The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29

resumed the man from " toward
I turned glad at n
Elm glad o. thisi' thought I. I'm
glad O. this. because now the boys won't
t ussSs s, l. when they come h0m'''
'h was comm faster and iercer than !
bad any idea Of ] said to Aunt Sally and
Uncle Scion, and before I had time to put
the cork In the ink bottle 1t was on to me,
And setoh a rassel as II give mel
First 1t had me down. a-chokin' me
TIL my tongue hung out, and then l had
1t down thumpln' It till 1t squeaked. We
pitched and tossed on to the table, and we
rolled and tumbled under the table.
We banged over the chairs and thumped
ae'in the wall. II looked to me for a spell
as IL was a goner and I couldn't help
wishin' that the cold snap hadn't ketched
.'"I either wish that, $ said ] to Aunt
me, 'or else I wish that Uncle Scion hadn't
been 80 darn fool ni~gh-sighted!' said l..
But by and by II begun to git winded
quite some. and l rolled II over and jumped
onto its head. That made it culver, / want
TO tell you. Aunt Sally" said !. and Jumped
The way the ribs snapped, Uncle Scion,
said /, you'd although Are crackers was
bein' sot ohi Then I Jumped onto it's head
agin, and that settled 1t.
The amazing thing TO me was. said /,
how quick it had thawed out, standin'
there in the corner. froze the way II wasV
said /, and IL was then that Uncle Scion
slipped me the fou shillln' and told me to
gtt him a pair o. specs that'd make q
'skeeter look bigger'n a wild duck.
the floor. The mar from over toward
poohuck rested a while, then cracking all
the fingers on one hand at once, he said:
Il wouldn't a-been het up and rumpled
10. not for a side o. pork. .Corn-fed and
,wintor-killed. at that. And 1t wasn't a
not nigh as big as the one got last fall over
in our back stone lot. Not nigh. II was
quite some blacker, though. Quite some
Badly, the landlord, opened the front
chuck moved back out Of the draught and
resumed:
AS Uncle Scion slipped me the four
shillin' Aunt Sally said;
You hain't said yit what happened,
Rhadamanthus.' said she. but l know
The inkbottle vas upset 10 the rassel, and
spotted my green and yaller KNITTED
table kiver like a Jar bucket! That's what
happened! And you want to lay It. TO
Uncle Scion bein' nlgh-sighted. when I've
told you all along hat no good would come
from a mar with a wen on his nose sparkin'
a cock-eyed red-headed girl that wore her
red hair shingledI said she. That's what's
And from what else Aunt sally Becken.
darter said, unless ! can find somethin'
thatu take an all-sloshin' ink spot out OF a
green and yaller table kivver, / won't dast
60 back and live at Aunt Sally Becken-
darter's any more. Not and have IL COM
fertin'. Not and be like one o the family
again. No, stree. / won'tl No, Street
No one said anything, and the Pochuck
man seemed TO think that 1t might be that
they hadn't understood him, so he began
again.
Il say that unless I can find somethin'
thatn take an all-sloshin' ink spot out o a
| green and WALLER table kivver, l.
But Badly, the landlord, shut him on and
said:
We heard you say Il! We don't keep
anything Of that kind around herel Moth
ing thatll take out i~nkspotsl"
The man looked sharply toward the bar
and at the labels on the things behind II,
and showed plainly that he thought the
landlord must be mistaken-so plainly
that Badly, the landlord, frowned. took him
by the arm, led him TO the door and said;
"The spectacle shop is up the street yon-
der; and don't you come down here next
week unless you fetch the green and yaIlor
table cover with you, for you'll need 1t Tor
a winding Sheet
The man from over toward Pochuck
went slowly up the street, stroking the wen
on his nose thoughtfully. Badly. the land
lord, watched him until he disappeared
around the corner, then went IN, shaking
his head sadly. and said:
1T beats corn a-poppin' what things ny
in from Jersey"
And Terry, the Scotch-Irish terrier,
sneaked out Of the door and barked JOY
| ously. as of n great danger escaped.