The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-24
A STIRRING CONTRIBUTION.

From The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

From The Philadelphia Erenfng Telegraph.
All Of the regulars sat in front Of the corner
grocery over in the joyous land OF Jersey
Some of them had taken OF their boots to
dump out the wheat chan. while the others
were trying to butt in on the general line Of
talk The dog had just found departed
rat and was trying to bury it in the sugar
barrel and the cat was lying under the spigot
of the kerosene tank in an attempt to kill
of some of its heas. The groceryman WA
busiy engaged in batting mouse trap with
a piece of accommodated cheese.
Boys, said Bill Jones. as he once more
pushed his hoof back into his boot, "s'pose
ye heerd all about Freckles'"
-Kakerlate We didn't, then" was the
chorused reply. What is It this time. Ap-
penjurcyties or loss Of appetizer"
"Tain't neither one It's wussern both.
He is in disgrace agn, and the Dea cons
got him locked up in the wagon house fer
two weeks unless he gnaws out sooner"
what's he been don'?"
That's Just what I'm tryin' to tell you.
you knock-kneed. nap-eared galoot SO
just hold down yer mules and give yer Uncle
Bill a chance to back up Spose yer all heered
of the package party? No? Why. don't
yer read the WeckiL Inquest Well, package
party Is one of them things when you pay
u
age of somcthin' which is put up at auction,
and is knocked down to the highest bidder.
sight on seen.
"Freckles was all puzzled up as to what
to take, so he went to the Deacon, who was
runnin the party fer the bene eft of the church
an himself, an asked him for advice. Take
anything, SEE the Deacon. an Freckes
took up the Deacon on his first chop. During
the day he ketched about four dozen nice
in Their barn. packed them in a neat-lookin'
shoe box and started fer the party as happy
as a kioodle on the trail of u rabbit.
Then what happened?" asked ~ Sncezer,
whose mouth opened SO far as he listened
III wonder that his tobacco cud and part
of his teeth fell out.
just wait until turn over the last page
afore You KICK in As was about to "S say
when this polka-dotted zap interfered, the
packages had been about half auCtioncd of
when they got down tO'Freckles's contrbu-
ton of mice.
"'What am bid for this beautiful PACKAGE
seH the main guy at the, church. next 10 the
Ten cents, sez another; Fifteen cents sez
Jim Hollerlcg4: Twenty cents seq the Dea-
cons old maid sister, on TO the flower Of
maid. tickied all over like, LATED the same rs
she used to gigglr thirty years ago. Jim
iHollerlegs, who<is stuck on her, whispered!
like the hair on rcd COW, busted the string
Next she took of the lid. an then, fcllers,
III takemy oath. she let out a yell that sounded
her collar, almost left the harness fast to
the wagon 'Deare. are yer dyin'?' sez Jim,
an the next minct Il couple OF the mice fell
In his boots an he had business with his feet.
BY this time ther old maid had reached the
stove. an putin both arms around ther
pipe. she begin TO lick OF the polish nm yell:
Save mo. jim, save mer I'd like to. Mi
randy. seq jim. but I've got 'cm too
Well SIR. to make a long story die out
sooner. In just two seconds tibet CongrcEa,
git without climhin' trees an even ther
brave old Deacon had his head buried in the
coal scuttle an his feet hung up on top OF
wndcr sill. while his wife an darter Kicked
over the Bibles an a map OF Jerusalem N
tryin' to get out on the roof. Another old
maid, Mirandy's rival tainted. but when she
found that no gentleman was handy TO fan
her back TO life she got up and busted across
the farm fer home
Well sir. it TUX two hours to straighten
out that package party, m even Mt that all
the old girls went wadn' around with their
skirts tucked up like bathing suits down TO
Atlantic. Freckles WINS the only one oncon-
sarned. an tibet Civ him dead away. The
him. an the poor kid went home in a hay
wagon. Since then he has been locked up
in the wagon house, Twin on wasps' nests
an rain water, an Their Deacon ser he don't
come down till he IL converted y
A few minutes later the moon came up, Inc
groceryman took the dead rat from the dog
and buried II. chased the cat away from the
Kerosene tank. and closed the store Tor the
night