The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

medder, an In ths bsud. ON the fur aid.
was q whiriin' place, with white suds ali
It,
The young Teller STOPPED an took an,
as I rcco'nized that bend In the creek as Inc
one In my creek bend medder, someiLin'
OF a sort OF m inklin' Of an idee begun ~
simmer In me. The young Teller went on
0y .:sssiS; that whIrIln. plaO. with III.
white sudS on IT, says he. 4 thought me6bs
it'd be q good plAce fer q trout 20 be waitln'
TO grab things, m I slapped my tangls O.
worms over on 20 10. Swtsh quicker thar
q fash that patch O. white suds was fiytn'
q wind.
"tConsarned II the yank on my line dldn',
come nigh tumbin' me into the creek saI
fer mebbe a quarter Of an hour I was keo'
dancin' an windin' line an twistin' arrlnj
somehow l hauled up and put in the grass
a fish that I kn9yed was o trout, az Il
was the first un I sver kctched.
-'Hs was al much like that un LAWN
on the table yender, says the young feIlsr
'as two things. hyin' or dead, kin be Ike
Il didn't say nothin'. but that idee o.
mine KEEP a simmertn'.
81 was actly skeert when l got that
ketch o. mine out o. the water, an I was
gloatin' over him " he laid there In the
grass shimmerin' an sparklin' an srneIlin'
good, when I heerd a voice behind me.
II was a mighty sassy voice. an il says.
-NSee here, you impydent an trespsssp'
young varmint. you'll" It says. DO yuu
know what you'll git IL you don't make
tracks to wunst often this here and o miner.
It says. IF you DON'T it says, 4 kin
.T turned an looked an there stood
a stub an twist Teller citizen, lookin' AZ n
he mowtb be mad all the way through.
"aYou kin have Jest five minutes" SAYS
he he. I kDo xac sasn this here sss, fe Ss' . GS.a', 49, .
minutes by the watch, > says he.
"'Not carin' to git In any trouble I picksd
up my trout, that bein' the first un I had
aver ketched. an started back the way
had come. but the ugly Teller says. no;
them premises. an I must 60 down the
creek an take the road.
"'@And more than that says he. 'TT
jest take keer o. that trout hat you have
gone an ~trespaseod from my waters,'
says he, an instead O. knockin' Of him down
an takin' the consekences.' says the young
Teller, Il handed over the trout an
went down the creek an took the road
The young Teller stopped ag'in an
looked at Uncle Jase's big trout. an that
idee O. mine was Jest more han simmerin'
now. IL was bilein'.
"'But before I took the. road says ehe
young Teller, I sot down iongside OF Il 10
ponder q spell. an give myself fits fer not
knockin' that Teller down an goin' On, with
that IA. fri 4 Ss.t trout a Noise ! ev "r IN ss sSs si,t after sG
ST looked around, an there. standin' IN
the middle of the. road, not thirty foot
away from me. anfthe old IN shown her
teeth the skeertn,essednd, was a rippin'
how fur it is from that place In the road
more than tsn minutes gittin' here says
TT TIA. i . 81 P!.: ss:y 81, ! g 9TH tho yE~cgnsssI,sr,
fer that's what they call Il beewtxs tho v
.STheu / done ~, says hs :A9. thai
trout layin' yender tsAemuoh Mn tho one
I ketched In that bend q tia oreek. an
s thu 1sI Iivin' or = dead. finSsa hsssch.other,
Il pondered arspsrl mysslf,amnthns idee
bein'' overp0weriH strcne BY thu time, |
picked up Uncle JassfB big troue an hands
1t to the you anE, fs s9s S1i ne ~. .,,r. r.
your'n,, 1 says,; 'buS Us ths vsry Identical.
indyvidjul one that ron kseo6sd in the
bend o. the creek! I ssyh Z beeu keepin'
it fer you,' I says. Il waoeook up By mis-
talk: sI.e from gs yeu A. q n, $3.50, . J fs @d sSst n 'Sss
cxaC WnHt oDo UODny SOub Ah8 buht tuet
o. mine simmerin,.
sThe young Teller jess huggod that trout
an, yooped fer Joy. am he went away the
>tickledest chap I eve SEQ, an not q keerin'
fer bears nor nothin' else.
IF Uncle Jass had only said somethin'
about the big trout when no come in next
day, or by am by, mebbe I wouldn't "a had
the idee quite 90 strong, but he didn't seem
to ever "a seen or heerd on IL, an so !
couldn't see but what the idee was the
soundest kind, 90 I says TO him:
Jason I Gays, when was Il that you
got title deeds to that creek bend medder
o. mineT' / says.
Uncle Jase sot up that a~ggervatin' grin
o. his'n, an he says:
"Danl,' he says, we've got TO do some
thin or other, or they'll be ~overrunnin' US
like an army with banners. We got to awe
'em down, Dan1,' he says, gripnin' thar
Uncle Jason grin o. his'n that don't keer
fer consekences.
Il hadn't orter did it. I know. but dinGed
IL l didn't tel! Sairy Ann to 60 down cellar
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