The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01

having routed the turtles out Of the mud, he boz
gan 70 pound them -,.s ,,,,,,s.
you ever saT Al the fsrss blow Of he stick each
turtle stuck his head out from under his shell shell
and looked around for q duck. They had been
ducks First, they poked their hesds abou,
IN wondering way Then the turtles d sloSkeai
81 didn't appreciate the mix-up he wne causing
In the minds OF those turtles but kept on hitting
them with the stick, aud trying 70 persuade Them
TO go 10 the lake and resume their labors al duck
hunting.
Don't TELL me that turtles and especially trained
how those poor turtles felt First IL was Just
surprise az not seeing any ducks When they wsTo
Ss so eH sSa loss h MANURE
Could II be that the poundings they had expert
enccd from their youth up had been due 70 81
not 10 the hated ducisS Why, il was lust like
telling a man that his whole religion ie q lie.
these turtles thrown all In daze atbeing beat,
en- by 81 Evershed. the man who had fed them ana
whom they had trusted and loved Plnai ~ me
and wadded of toward the pond and their daily
task But i was plain they we're doing some
~ Wien thoy got 70 the pond 81, being gu. Of
humoI at the strike Of the turtles Just tied them on
a careless way, os II he didn't care whether his
faithful turtles drowned or not The floats turned
up all right in the end but not SSGs the
ances OF the turtles and helped turn them from re-
spectacle, hardworking duckcatchers into Vag !,
rant swapping turtles ready to bite the hahd
The ducks were getting cautious Of those turtle
,n Hs h amp esuESs duck n'f The %sit didn't
prove Sis temper When the Goats were full 81
hauled them In shore. Then he grabbed a duck (
was clinging to it OF course, this only made tho
turtle hold on the harder.
70 hold on 10 my, ducks SO, taking q stick, 81
began to whack the turtle over the head.
r sTsn sn ef rn srSs Of Sese
biooding over ali the time they had been on the
then they had made the discovery that 81 Ever
shed and not the ducks was responsible for the
out in the lake, as il no one cared whether they
were drowned or not; and finally, after they had
laid aside malice and each caught duck the
oldest and best turtle had been pounded over the
head with a stick That settled The matter. Each
turtle was determined he would do no more work
turtle quite while TO decide what to do. but they
are lightly quick to act when their minds arc
"Si was pounding The long suffering turtle over
the head whom all of sudden the turtle let go OF
The duck; The next second he had his Jaws set
For the next lew seconds he was busy dancing
nbou swearing and iTying to get his toe Tree
turtle EI Ordinarily Swapping turtle hangs on
like death. But II was different with this turtle.
He didn't 80 much want TO have revenge on 81 as
treated Pretty soon the turtle let 60 of Sis toe
81 dropped the ground in heap, holding TO his
his injured toe and cursing the ingratitude as
he called II. Of the turtle
But while that particular turtle had boon max
ing things interesting for ST. the others had been
been busy In q way which showed they appreciated
the strike was on. Each turtle helped bite off the
cord by which another turtle tied to a float
Then, when The turtle which had been pinching
81 let go. tho other turtles waddled over and set
that turtle free Each turtle could then go where
he pleased. And each turtle made up his mind
Of heI
were then and there. BY the time 81 had a
little recovered from The pain in his toe the four
they stopped for second, turned around. took a
last look at 81 and then plunged In the lake.
And that the last ever seen OF 81 Evershed 9
duck catching swapping turtles.
Them turtles never would have struck II had
treated them half way decent 81 says 10 mourn
fully. 7 hat last look they gave me was more dumb
reproach than anger"