Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-11

cuSSed i'm back, but didn't. It jest seemed part O the game to me, an he was> winnin'. You come down after me- said I, 'ef you want me- An a couple of lem did, an drug me up the bank. They had ketched 8 few more of our boys on the wing, an they driv' us up in a circle an put some foreign guards around us. Every one of us was cut UT had balls some in us, but we sassed them guards about the'r brogue, an one thing an other. till they was mad enough to kill us. They give us good treatment-Tu say that much fer 'em-an' I liked the'r grub They had all sorts O good stuff in cans They patched us up in the hospital an finally exchanged us."
 "Oh, say" protested Kenner, t'that ain't afi, is tt?'
 "It's all I've got to say today. I've got to blow few blasts at the post office an stick up the flag" He stepped to Buckley's desk and leaned on 1t. T wish, George, that you was out our way to make Jeff behave his- self"
 Drinking again P George asked, with a smile
 'fYes, an that ain't all; he's got every moonshiner over thar down on i'm. He informed on some of lem while he was out O his head an now thar's no tellin' whar it will end. Somebody shot at i'm while he was in the field t'other ! day-some skunk in the woods, afraid to show hisself''
 That's pretty bad" said George sympathetically. Jeff ought to be more cautious"
 As Truitt was leaving, Mrs. Hillyer waddIed in, her gray shawl wrapped tightly round her body.
 Come fer money to run the house on,' she said, with a laugh, to her husband. "No, thank you, won't set down. she added to Kenner, who was offering her his chair. 'sThe truth is, I'm goin' to steer clear O this house. Mrs. Dugan says all the reports in the town git started among you uns. Eff she knew came here she'd lay it on me. I thought fer a while, after they lifted her quarantine, that she was goin' to do different. but she's wuss 'an ever. I sawed CT off short yesterday, though" Mrs. Hnlyer laughed heartily. You know, MT. Kenner, she's got one tale that she tells over an over constantly. One of the longest winded yarns you ever heard, about how she fust got ac- Quainted with woman she met by ac- cident. She forgets she's tOld 1t twen- ty times, an jest takes Ter chair an begins to unwind. So far nobody haan't been bold enough to say they'd heard 1t before, but when seed her a-comin' through the gate yesterday told Hor- tense eff she dared to spring that old gag on me ag'in I'd stop Ter eff it cost me my life I thought Hor- tense ud die laughin', fer Mrs. Dugan had no sooner n set down than she be- gun to tell about how she fust met the woman. Well, I'd made my bet, an wasn't goin' to be beat. Hold on,' said I right here want to tell you some'n, Mrs. Dugan- -some'n powerful ouar about me. believe, on my soul, I've got second sight Second sight, says she, in her mean way, why, 1 didn't think you was quite old enough to have yore second sight I don't mean that sort O second sight says I; but I've noticed sometimes when a body would begin tale could see clean to the end of it long before the end was reached. Now says I, see eff ain't right; the next time you met I that woman was at the county fair, 1 whar she tuck fust prize on her patch l quilt an with that I finished out her l yarn as pat as ef 1t was one O my own brag tales. Lord, wasn't she hot! 1 She got as red as a ripe tomato. I
 wasn't goin' to tell that says she; I
 remember tellin' you that. was goin
 to git round to some'n else; but, since you are so almighty smart. reckon I I'll go on about my business, an with
 that she hirted out O the house, an
 kicked the dog as she went by it on the l porch. When a Woman's mad enough
 to kick dog her dander's fyin' in 'er
 eyes" Mrs Hillyer laughed as she l thrust her red hand from beneath her l shawl and took the money the mer- l chant was giving her. Don't git mar ried, MT. Kenner,' she said. IA Wom- ! an will either keep yore nose to the 1 grindstone with Ter mouth shet, or talk l you to death-or both."
 Kenner smilingly walked with her l to the outer door. T was jest a-won-
 derin', Mrs. Hillyer, what you think l about Georges case with that highfa- l lutin Virginia girl. I'm interested in
 that boy. an 1t looks like pity to me 1 to have i'm lookin' in that direction
 mean jest that particular direction
 ''I know what you mean, Mr. Ken I ner'' = the woman shuddered in the
 keen, cool breeze-.'but do you reckon I it's any more'n friendship on his side?" That's what I'm botherin' about"
 answered the cotton buyer. T don't
 let op to George, of course, but I've
 been watchin' him powerful close. He
 wants everybody to think him an her l jest passin' friends; but, law me, some
 times when he thinks nobody hain't
 a-tookin' he gifts off his guard. One l day, while he was at work on his
 books, she happened to ride past on 1 that frisky mare O. hers The animal | crof roo,o1 of fbo r1YIf77T1 r' tho n0Y1o-