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tIckied ~ death fts iookcd up ~ me -
he wsddIesi by me. an winkcd enough v
mahe me buN right out laUshtn'. hsd
an Idee what he'd ben up 10. but hep
mum
st'ncie David went out ~ alt q turkey
to hill fer the preacher, but hs couldn'e
find ono hiGh nor Inv. Moees weddled
behind the house an rolled an folled On
the grass. kiokin' HIS big wsb fees IN The
air, an feeiin' good all through.
W0lI, III tn8t duut b8Aiy OOOtu WUcO
Uncle David told her he couldn't sit no
turkey was to oompermise on . Goose. an
Moss s4ccd By en- 80 that sec.s'e heAA
chopped Of without sayin' word Aw'in u,
an stood In the door next day an watched
tho preacher snaw at the sooae. The
dominic went away aftsr dinner lookin'
glum, an a. II no thought thingr was loomin'
UP tremendous dark fer the church mili-
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was painful fer to look at.
Then he waddled away to the woods.
The next thing see Of him he was marchin'
back home at the head o. that flock o. t,rr-
keys as proud az a drum major-an' even
II you should chuck that squeezer at mo
an fetch me down 1t wouldn't change
them livin' facts not one ioty. nor would
anything lees than a quart o. that cider
Farmer Bill is scowlin' in so fierce drown
ono smitch O. my sorrow out.
AN what made Moses die?
Fifteen years ago a litter O. hound pups
was born on that farm. an Moses took .
shine to one O. them pups, an he adopted
it. He raised that pup. Natu1y. - tho
pup growed up an time passed he got old
an feeble.
Moses felt terrible down hearted over
it wouldn't be long afore the dog would have
to leave him fer good. A couple a. weeks
ago the Oh dog died. Though Moses got
lower an lower in spirits! he tended TO
business on the farm Jest the same.
Last week Uncle David Beckendarter
said he wanted a new COW. He told me
to 60 buy one. picked one out, an when
I bought her see Mosss's face light I'D.
I wondered what fer. know now. Door
feller!
Yesterday mornin' afore he started to
drive the COVE to pastur'-yee, Moses.L
see him comm from the medder where We
had buried his old dog an he was lookin'
particular down in the mouth. As he
started OF with the COWS he give me a queer
sort OF a look, an he turned two orJ three
times to look at me as he went along.
Then suddenly he run up an give the
new COW a savage nip on the heel She
shot that heel out like a sledeehamner.
Moses tumbled back in the road an didn't
git up. I run to him. He was dead In
his forty-third year.
I knowed then why his face had lit up
when 1 brought that new COW. He was
heartbroke, an wanted to foller his be-
loved OIL dog. An he knowed what thtt
new COW could do.
only In his prime, an gone an left mel
An the new COW is croppin' the grass in
the nedders, hshthearted an gay, an
ohawin' her cud an swallerin' the Juice
in the spread O. the shady trees, without
a thought O the sorrow that sot in that heel
O. hern an shot out to smite Moses in the
neck an me in the bosom.
AN them as kin stand by an pull straws
fer cider an scowl an waggle at prevailn'
sorrow with it's throat parched an it's tongue
hangin' out, has hereafter comm that
they'll beg the fire company to come an
play the hose on an III bet on it!"
And as the Rockwell character went out
Farmer Bill Leonard said that how that
feller dared % run around the country
without wearin' lightnin' rod beat two
minute boss.