The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-05
ONLY TRUE
VERSION OF 1T.
The Travelling Groeeryman Hears
Of Injin viii, Rum
and Treasure.

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"The last train for the day out OF the
queer town into which In a wild moment l
had wandered during a trip through sJuth
Jersey came and went n I missed It,
said John Gilbert, the travelling groceryman.
Il started to bemoan my fate, for the place
itself was depressing and the one tavern
1t contained was far from inspiring thoughts
OF Christmas charity and words fitting to
them But the tall old native In the shiny
black frook coat and the plug hat long
overdue. and smoking a very black and far
reaching clay pipe on the tavern sroop
had got only a little way into his story
when ] knew I was going to be pleased that
I had missed that train.
Right around these here parts Is where
Injin Will used to do things was the way
the tall old native In the shiny coat, anti
quated hat and pervasive clay pipe be-
gan. but he was the ungratefullest bein',
either human or Injin, that ever soaked
rum, cause what he ought to done was to
hand them treasures over to Whisperin'
Henry Worth, fori IL 1t hadn't been fer Whis-
perrin Henry tellin' Injin Will where to find
the pine knot be could hill his wife's Uncle
odhC WILL al u Vouta u ~ VhooP-
in on the happy huntin' grounds years an
years afore he was. Idon't care a clam she'll
what the res Of EN- around here mowt tell
you about 1t, neitherl
THE native Of seedy garb and pipe Of
wide scope shook. his head and waved his
pipe toward me az much as to say that II I
had heard any other version OF the doings
OF Injin Will / had best put 1t out Of my
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that by it's f~aithfulness to schedule time
that train had done me q favor.
" 'Injin WILL the tall and positive native
resumed, was an Injin that I don't have
no personal recollection OF, but there amt
nc one else in the Jersey pines or along the
coast that knows about him the way / do.
He lived in a cabin over along Barnegat Bay,
yender, an 1t was Whisperin' Henry Worth
that told Injin Will where to find the pine
knot that he could kill his wife's Uncle Jake
with.
'whisperin' Henry Worth was my
grandfather's own uncle, 90 you see ! git the
story O. this Injin as straight as a string,
fer Whisperin' Henry told 1t to grand
father, an grandfather passed it to father,
an father an mother talked II to me more
times than there's f!eas on a coon dog, an
l never forgot a word Of II. Some will tell
you one thing an some will tell you another
about the habits an customs Of Injin Will.
but don't you believe none OF 'em! Don't
you do It!
4The b~iographer OF Injin Will seemed 50
eager that / should not get hold Of
the wrong chronicle that l assured him
that not a word would ! listen to on the
subject except what he might tell; and that
lonely and cherries place in the jersey
pines seemed like a garden spot.
Now, some will tell you that Injin Will
killed his wife fer one thing. an some will
tell you he killed her fer another thing
the tall and seedy old native assured me.
There amt no doubt but what he killed
his wife, cause Whisperin' Henry Worth
told grandfather that he did, an grandfather
told father an mother, an they told me.
Some will tell you that Injin Will had a
| little garden patch back Of his cabin, an
that he had some beans CROWN in 1t an they
was jest ready to pick.
About that time. 30 some will tell you,
Injin Wills wife was gittin' over havin'
the measles an suddenly was took with
a howlin' appetite. Injin Will was out on
the bay fshin'. His wife knowed, so they'll
tell you il you listen to 'em, that he had
ben lookin' at them beans o. his'n an
smacbn' his lips over the way he'd be
eatin' EN- afore long, but this app,tite o.
her'n didn't yarn fer snythin' but beans.
She couldn't keep 1t down, an so she went
out an picked them beans an cooked en-
an eat 'em.
That's what some will tell you. but
Whisperin' Henry Worth never said nothin'
about it to grandfather, n 30 father an
mother never heerd nothin' O. the kind.
Consistently, I didn't neither, so Of course
1t amt 30.
'Injin Wills wife, 30 they'll tell you,
eat his beans, an when he kim home from,
hshin' he smelt EN- where they'd ben
cookin.'
a'-Who eat Injin Wills beans?" says he.
"'-Me eat Injln Wills beans" says his
-'-Come on!' says he. "Injun drownd
you'll
His wife went along. an he took her
over to the deep hole an soused her in an
drownded her. Then he buried her under
the willers.
Then ag'in, some will tell you that
II wasn't because his wife eat his beans that
Injin Will drownded her, but it was because
OU6 USy Ie pluIk Al a lhhShiot 81 D't
his wife to cook it. She cooked 1t. but
wouldn't eat none Of 1t.
.'"All right says Injin Will. "Squaw
too good to eat muskrat, too good fer
Injin!'
80 he took her over to the deep hole
an soused her in an drownded her.
But them amt so, neither OF EN-.
| whisperin' Henry Worth told grandfather,
! an IRA Their told father an mother, an
father an mother told it to me lots o. times,
that the reason Injin Will killed his wife
was Gauss she was sick an old. IN all the
time ia lkin' about her ailin's.
IAN right says Injin Will. Put
squaw out O. Misery
An he took her over to the deep hole
an soused he, in an drownded her.
Now, then, seven Injins that knowed
Injin Wills wife noticed that she hadn't
BEN visitin' 'mongst their folks fer good
while, an 80 they kim down to Injin Wills
to see about it. Some will tell you there