Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-11-10
An Amazing Fish
How Daniel Lost the Job as
Town Constable.
HT,HE night O. town meetin', after
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1.-THE night O. town meetin', after
the votes was counted" said the
man from the Knob country, ELI
came in.
"Dan'l,' says he. 1t was the pickerl
that done it. know'd it would. You'd
orto said you speared it, says he. The
pickerls what done it, says he.
There mowt been a bigger picker'l
ketched in the Knob country some time
or other than that one was, but never
heerd on it. Leastways, I'll bet a farm
a tougher or ferocouser or voraciouser
picker'l never was ketched nowhere.
When | seen it, more'n hundred foot
up in the air, wigglin and squirmin'
and a fightin', by JOSH! says, you're
an amazin' fish, but I'm thinkin' that
your sands of life is runnin' toPable
skeerce at last!' l says. 1T amt in
natur', you know!' says. But that
picker'l must had sands o life enough
to fill a peck measure.
"'Danl,' says young Eph, over to the
Eddy, one day, there's feiler here
from New York or some'rs that's pnin
for a few poun's or so O frogs legs.
Is the frog crop promisin in the Knob
country waters"
"'Never better | says. How many
poun's does he want?' says.
"'Oh, fetch over eight or ten poun's,
says Eph.
$50 | went over to the pont and gath
cred in a couple O. dozen O frogs and
skun their saddles out. / strung 'em
up nice, and darned if they didn't size
up like ten-pound hunk o pork. L
was giyin' 'em dip or two in the wa
ter, 'longside the boat, to kind o clean
'em up, when suddenly sl-l-l-wosh!
came something again 'em, and the
water few around so that | couldn't
have been any wetter if I'd tumbled in
the pond. The big lot O. frogs legs was
snatched away from me so quick !
couldn't think, and l seen 'em going
off into the weeds nigh the shore in the
laws of big picker'l. The water was
shaller, and the picker'l stopped at the
edge of the weeds, turned his amazing
snout square around so | could see the
hull performance, and then gobbled
them frogs legs in less time than it
would take me to swaIler jgger of
apple. and that's doin of things about
as hasty as they kin be did. And glare!
Why, darn if that picker'l's eyes didn't
look like a couple O. blazin Goals, down
there 'mongst them weeds!
"'By JOSH says. Guess I'll go
home and rig up for picker'l' / says.
I'D ruther git that Teller than wagon
load O. frogs legs | says.
80 | rowed away and went home. |
rugged up for picker'l.
81 must land that picker'l fore town
meetin' day. says. Cause then I'll
be elected constable, and | won't have
no time for picker'l even fer as amazin'
Il one as that ferocious and voracious
Teller that snatched and gobbled my ten
pound o. frogs legs l says. 'Consta-
bles is bein' KEEP consumed busy in the
Knob country these days says.
"My Teller citizens had put me up fer
constable and was rallyin' round me as
one man. Beezer was runnin' ag'in me,
and Beezer, so folks said, had been
weighed in the balance and found
wantin'. OWN to few boss trades he
had made and to an idee that had took
hold o. folks that three loads o rail
road ties Beezer got out and sold, over
10 the Eddy, had growed on land he
didn't hold the deed fer.
"'It won't never, never dol my fellel
citizens said. 1T won't never do to lei
Beezer git in as constable! We mus
rally roun' Danl as one man. they
says, and give Beezer belix'
$50 they was rallyin', and as conse
kently | wouldn't have no time fol
picker'l after town meetin', OWN tC
bein' elected constable, | sot out tC
land that amazn' chap somehow, fore
that day came round. / tried all thu
ways knowed, but that picker
wouldn't be landed. l knowed he was
there. cause ! could see him. Towr
meetin' was only three days off, an
something had TO be did If ! got tina
pickcr'l, so I jedged I'd better take my
gun over and see how dose o lea(
mowt set on him. loaded her heavy
AND rowed over to where the picker
KEEP himself 'mongst the weed. Their
he was. and when he sees me comm
YOU otto see him glare! Ipulled up anC
whanged away at him. The water wa
tlstsd. Nv las i rock had fell in II