Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-10-03
EDEN PHILLPOTTS

AS to tellin' story OF moor men
an sieh-like. tldngs happen out pom
this aud gray an brown world same
as in other places. but they bant q
much account 'eept 10 ourselves. 1
can call home wan tale. though. as
III tell e, II you mipd to hear H. IT'S
bout the courtiu' of q chap by the
name o. yogwell.
'BiIl was a writer OF sign an sieh-
like, an chap OF his hands most ways
wi q general sense In gwaine through
the world which don't come 10 many
as young as IL come 70 him. He WAS
always surprisin' clever or elss msztn'
fulish. Theer wern't no half meas
ures about him. He lived wi his IA
Their IN the last house o. Merirale. an
because sign-writin' wasn't CROUCH 10
keep him. he built ten bee-butts. an
strawed them as clever as regular
catcher. an sawied Pure heather
honey at a shliliin' pound an did
brave pom II. His father wern't q
no account, though guide man. Fnzz-
cuttin was his job-fuzz-cuttin' 10 au-
tumn time.
Then come the matter o. psintin'
that sign. an Master ApDlebird, who
could ding money bout like duke
when bed q mind 10. which was bout
vance In month Sundays, 2iyed
Billy the offer 70 paint CERT pleter
on wood. an frame II an hang IL
awyr the inn fsnee. mind just what
Applebird said. for ! was tbeer and
heard. III give e ten shlllin' for the
job, IL II is done as all folks can see
what's meant by IN Applesird done
ts - l.. I,h
er Of the Red HeifsP Inn. Princeton,
had just got q nne sign draved by
q Plymouth chap: an Applebind would
have coon giyed up business altogether
than let Conner best him anywheeF.
80 Bill yogwell got his brushes an
paints an lies together an made a
square 2 boards, an done out the
hdntsfnsn wi a eArpenfePs pencil,
oopyin' the saue from brtiyui al
manae what a grocer 10 Tayistock had
| giyed away to's customers the winter
| previous Aaasier Applebir1 ordained
as the pIcter should be done 10 q tei.
| let outside the inn; an thaer Eiil
| worked day by day until the thing wRs
| done. An Polly Applebird watched
| un DRAWN an paintin'. which i wheef
| the tale starts proper. SIZE WAS q
/ brown as the moor In autumn. wi eyes
wbeef you GUIDE 'srdly see the pupils
/ separate from the blaekness u tie
part which is brown a:1d blue " gray
In different folks. Her hair was jacls.
daw color IL you kna VS. that. Ts,rn
zactIy blick, nor yet blue. but betwix'
and between, wi q daneip Hight az
gaws from war % 't0tneF. Her Hps
was as red as ripe qusrrenGeg apppl,
an always just a thOt open. You'd >
sword she was . French further u
son.e such thing: but 'tyeert't 80 ~
all
"she an Bill get 30 thick as fhieye.
afore the pietsr WIS OFT \ band. ~.
dawdled that e'Innip' md ersaffy
awyer the paintin' that twas th> BEES
pan " month fore ne allowed tbs
thing was done. An pc1I fuIes. JUS
cause aud Applebird veeF meziD
pleased WI the sign board. they mue'
thiuk as he'd be msziR pleased witt
the paintey, tu: an they kept oompay
unbeknawst ~ IN for a matter b
three months or more. Then twas
that bent crooked limb o. Satan, bj
name BENJAMIN YOIe, what spied thee
little game. an bro't the climax to tin
courtin.' YoIc hadn't no businesses 81
his avn. being pensioned from fbs
clay works awin' 10 breakiD' bis leg,
In an accident. But be crept ab1u
Meriyale VT his wicked ears naBpin
for every coorbous thing that nigh
happen. He ku3wed some barEI bon
every man, wumman and cbeeI an
eat in the village. an hadn't no kist
word to say for anybody on G0d'i
airtb but hisself. This beer YoIe gooi
spied bow Polly ADpIebird and BIZ
yogweJI would 20 out % Nerfyale dif
fern't ways, as innocent as bees, an