The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-14

Ap,ogD, va" "pi"o'
j 0'y' '" IN his chair and taking 'cn'one of
/ ~, most sorrowful looks.
] ID .yss. Christmas, I ventured ;
H. Christmas is not what it used to
& II .vo, BY jugful,' retorted my old
4 '"l ! don't know whether it was the
q .,,;ou of the "jugful" or something
H. but anyway, Brown suddenly
E .,;rcd from his droopy mood aud
T .,,ed to talk, and l let him spread
Z P'a .'TTiney don. have nothing ac= Ike
..v used to have. This shooting off
~ ..so,ks and such like is nothing. l
~, 20 shoot sure enough guns @ud.
Isoo, at something. I feel like ifI
Ind iust go turkey hunting one
No time and bring in fine gcbbier
tso that would be satisfied fc
IN rest Of my life, but there are ,
,,teys now, and if there we're, all the
Il i posted and fellow is not al
aued to hunt.
81 NJ old friend can tell such fearful
o,;es when he is allowed to spread
I;;mself that was tempted to allow
! / |;n to stop at this, but I hate to see
In in his gloomy moods, and SO l
81 ,.ouraged him by asking him Ques-
n about some of his old hunts.
|s#| ,sn the children saw that [ was will
/, for my old friend to spread him
/ HI and they gathered around him
& zaIetty certain that my presence would
s4bH him to the truth, while they
~ I 7pu]d hear something good about the
sad.timc hunts that we used to have.
"How many at any one timer" he
lied more to be certain that we older
}slOpIe wanted to hear him, for l am
4rtain he heard me plainly.
"Yes,'' said l, "that is what VIC
build like to know"
& "Well,' he said, thoughtfully, AS
looked in the fire and bit off a
20 ~ luck OF tobacco; well, the truth is
Il, don't know as { could tell just
5 55@s'a certain my best days hunt in the
beu times, but ! remember one oc
aion distinctly when me aud Dick
bland killed a whole drove and
sre was thirty-scven in all-twenty
lns and sevcntce gobblers.
'Gee.whillikius,' muttered Mrs.
s oTn, as she lay her pipe up on tho
3Dlel and departed for another room.
You needn't gee-whillikins moth
about it," said Brown, in an in
sSSed tone.
'Nothing unreasonable about that
Old times" I said, more to scothe
Z old friends feelings than other
No, there's not said Brown,
sEz3e'sly. II can't tell a sning but
8 8t she y gee-whillikins about it or
ss;5f ffsthing else and I've stood it about
eug as intend to--if I cant talk
on't work, dinged if / do"
Nothing unreasonable-not a Bit
psated, encouragipgly.
No." said he, "not bit, aud that
Dot all.
Go on" said l.
That was not all by jugfull-
thirty-seven turkeys. While we
# behind our blind killing the tur-
e the dogs had followed on our
}ks, and just as we finished up tho
feys they had treed. OF course
a rs; sent to them, for it was along in
lstmas times aud we were on the
aud what should we find but o
hollow whiteoak plum full of pos
-sixty;one."
Gee'whllikins," said my old wo-
as She rose and followed Mrs.
au.
Nothing unreasonable about that
I'd times. . said I, for I saw Brown
hurt.
@ 81 '0t thing" said ne, as ire
Esd at me and took q good look at
fhildreu.
fot bit unreasonable for old
| said l, as I stopped and threw
piece of lightwood.
f0t bit" said Brown, s'aod that
| all. Just about as we finished
as the tails Of the 'possums ii. a
hickory tc hold them mere comes
'se OF pigeons-wild pigeons
'0ey began to lighs on the big
around us till limbs were break
3nu trees a-beuding. Dick .Hol-
'un' but l didn't fred into
with both barrels aud there fell
Auy and so fast that they crushed
ESa0Hn and Ela a.