The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-07

contributes his mite to the cause Of gen
eral interest.
Las week Up on Roosh (the Rouge
river) Look for deer. See buck cross
TlValre Raise gun. Bang! something
jump from water. Ping Bullet go through
eem- He Is beeg mOsk lOnge. Bullet 90
on Pangl Kill buck. Go through BUCK.
Pud! Hit big tree. Henri leave gun,
jump in water, get mOsk-' lOnge, sWeeua
Ovaire to buck. Mosk longe dead, t'irty
poun'. Buck dead, tree hundraid poun-.
Hole n tree where bullet hit. Honey run
out Pick up leaf to stop honey. Hare run
out. GRAB hare knock eem against log
an kill tree partridge"
At this point Henris voice rises to a
perfect yell, and he almost chokes in his
frenzy. The others nod and grunt their
How you get zem all back?' asks An
Put hare in pocket" says Henri, sub
siding into modified howl; put part
rldge IN othaire pocket take mosk 'longe
in teeth, put buck ovaire back, an sweem
cross again"
Pretty good. sHennery" says BeeI,'
VINO IS not OF the muskrat French himself,
ana pronounceS the name accordingly.
Pretty good; how bout you, Antoyne?"
Go feesh las week" says Antoine in
voice that would draw tears from a
rock; "Feesh in Lake Erie. Good luck.
Catch pairch; fifty-forty pairch. Oh,
peeg Foun two poun'. Good luck. Get
ready, go home. Take. oar. Then splash
Mosklonge, ntty pOun', leap into boat.
laugh. Say Antoine. great luck. Fifty
forty Deeg pa1rch, beeg mOsk'lOnge. Great
luck. l row. But no. Flip go mosk'longe
tail out go pairch. Flip! Nothaire paireh.
Flip-fip! One-two-six pairch! Flip-fiip
-flp-hip-fiipi All arch gone! Flip
splash, out go musklonge. All gone!
pairch, mosk'longe, all! return with re
broken heart"
True" says Taydo, Il see you when
you are come back with not one feesh."
Not an iOta of doubt is expressed even
by the lifting of an eyebrow. To doubt
mus hrat F'renehman's word is not safe,
as the New Yorker learned from an incl
dent which also Illustrated the easy way
In which the Frenchman builds up his
story. On this occasion "Beels" whisky
had been flowing freely and the story tell
ing had somewhat languished. A strang-
er, who had come into the place and heard
the hnish of one story, bought a round
OF drinks In the hope Of bringing out an
other. Sure enough Antoine starts in.
Not much luck last two-three day"
he said, Las time got few duck by
straight shoot. So out in my hide (blind):
llo sun. Cor, taybul cor Wait one hour,
two hour. two-three hour. No duck. Say
Antoine, better go homo. No luck to-day.
Jus goin to go when see beeg duck come
hyin' long. Look taybu beeg. He come
closer, closer, right over hide Not one
duck, seek duck all fly close together. /
raise gun. Bang! Bang. Down fall all
seven. rake up an 90 hOme'
Come of! y said the stranger. How do
you make seven p
Il see one duck" replied Antoine glar-
ms, an he come nearer an / see 'eem
six duck, Eat is seven"
mats the way you tell your tales, is
II remarked the stranger, scornfully,
disregarding the gestures which 'BeeP
was frantically making. II don't believe
you ever shot a duck In your life
Sacr-r-r-reI' hoWled Antoine, half ris-
ing from his chair; you tell me le!'
The stranger only laughed, but the next
moment his expression changed, for An
tome was running toward him, a knife in
his hand. In some mysterious and precipi-
tate manner "BeeP got around the bar
and confronted the enraged Frenchman
with club.
Go home" he said
But ne coll me laire" screamed An
tome. He say know not re duck. He
Go home" repeated 'Beel." and An
tome burst into tears and, weeping bit
terly, walked cut at the door. The others
followed casting black looks at the
stranger, who whistled and remarked soft
"well. I'm jiggered"
"One thing you don't want to do said
"Beel" as he turned to his place lis to
doubt a mushrat Frenchmans hunting
stories That's one thing he won't stand.
and while every other Frenchman knows
that his companions stories are all lies,
no knows enough not to say so unless he s
very drunk. Then the thing ends in a
general fight, with the whole lot pretty
wen cut up before they get through
This rich relative of yours, is he
distant relative?"
Yes, extremely distant since he be-
/ came rich. Bits.