Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

he'd searched out q gun, or O knife, OF
raebby club, an pranced over an
| rectified Bill whole lot. But he's too
timid and too cowardly, an afraid OF
Bill So to play even he lines out to
bushwhack this helpless, oninstructed
raccoon. Olson fggers to take advan-
tage of what's cl'arly a loophole in q
raccoon's CONSTRUCTION.
"Mebbe you never noticed it about
raccoon, but the fact is once he gets
interested in a pursoot, he's rugged SO
he can't quit none ontil the projects
success. Thar's herds an bands of
folks an anamiles who's fixed similar.
They can start, an they can't let up.
Thar's bulldogs; they begins fight too
easy, but the capacity to quit is left out
Of bulldogs entire. Same about nose
paint with gents knows. They capers
up to whisky at the beginnin' like a kit
| ten to warm milk, an they never do
cease no more. An that's how the
| kyards falls to raccoons about plenty Of
| things. .... .".. D..
"Knowin' these we're defects in rae
coons, this Olson plots to take adVan-
tage tharof; an by playin' it low on
Bills raccoon, get even with Bill about
| that dead hawg. Which Bill wouldn't
have took drove of hawgs, no indeed!
| not the whole fall roundup of hawgs
for all of West Tennessee, an lose that
raccoon. y'" ...
Its when Bills over to Pine Knot
| layin' in terbacca, an nose paint, an
.cornmeal, an sech necessaries, when
Olson stands in to down Bills raccoon.
He goes injunnin' over to Bills an
finds the camp oil deserted, except the
raccoon's thar settin', battin' his eyes
mournful an lonesome on the doorstep.
This Olson sets down by the door an
fondles the raccoon, an strokes his
coat, an let's the raccoon search his
pockets with his black hands ontil he
gets that friendly an confident about
Olson he'd told him anything, It's then
this yere miscreant, Olson, springs his
game. @ e." .'' 'f'0 " :
"He's got a couple of crawfish which
he's fresh caught at the Branch. Now,
raccoons regards crawtish as unusual
good eatin'. For myself, can't say I
| deems none high of crawfsh as viands,
but of course raccoons is different; an
the way they looks at it crawfish is pie.
"This Olson brings out his two craw-
| fish, an fetchin' a jar Of water from the
spirg he drops in a crawfish an in
cites an aggravates Zekiel-that's the
| name of Bill's raccoon to feel in an
get him a whole lot.
Ezekiel amt shy ON the play. He
knows crawfsh like q gambler does an
ace;so turnin' his eyes up to the sky like
raccoon does when wrapped in pleas
ant anticipation that away, he plunges
in his paw an gets it.
"Of course once Ezekiel acquires him
the pore crawfsh don't last as long as
| drink of whisky. When Ezekiel has
him plumb devoured he turns his eyes
on Olson, sort O. thankful, an waits de-
velopments.
'Olson puts in the second crawfish,
an Ezekiel takes him into camp same as
the other. It's now that Olson onfurls
his plot on Ezekiel
"Olson drops dozen buckshot into
the jar of water. Nacherally, Ezekiel,
who's got his mind all framed up touch
in crawfish, goes after the buckshot
with his fore foot.
"But it's different with buckshot;
Ezekiel can't pick 'em up. He tries an
tries with his honest simple face turned
up to heaven, but he can't make it. All
Ezekiel can do is feel 'em with his foot,
an roll 'em about on the bottom of the
jar.
Nov, as I remarks prior, when a
raccoon gets embarked that away, he
can't let up. He amt arranged so
he can quit. Olson, who's plumb aware
tharof, no sooner gets Ezekiel started on
them buckshot than KNOWN that
nature can be relied on to play her hand
out sa'nters off to his wickeyup, leavin'
Ezekiel to his fate. BID won't be home
till Monday, an Olson knows that be-
fore then, onless Ezekiel is interrupted,
he'll be even for that hawg Bit drops.
AS Olson comes to d place in the trail
where he's goin' to lose sight of Bits
camp he turns ar looks back. The
picture is all his revenge can ask. Thar
sets Ezekiel ON the doorstep, with his
happy eountenance turned up to Tire
dome above, with his right paw elbow
deep in the jar, still rollin' an feelin'
them buckshot around, an allowin'
he's due to ketch . crawdsh every
moment. ..
"Well, it works ont exactly as the
wretched Olson fggers. The sun goes
down, an the Sunday sun comes up am
sets agin, an still pore zelieIis plaDaed
by the jar, with his hopeful eyes on
| high, stin feelin' of them buckshot. He
can't quit no more'n if he was loser IN
| poker game, Ezekiel can't.
"When Bin rides up to his door about
second drink time Monday afternoon,
| Olson is shortly even on that hnwg.
Thar lays Ezekiel too dead to skin. Hes
| Jest set thar with them bnckshot an
felt himself to death."-Chfeago Trib-
une.
| Not Rag.
The prominent citizen was rather
proud of his standing in the communi-