The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11

he slipped through tn cold water. easier n
any snake wa, ev'r made a ripple. as he were
used { bein' bowed up an reether liked II Z
keep him firm feelin' lonesome | says to
INSET. You ain human. an auit him right
there"
Well" said the other mai,
4 happened 4 be- long n-N -uhlihr an
FIR Of frenship's sake ! thort ia looE MN up
Wen ANYTHING. man ur burd ur beas. gifts tn
hes o. me ] may git tightly fr awile, but arter-
ward ! wants T. hunt him up an tell him he
done II fair. 80 | puts in a day iocatln tn
mink An I I'm him in tn same wattuh an
! lays by jus TO watch him kill fcesh. zee hin,
plain 'nough. tn wattuh then bein low. lie
benin tn rock now got my pole on an jump
out AZ bass wat went by him an nip 'em back
o tn haid an let 'em drif down. Ev'ry now
an then he'd bite ont a chunk. jus { show IN
hull tribe they warnt no colness. an begin
Hgiu to murder an & -lav, llke Pete kernigan's
song says.
Cd" lay quiet fr IN bes' part o three day an
were beginnin' T. ri, tired an sigh fr som'p'n
else, wen see a bigger rifre 'nushul comm
down an ! thinks t. m'scf they's a big bass
un'er il. Wen II got closi Z III mink I see him
plain. I, were a bass shore 'nouEh. an nothin
'"' '''f ." ' -" WV ~ '''' 49,
afore nur sence. 4 Teller what ] guided fr
one time spoke a piece { me out'n a book,
som'p'n bout a red-eye bass bein'. inch fr
inch an poun' fr poun'. tn games thing wat
swiuis an | tell you IL ain no lie, saws {
m'se'f; Brother Mink, Of you tackle thai
prop'sishun. you1i think dynermite ain nOthin
bur tooth powder | says, r. this here feesh
mus weighed cieh, poun' az he swimmed.
NJ. eight an a arr.
shore as lee,ls apples II noat tn mink
made his spring rs m bass passed him. but fas'
as he were he hi, n good two foot benin, tn
red-eye were fifty foot down stream in less
ma quarter % tn time i'd take a man like YOU
to think, an there he turned an Law with his
haid upstream. his tail wavin' backered an
forrerd. his side fins jus %futterin' a leetle hit
an his red eye shinin' un'er III wat,uh like a
coal. Seemed Z ne tn mink felt sor,er foolish.
Anyhow he turned his head down. an bit
hi-sef un'er III lef foreleg Z ace ef he were
awake. ur Jus 'hinkin' hc were awake. Then
he started down. careless an neeleCtful. like
he were talkin' 10 hi.Se'f an sayin' My! ain
YOU easy"
Tain on'n tryt hol' m breath. but held
il then. Three secon's later they was n thing
Mapped a good man orter travel n thousan'
mile 10 see. ur mebbe twelve hundred. Tn
mink jumped forrerd eyrectin' tn bass =
turn an give him tn railhold. hut. stead on
that, IN bass met him more'n arr way. He
met him 50 hard an hit him such n hif at~een
IN forclegs that could hear II were ! was.
an man. ] want Won to know this was 9oin'
on IN 'er th'watulh an m wattuh itsef a maxim
\ lot o uoise like wat it alters makes Wen
il -haller on these here rocks. tn mink
were druv back a yard, like seen a biz log hit
a straight bank IN Jump back, an then he
wen' forrcrd. nose Z nose. like tn thing had t.
be- ended there an then.
1t were in n 'eetl" pool. mebbe five foot deep,
an that pool were iuS' solid foam on top Outn
IN foam come. like a fountain were sproutin'
fur an scales an scales an fur An blood an
u bone mr. two an tremenius smotheration
an a sor'cr strange cry. like a leetle child were
los somcw eros an coulnd't I'm lie way home.
Wen ! turned loose my breath my heart wcr'
goiu' like ono O. these pile drivin' things III
plugs ou ~ railroads works with, an tn pool
stopped swirIin' an got smooth on top agin.
They wareu', uothir' lef fr me 4 do 'cep' =
stay erll an think fr aw'ile. an I thinks
this man may live in these wood. fr ton
,horsau' wears. an Wen ha Eits through he
wnn' see u an, nur a arr a. it, mr n quarter
an he won know uothiu' 'cep' he don know
uoihip'.'
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his mouth were full q fur cut hin open
an, inside -. him wer. ,o,na four nonn' y, ,h.,
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