Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-22

hootin'. They hadn't only fetched In
the bar that bly, was tallin' about,
but they had fetched in another un
with it, jest the same size an heft.
They was the latest an blacklist
youngsters O. bars I ever see.
"'They're the two orphans O. Bob
Skiles' bar family, sure as sapi says
I. They be, certain An they're
gone back onto Bob! They've abused
his confidence!' I says But what
could you expect of b'ars?' I says.
"An' with that left for home, an
didn't think nothin' more about it till
next day, when was settin' on that
log nigh Cranberry swamp waitin' for
der that mout mebbe come along to
chaw the wild grass, an seem Bob
with his gun, headin' for Tamarack
swamp to git his two bars.
81 didn't say nothin' to him bout
what I'd seen over to Bly's clearin',
cause I thought there mOwt setch
thing be that the two bars the
Nelson boys got want the Bob Slliles
two orphans arter all, but I couldn't
help rcmarlIin' to myself, as Bob
went en- to'ard the swamp that some
times q Teller is leetle too sure o
things specially II It's bar.
"Well, sir, the evenin' o that day,
as I was cuttin' some steaks often
the ham o that buck 1 had knocked
over when It come along to eat wild
grass on the cranberry mash, who
should come in but Bob Sl1iles.
"'Hello, Robert!' says l. Where's
the two orphans"
"Bob was looBin' glum an disap-
p'inted.
"'Sabin,' says he, you know how
I treated that bar family. I could
"a plunked the OF woman bar an
gobbled her young uns ten months
ago. most, if I'd been a mind to-
saws he. but I treated 'em white, an
give EN- a chance to be somebody an
to have some high OF fun with me
this FAM says he. I've been
regular father to that family says
he. When I found out that one O.
the young 'uns was turnin' out to be
a sheep thief 7 put him out O the
way O temptation.
"'Then I see that the OF woman
bar was gettin' old an sassy, an
I fixed her so she couldn't git her
dander up an make herself look UNI
pleasant any more. But says Bob,
Il KEEP my eye on t'other two young
uns,' SOS they wouldn't git to goin'
wrong, an SOS they could still have
a bully chance to be on hand when 1
wanted 'em, SOS they could show
they 'preciated what had done for
'em
"'But what have they done?' says
Bob. Here was their chance to-
day. to show their gratitude, but
std o dom of it they go an hide
he says, AN make me trapse an
trudge an tumble round in OF Tam
aracll an every which way through
the woods he says, an there don't
neither one on 'em show up! 1
call that, Sabin,' says Bob, "a treatin'
a teller contemplate mean an incon-
siderate' he says.
"'That's jest what 1t is, Robert I
says. But they hain't made nothin'
by it. I says.
"'No?' he says. why"
"'They didn't hide from you,' I
says to Bob.
"An' then I up an told him all
about the young bars the Nelson
boys I had gathered in, cause
knowed then, for certain, that they
was Bob Sliles' two orphans. Bob
he leaned onto his gun and sighed.
"Wen,' he says, faint that I
blame the Nelson boys. Their bound
en- duty was to gether in bars if
they see any to gether in. It's the
terrible fngratitude O them two
bars that hurts me- he says. 4
never would a 'thunk it'll Neverr
he says.
"An' with that Bob went on home,
an though I want no ways glad he
was fooled so bad-quite the con-
trarv-yit I couldn't help thinllin'
that it sarved him right. Yes, sir.
You kin bet your pile it don't pay to
put your confidence in BARN. Y.
Sun.