The sun., 1900-11-18
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,u,.r u,p. that so' ~ many mushie' WIN
u.,o,. oon s.v,h ono hHlt"d MANY tol'
=. ,n t,. ttoubs = hanging frog on Tho
-. lut ts u.alap "" done win frog
.,, t,s,tuel 10 tho frog II doesn't attferi
3D.. osh PARTICULARLY and hugCng the bucket
h,,ue.r your kn"e- all dly IN nuisance
pencef,rvtrd. F'rgy. vel stick to the NAKED
metal 80 y pre- erred. and showir tho copper
'Inge on oro r''ls
81, .,-t.r ,hcers mo & llssen, " sal iths guide.
Il oorirg the rsht oar and scratching bis ear
ref,ctiyo'y W you think ] go out "a Va
tn,rnin a. ke'oi frog 10 keep In prar'uss'
you got m her think com n. don need no
rractua- | en- cit up th dark"' nirht w"t
ever shlncd n grab 'em on were 'nuthcr man
c,,ldn hecr EN- holl'r. II SO bcs you got
inter that frame o. min. I'm wl!lin rest
Trouble il with you AN choor fee.hurmun
that YOU know too much an know too sud
den. Amuskyll hit AZ a naked spoon wen he's
ful O. grub JUS { prove he's boss. He don
wan notnn' like a fresh swmmin' roun'
were he s. an g. hn jumps out an starts t d.
blznis on II he'll lam II with his nose, ieepIn
his mouth tight shet. an then go back 10 MS
home at III ruts o. the lily-pads sometimes
he comes ~ slow an hongry an Of he don m
10 meat on IN hooks. he says. says he. %. nom
Iuerl an goes back Many tins h''S arr
starvin' a. ef theys frog TO be had he's
poIn' to have g. II don do no hurt t
hev tn frog there Tn spoon spins Jus
IN same It's lacte trouble { you { do IN
laidn'. but. 8 | un'erstan' II. you come up
here. inter these he-e woods, lookn' fur trouble.
some o these days lin
An richH An right" said the other man
fgAr "a
II BY having them talked 20 death.
Frog" Ferry &C n'inucd serenely. 'is funny
,bfng. TIey differs Some O em ain got no
more know-how as n ar -lnjur Frenchnan
fuIl O NorWcjun beer. an som" o EN- could
len you sens, an never miss II. Frogs In gln-
ruL Is near human They'll sni 'ter II you
tck'e en- they'll cry Of you mol en- an hurt
ON bid They plays joke on one 'nuther arter
dark nm laughs AZ to shake they upper too'hs
out, You en- ketch 'em with red fannul tied
on ahook. but that's cause they has a eye I
beauty You IN sneak up benin 'om wen
,hey's $ min theyss'fs an slap han lik"
,noose-hide down on 'em-at leas en- but
that's 'cau.e they's trus iul an don mean no
harm To nothin'. I think YOU better not never
use no more frogs. f'r IT hurts m heart every
time SEQ You stick one un'er tn chin.
"Nlrig' q" said tie other man. mechanically.
shifting Nj. hold on the han 10 of the steel rod
witch was h nj far hack by tn STRATA OF the
water on sroon and linz. and glancing at the
suide In atleut suffering. IAN right"
'Thev'- frogs, an frog. an frogs. an frogs.
howsomaver On" time a young nn' raj s fell 'r
come here lookin' fr matearyul out'n wich he
we're coin t git rich Offered mess apiece f'r
wcodcock aig.. worked a week an foun' four
s.cs an took EN- to him an says says ]:
Money IN tn han I says an licker in tn
glass; here's [ ine-lookin' man. saws an
hns-lookin' lass says I. Them's tay-bird
sigs' says he an went inside tn hotel I'd
u-got him by hs le'' In u a. swinGed h m roun'
en- roun ef hid a-come cut. but he wouldn't
oome Anyhow that gave me deer they was
do'luNs in strange things foun' out In III
woods. 20 | kcp' n lookout. I reezuned this
awav: They mus be som'ers q shore-nough
nat rail- wat en- tell woodcock aGs fom Jay
bird aigs an he- got money an he'll buy
funny thing. ef en- IN 'cm f'r him That's
IN way I reczuned an I ken m ewes peeled
"One mornin' 7 goes over { Swamp axe t git
frogs f'r bal had tn buc' It more'n art full
an W agcerin' on word o praise an so'"'r'n'
damp rom tn man I were with AT III time.
w'cn suddInt I hr"rs big 'H-rumph'
H-rumph" like somcbodyd thowed crazy
bull 'Cin.t ba drum twcot ! jumped four
feet straighf up an eight foo' sideways an wen
lit standin' in III mud that there 'H-rumph'
H-rumph!' come ag'in. Then they rose UP f'oEI
th' pads thirty yard away frog ike swat /
never seen afore He were two loot long an
his hack we're greener'n tn grasses in May.
coudn see no black .pecks on hl:n--he we're
jlls' deep araen. He went up an up tel
thought he were iyln an then he II tn wattuh
kcrhlop twenty-five foo. away an went un'er.
"Inever se frog blc as that there frog an
never sec a lump like that jump. but W a. got
rex' 4 me wors that W en- he were at his his es
lsaen a = belly wore n beautiful pink. TIL color
we're .ke W at you see sometimes On tn lrside
o'a sen shell said { mse'f. says L Here =
were ! gets rich. III take you IN says l. an
NUS YOU careful an talk { you wen you're
lonely. an feed you on bugs n things tell your
belly sticks out like axe hcve. says !, an
then III sell you { tn Fust damn fool nat'ralis'
wat comes long with more money as think
s,reuk ] SAYS Invent back Z n camp with
wat 'rocs I'd kett he'd ar raised a row with IN
fe'ler wat had me hired an guided him ba
70 III hotel an lot him cuss me tell got m
money an then cussed him. an then lwere
free fr az IL.
"Campln' IN Swamp Lake ain no fun. but
that's wat I done knowed IN reezun l
wouldn' have no trouble fntn' tn frog aCin.
'caus, they're cIost { humans m likes to hang
roun place W AT they got used to, got me a
dip net rt tn hotel an fitted cane pole
TO II thrty-one foot eight an arr inch
LONG I oalkcrlated = place him by his vice,
sneak up f'om hehin', clap III net down on him
an work my wav L him, pressin' down hard on
tn role all III time. Ypu rever heer1 no frog
soncs IKE heprd thom nich's at Sw amp Lake.
Forty mlyun billyun frogs was tryin 4 outdo
one 'nurhcr. Seemed { me my haid d bust l
helt IL with m hans an cu~sed-l don like TO
have no aid less n done som'p'n' Z get n -
an wushed f'r d lylight. I.onc bout O'Clock
on tn 'us, nigNt heerd n y'ice wai knowed
10 onst-d ep. -trons. roun'. n,eoius. Jne-o'-
ruml Jug-o'-rum. Jre-o'-rum'' says he: Knee
doep, Knee-deepN Knee-deep! he says; Knee
deep and ,eper, Knee-dsep an daep'r Deeper,
iur-o'-ruln, Deeper. !ug-o'-rum! More rain!
More rail! Knee-deep an more lin. jun-o'-
rum!' An saws & m'sof. says |: Dad-ding
you, III git some o. you In tn mornin'. says.
ur lam IN log.. says. an. smilin' mise I
like leNte child watts lad par 'goric. goes {
,leep. Ihnd IL all fcrer d out an could see
that pink boiled scol'drl strngglin' In tn ne.
an me pui in' down 81? II him.
Mex mornn' arter sun-up puts on ara'r o
a. hoes an takes M dr-net an starts ont