'l,' | says. It's ben
year an BETTER says. 'sence the
Squire has ben so uncommon sociable
an anxious. Wat do " s'pose has
struck him, M'riar?' says
"'Mebbe he's heerd, says M'riar,
bout them three bar'l o cider we've
rolled inter the cellar says she.
"'B'goshl' says l. That's itr"
The Squire's response to this sally Of
the Old Settler was lost in the burst Of
laughter that the latter called forth,
and when quiet was restored he was
aerone and good-natured, and the Old
Settler was beaming again. But he
was not to be diverted from what he
had set out to narrate and he inamedi-
ately resumed;
'I.ippy Conlrright, he says to me one
day, he says; sSile. tha's slammin'
big buck list achin' fer doae o lead
over on Wild Camden, he says Less
60 an plug some inter It, he says.
That jist suited me clean through. an
we went.
''will v drive the sidReY says Idp-
py. Or will y stan on the runways'
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