The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-15
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hadn't never did nothln' that want
| honest. Still, he had ways, an folks
didn't leeer much fer him. Jist about
the-time he ketched this bar asleep he
were Rittin' ready to marry the Wilder
Sluppy. The wildcr had considerable
land, an were q big ketch, an folks
didn't think much of her choosin' ST.
neon, but she were doin' of 1t only
outen spite, cause Sol Beaslcy an her
had little tiff, an Sol throwed up the
Engagement betwixt 'em, thinl<in' meb-
be that the wilder would coax him
back. But the wilder didn't, an took
Simeon Puterbov inste'd. An she'd a
married him, too, an Simeon ID a ben
right in clover, if he hadn't pooled at
my ancister, and had plugged his bar
''Simcon keep the bar tied to n pole.
an one mornin' he got up an found
that the bar had slipped the rope often
his neck, an were roamin' round the
premises. But he didn't seem to want
to go way, an didn't make no objec-
ton to bein' tied up ag'in. This nice
an peaceful way o the bar made ST.
neon larf more an more at wat my an
cister said.
why says he, that bar wouldn't
| ez much ez scratch dog, let alone
clutch me-
my ancistcr. But be,var', Simeon!' says
he. THAT bar mebbe won't cat We, but
wuss! says he.
''Long about then some one took to
stealin' sheep from the clearin's an get
tin away with 'em. Two or three chaps
CT lived in the deestric' was suspicioncd.
but tina couldn't nothin' be found ag'in
'cm. Nothin' were talked about but
the sheep stealin,' an one day my an
cister were to Simeon's an he says to
Simeon
It'll go hard with that shccp-steal-
80 ~, =
TIN be states prison fer him from the
word co. says he, if it's fer twenty
year, says he.
my ancister recommended artcr-
w'ds that the bar ,ver lynn down CT if
he were snoozin'; but when my ancis-
ter said them words the bar opened his
eyes an looked up student and queer.
Then he riz up poorly soon, an took to
thinkin' like, now an then turnin' his
eyes to'ards Simeon.
Simeon says my pop, 'bcwar' O.
that bart! says he.
went away. The mex day he started
fer a trip down the river with a raft,
an he were gone three weeks. The day
arter that Job Sawyer, ez lived mex to
Simeon. got up ut daylight and went
| out to his sheep psstur', an b'gosh,
three O. his sheep was gone. He fo;:n'
| tho trail O the thief an follered it till it
stopped.
'''ireat spoo!Ss! says he, who'd a
thunk it?'
$50 Job goes right back an wakes up
Squire Colduff an says he wanted a
| war'nt. ez he had diskivercd the sheep
thief. The squire asst him who, an
wen Job told him the squire most fell
often his cheer. But he give Job the
| war'nt, an Job went an woke up ST
Salter, the constable, an they sta r+cI
to git the sheep thief. They went
straight to Simeon Putcrbow's. Fore
they woke Simeon up they stopped at
| his milk house. There hung Jobs three
sheep! An they was skinned. Then
they went to the barn. There was. the
three pclts often them sheep layin' on
the barn floor! That's oil they wanted.
They got Simeon up, sarvcd the warnt,
an marched him Off, spite of all he
could say. Job said artcrw'ds that ez
! he were gcttin in the wagon he looked
| back an see Simcons bar dancin'
round his pole an a-huggin' of hisself
ez if he was Dustin with JOY over
sumpin'; but Job said he didn't think
nutllin' of it, bars bcin' queer.
"Wull, they made short work o
Simeon. Tha couldn't be no goin' back
on the sheep bein' found in Simeon's
milk house an the pelts in his barn.
Court sat in three weeks, an they give
Simeon four years. The news got back
to Sugar Swamp jist my ancister got
hadn't heerd a word about Simeon bein'
arrested nor nothin, an wen he heerd
the news he were jist goin' inter Sine
on's yard, CT he were anxious to larn
how he were gittin' along with the
bar. The bar were layin' down by its
pole an my ancister stood lool<in' at it,
ponderin' like, wen Job Sawyer kim
along an hollcrs out to him:
'Hooray! Simeon goes to Jail for
four years! Hoorayv
with that the bar jumped up an
begun to dance an hug hisself. an
most hollercd hooray, too.
~ warned hin!' my ancister hol-
Tered Il warned him ag'in that bar,
but he pooled at me! The bar stole
them sheep an put it onter Simeon!
Sure ez guns, the bar stole them sheep
IN put it onter Simeon!'
1.-THE bar quit dancin' an huggin'
itself, an laid down lookin' sneal>in'.
MY ancister tried his best to git Simeon
off, but everybody larfcd at the idee of
a bar stcalin' sheep an putin it ontes
some one else, an it want no use.
Course, the Widdcr Sluppy throved
Simeon up right away, an the onfortnit
man who pooled at the warnin' of my
ancister, who know'd bars from A to
lizard. an l<now'd that bar that were
ketched asleep were bound to git even
with his 1ketcher even if it had to make
him out a sheep thief, had to serve out
his time. Squire, the bes' thing you
kin do is to send this here Joe Ball
warnin'!'',
There was a spell of silence, and
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