The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27

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as II he was carryin' "A gun his ownself, an
the way he used TO manoeuvre an git some
other deer to draw Uncle Soc's fire an
then bounce u o. the brush right in front
pranco an show how good he felt over
his smartness. an then tear away like
the wind while Uncle 500 was putin the
tinishin' touches to his loadin' up ag'in
was enough TO make a preacher swear, an
as Uncle Soc wasn't within a good many
degrees o. bein' a preacher. Aunt Sally.
I've an idee them Pennsylvany woods heerd
some astoundin' remarks from Tim.
But beln' a Tinklepaugh he wasn't a
man to he fooled with forever. One day
he was gou' through the woods. keepin'
his eye peeled. when along come a sousin'
big bear into an open space about twenty
rods away. Did Uncle Soc whang it?
Well. not him! L~esstways. not then.
'"In bet So" says no TO hisself. that
that there smart Of buck has done some
thin TO turn that bear out in front o me
an il watchin' an waitin' fer me to empty
my gun at H." says he.
& So he stood still. an the bear. IL stood
still. Then somethin' begun TO move the
bushes of to one side o. the openin'.
"'-Aha," saws Uncle Soc. Il thought
sos says he. The dingbasted buck Is layin'
In those an il gittin' tired o. waitin' fer me
to belch my gum says he.
An. sure enough. il wasn't long afore
he seen a deer's head pushin' out sly an
kecrful from the bushes. an he reco'nized
1t as the smart Oh bucks head
Nov. 9 Teller that wasn't a Tinklepaugh.
Aunt Sally. would "a put n bullet right
through that bucks head n settled the
hash o that aggravatin' deer then an
there. but Uncle Soc jest grinned an Rugged
hisself. an done a little Calclatin'. Havin'
calcIated his idee out. he pulled up IN
took a i'm. Now. Of course. Aunt Sally.
you n aturly s'pose that he aimed square
at the buck, havin' got his chance at last?
You maturity s'posa 80, don't your
why, of course do. Ma cellus'' says
Aunt Sally. tosstin' her head as much az
to say thai if it had been in her to s'pose
any other way it'd been putin the Tinkle-
paughs in the durn idjit class. OF course
| do. Marccllus'' says she.
mo, Aunt Sally says Cousin Maroellus.
shakin' his head slow, an smilin' a sorrowin'
sort Of a smile, as IL he hated TO disapp'int
he didn't aim at the deer. He aimed plum
at the bear
Aunt sally looked quick around Mt
Uncle David, like il might be that here
was a good place FER him 20 set his dis
couragin' idee 10 workin'. but il Uncle David
had been smokin' opium he couldn't "a
been more calm or ppacefuller. sattin'
thnre BLOWN smoke toward the celin'.
Uncle Soc aimed plumb at the bear.
Aunt Sally says Cousin Marcellus. an
the instant the gun cracked. out jumped
The buck TO have it's fun with him. jest az
he had done ag'in an ag'in afore that.
But he hadn't more than landed in the
opcnin'. than he dropped like a ton o. lead
give Two or three kicks. an was deader
than a meat axe. Uncle Soc went up to the
buck. %Cloatin' an chucklin'. an took a look
at the dead carcass.
"'"Jest c'zac'lv what / thought" says lac.
Why did Uncle Soc say that, Aunt
Sally? jest cause there was a bullet
plump in the bucks heart. an ten rods on
= other side o. the buck laid the bear. Jest
as dead AZ the buck was. An the bears
head was on the ground in tina very SPOT
where its hind feet was when Uncle Soc
shot.
Uncle Soc had give the bear one o.
them nerve-twistin' an ierkin' shots right
through the bead. The bear had topped
eend-tO 50 quick ihai II brought it, t'othcr
side round toward Uncle SOC afore the bull
lev had got all the way through ito head.
right back in the direction il had been
fired from the gun, an ketched the buck
plumb IN the heart a. he Jumped outen the
brush square in front OF it,. Aunt Sally
-av Cousin Marcellus, layin' back in his
cheer an snilin'.
"Ive IN idce that Aunt sally GOT mp
quick an stood betwiNt Cousin Marcellus
an Uncle David 'rause she thought hat
here was n pint whore them discoura gin
id"es ~ Uncle David's might git TO goin'
u little more discouragin' than usual. but
il Uncle David had any more idees iost
then flan watchin' his smoke roll toward
the ceilin' he didn't show il. an Aun Sally
sot down ag'in. an, says:
Cousin Marcellus. II want 10 Know
Yes Saws Cousin Marcellus. An
Uncle Soc said that he considered that
CalCla IN of his'n a little the closest Of any
he had ever made. an thar shot Of his'n
y little the %=lickest. He got the ~aggravatin'
buck an the bear too.
"'"But IL was a ding-basted resky shot.
Marcellus.' SAYS Uncle Soc. IF had
missed my calclation by the littlest bit 81
the part Of a second" says he, that buck
wouldn't "a stopped the bullet. an IL
as guns" saws he.
~'les. Aunt Sally. says CousinMarcellus
III bet there's sone tremendous GOOD
shooters down there in Texas, but when
| tell 'em about that wonderful shot. an
that the man who made II was my uncle.
| wonder II thev wont all take a back seat
an give ne tbe head o. the table, sa VS. he.
Aunt sally said it'd be somethin' funny
an unpolit" If they didn't. an Uncle David
knocked the ashes outen his pine an says
'is that II you'm goin' to Texas don't do
no Tinklepaughin' Town there That's
all ! got to say says he, an he vent OF
To bed.
so Cousin Marcellus started fer Texas.
an that was "A month or more ago. We
hain't heered nothin' Of him senCe. an so
that dotin' of Aun Sally's fer Cousin Mar
cellus IN them discoura gin idees OF Uncle
David 3 ag IN MN IS Doth workln pooty
deep.
Aunt Sally she is les as sure an anythin'
kin be that Cousin Marcellus has gone an
tried one o them nerve twistin' an jerkin'
shots on to a bear, an not c%alc'latin' il
lest fine enough the bullet has come back
from tho whirl o. the bear an socked it,
sell plumb in Cousin Marcellus an stretched
him low. way on down there in Texas.
But Uncle David he says no
81 amt afeard o. that SAYS he. I'm
afeard that he started in to T~inklepaughin'
down there. I'm afeard that he was in
c~onsidert enough to tell 'em that story
about his Uncle Soc's wonderful shot, an
tht that the reason we amt heerd nothin'
from him.. an proberly never will says
Uncle David.
But as 10 me-" said the Pochuck chron-
icler, 81 jest nut down the facts az they
be an say nothin' as t. what my feelin's
IL, personly an individjilly. an not askin'
fer y%our'n."
There seemed TO be no disposition on the
part of anybody present 10 give an idea as
towhat his feelings were. asked or unasked.
and there being no sign of a change in the
atmos"here that would indicate ever a