The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11
HIS FAITH IN BOOKS
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suit O. Clothes" said the man from the
Knob country, "'cause he needed the
money for a new rabbit dog and some
tishin' tackle, but the suit he was wear
in belonged to Sam, and Sam wanted 1t
nisself, bein's he'd been cotched on the
jury and had to go to the county seat
to set in court, and felt sort o. sorry
for Bill. There wasn't no perticlar
reason why should-a, though, cause
Bill ought to knowed more'n he did,
but, anyhow, when was goin' long
with him over to the Eddy to help him
pick out the new suit, l says to Bill:
"sBill,' says, If I'd only knowed
that you had any idee O. doin' it, I'd
a give you some p'ints that'd shet you
of. Seems to me you ought a knowed
better, though. JADE ought to knowed
better. anyhow says.
"'Jabe did know BETTER says Bill,
and told me not to do it, but consarn
it, I'd read it in the books, and thought
the books ought to knowed better than
Jabe, says Bill.
"sThe books!' says. You follered
the books, hey? Then it's blame won
der you've got skin and bones enough
left to hang any clothes on at ALL /
SAYS. The books knows a lot about it,
don't they? Why, what does the books
say about snakes and stick to it year in
and year out? They stick to II that
snakes don't throw their mouths wide
open and let their young uns scamper
down their Threats to git away from
danger says, and yit you've stood
and seen 'em do it more'n hundred
times. But the books says snakes don't
do it cause it's ag'in natur'. And the
books says that hosshair won't turn
into live critter if you put it into
water awhile and leave it there says,
and yit you've put hosshairs in water
and seen 'em git to be reg'Iar wrigglin'
snakes, white ones and black ones and
red ones, Jest as the color o. the boss
hair was, more times than you've got
fingers and toes I-says. The books ?
says. The only thing / ever see in
the books that lsnowed was right was
what they tell you about cookin' rab-
Bit says. The books says that when
you cook your rabbit you must first
ketch your rabbit. Now that's straight
to the pint and true as preachin','
says. 4 don't see how the books hap
pened to say IT, says.
"rhen, ag'ia, oughtn't to felt sorry
for Bill, neither, cause he hadn't nc
business to be out huntin' rabbits al
that time o. year. The law wasn't uT
on 'cm yit, and Bill knowed it. Not
that I'm so blame considerate of the
game laws as game laws, fer game
laws, 'mongst other things, is apt te
lead \ Teller into lynn, an there ain't
nothin' worse fer community than t.
have lynn git holt on to 1t. says ts
Bill:
"sDash II ALP l says. If it hadn'
done nothin' else to you, goin' agin tn,
game laws might tempted you t.
make a liar of yourself:'
"Then ! told Bill what happened t
Jim Collins, only jest over yender il
York state. Jim, he had strawberr,
patch, and folks heerd that he hat
killed "a deer along in the spring o
the year. The game constable owe
there he hcerd on 1t, too, and he drop
down on Jim one day, unexpected.
"Jin,' he says, hear you've beel
kiln deer out o. seasonI'
"Jim he thunk over it minute, an
then he says:
"'Be you much of jedge of straw
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