The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29
HIS UNCLES MAKE STORY.
p. GRIsWoLD REHEARsEs IT BE-
FORE TAXING IT ABROAD.

Wild Goose, and Wild Duck Club of HYDE
county, N. c., of which packy G~riswold, late in
structor to the Hammondsport Try-to.C atch-
Black Bass Club. is razor-back- hoR-extermin-
ator.in-chief, is preparing to begin It's annual
onslaught on things along Pnmlico Sound, and
Mr.. Griswold is busy getting roady to 60 down
and put himself at the head OF his department.
lie Is trying his guns, training down his dogs,
and laying In necessary supplies. Among these
he always includes n story or two to take along
and with It amaze the natives of Hyde county.
Without any warning he completed his mr.
rangemen in this respect yesterday. II was
the only thing that disturbed tho serenity of
Thanksgiving Day here and hercabouts. The
Falrchild House Circle. having Ind ira TbanEs-
giving dinner, was in session Informally, enjoy
ing its post-prandial smoke. Nobody was say
ing a word. Nobody was expected 10 say n
word. But Packy Griswold was present for n
purpose, and suddenly, in n calm voice and
without making even Nh effort to open his eyes,
he broke the silence.
MY uncle over in the town of wayne." said
he, seen n bear kill q snake once down in the
Rolypoly Run country. and I think the snake
must a been the last of its rnce, for never heerd
of any one scein' another snake liko IL SINCE"
Saying this. Mr.. Griswold open.d his ewes and
looked around on his fellows of the Circle. as IL
to note the effect of his opening remarks upon
them. He saw looks of surprise eyerywhere.
which seemed to satisfy him, and keeping his
eyes open now, he calmly proceeded:
"Of course said lie. "a good many feller cit
liens of my uncle's sot the story goin' that IL he
had took the pledge when no was young and
had kept it ever since. no wouldn't a seen that
snake the bear killed, but them Teller citizens
was jealous OF my uncle. and he ignored their
'riniwations. kept his own counsel, and the
ammo old twn.uallpp ipu In b;a 1ous, md told
that snake story till the day he was, called To
his fathers and went. leavin' n hole in the body
polite Of the town o. Wayne. fgger'tively
speakin', that no three o. the best kind o. Teller
citizens hain't never been able to plug up, even
to this day.
"One day. a good many years ago, my uncle
was settin' on the edge o. Rolypoly Run Holler,
skinnin' n couple o. deer he had killed. He
wasn't a hunter. nor he wasn't a fisherman,
my uncle wasn't, but a man whose bond would
be took anywheres Jest as quick as his word.
He had killed them two deer, though, and st
there skinnin' EN-. He skun away at them deer,
and he skun and he skun till at last he had EN-
hn,h noa,ad TIL, h. han.snss - -
.Ids ,~S"ra ,h.ro w ""up "n.n,n. 10 ,o' ,so on Ion 10 ono
and he seen somethln' TINT made him culver
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anu qua'er.
them log. aghtin, snakes that folks in these parts
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USED 10 remember
They called 'em log-fghtin' snakes. cause
~ ~ "nvn ~ 'ook .
soih into the holypoly Run country; SO they
used to git together and fight the logs the lum-
to ston 's uo rrnm .n a,,, u,,,S no. 70 the T rrse lam, Hnr
that mt tho mon hack With their ,yorr -
.n"s pu' II neh JACK win their WORK when
they come to drive the logs, cause they couldn't
tell which was logs and which was dead snakes.
And II was ono n, Thorn snokas NV rrcl. sa.
II wa ono o them SNAKES my uncle sec
ready to hand his two deer over to IL and cut
STICKS for the nearest comr wbar be soon snv.
= " u" "ie ehhp "ite nc sesn sonue-
thin else, so he changed his mind.
This ia gettin' ipterestin, said NV uncle |
This is. indeedr
Seems to me that was a natural thing to say,
W. dssr nv mncts Ina la, srnn. "n .no
wv 10 u, une'e ""u Ies' shuh' 'heh there
the tremenjus snake a layin' off in the
Clarin' at him, and shootin' out a tongue
ill., Ia 10. 49,. - 49,.
IKE u reu.no' poker; ana now mere come a
bushes on t'0ther side. opposite the snnke! That
t'Other thing my uncle seen. Interestin'? |
seems to me that ssyin, Q, my uncle's hit the
Mr.. Griswold paused for = reply. He didn't
The bear" he continued, seen the snake
both at the same time. Tho bear was Goin'
'''hS Stt "Ha hAr N'uI 10y tuioukH TX l
openin'. 1t wasn't long before my uncle seen
that the bear was thinkin' of keepin' right on.
snake or no snake. and that the snake didn't in
tend to let the bear do nothin' OF the sort. The
bear began to snap his Jaws and growl and
show his big white teeth. The snake throwed
itself into a coil.
THAT coil was Quite mazin'.' my uncle used
TO say. 1T looked like a good days choppin' o.
cord wood piled up. as nigh as anythingI can
think Of he used to say.
My uncle sot down on one Of his deer and got
ready to enjoy the fun that he knowed was
to come. He couldn't never remember
how 1t was done, but before he knoyed IL the
snake had bounced on the bear and had him
Twisted up in It's coil. all but lis head and neck.
The snake didn't waste no time, but begun to
sock the screws right on to brlin.
lit must a squeezed toler'ble hard. that
snake must my uncle used t. say. for in less
han two seconds the bears ewes was standin'
on his forehead like a couple o. Knobs
IN a bury drnr."
THE howlin' and hissln' and snappin', nv
.hrouRh the woods. Do ali he could the hear
,ouldn't reach back fur enough TO git a chaw at
he snake, and all OF a sudden the snake give a
iop and II twist, and the next thing my uncle
,ecn was the snake with one % the bears hind
in its mouth, and lust more than drawin'
1ruin into itself from that end. before NV
lncle could count ten the snake had slid The
foot and leg down into itself clear To Inc
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