The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

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zen with a rife drawing deadly hum
er'S bead on him.
The two stopped and ooked just as
the rifle cracked and turkey tumblcd
with much nuttering from his perch.
Mr.. Meekins turned to Mr.. Taylor
for explanations:
"Is that Il wild turkey" he asked.
sure replied Mr.. Taylor. .There
are more wild turkeys in this count~S
than ever you saw. They pull up gar
dens around here by the roots. Pe0-
pie kill 'em that way most any OH
time"
Mr.. Moekins comes from something
Of q game county himself. but this
was news even to q man from Dare,
and he hesitated. At that moment
the newspaper man arrived, caught
the tail-end of a wink and made
prompt answer to a query:
wild turkey-yes.'. The newspa-
per man shrugged his shoulders with
a superior air. PLENTY of Wild tur-
keys round here. XIII 'em any day"
That was enough for Mr.. Meekin1.
H begosh jiggered,' or some such
bounding ave ejaculation and got
busy. He hit Mr.. Taylor on the shout
der. "Hold on said he Eve got 70
see that turkey
Mr.. Meekins made time across Fay
etteville street. He lodged two drays
and a street car successfully, vent
with the agility of a goat over a pile
of boxes on the pavement and rush
ed into the grocery store.
The groceryman was as calm as
though he killed wild turkeys faster
than he caught flies. But MI. Meek
ms was inquisitive. He fired Ques-
tons about turkeys, their habits.
where they came from and why they
were not all killed out. until the gro
ceryman had his doubts e a light
broke upon him and he explained.
np. ~ li,ht lornlZ1 imam Ny NJonEin<
The groceryman vas very polite. He
showed the box where half a dozen ex-
cessively tame turkeys were picking
up corn. He showed how this partic-
ular turkey had managed to get out
when the box was opened. He de
scribed the turkeys Investigations in
Fayetteville street. his flight to the
tree and the necessity of getting him
down, whether he wanted TO come or
not. Also he exhibited to Mr.. Meek
ms a small rifle and explained that
his haste in getting back into The
store was because a cop might have
heard the pop and felt it encumbent
to earn part Of his salary by an ar
rest.
Mr.. Moekins heard all of this. and
he came out of the store more slowly
than he entered. He looked rs
though he would like to remain. His
face, that had been round and smiling
with expectation of seeing a wild tur-
key killed right IN front of one OF
the principal banks was long and sol
emn. He looked across the street. Ne
observed with ~displeasure that Mr..
Taylor had gathered a small crowd to
whom he made Grafton the while ne
pointed across lie street at the slow
ly advancing form of Mr.. Meeklns.
There We're general introductions ana
everybody had some remark to make
to Mr.. Meekins on the subject of ur-
ban sport. Mr.. Meekins became more
and more uncomfortable. Finally ne
spoke:
Yes he said, I thought it was a
wild turkey. Wasn't il up a tree,
hey? Didn't the man shoot him down,
hey? This is q city, is II, and I'm q
RUDE. hey? Let me tell you about
these Cities said Mr.. Meekins, scorn-
fully. I've been prepared for any
thing to get loose in any Of them since
the time l went to Little Washington
and it rained a live shad down the
chimney and I found a terrapin be-
tween the sheets in the highest priced
room in the most nalatial hotel. VIII
shouldn't lie have been a wild
Want he up a tree? Didn't the man
shoot him down? We don't have airy
such monkey business as that in Man
teo,' said Mr.. Meekins.