The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
his shoulder at the wildcat that had turned to

MS shoulder at the wildcat that had turned 10
and provided in the coon .hu EsHS "n and
dsstTes snvpry FGsefF ia ff4 nnW
and then not leavin il at a but lest W"s sto ~
on limb not far below snverly. where il was
k ~ I,,, un nt him. not darn bit ashamed OF
o,,, Ey the crawnsh-snoopin' mud-puppy Of
erly, this is disgustin'l What Kind o. buli.
as this here Xndwhatkin Of bull headed
tree when It gifts the Maumee coon "u1 Inc
s piSinr, into ito it, he says PSg on your ygy
teeth. II you're bound to climn down out Of a
tree IN that tnconsideratc way III give you an !.
Sther lilt !, he snys, and he turned his Maumeo
opoIhern OH the wildcat agln and give It
,r 1.-The ignorance and coptrairiness o that
criteE didn't take the iii on down the trse
mat Sniyery give 1t. but Jest clumb back up
int2 ne hSt tree IN nsin snyery for 99tn il
comm, down. and Ieavln' him with streamers a
hutterin' in the wind all over him like a liberty
patches q hide SHOWN here and there, putin
mhs u m mind o beefstesk Jest pounded for
70 the TOP the tree and then It perched d. on ia a
limb and gared back and spit and cater
Sauled at Spiyery most Tremendous / had
learned a lot and so holiers up to him "@'
:, don't want to presume | says. but would
mebbe It mowt be pieasin thing Il You Should Sun
80 on, I'm comm down he saws. I'm too
zane as NV {hat don't fnST what the risht
thing he SAYS where H the old /" M fs 2ne
gun rolls her yoller tide. he says. we'd soon
Then he chucked his Maumee coon. stabber
to the ground and started to foler It, | hain't
tW Ii !abS from the on;stabber that made tho
limb where 1t was ayln' and lanIed plum b
and SQUARE on to sniycrly,s shoulders. That
and when 1T shot, itself aGin Snv-
@ry sPRiyerly quit his holt on the tree
next, second he was the centre OF the
gnaslhinest snarlinest. yelplest combination
was q could do to keep my eye on him /
hsted IKE blamenaton to intrude on him. but
B mG GG cnb sd II tho w d6ks hn
settled the inc3nsiderate. and contrary Wild
fqf 6Ha h9Tsht Sts5 that the
wilder notiyin' her where setch parts Of him
as was a.. lett mowt tie found ard had picked
tor Coroner,s Jury to set on EN-. hut them
duties wasn't necessary sniyerly made some
TIM inns IKE u ia hundred and sxty-eght revou.
Goin' on, aud when It was all over. as Sniveriy
sot there and pondered II he had a said to the
Cover ment that he wanted a pension on the
ground that he had been blowed up on the
Maine three months afore and had Jest come
down. they'd a, writ him out one to wunst md
no questions asked!
Lead mo to the Giner'l's he says IN
let him pay me off and III go back home
he says; The chances is. he said. that
mebbe | rated my knowin' O. things Ieetle
high, he says. and feel it in my bones. But
l want to say this one thing. and that is that
out where the old Muskingum rolls her yallcr
tide he says. we'd soon make crow bate o
dogs that'd run. setch things as this up a tree
instid q coons,' he says.
81 tried to argue Snivery into stayin' in the
Knob country TIL he kind o growed together
az in and healed over. but he said ho'd ruthci
go home and have the agur set IN. so 5 he d
feel nore cheern' so he went. and the conse-
Eences. was that he had to fetch his wife and
his mother-in law and his Uncle William to &c
bail that he was Snyerly before the bank that
had knoWed him for ten years and better
Knob country having changed his face and
shifted his Giner'l git-up SO amazin'"