The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
ABEL, Hubby ANDTHE RAM.
THE STORY 4 BACRHooDs LAND
LORD CAN'T HELP TELLING.
The niacE BombnSIne Aunt Huidy Didn't Get
n Chance TO Wear. the Piece OF Rone with
a Cnntankeroua Ram Attached to ~, ana
Ilnclc Alcl,n Own Ncralnn OF tho Amir.

Uncle Abci's Own version or the Annair.
"once I was passing through the littlo town
Of Geovillc, in the Pennsylvania hemlock belt"
said John Gilbert, the travelling groceryman,
land stopped ut the tavern there. The only
man I saw ut first was "a jolly.looking, red-faced
little old man, on whom care or sorrow seemed
to have never laid n finger. ,
"'Finc day l said. getting of my blackboard.
"'Pticlar fine an cheerful the little old
man said. Il hain't see q chcerfullcr day In
forty year an better
Then he went down tho road whistling. I
was gazing after him yet when some ono said:
"'It's a lcctle queer that Uncle Abel went
away without waitin' to see whether you van
Eoin' to buy sumpin' an asst him In; hut he's
feclin' ovcrpowcrin' glib to-day, an mebbo
thought nothin' could make him feel any better
This speaker, as l saw when l turned to look,
was tall and slim and lanky, and was whiting
a stick. He had come from the barn. and. as
found. was the landlord. I walked in.
"'Ycs,' said tho lnnky man, Uncle Abel 10
feolin' ovcrpowerin' glib to-day. You wouldn'b
take him to be a lone an lorn widdercr, which
the pardncr of his bosom was only laid away
yisto'day, now, would your
IT had to admit that the old gentleman was .
trife clipper and cheerful for one so recently
bereaved.
Yes tho landlord went on, Aunt Huldy'o
left Uncle Abel at last. 1t was sort of an acci-
dent like, though. Idon't think sho ever would
a-thought O. dom Of 1t, cause Uncle Abel was
four that Aunt Hubby had handled, an she had
wore black bombazine fer three on 'em, an 10
was Jest as good as ever. that black bombazino
was, an there amt no kline, O. doubt that she
had a stif idee O. wearin' It fer Uncle Abel.
an mebbo fer somebody that had the ,cour-
f aSS h 5G He SSt man n, i that s ever Sn'i foa mS'' an'
Aunt Huldy's disposition was sot sunpin' ikea
Cross-cut saw. an when she got to mOvin' she
was n ripper. How would some fresh tanRY
ssrunchod in 9 glass and moistened With about
three @f M lnsS %iii Z, s'% 1o FISK FuR It. S snd ,G Esp lnnly but
garrulous landlord scrunched the tansy and
"?Yes, sir. he Went on, having scrunchea and
moistened for himself also, and taken pay for
both: Aunt Hnldy was a ripper when che Yoe
most o the time. I've knowed Uncle Abel TO
roost in an apple tree on his cleaEin' all night.
waitin' for Aunt Hubby 10 quiet down, an I've
thing he'd been kicked in the head by 9 mule
consekences II Aunt Huldy got to movin':
",Aun Hubby she vas Tremendous SGT agJaa
he couldn't hold nut no longer, and he went oyer
fact is. though. that the pond amt Ben Runnels's,
cause there amt no sctch person as Ben Runnels,
When t there was a Ben RGnnels he didn't own
the pond: The last day. there ever was 2
il the ashin'T1 hadn't ben 80 UNCOMMON
good that day Ben mowt be With nus; us yit Ben ss9
lau nalT n pint o Dsn WORMS VIII NH IL All Olu
tomattus can. an half a gallon O. worm O. the
still in a Jug, This was for exhilaratin. pur-
hsh. but the fish bit so fast that day that they
KEEP Ben buster than usual ekhilaratin,. 80 hat
d Gdgn '0i sis ~ Som 20 S that snd day was am foand the
boat upset an Ben an" the jug float
iHs little il ' jIsser Po OF exh thsrs HH left i ie' the ' ius.
but there was more than five gallon o water
Inm be4 folt Is t TSsn,S dF TSey said fh Il ws esn the s sed::
oen washin' OF all the exhilaration outen him
by so much water R%ittin' inter him that done It,
Ben not bein' used to setch overpowerin' dis
appointment. An that's the way Ben got the
title to that pond. an it's ben called Ben Rum
well. there's where Uncle Abel went fshin'.
