The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-20
ONE or NATURES GENTLEMEN.
Who However Was Not Appreciated
by the Woman of HIS Choice.

From Forest and Stream.
Bin was Hogarth's eldest son. As
have had occasion to remark before. he
was big. red-haired. red-bcarded giant.
slow OF speech and bashful 20 a painful
degree He was a simple child OF nature
"A big. overgrown boy-the kind Of a man
that never grows old Sooner was the
same kind OF a dog.
Bilfs age was anywhere from 80 60 IS
No one seemed 20 be very well posted on
this subject OLD Hogarth's Information
was rather vague and indefinite.
Don't know" said he. Jest how Oh
BH is. He's somewhar round 80 more or
less Can't say which, Y see. they was
enc or two what come afore him an died.
An they come so fast IN them days,
me an the old woman sort O. lost track
en- 'em, an mover could zactly place BIZ,
nohow. Can't see as how Il makes much
dlffrunce. cause he won't live no longer
from KNOWN"
Bib" said l. ''you ought TO get mar
RED and have home Of your own. Have
you never thought about itg'
BIN blushed like a school boy.
''Onct did" he replied grinning sheep
ishly. Il got all ! wanted that onct. an
] reck'n me an no gal amt goin' to Jine
hands right away in a hurry. A. dad SEE
'Wimmin's queer He's bin married
long time. an had a hull lot o. kids an
sperlence. an 81 he Amt rmilyer with
their trail by this time faint likely ] sh'd
know much bout the bizness 'Iain't my
line. nohow. mafryin' amt ] only tried
onct, an that was more'n nun fer me.
II seq to myself. as you was jest say
in:
'Rm.' sex 7. hits bout time you was
n hitrhinf M with some gal an gtttlu
married SEE !.
Twas IN the spring o. the year. when
a Teller ats kind o. restless Ike. an ia
bin doin some loggin In the winter an
had a ieetie money saved up-mebbe 80
or $3.50 thought twas as good a times
any fer huntin up a gal, a. they was no
tellln' how long my pile would last. an
/ hltched up an druv 20 peshtlgo.
They was a hull lot o luggers N
PeshtIgo, spendln' their money an gii-
tin drunk an raisin' the devil generly
I nut IN az a hotel an begun iookin'
round fer a likely gal 70 sot up 10 See
ms q was a-courtlu' ] thought Ia
nut on a leetIe style 30 I bought a bran
new pair o shoes an pair o red SOCKS
NV but them socks was red-redd = q
my hair. h'goeh an that's some red
sWan. 'twarn't tul next day / 'spied
the cal I went into n eaun' house 70 git
some grub. an thar ] seed her. She Was
waitln on the men what was eatln. an
assassin of EN- plenty. She had the rcd
des, hair I ever seed. harrin my own,
am was freckled as turkey egg. She
was "a right smart size Ter gal, an bad
a deep voice / sot over IN a corner an
watched her. waiiin' fer the men 10 ~
out. ao's could have a clear tran q
work on. While I was sittln' thar await
IN an a-wonderin' how 30 begin my
cosfrtlu'. them new shoes begun hurtin'
an burnln' like ERE I stood Il 3 long
= I could. an then ] jest naterly pulled
'em on an sot thar with them red socks
rnore'n loomin' up They certainly was
red. an no mistake
.Bimbey most OF the men left, an the
ones what stayed was TOO drunk 70 notice
much. an the gal come over 70 me.
= Wal seq she, sort o snappy Ike
.vhat Kin I do fer your SEE sheA>
Think l. I'm have 4 say somethn'
perllta.' SO / up an seq. That's purity
hair o. yourn, sex !.
None o. yer llp. seq she, or IN have
you thrown out People what lives IN
glass houses shouldn't throw 70 stones.
sex she.
81 ain't THROWN no stone, sex I.
meant what / said an reck'n / orter he
a good ledge. cause my own hair il sort
o. reddish
eco long. sez abe; 'ef y want some