Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-12-03


mountainous confidence in men, an
will curl up an go to sleep where you DO
an shet both eyes. He's plumb trust
full; an moreover, no! matter how
mournful a raccoon feels, or how plumb
melancholy he gets, he don't poster you
with no yarns.
II reckon converses with this yere
identical raccoon of Bills plenty fire.
quent when he feels blue an again
when he's at his gailiest, an he never
remarks nothin' to me except p'lite gen
eral'ties.
eff this Olson had been a dead game
party who regards himself wronged.
he'd searched out gun, or knife, or
mebby a club, an pranced over an
rectifed 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. constructed
raccoon. Olson figgers to take advan-
tage of what's cl'arly a loophole in a
raccoon's CONSTRUCTION.
''Mebbe you never noticed it about
a 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. Thars 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 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.
KNOWN these we're defects in rae
coons, this Olson plots to take advan-
tage tharof; an by playin' it low Oh
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.
cts when Bills over to Pine Knot
layin' in terbacca, an nose paint, an
cornmeal, an sech necessaries, when
Olson stands in to down Bills raccoo:l.
He goes injunnin' over to Bills an
finds the camp all 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.
'He's got a couple of crawfish which
he's fresh caught at the Branch. Now,
raccoons regards crawfish as unusual
good eatin'. For myself, can't say I
deems none high of crawfish 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' jar of water from the
sping he drops in crawfsh an in
cites an aggravates Zekiel-that's the
name of Bil]'s raccoon to feel in an
get him whole lot.
Ezekiel amt shy on the play. He
knows crawfish like gambler does an
ace;so turnin' his eyes up to the sky like
a 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 crawfish 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;
Zekiel 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 dc is feel 'em with his foot,
an roll 'em about on the bottom of the
jar.
Now, as I remarks prior, when
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. Bill won't be home
till Monday, an Olson knows that be-
fore then, onless Ezekiel is interrupted,
he'll be even for that hawg Bill drops.
AS Olson comes to a place in the trail
where he's goin' to lose sight of Bill's
camp he turns an looks back. The