spite o Aunt Huldy''s warnin's, an when he got
so rippin' IN her life. All that Uncle Abel has
ever said about it is that she lest swatted him
Uncle Abel says must a bon more n a bushel o.
taters. Aunt Hubby weighed in the vicinity o,
wigrled she'd scrunch down on him. An speak.
in O, scrunchin', there's a lot more fanny; shell
II interrupted the landlord to say that ]
didn't care for any more; and nc seemed SO much
] began TO think that l wasn't going TO hear the
, end of his story, but by and by he started in
| "'Yes. sir. she scrunchcd down on him hard,
3 Aunt Hulda did. She ,scrunched down 80 tul
eyes on tho shinin' shore, an was hopin' tina,
Aunt Hubby would give him another twist sol
We Mit i0u hiR &c! VT IT'S a sgS' G Gn NJ 0p let sp HIM m"I pass a saF oper
There's where Aunt Hubby made her mistake
over. II then She could a took out that biaci
tombazine ag'in an hooked il on fer her fourth
an ben a looGin' out fer her nth now. But sht
3 didn't do it, an there's where she made hel
o Q mista 4kS hero last ivo,v norir. n Amt Hin,
o dy's must a kind o. sot Uncle Abel TO thinkin'
9 Joe Bevan. up yonder apiece, had an oil, churnin
n ram that somehow or other was dead sot agiT
c him, cause he'd pitch at 'em, an Joe KEEP III
ugly o! chap tied up. Bnt the ram was milc
says that it beat all how ii was that she couldn'
5 have a piece o. rope to make a puli.to 70
a pinch o salt that she'd a had the rope Ions
e fore that, This was he fust that Uncle Abe
n rope. an that very day he Was goin' ny Jo'
Ieran's place, an he see a piece o rope a
o home with it. Wrappin' il round a post, hi
went in The house.
"."nH!dy.' says he, i've bFung nome a pioo
e "'"You have. hnyl" Aunt, Hubby Shapes
5, out. Its n good thing. an, it'll come handy fe
Of You to hang yourself with -
,o 80 Aunt y Il"ld 3, so ;, 9"t tho TO sec so,I 'he r9 Back b
d ram 9, Joe Reyan's tied to tng end q i, toor'
Is ANN nj Ha 80 Ne s r. sdE the a nSs A and moved o
20 the ram. The ram seen Aunt Hubby comm, an
Fl sns Sl to %e sp 4 *: a he sh %s ( nSr k Il iSdds az fi ter
e. an never got up from where she landed: Uncl
A desi r ssys tan, A tH1n Hh% a l{EJRs n:sssas it 'w was z n sG 10
c natTr' to. an he's a lone, lorn, widdcrer, an ha
y, the bomhazine dress 70 sell; wish he'd a sta a.
" me in n scrunch. Ifyou don't keer TO jine, 20
Iy mowt leave one for Uncle Abel
or 81 paid for a 'sCrunch for ncle Abel 10 ei
mt JOY when he came in, and drove, on nv. way. an
n who should meet but Uncle Abel again.
"'Hullo! he shouted, and ] stopped,
lie told ye bout me an Au!t nuldy an tn
ly ADVANTAGEOUS ram. o course 7 said Uncle Abe
n grinning.
m Yes ] said.
h. Hes been licked like tsrnation three time
or in less'n n year for tellin' that said Uncle Abe
is hut seems like he can't help II. He didn
n, mean no harm by H.. Ho'l tell it to You agi
in il you come along this way tomorrow. ] wan
he never married In my life, nm there amt I
nd Aunt lIuldy nor no ram. nor never vast
&c ~ couldn't help but grin with Uncle Abel. al
.y said:
ed We'll. ] paid for a rum and tansy up the
il for you, anyhow.
No. "'COursc you did, said Uncle Abel. 'Ihat
sh part OF It. Ihaint took a drink in moro'n for
Ia year! Think youll 20 back an lick hint He
o., Sort o. 'spcct IT,
ed Blu said I'd let it go, and drove on. lcayir
IN Uncle Abel in the road grinning after me-"