The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
IN OVERSMART BEAR


The bar had made his date all right"
azid the man from the Knob country, but
he hadn't calc'lated on Brams brother
lErlaw Silas, and consequently he jest wilted
night down, and that was the end of him.
1t was onfort nate for the bar, but
X amt no more than fair for me to say
EAat Bran didn't play it on to him that
WY purpose. 1t come around providen-
Snal, as it were. Providential for Bran,
ESxt considerable onfort' nate for the bar.
Bran was bar hunter who bar
hERted peculiar. He'd foller the,trail Of a
Bar, day in and day out, for six days in
n week, but never for seven.
'Arly In life Bran was convicted O.
the idee that Saturday was the right and
Waper day O. the week, accordin' TO his
uaadin' o. the Scriptures, for to remember
the Sabbath day and keep it on, and he
kEp' 1T so persistent and so strict that
hzzH drove o bar mowt come along on
EAturday and run all over him and he
wCnldn't raised a finger ag'in 'em.
"A big, impident bar had been hangin'
'HDund 'Biram's clearin' for three OF four
dGys. He had his eyes on to fat young pig
Shzt Bran was countin' on KILN before
lang, and Bran was keepin' his eyes on
&Ae bar. The bar hadn't made no reg lar
% for the pig, but jest hung around.
The bar knows that pig is mine says
'Kram, and the bar knows me, which is
mighty good thing for the pig says he.
~And the bar did know Bran, sure
anough, and if he hadn't made that little
zziscalc'lation as to Silas, it'd "a been
Mighty bad thing for the pig, for when Sat
sraxr 'o%a -i,,i
0zten the woods as bold as a soldier and
as cool as if he was paradin' in front O. the
Heller tree where he lived, mebbe five mile
Back in the woods, strolled to'rd the pig
pen. as if he was Bran himself goin' out
- look his property over, and begun to
Klake his preparations for takin' the pig,
rs deliberate as could be-showin' what
Ehe amazin' bar knowed
HE knowed it was Saturday, and that
Bran want no more danger to bars on
Saturday than a spring lamb would be.
That bar knowed that he could trudge on
10 'Biram's clearin' on a Saturday and
carry off the hull caboodle O. pigs and sheep
md calves if he wanted to, and Bran
wouldn't as much as go out and holler:
Snoo!' at him.
That's what that amazin' bar knowed.
4 tell you, bars is tremendous when it
eCmes to- KNOWN!
When Bran looked up from the pages
y the good book he was readin' and see
through the winder the comm o. the bar
hee put his finger on the line where he was
Eea lin so as to keep the place, and he says:
That bar is payin' a compliment to
WY piousness that is tetchin', he says, but
Bus afeard ne amt exactly wise,' says he
Smart as that bar had been in fggerin'
ant 'Biram's conscientious scruples ag' in
dom things on the seventh day o. the week,
K had missed pint in not alc'latin' on
'BEram's brother-in-law, Silas, and the way
8alds idees run as to Saturday.
''Silas lived down back O. the Knob, and
he had come up to 'Biram's Friday night
o. sort O. visit for few days. This leetle
circumstance the bar didn't know, O.
course, or he'd "a done different
When Bran see the bar sa interim
wards the pigpen, full O confidence in
Biram's doctrine and consequently ag-'
sravatin' in his impotence, Silas was takin'
nap on the settee.
'STlas, says Bran, wakin' him up,
you hain't got no particular over-powerin'
sCrupIes ag'in carryin' gun on Saturday,
hEwe you%
~Me.' says Silas. Not durn scruple.
Nor on Sunday, neither! says he.
Look outen the winder, Silas,' says
Bran quietly, and keepin' his finger on
She line so as he wouldn't lose his place,
4xd see if there's anything headin' for my
Egpen,' says he.
@Sias looked outen the winder.
Bar, by the great horn spoon, says
sEas.
Is that gun l see out yender in the
Kitchen? says Bran, quiet and onsartin-
IKE, and keepin' his finger on his place
1T was a gun, sure enough, and Silas
fbund it, grabbed it and hurried outen the
80use with it.
That bar is payin' a compliment to
my piousness that's tetchin',' says Bran,
EAkin' his finger often his place and goin'
EN- With his readin', but I'm afeared he amt
exactly WISE says he.
when that bar seen a man with gun at
sBSram's on a Saturday he was so surprised
and likewise panied that he couldn't move.
he Jest wilted right down. When Bran
HFsrd the gun go off he WINGED little.
4Hh!' says he. Il was afeard so. The
Bxxs complimentariness was tetchin' but
mBE exactly wise. Onregenerit brother-in-
EIEs, says he, 'ain't no respecters O.
nuthin!'
Bran went On with his readin', and
a2zs drug the bar into the woodshed.
Nss, the bar had made his date all right,
klEt hadn't ealc'lated on 'Biram's brother
MzD-law, Silas.
But it amt no more than fair to say
ieEzt Bran didn't play it on him that way
ERurpose. 1t come around providential,
- to speak. Providential for Bran, but
,ez.sider'ble unfortunate for the bar,
u&ach, when Bran went out Sunday
Mnrnin' and weighed him, pulled the still.
-XzETs down to the 4OOpOund notch. IN. Y.
The World Must Not Know.
Ehe great duke. of Wellington, whose
h1MsehWnrd was duty To hia sovereinn and