Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-02-06

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what" says. You don't mean
TO say that you XIII 'em. do your"
says "Jumpin' Jim Jsggers," I says.
I've heerd O. folks that killed EN-"
I says. but never 'spected 20 live 70
see none OF EN-" I says.
what's your idee o not tappin'
Il yit. Dan1.' says Uncle Jsse. kickin'
a chip over lords the cider barl It's
better 10 spiggot II before you put Il
in the cellar says be
"'f know Il. Uncle Jase' says J. but
ELS sam borrled my suger and hs
hain't fetched Il back yit.' I says: that
beln' the truth. too. but not the rea-
son hadn't tapped the bari.
He did. shT says Uncle Jase. but
be didn't seem 10 Be any more disoour-
aged than he was befors. 'E1rs Sam
Is always borryln' things. consarn
him. says he. I says 20 the New
York feller. "Jumpln' Jim Jaggers,' I
says. i've heerd OF folks that killed
EN-" I says. but never 'spected 90
live 10 see none Of EN-" I says. And
Il was Bsrtholomew that be WAS goin'
70 drop that stone on 20. too. Danli
said Uncle Jasa
Then begun 70 git an inklin'. fer
Ia often heerd Uncls Jase tell about
Bartholomew. though hadn't never
seen him. nor heerd OF anyone that
had seen him
"'Ohi I says. It's rattlers that's
weighin' you down. is Il. Uncle Jaser
RattlersT says be. OF coursei What
else would 81 bsf And II was BartholO-
new. too. that laid thers. He had glided
over there TO do some digesun after
swsllerin' a couple o goslin's. and not
dresmin' that he'd run AG'in any one
that killed EN-. Bat the New York Teller
'poloSized. and ne and Bartholomew went
home, in the dumps. though. tsli you
: DAAI. 20 think that wS lad found that
there vaS folks that killed EN-.
Well. DAal. EvAnder come TO M
place Yesterday. and hs found ne OF III
pint O. shsddin' tears
-'''Unele Jsse." AAy As. What unds'
the Canopy is IT."
e. '"Evandsr.- says I. "t'other dag
s diskivered that there vaH them tha
killed en-. and now" says I. I've eis
q kivsred somethiE' that I didn't thinl
livedi" I says
d What kin II be-" says Evandei
IA bad one," says T. "EvAnder.
y says I. I've actuny ciskivered ths
G there's bad onei Come here" say
and took Eyander over 20 a corner {
be the yard. and showed him = big one lay
In there al swslled up. nigh as big As
er stove pipe. It's too bad you haint e
ch Il tapped. DAn1' says Uncle Jsse. kici
I'd in another chip lords the cider bar
ay II helps it amRLin'. putin the spigg'
II in before you roll Il IN the cellar. "a.
Sc he
1t ~ know Il. Uncle Jase. says I. sha'
sd in my head AZ n was more cisa
I'D pIntec than II my bAiliWick had go
ere agin me fer constable
but That one was all swelled up Urc
gh Jase says. an says 20 Evsnder. 5
nd that swellin'-' says l. Evancer says
did. What is II" says he. That sv'
the lin" SAYS 7. 'ls my pet coon Aosalo
in and that rattler knowed it Jest as well
the knowed il myself. sAysI. But do
Nv care 90 much fer the coon. though he y
md worth all O. $40 sAys /. but To diski'
that there's bad ones, That knocks me
the says / Danl shouldn't wonder
as what you're lestle sorry yourself q
the Il alnt tapped. says Uncle Jsse. kick
the a chip plumb on top o. the cider bari
had We'll. | should say so,' says l.
ar: could shirt good quart Of Il and ne
sot wink Consarn that Eh's SAM say
I o Uncle Jase looked up the road &
'elf. down tAe road. and then says by and
SOS ~ was comm along the sva
> 20 road this mornin'. and. hearin some
and hail me. I turned and see Il was L
Sam.
= Where you pikin' fer-" says h
Down 20 Dan1s." says J.
-'"Wish you'd take this along '
no you and tell DAn1 I'm much o6leeg'
{ up says he.
was ~ said I would. and dern glsd
I'D too. that kin 'commodAts q neigh
dled Here Il Is. Dan1.' says Uncle Jase. an
handed over the auger that ELS
.ays had borried!
says Yes. sir says he. that pet coon
be- worth $40. but II amt that that's wei
I've in' me down. Dan ! says he It's the
. he hivsry that there's bad ones-acti
. bad ones-that put me IN the dun
- I, says be. Some folks taps II on the
rned but I see you sock the hole in the
than Danr. That's right. II always ci
frser when you tap IL In the end
,tuIy Uncle Jase; and when he vent hom
Jass one would ever q s'pected that he'd
L 90 powerful deep IN the dumps as he
Uncle whe4 be come in and sc< &C the "