The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10
REFORM or 4 PROFANE MAN.
Accomplished with the Aid OF Well
Thought Up Dog and = strny Boar.

Copyright 1899 BY c. H. L,r's.
"Spoakin' about dawgs" said the old 'possum
hunter Of Tennessee. Il had one ten years ago
who got me into a heap o trouble. and I never
did rightly understand what allied him. lie was
q virginny dawg, and the way he would tackle
bear or wild cat was amazin' 70 see He didn't
seem To fear nuthn on earth. and fur year he
licked cvrrv dawg which cum along this road.
| could hav swappcl him oil fur mcwl a dozen
times over, but he was a good thing TO hang on
To- Thar was Jest on. funny thing about tina,
yarmint Whenever he heard me cussin' he
would drap his tail AMI start fur home. II II
was around the hous, he'd go ami hide in the
wnl " fur two or three hours IL jest couldn't
abide tn hat me sw'ar, and when told the old
woman about II, she said.
Thar ain'i n, great mystery about IL That
davg WAS probably brought mp in the house Of n
Virginny preacher. AMI rppin' and cussin hurts
his feelings
Then I'll harden him " it says I. and took
| the dawg gu, into the woods, tied him up and let
myself loose reckon got oil about forty cu-s
| words mini, fur half an hour At fust the dawg
| howled aud tried 10 git away. but bimeby he lay
! down and shivcrcd and moaned and seemed 10
! ~ sick clear down IN his tocnnils. ! was still
| blazn away when the Old woman comes along.
She listens TO me fur mint or two and then sol.
/ EMMY SAYS
'Zcb White lemme tell yr sunthin' Yo' ar
| harruwin' up thatdaw VIZ = soul by yor cussn and
iyo keep II up yo'll take the grit all ont o him
Besides. the lnwd will find way 10 punish 20
Il let up on the cri,cr but IL was only fur that
time made up my mind Id tougher him to
| IL or break his neck lie was sort o skecrt u
me- AFTER that and now and then Id cotch him
lookin al me with rcproof in his eyes ! was
bdn my rmr To git him out hy hissclf agin when
bar come down of tho mountin' one mawn
| in while We was ratin' breakfast | grabbed
my gun and got ou, and set the dawg on him.
! The dawg was sort o. faint hearted bout hkin
| hold and begun 10 sw ar at him. hadn rippcd
ou, six hot words bcio he made n sneak. was
80 powerful mad over his goin' that sent bullet
after him while the bar walked OF as cool rs
you please I made up my mind TO kill thn'
! dnwg when he came crccpin' hack. and the old
woman was wise nun TO lemu,e alone iii cooled
oil Then she said
"'Zcb. II amt no use ,alkin when a dawg',
hin brlng up in a Christian family and never
even heard the folks say by gum yo' can't make
| him 'abi" sch cuss words a. yorS M"bbc
dawgs hry souls and mcbbr they haven't hu
some ~ en- h'v snr,inly got rrigus frc,in's
Novr driv this dawg away bekase he couldn I
stand cussin'
1T LOGGED like II. and hnini much to say
about II Fact VAS | iclt ashamed ot tho hull
2 thing and promised myself 10 sor, o let UP on
rus1ln IN future When enter has got 10 that
pint wnHt' his own dawg can abide his Ian
fuas" h"'d better Ia Id on looked fur n" d,wr
To- come back That day. but he didn't NE ddn
nH. " no E.% h,aI,i iHT vi-E,nnv 1T il was ah@u
uiInIEht on M form night that the old woman
w"E" -" w from sound sleep and said
'Xch, IhirS -p'I" NiTmInt mOvln about cut
sI"r II may b" the dawg. and II may h" n b'n
~ Wild cat
II reckon It's the dawG | saws. artcr listen ~
n mimi II eli ul and let HIM in
liUtdun't MAX" No blunicr sh" says Whrl
M. II takes lis dnwg out into the woods EnG
"uss'S hIin out a his hide rs "" did the Lew,
nigwin" ir pas-n oyer lir.sg"Ine L. punlst
that iuAn and yn' Jest lnrk out
hoped out ~ bed mrhe up my mind I'd dral
thai da"g into NE cabin and hex him most 1
: AMI died I'm = believer IN the l.awd and all that
hut II n man cant Sw Ar nj his dhwg what's tn
u~' 81 hNln lditnt"alt I" pull on my trows"rs
! iir wasu't thar. hut ss"n him dplgin b'hia,
: n buSu a iI,tlr ways oil, and ~ ran out Il gra
S", N M y L., G G"s ssT" s[" .SS swim
, lu grown bar with his 10th on nigc and hi
,lews t"sdS ,nr h''nr,% n.4 nc, ! was as' y
! bnca into TIE house but the Cttirr wouldn't hra
, o!n lie Jest rS up,and !ncklct me- and he dim
I legged ANA bare handed. and /, didn't take niue
hggrrln' 10 make out that Thar would be n iuncrr
WITHIN day Of two ! hadn't yelled mo tina
= up The bar throwrd NE down and rolled m
about and though got my hands on his throt
7 | and Chokcd him he Kept uslIl teeth and claw
| II Was the old woman who saved my life Sh
u grabbed burnin' brand from the fireplace an
. | come runnin' out She ihbhcd that Bar in Ill
y | eye with the brand and he let up On mo and wcI
u rnlliu' about The fire took all the fight out
= him lur time. and bcio' he Trkivcrcd We got int
: th- house. fell IN a faint on the floor. and I'll
old woman spent the night drcSsln' my hurts +"
How badly wcTo you hurt"
SIX bites and seventeen scratches, sub,
y answered when say scratches mean plaC,
whnr' he sunk his claws into the flesh right
u the bone. II was iiyc moaihs brfo' could hit n
!, sort q hurts got He'd had me in ribbons
two minits mo, Hcio' got up the hi'r was kill,
4 by Jim h clsO, and h. was blind u eye"
u And did the dog ever come back
:, NO. sub. lie went back 10 his Christian ma
y tor, n distance OF 200 miles My cussln' Jest DIR
Y him out o. the State Of Tennessee.
q And what did Mrs White say
G Wall, sub, she never said a blessed word Il
y about three months, though | Was eHpectin'
: every day Then. one night when fell over
y chair and ripped out sunthin, she looked up at n
n and says
re- "Zeb White the Lawd amt mean. and 10,
minded and sneaky. like human critters b
u lepme tell yo' that II yo gotorippin agin thing
win be- 40 ixed that YOU either run up agin' Nv
y bars or else shall be away from home and car
b hepy o' out with the one
" "Shc put II that way subj and shet up an
!. went to bed and didn't sass hack