The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-19
WAS SWATTED HARD.
AND TT WASN'T ANY MOVING MA
CIIINE TyTAT TORE mn Ep.

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Not So stubborn How 1t Happened.
MILFORD. Pa. March ls.-"Tho first time
folks secs Pete" said the man from the Knob
country. they maturity wonder how he hap
pcned to tlmblc into the thrnshin' machine.
seem that loft ear O his'n hangin' most down
on his shoulder. and his face all wopperjawed.
and him u favorin' that left lcg O his'n AS IL he
want Iost sure whether it was goin' to stay
there when he puts his foot down or whether
1t want. Maturity that's what folks wondera.
and | don't blame 'cn.
IL saws to lote-hc was comin long the COW
path that takes the turn round the south side
o tho big laurel patch tothcr side O. the Knob.
and ictchcs YOU ont in the Hobby road all right
II you follcr IT,. and | SEQ that he was goin' to
leave the path and make n short cut through
the patch. Jest cause it'd save him mebbe
somethiu' like an eighth of n miled-I says to
him-I was standin' in the path. three rod or
so from the patch. and knOwd what l was
standin' there for-l says to Pete:
"'You hettrr keep the path. Peter / says,
and 20 round
Pete was as stubborn and headstrong as Q
mule-though he amt so much that way now
and he kind o. shifted at me and says:
"'What fer?'
We'll | says. it'll be a considerable further
fer you. but if you keepthe Path you'll git there
n good deal sooner | saws.
Cause l knowd II was III there. anu i nad
been more than six weeks gittln' 1t there. Tho
first time | know'd it was anywhcres at all was
when | was over to the Eddy one day and heerd
'em talkin' bout it.
"'Why. blame 1t all.' says Eph, / never see
the likes Of II! I was in a boat Jest below the
narrows o the Lackawack fshin' for clubs. I
hecrd Il noise. and lookin' round. there II was.
wadin' right out to the boat. 1t must a-come
from the Tink Pond district. and swum the
c"n"l LORE i sn1n - ,ns. 'io,p "a n ou,n y
G, the consarnHr1t incest ent tSs h you ever see:
h hna. '"J 7 N MnT "I Iits s,m - Hi u 70 lso~e ,em'
BOAT l h"'eu IKE sam nIll 10 ieave en-:
them Osh and me both ashore. and so I
i"mpod ont o, N" hoat and pulled for shore
alone. cause it was comm right along and
p'nted straight for the boat. When got
ashore l turned and looked. 1t had climbed in
t sSn Boat su ana the sh San, It rS sn'; S 'SS1ln st lFss,r o %or %y
om mu i" a"u 49, ~ ha,n, sE rnnh mn haet navy d.
ivo knots an honr! iound my boat next Gay;
three miles down the Lackawack. high and
Gay %. ,n "a rock rock = ou osv s" Trn "a no '"uo' "'
81 wonder If Jones didn't see it t'other day.
n "ays " y ,h harED" @t il ou SnS' Ep %n' II Won % Sodnit
never u th"hh pi ! "s iH' EPH' u YOU haoneo
spoke about that luck o your'n n fishing. Yes.
sir says Gil. IN bet ANYTHING thatJonas seen
1t back o Lackawack tother day Ihe ROADS
hain't been Just as prime as they ought to no
a u IN,l , "a .t WY for ," 1ra on WI M oSs1 o "dI the nar rest On IN
'cm ,oA" when b S'I he 'p cot t' stuck "rH ''I The I team r"e eo puIt pS
pull the load. and Jake had to Tighten up.
M0ngst the things ne l"lt long the road 70
hall an hour or So later Jonas was comm, out
o the woods, to the road and strikin' an
Ginen5m' he ' %9 ,n, ahha ar ana p9 sGsG a Il: b he seen zen
there to cone hack ia "f' ri5r,; I25n ans stood It" stu b snal
| only ont on "A hnnt for r;ilrOnl- tile finn her. and
YOU don't want no gun fer that. What YOU
want Ter that, nowadays. is a ,microsc9pe:
the Tar'I, and then ~ went'to work and iLor'oseneSdi
The top hoop on n" oarl as slick as could BE- be-:
hunk, Of, pork. OF course. Jonas thought
ia hustle away. with that pork on the
hunk o pork on the ground, and then headed
nn The h2rl agi4 as proper a i was before
went into the woods as cool and deliberate as
Il it'd Just bought the pork and paid cpsh down
i Eae IT, it M tSni jonas Mn y9 seem nh hIMeyy'fhph' Must have
IEPh he Kind o Tnl Be- niJ E ytss RS n pini
hi IN and say snys so'n'n' Out fo"''ack steve nc ups
Course it was! My idea is that 1t lugged Q
siam,'tn' pig mess o, them clubs o aph.s
~ hadn't said nothin', but ! begun to think
it was. It hchooved me to git on its trail. so I
say: C. Ep /, mucn for civ. >, T saws .wos,t a..
big as any Gil ever killed.? l. says.
"'Cnuse Gil was a tremendous hunter. but q
=" Zig as any Gil ever killed" says Eth,
Why. thunder! II was bigger yit than any Gil
ever sad he killed! - ~
Itil dldn say nothln bmt faupacX steve
'Ephi, he says. II | was you wouldn't take
q Jug with me no more, when ] went tshtn';
and when | see Jonas I'll have to warn him to
hav" the size Of his snake-cure pocket cut
down from n quart to q pint, cause you feilera
is beginning 70 see things he says.
But thinks to myself that where there was
SO much smok" here must ba some fire. and l
thought it mowt be worth my while Gittin' onto
its track. So next day ! started out; l heerd
on it here and there and most everywhere. and
begun 20 think that mehbc PaupacE Steve had
been II lretie too hard on Eph and Jonas, after
all. | hcerl on j beln' at Jakes. where 1t
broke into the milkhousc; luGged out q twelve-
quart crock o cream that Jake's wife was
Goin' to do her %churnin' with; and, sot down
on the back Stoop and swamGed the hull twelve
quarts. hardly %storpin' To- breathe. Then 10
took the crock and smashed 1t aGi in the door.
as much aS 70 give, notice TO the folks inside
after things. JADE told me gil about the doin,s.