The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-15

III" company bu' strd and they had TO
sell out the show When the day OF
the sale ca,up went to the public
tquar rot with The tenLiOn OF buying
anything, tn list 10 see the crowd ard
be with the boys Of the nrighhorhOud
that knew would h' there. Among
other thing that were put up + sa e
was very large pet snake, and wht II
nobody srcm' q /" want it ! made Il bid
just for fun, nn | III b!rst # they didn't
knock II tif on me Well. rhp TO, 8
had good laugh II me, to, d q rot
Gre. hu' Just paid for my snnke and
carried 1t bone Susanna did nOt mu, b
like the idea OF q TT NIX ut the start,
but she sr0' found ont that it had no
harm bru, it. aud VAS nigh oui,r
like, ard ha' it w. uld eat forty cuts
catching rats and mic 80 she seen
gave in a. Il g"' ,n thi king heap (
that snhke w y, We k, rt it upto last
fail and ncv,r knew II % mpddlc witt
thing about the house, and it. ". uIu
. stay around tie fire in the winter ana
slrrp in tn chimn'y corner, and sic,
any whrr' ahou' the ou@r in summer.
'B Onr day la-I f,,,l | came to tie
house IL ont cIrv ocIocx. AID " hcu
wen % look At the clock u s,c what
I'm | VA. the. cock was ,O' iu b,
:, 80, | ask d Susanna a out il. hu h
lid no knOw Wlat huu h, com. oi il.
- a ht n
hour ago, hut az TO " here it was tI,er.
! she did "l know any more than diu.
After u white [ Ouu'i that beard IT
tickirg, nnn brHln innking about FIR II
| note q that LIVERY iin. | ven n"ui
the conhcr"f | room ~h. re- tht lnuny,
wns that | r,uld her it, i,k louder
than il; Il ! uI-tr l"ur' Of tie ru IL.
At Ia- D.. led th, lounge away on
the VA. a. q tht Ic 'HA tha' snake.
coil Il up "'d III" at hn 1 asleep, urd
OF 4, !!y,r in Gr middle tina
AL, wtrr. :" ii irkrd ~ Z { II,
me as much a. .uy. 'wuu Il u Ike
to know "h I time of day i. l.? Well,
us sure rs Im here. ina, 81 ke huc
swal Ow. Il har T. Ok. lcailru Su unnt
l. and we IN id ac u ,cii Of war, hut s. T.
soon co vine 4 me ina it. would be
p ,o' hu>i" IS r.i J 'okill e., fifty -u0l'a,
s,>kr T. gel funr dollar clock. Su
d. cidrd that sh" was right, and let tl,,
ak" ulun', nj s'"n forgot all uhou;
II, ii this last sprinv, | was out clean
ing out hrdge.row just Ia front OF tn
h'usc anG f. ind Il large soft kind Of
b that did no, q iite understand,
and white | "as standing thu re loukin!
at it. out crawl Il that snake aud wen
towar $ tn house My curiosity was
up. Snu may br'i'vc and | ut one he
gam 10 lDvrsliG' Il tn I nest. ard I'u
MT here II drd no ii Il five duZ.t
hlntiug.c'"ed, ST IN Winding, full jew.
eled, bran Drw silver wa ches Just b,
ginning to lick hat thu, snake, had .ic
and ha rh"d f."m having swall, ed
tina, clio k. | went 10 thu house at ON. g
an 1 t" d 1us, anna, aud she was IN
proudest woman tNat yen ever saw M
cau>e sh,: hai eggeu mn nnt,uk
tat -Dak" for swallowing that clock
TO" she diu keep M from killing il. Il
CA q lit WORK n ". for | IN going to
fe d ina 5nak" u h,g of gimlets tnie
fall. and ~ X spring Pa Going om.ye
to town anu open up hardware slole
of If thu proceeds "
w Ell Grandpa had fn shed tiis
story. eyer, boiy silently l-fi for hon
r
parting drink, ra.t,ng side-long glanc s
a. G andpa because he had worn the
bait home rs reward for the last
effort
Say, G andpa, how c,n YOU think +
such yarns? GRANDSON.