The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-05

n Mhtlo 0ttef tn1t MIN WITS WIZ
Unols Jake thought he'd find out why he
hadn't seen InJin Wills wife fer 90 long,
m he kim down. Some will tell you he
wasn't an unole, but was another brother
Of InJin WINS wife, but don't believe 'em.
cause II amt accordin' TO Whisperin'
Henry Worth.
where's squawi' a Uncle Jake
when he kim down.
'Drownded,' says Injin Will.
'''Howfy says Unole Jake.
'''Me, says Injin Will.
"'.Come on I" says Uncle Jake. Fight
DUEL
q 'Injin Wills wife's Uncle Jake was the
best fighter In the tribe an Injin Will made
up his mind that he was jest as good as
treadln' the happy huntin' grounds. but
he wen along. AS they was goin' along
they met whisperin' Henry Worth, an
he knowed at once what was up.
" 80 he whispered to Injtn Will-that's
what they called him Whisperin' Henry
fer. No matter how loud any one else
was talkin he never got above a whisper.
He whispered to min Will:
-'-Pine knot. Up yonder. Big one.
Tap Uncle Jake"
",Injin Will winked, an when they got
TO where the pine knot was he seen II.
GOOD place" he says to Uncle Jake.
Flight here"
" 80 they pitched In, an they fowl an
they fowt. 1t was a good thing fer 1njin
VIII that Whisperin' Henry Worth told
him where TO find the pine knot that he
could kill his Uncle Jake with. fer Uncle
| Jake got him down at last an was Jest
| eoin' to stick his knife in him when Injin
viii reached out an got the pine knot an
Knocked Uncle Jake fiatter n a founder.
Then he got up an tapped him with
the pine knot till Uncle Jake had gone an
fined Injtn Wills wife an the seven other
Injins.
: The highest tavern TO Injin Willis was
over on the bay, an he used to hang around
It a good deal an soaked all the rum he
could git. An he run a bill for rum, an
one day the landlord told him he couldn't
nave no more till he settled.
".Injin Will went away. By an by he kim
back with his hands full O. silver dollars.
He planked 'em down.
-'"Injin have rum now?' Gays he.
Soon as the landlord got his breath he
swept the pile O. dollars in his till an takin'
a bottle o rum he asked Injin Will to come
! inside, he wanted to talk with him. Injin
Will went inside, an'half an hour later him
an the landlord went away together.
"'Injin Will took the landlord down the
beach an vent to kickin' in the sand. Every
kick he give up would roll silver an gold dol
lars out O. the sand. Then he took the land
lord to a place where he dug in the sand
an unkivered a trunk. 1t was full O. gold
an silver. Pirates hidden treasure.
"'Well, sir, that landlord quit keepin'
tavern after that. an his family got to be
the richest on the Coast. His descendants
live there yit. an nobody has got more
money than they have. An Injin Will had
all the rum he wanted, without money an
without price, until his dyin' day, an he
lived to be more thar a hundred, an died
In a fit.
but see how ungrateful he was. What
he ought to done was to hand them trea sures
over to W%hisperin' Henry Worth. for eff
| hadn't ben fer him tellin' Injin Will where
to find the pine Knot he could kill his wife's
Uncle Jake with he'd ben whoopin' on the
happy huntin' grounds years an years
afore he was, an I don't care a clam shell
what tie rest of 'em around here mowt
tsll you about it, neither! An see the rum
he'd "a missedr
-The seedily CARRIED and tall old native
/ knocked the ashes out Of his aggressive
pipe and craned his neck to glance into
the tavern barroom, and in the eloquence
OF the glance I imagined l could read that
he had an idea that he might have been
missing somewhat Of rum himself while
setting me straight on the record of Injin
Will, and the ~promptness with which he
approved of my suggestion that l make
good any possible deficiency in that regard
was sufficient assurance that l had read the
glance Alright.
And l congratulated myself again that
the train l missed was run so promptly on
time, for l ' would have missed trains all day
rather than have missed Injin Will and
xr1~:.n--:.t uonr~v Uorth "