The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-09


In everv vt1iaqa IN the land there e
a ne,er-tIo-.yeu who g pltjed and cen
demned s,tbe same breath. In the
vuIaQe Of CsIenv1Ie Him peters was
tIe man ne wac eonstftutfonally
iazy 80 toner from head to heel.
and his wife and two children often
,Ian+etI for clothes and feod. Mr.. Pc
tsra Iod been strupeled with on nu-
nerous occasions. women had given
him tongue hastings. and men had hint
cd Mt tar ana feathers. he had been
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- -, t,IS1s,ent orcasIons only to
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work many times over onlS 10 NO"
his general Iaziness-
one day when the WOman's Mission
society was holding fits monthly meet,
ing Aunt Hanna Davis brodRht up Jim
Peters, case anew and declared that
.o,,ethtno abouId he done. She was
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~. ~ $500, +.,,l,
y ,.,,, 81 80,
Jln slgneo tne Pieuse' 1sFeeU " s.SP
chewing pug tobacco anu 30 70 NOE =.
and he even expressed an anAlsty 70
get religion" and become In time
deacon OF the church his good resolu-
lions carried him along for two weeks,
and then he fell down, and he TELL hard: :
NOT univ that hut he boasted around
-. 60 IIor,,o IN. an easv person
-
20 ueAi sssS IL,
Inc BoOo woman 49, - -
out OF tne TlliAse' uAvis ,, 80 :.
her own and enjoying the HE OF
spinster, and one morning she got up
to be told by the hired man that some
body had robbed the smokehouse over
night. Jim Peters was the only per
son for ten miles around who could be
suspected, and when the hired man
told his news he added that Jim ought
I'VE must not accuse any one with
out evidence" replied Aunt Hannah
at may have been Jim Peters or it
may have been a dog. I'm rather OF
the opinion that it was a dog, and /
would suggest that you get out the old
bear trap and set it In front of the
smokehouse tonight. II a dog steals
meat once he VIII twice, won't me-
That's what have heard - observed
the hired man as he started for the
barn to hunt for the old trap.
Aunt Hannah had started in to re
form Jim Peters in earnest mood, and
she Dragged that she would accom-
plish what others had failed to do.
When the man backslid she was re-
buked and criticised on all sides, and,
although she seemed to take It in good
part, she felt something Of spirit Of
revenge.
The bear trap was oiled and set, but
1t was n week before any game APP
peared. 1t was the hired man again
who brought her news. As he came
into the Kitchen with the milk pals
he observed laeonically:
''well, Mrs Davis, we have caught
the dog"
1T see" she replied after a look from
the window.
''Its a dog that looks exactly Ike
Jim Peters"
YES? III go out after breakfast
and have a closer look. wish you
would cut me three or -FOUR s"ltcheS
from a peach tree before you go to
work. II You hear the dog bowling,
you needn't stop hOelng corn on that
account"
The woman fingered over her break
fast as long as she could, and when
she finally donned her sunbonnet and
wandered out to the smokebouse she
had several switches, a pail OF water
and a clipper In her hands.
Good morning, Mr., Peters," she sn-
Iuted when she had come to a halt"
TT vns looking for my 5ackknife
into fhFa