Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-09-09

BE- getting tolerahie strong went over
10 see him. lie aid be was mighty
poorly. ard be looked H. / sat there
for "a hour. and Nose never even hiuted
q, the story. Then Twas convinced.
Nose is a LIAR said !. with
ouiy one leg ard enc arm. and be past
Is. be daren't risk telling that story
gain"
IL got Up 20 20. feeling a great load
OF my miri. for row / thought al
doubt was removed. but had no sooner
got oat ~ the chair when / dropped
back sut1 il. f0s Nose had begun the
story. aui be told it without a quasel
or change. ard just as solemn as il
h. nere preaching 4 funeral sermon
Itis STORY was q bear STORY rraNiteies
and Nose told it &c me exactly as be
to.l 30 30 years before. showing ne
bow he bad caught one - the bears
tsith cr- hand by the throat and choked
if -ur.l DO fe.l il a heap. while be kicked
THE Sc aut ~ the other TWO that had
3 jog ta~mselfe. ou him-just as he
bad -aawH me ~ wears before. With .
tar.afIau that Impressed me.
ou ser that when Nose first BE-
.au tr -r th-t stery. aionE about
tac close - .he war. be showed me
boss Or grabbed one ~ the bears by the
-hraat vifl hl. gt' hand and kicked
ta- other two 20 death with bis LEI;
f.at 40 th- same time After be lost
ais rsght arm 300 the bear trap. when ht
vau.1 come 20 that Interesting poiu, in
bis story he'd stop and say. You'll
ast, 30 excuse ne. Eegber. for you
u.-r remember that IL was with my
right hand choked the bear-this
vay-bu; now I've got 20 show you
with ms left hand how | done h.. =
pretend this was my right hand" and
then hed 20 on ard flash the story
and e happened that the leg Nose shot
~ vas the left ore. and 50 when be
Told me the story the times I went C
see him after that. and came % her,
Dee Kicked the bears. he would say C.
me-. as cool ard collected as could be.
~EeaneH. kicked the everlasting
breath oat - them TWO bears with my
Jeff Jog. so you'll have 20 excuse me TOT
a.kir- SOU Co lct me show you with
my night one h1w done it. being a.
IT,. letr ore is planted up youder OF the
-ll-e
And this unsettled me more and
more. and I've be-n saving 20 myself
ever since that Il Nose was living b.
soetiu't Ire so Uncommon couscientiou.
F, ta excuse himself for having to use
ts left arm 20 choke that bear with
because De i.in't have any right arm.
end FOR calling his RICH; leg into service
TO- kicking The other two 20 death be-
cause bis left one was would he
Then. gain. there's unregenerate cuss.
rtne-s. There's q lot % it in the Com
fort family Has Nose got II. or is that
story true9
so here I am. PraNiteIes. founder
iu-- in uncertainty and doubt. Il doesn';
seem 70 me that I'll be- able 70 take ans
pleasure at all in hearing old Jordan
rol. II I have 10 pass away with my
miud unsettled about Nose and hi.
story. want you 20 20 with me an
zee Nose. Hen tell the story. and yor
con Judge % once as TO whether il j.
true or whether il isn't. I don't care
NOW. 81 neither il j. or whether il isn't
! wantto know something sure about u
one way or the other. or III pass awal
with load uu ms mind
~Glat that I might be- able TO max
uiy remarkable fathers coming end on,
F af peace ard 5ay. went with him 10 -
Mese Comfort We foaHd him ia bel
f bis sole remaining arm IL sling an.
f bis solitary leg bound up in splinters.
-.W hy. Nose said my father. afse
f recovering from his surprise What
hsFPeueds
u WIS : years old last Tuesday
Reuben. said Mos and I took a ysa.
ort Ms OH eruteh slowed from uuds
me. and I dropped. Broke that leg thu
iost the partner to. and unjointed thi
here lonesome eft arm o mine Kin
% iaEs NE up.
seventy light years old hear
my remarkable father mutter; -onl
oae leg and only one arm; t'other le
broke. and t'othrr arm unjointed. No,
q know whether its truth or unr,
generate cuss-dness.'
We ssmpathized with Nose and sa
there talking for more than two hour
without his once even limiting at tn
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