The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-01
THE UNDoINe OF A WlNDCAT.
VGY THE GUIDE TELLS WHY HE
DOE~N's LIKE CHEESE.

r,. cat Was All Risht UntiI n hank
or trom Indiana in search of Rest
anne out with some Weird
.t~eses - Trouble Hogan with
members and Ended with Linn
burger.
From the New York sun.
3D. Wis.-Thore being no lantern Ia
MP on Pickerel lake, Fergy the
had stuck a knot OF balsam pine in
s 81 a tree near by and Il east a
ina nlfm ught over the tail gate Of
aa which he had mounted upon two
uprghts 10 serve az a table. The
man. seated on an upsnded grocery
..i eaten his fish. his slice OF liEAt
.-ed Ia grease. had drunk tin cup
OH black coffee ana was doubtinglv
Ing q yellow mass. thin ana hard.
hist .y before hin.
at. cheese" said Fergy. standing
and exploring the nghthand pocket
.rsralls for crumbs OF tobacco.
said the other man question
.As one Interested IN scientific re-
am glad 10 have my doubts re-
lad concluded that IL was sec
, -f palaeozoic ees. II mas antediluvian
aud "a prehistoric smell I had
t5 ship Il 20 my friend. Mr..
u uuk Kcnna. curator Of the Mu-
, 81 Lost Arts That Were Never
clark and Van Buren, streets.
said Fergy us funny. but
81.
ar. told that gal al the hotel not
t... ro cheese 10 with our grub an ia
.ue I jam my han agin ween !
tu box Is tnat there. Don send
100 fr'en'. Keep II an hit a Iniun
You feilers wat takes three
an then hugs your en'mies an
-r.s your fr'enE make me fayteeged. Hit
an arwere between his knees an MS
.H ttll fetch him. / done my hes
1rtn 10 though.
Tho other man said nothing Fergy pick
% .p red-alive coal in his fingers. dan
c..I in his horny palm. deftly canted 81
900 ron of his pipe, sucked violently and
fr..mcd
.A.nt never had no luck with cheese
t.r'f H' man Blandon o. Winchester In
"UDIy, come up here. Hes o banker
N.n res az home Hired me fr thirty
days au said he didn't give a prom sorv
Boz wanted was res an quiet an IN
sweet isperin's o mother natur an ball
Sam llr ] seen them folks afcre en-
r.lly they gifts tired In two days an YOU
z0tter lug en- hack 20 IN hotel were
hey kin he TO- bed o rnornlu's an pay
f0gr-bAl billiards At night on table wat
sound IKE you was rlnnin' truck loa +
"a with railroad iron acrost 81. or Bldn-
don. aowsomever. wern't that kind o.
a.ksa
90 1e shore staid with me Nice Of man
ue were. easy an peaceful an didut look
like lc were moren half awakA at no
time ] doan' understand hdw he made
ts money billy Humes. mother guide.
foI ac were wuth four billion dol ars,
an te got il from a red-headed Injyanny
teller wat said he had i'm pelmcut IN
H. speech rom childhood wat KEEP him
4ou balm liar. l never packed TO "a n
r,.h as that pack Wat I packed n Of
1.ad1n. / packed e rom Boyd's Hotel
'o tr.s here very placc-l73 p9un's
ounces m fust load an ISL Ioan's u
ounces IN mex load ] made two trips,
yul rec'
Yep." said the other man sticking a
~p.Jer into his cigar TO increase It's
lsht
Mos 81" Ferry went on were grub
WAT he'd brought rom Injyanuy. He were
r th' bank vault. They Was 'nough
nued goods TO stock store-canued
-lHds with writiu' on EN- I couldn't read
never see uothin' Ike EN- before. An
.lee-e' He was a conosher bout cheese.
HHt thirty ifrunt kinds: ur, mebbe.
frfy-one I learnt m names some o EN-,
iif not all II ] could a-learnt IN names
all o. them chceses I could 90 mp 20
81 Claude purharme's shack next winter
falL 20 any French ga in M buuFH
This is Were IN story begins.
"Fus night IN camp OF Blandon took a
Hltchet an broke open one o. his dry
goods boxes wat had lugged acrost IN
fni an took out ltle roun' can an
c.f 90 open with his knife an said. Fer
So. we'll have a leetle Kom-em-hare' He
-nread the stun on some toas an handed
20 90 me an. sir. she were good. We ct
fif en- can an leC q settn' on al table
uas usin this same tailgate we got now
IAN went 10 bed. Long bout o'clock
is PA moruin I was woke by the 'strang-
~ sweetes' music I ever heerd IA my
te an ] ulster be a fiddler myse'f or
FauIon was playin mother kin o mu-
on hls nose an IL made me 30 mad !
a-vane over 90 him an Kicked him out'n
h.s blankets II they hadn't a-heen s. a
aay Boz &c.. I laid there an llssened tell I
was broad awake an then lifted my
I'd an looked situn' by tn fire that
.d mos died down his tail curled ov'r
l.s back an a grin on his face like til
aHais wear were the bigEes' Wild cat
over see before ur sence He was 80 big
'1af took him fr young painter. an
b. were chock fun O. cheese. The empty
'a. were near him. an he were so joyful
B.. bladder sing. Look here! heerd cats
t-r afore then an they singu' Amt
--hu' ike Armalee Belle Smiths ga
ttaI Wat kin set down At q meloiun
Al. make you cry an wush you was back
DE- Canady agin. but that cat laid ov'r
A-malee like a five-year-o' musky ov'r
lrfsh love musick an that were
rl-I-k but / don want no Wild cats
i1 whur I'm sleepln. 50 | reached
chunk 10 throw az q, when. whOosh
were gone. Fur's Il went. howsomever
could aear them beautiful strains float
lack through III woods. II they'll
sing like that wen I die an 81 20
''1rcn, IN stay with EN- tell hell freezes
OVER
7 tol OF Blandon bout 70 mex mornin'
'. Do looked al me an at N ENTITY cheese
'a1 tu arsked me wat my stummick was
'Iie outn. ! tol him Il was made outn
same sort o mateerul az his'n an II
-.dn Ike tn way I pulled the boat.
molght pull It hisEef lie said he
'n t1lukin bout boats, but bout the
ier an stimiatin' cfeck o. Kom-em-