The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30

him, but finding TINT So II wasn't going to hurt
anybody, they told him what he had been doing
with himself fol, the past SIX weeks.
s~avin'cst thing ! ever llcerd on
" Bat then another funny thing happened.
Tho first th7t my ono knew they discovered that
Possadnnky sam i'rly wasn't doing my sleep:
inc district, and he diii;'t, nuke my bones OF
snyinn that he didn't 20 TO bed any more. There
"."lt'sa savin' on he'd clothes, though said
he; but tie way It's usin' up my clover crop is
gotn TO send me to the roorhousc.'
Then II c9me out that Sam had taken on
an incontrollnblc appetite for new clover and
ate Il us 4, i wns better than short cake ana
chicken. When haying tins came round Sam
mourned and raved. for he had actually eaten
he had acquired a great fear OF dog, and got so
that no would run and shut himself up when
ever "Y he say oG enc Snn,roo,, rs,o,or Ian, 1t. K,
Sans clearing, and stuck to 1t that betsy should
tho Wedding etIiR day Iy was VISIT liked for ORTIZ the ~ next ntF T Tn rha.
giving. Just before that day came along the
weather .art turned cod as Greenland. n.
holes fer good this season" folks declared.
ro,,c And liz Il DID; And then pretty soon t vas
been seen for some time. Shadrock fletcher
got worried again. and went over to Sans. and
ssfaep h nn found snar Sa~ I TSlisa u 1bn in the \ ,I Ssrrfl sound
giving; Sam q Trump. This is goln' a lectlo too
Aut' " Joob ! ouIbcl anu NuhC up
now, and git ready fer your wcddin'!'
..But sam kept right on snoring. The news
clearing and tried to wake him lip.
You might, jest as well save yourselves
Tour trouble and your breath" said Granny,
a witch. You might Jest as well let him he"
SAID she. FER ther amt n"thin' kin wake him
$50 folks went away. scared and wondering.
Sure enough. sam slept away until the I'd day
| Mt his hnngtt that lny anil q WINS Granny Erp1l
the barrel and sSpsd and stretched and soid: ,.
shinin'. don't want to sec my shadder to-
"'old Granny Gror looked at Sam a min
Sam. you've been eatiE,, Eroundhog-day
grounding that. seen its shadder!', -.
Yes" said Sam. That's what l done.
And you'll be a slecpin' and wakin';
Granny Groll. There's only ono thing thatIi
".'.Whatrl do in" said Sam, looking scared.
"'"Youllh have to go way from here said
Granny, land find II place where you kin kctch
a white groundhog; don't know where that
have to ,ketch a white groundhog, and ketch it
while it's asleep In the summer time. Make a,
broth Of its gizzard and drink a pint Of i ,b'ilin'
you. and nothin' else will"
Then Sam took to shiycring, He ran out Of
didn't zee his shadow. He looked around IL bit
and then shouted:
"Bein' n sleepin' and wakin' grounding is
savin' on pork and bed clothes, bur it's tre-
mendons tryin' on tho nerves.! SO here | go
a-wanderin' fer n white groundhog!'' shouted
SAM. and away lie went as If the old boy was
after him.
And just as true as yom live, Reuben Petit
bone. Passndanky Sam Buffy is wandering yet.
searching for that white groundhog.. which hc'n
never find. Do you think you had bettcr eat
groundhog-day groundhog for your dinner,
1;eubeni' said Zaccheus Platherwort.
More than ever, exclaimed my remark
able father. But he failed 70 get one that saw
its shadow. for tho day wGs cloudy. 1t was
then. smarting with disappointment, that he
declarcd:
81 will get one yet. and cat it, let the conse-
ouences DO what they may, just TO find ont
whether .Iacchcus Piatherwort is a liar or
whether he isn't
But before next groundhog day came round
Reuben Pcttibonc had gone where groundhoES
are unknown and Passadnnky Sam BufTys wan
der not. This was q great blow to my remark
able father, and the Standing of XacChcus
Platherwort in Sinnemahone society is conse-
think. MnCkinawi"
But the man In the many.hued Mackinaw
jacket was sounder asleep in his chair than
Passadanky Sam Buffy ever was in his barrel.