Holbrook argus., 1900-05-12
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SHORTER, SON
aOF AHURRICANE.
The End of His Cyc1onic Career
\ Brought Grief to the Hem
lock Belt.

IN OANG VI NY UPS t44AOuS5h tAS
~ Passadanky country, up in the
hemrock belt" said John Gilbert, the
travelling groceryman, "a disconsolate-
looking native came out of barn near
the roadside and hailed me. 1 stopped.
DID you come through Jinkins' Hol-
!er?' he asked.
Yes 1 said.
"'Was folks gethered pooty plenty at
the tavern, lookin' glum?' he asked.
"'Not that 1 noticed 1 replied.
"'Wasn't the store shet up3'
"'No.'
Cuisines goin' on about as usual,
hny?'
at appeared to be-
." Then they hain't heerd on it down
TO the Holler yet said the native.
Guess I better lope down there an
break it to 'em myself, kind O. gentle.
If the news hits 'em student they mowt
Ehet down the tavern
whats happened?' asked, my Gu
riosity excited.
"'Why, Snorter's dead!' was the re-
r,y.
"'Who's Snorter?' inquired.
Guess you must live pooty fur
about here said the native, If you
never heerd O. Snorteri'
81 had to admit that. did not live
thereabout. The big barn door was
open and swung back against the side
Of the barn. The native stepped back
ind closed it.
There said he, pointing to mis-
eellaneous collection of things hanging
70 that side Of the door. 'Them's the
latest assortment of Snorter's scalps"
~ counted % ratskins, weasel skin
and a chicken hawk.
"'Them's Snorter's sca,cs,' said the
native, an you bet you gloom1, foller
when the news gifts round that Snort
er's dead!'
Son of yours" said 1.
Son o mine!' exclaimed the rn-
tive. Pub! There amt no son O. mine
nor no son O. nobody else on the o.
Passadanky could a hung up passel O.
scalps like them! No, sir! Shorter
want my son. He was the son of ::
hurricane, Shorter was! He was a
rooster, an the son of hurricane! No
ono never see the likes O. him afore,
an won't never see the likes O. him
agiu!
-Four years ago n hurricane setch
as we never hcerd, on afore GENE swoop-
in throrchthis deestric'. It come from
the southeast an fetched all sorts O.
truck along with it, droppin' CT it here
an thee, an picllin' up more in place
of it, So re had things that belonged
mcbbe way down in Virgirny, for al
I know, m things that beIorg ed II
MS W. ncbbe !ugged off an dropped
down way Up in Michigan, .ies' rs like
rs rot, ii The hurricane wind held out
that tur-an' rom the way it was goin'
When !, sid Cver the o. Passadanky
I've an idee IL had wind enough TO car,
~ It % TO -tasky, easy enough, before
it give its Gyi4' yoop. After the hurri.
cane got by 7 went out to take lool
around, an 'mongst other things
found WAS red hen, settin' dazed-,ikt
under a thorn bush. There never had
been hen like that in the hull hem
lock belt. How fur she had rid on tht
bosom O. that cyclone nobody'n never
know. 1 picked her up an found al
egg where she sot. The egg want NJ
bigger'n inc everyday run O. hem:
eggs, blIt i as red-almost as red a.
The hen. I 5rung the hen an the egs
in, but the hen never seeneGi to gi
he-sef together agin, an give corp,t
o kind o. homcsick sighs an kicket
The bucket. had an Oh Gominick heI
that was Pinin' to set, an sot her
Amoagst her settin' O. eggs was tina
red lgg that oome from some unknown
courtry, ridin' into the Passadank,
deestric o. he bosom o. that storm
Some o thar hurricane had worked IT
way into that egg, sure enough, for tn
chicken that come outen it turned GU
10 be I reg',ar movin' cyclone. Tha
chicken was as red as the egg it cam
out CT, an that chicken was Shorter
He WIS the sen of hurricane, an h
took after his father from the word go
"Tirst TING 1 ever took notice c
Shorter common pints vas one da.
when he vas about month cd. Iva
goin' by the barn here, an heerd
tremendous cack,in' 'mongst the check
ems back in the barnyard, an a IA
squeaiin' in setch key that 1 know
it must n run ag'in trouble O. som
kind. I went round TO the yard, al
there was that hurricane chicken, wit
nothin' On it yit but pinfeathers, tug
gin away Ike mad at rats tai, whic
he had fetched hold on as the rat wa
Skippin' i-to hole under the barr
mebbe with an egg or a young CHECKER
After two CT three jerks that buddi1
cyclone CT chicken yanked the II
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