The Bossier banner., 1904-02-18

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NCLE JASE only come as fur as
the woOdpile." said the man from
the Knob country, "and there he sot
down. see to wunst that he had start
ed somethin' to workin' on his mind, and
that there wouldn't be no pint in his
gittin' Of it of unless fit o. way down
In the dumps went along with it. and so
says to him:
Uncle Jase, says, shell send over
and git the Squire? The Squire, says,
would more than likely like to hear it,
too,' says.
"Mebbe l hadn't ought to done it,
cause mentionin' the Squire to Uncle
Jase is somethin' like holdin' red rag
up before bull, cause ever sence the
time that Uncle Jase come into Moses
and sot around so longin', and the Squire
made his little remark to him, Uncle
Jase has sort o. looked on the Squire as
feller-citizen whose room he'd con-
sarned sight rather have than his COM
pany.
Uncle Jase come into the tavern
that time, and sot around good while,
without anybody askin' him, and SO
by and by he stepped up and wanted
Nose to set it out and remember it.
well, Nose had been rememberin'
1t a long time fer Uncle Jase, and so
he says to him that he couldn't take
no more on his mind jest then, and
he wouldn't let Uncle Jase have it.
That riled the old feller clean from
the bottom, and he cut loose most
amazin' fer a spell, and ended up by
hollerin':
What? Me!' he Rollers. Me, that
Is one Of your oldest feller-citizens!
Me, that settled here more than SO
years ago!' he hollers.
"'But the trouble is. Uncle Jase.
says the Squire, who was settin
there, GRIMM all over his face. you
hain't never done it sence!' says he
That's the trouble, Uncle Jase,' says
he
"And ever sence then, mentionin
the Squire to Uncle Jase is like hold.
in red rag up before bull. OF
course, l knowed it, and mebbe
hadn't ought to done it when l says
to him, as he sot there on the wood
pile:
shell l send over and git th<
Squire, Uncle Jase?
But l had my gun on my shoulder
and was goin' over to see how mucl
truth there was in what I'd heert
about bear nosin' round the Hobda!
clearin', and I thought that mebbe i
mentioned the Squire to Uncle Jas,
It'd make him mad and he wouldn'
stay to ease his mind o. what he hat
started to workin' on it, and l coul,
go on and git my bear, r,providin' Their
was bear over there to git Blu
Uncle .ase didn't git quite mad enough
fer that. He on.y cussed little AM
says:
"I'm low enough down in tn
dumps now,' says he, without haviu
setch a discouragin' creatur' as tn
Squire around to sock me down low
err says he. No. lou needn't sen,
fer the SQUIRE says he.
'Now, l don't want to say that tn
reason that Uncle Jase only come a
fur rs the woodpile was because til
barrel O. cider was layin' there in tn
fence corner yit, cause l hadn't ha
no time to roll 1t on into the cellar
but there it laid ant Uncle Jase SO
on the woodpile facin' 1t and sort {
sizin' of it up. Thinks I to myself
now I'll discourage Uncle Jase so
he'll git up and go without waitin' t
unload what he's been thinkin' up, an
l says:
"'Tain't tapped yft, Uncle Jase,'
says
No. says he, I see it amt
But he didn't git discouraged n
more than he was, and he didn't git u
to go way L see that the load wa
bound to come often his mind, and
sot my gun ag'in the fence. straddle
the chopin block, and says:
".s, hat is it, Uncle Jase,' say
that's soggin' of you down so.' say
"Dan L. says he, you'd sca'cely bs
lieve it, but It's livin' fact! "
diskivered that there's bad ones!' b
says. There's actually bad ones!'
..'If it's 'taters, Uncle Jase,' says
you'll find that there's consarne
sight more bad ones this year tha
good ones says
".And I find that there's actu1
folks that kills 'em!' says Uncle Jas
"'Then it can't be 'taters, says l.
''Why, consam it, Danl,' says Uncl
Jase, never noticin' the 'tater questio
any more than II hadn't fetched
up, I was goin' up along the cree
t'other day, and met that New Yor
feller that's nosin' round here. +
was fishin', and he run ag'in big or
that was layin' on the bank, takin' Il
sun.
".And I most fell in dead fail
when see that New York feller pic
up a big stone and actu'ly step arouu
so he could drop it on to Its heat
Yes, sir! True as / set here and te
you! Actu'ly goin' to drop the stor
on to its head!
well, / want to know II dion
git n swat alongside o. that TELLER