The Ocala banner., 1907-12-06

good and wet The thrashing was enc |
Of the things that gave me O banker
ing for the west Very liberal man |
with the hickory. father Spare the !
clothes and spoil the skin was lHs |
motto. He usQd te sss.lSe me strip tD
the waist-fieshsm, Even a il.-nt |
breeze rested heavy on my back when |
dad got through with g.ss. Say. Matte. |
perhaps ouGhtn't To say 20. nov thnt /
he's gone, but l don't think thafs Hi- /
proper way 20 use a hCy. a. youT
40. don't" raid Hiss Aa.,i..
"Your father eant well. but his way
was useless md cruel"
I've f0rgirvE HIN the Whole
sveo3," said he'd. -Eut, d-n RO~
, II .iad a boy weuIdM't eiuh tie W
cut st him; Ia t,y b. ESslSnn WIKI ktal
/ first. anyhow. Makes q boy 49, H.sy
/ as anybody ei--e Ia get -" his,c rsa ss<i
of his lack for nothiDS-UEes Il
+ awhile la ne~I. il Bey that's s3t Say
life in him Gs9ts 70 ~ 1"o much rc-
/ cnsfon2liy, and thrn warming r
hsaIthful and nouriehfng. Lord, you'd
think l VS. The father Vf my country
to hear me AK, wouldn't yout II
! soIncIedy'd write = boo, What Red
Saunders Don't Know Abou; Esj-i1S
Children il would "a fu.l # valuable
information HoW's thar hrcak'ast
I coming on"
- rcndr r-a.t right down Viii"
&C." yoUr cs.-I Rel and iueaUt!0'Is-
ly duaE himself upon on" "f the k!.c'.-
on chairs, which collapsed Instantly
and dropped l!:l eo the floor
"3iofcy q 80. Are you hurt cried
Miss Matte, T.NiI:.S forward.
"Imr:T' aid he'd Try Il, Just
jump Up ia ;ur ..Ir and sit on the ioor
wh"re You are now. ana SEQ if YOU get
( hurt, oh. no, I'm not hurt, but I'm
aS:onished l~youd measure. IKE The
| man that ti"kleI the mule. I'll take
my breakfast right here-Hhouldn't
wonder LIT II the floor went hack
on me and I2ntLai NE IN the cellar Ne.
| sir, I won't get up. Hand me thy
supplies. | know when I'm well OF
II yOu want 10 eat breakfast with lBA.
come sit 90 the floor I'm not going To
haNp my spine pushed through the top
OF my head tu-ica IN the came day"
Will you are the most ridiculous
person / ever did see," said Miss Mat
tie, and she laughe.i till She cried IN
sheer lighthcarteine6s. but there's g
chair You can trust. Como on now
We'll, if you'll take your solemn
oath that this one has no inusts che 80
deceive me-" said Red dOUnfUlly 1T
looks husky. We'll. I'll trr it. Huor.y.
She didn't give nh inch This kind OF
reminds me or Jhc time Jiumy Hen
. drickS came back from town and
r Wulll,v1 or the rt.cr Of the bluff n tn"
dark IL jn-t happened NAT cd scot
y FeTE1Fcu'S cabin Was underneath
him Jim took most II the roof Of
With hiM as h. WNent III. He sat
, aW lille to figure t-Gt what vas trUmVs
having come 10 feat loo fast to do
nuch thinking Then. Hello" be wells
Odd Scotty was a sleeper from way
. hack. hut this woke bin up.
"TIcllo" says he. .WaS'er matter?
Jim SAW he wasn't more than half
awake yet. - be says Why. wss
up ON the bluff there, Scotty, and, SEQ
, Ing it was ebch Il short distance.
thought Ia drop in
"'Aw r. gr1InttSi Scotty. Make
} y'sehf t haDa.' AMI with that be rolls
over
4 ",fim coNhn't wait for morning. and,
though his .eR was pretty badly
spra med. he made the trip al the way
round the trail and woke Us up to tell
- lis how he'd gone through Ferguson :
, roof and the os1 man asked him 10
r make himself at bO1He, Next morning
there wfs Scotty out in front Of his
Z, cabin. his thumbs In hks v-st holes.
: looking M.
What's the mstter. s-cotty? says /.
T. We'll, uisht you'd tell me what
y in the name of God went through that
Y roof says he,
h Il swaileI'pi Z laugh CrosAwayS and
put on :-erious face Mist have been
a rock. says |.
~ Rock nothin'- says he. II il had
been a rock 'twoUld have stayed in tie
q cabin. wouldn't it? We'll there ain't
She first blasted thing of any shape noI
description in there but The hole. You
= can go in and look fDr yourself
1T cost Scotty one case Of rye {,
!, make Us forget those circumstances.
i Il should have thought the MAJ
would hc' killed. striking on the root
-. that way" said Miss Matte
~ oh. no, Roof was made Of Quakin4
= asp >aplinE> just about strong en"u@L
>, 10 break his fall. Scotty WAS III,
y sleeper. though. IL wasn't hardly nat
4 uTal he way that man could pound Ia
car through thick aud thin. Hc hH,
a quite a surprising time of K once. He,
n been prospecting round the EGsv rp
fynctory ore district and he came OF
H.. - Hank Cutters Saw:niU jU4t at suH
down. Hanks Piace wss foil q gai,
NJ rvlsherS, 50 Old ScOty t!sou Iht he,
stecp outdoors in peace Gud quict II,
discovered some big l-zs8 rat Hal
uss making 10. oCp btnA fer the ntv
r,,V anil - 49, ~rrrr-.1 ,wnS NT,S n.