The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27
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FURs. FUR and CLOTH GARMENTS

out that Abel an Mag was 30 hot foot ag'ip
her marryin' Hank, which abe hadn't had
no idee o. doin'. it riz that pepper o. hertz
an she tossed her red head-beautiful
orbun hair. that head sawyer used to cal
tan she says that IL they was 30 al
fired dead ag'in her marryin' OF Dawes
Hank she'd marry him fer spite An
she up an done it.
1T was a mighty blow to the head saw
yer. but he had to he proud o. the gals
grit. An sure enough what does o.
Dave do when he hears what happened
but turn Hank out o. doors without givin'
him a single cent,
"'Lijer was a man as had worked a long
time fer OF Dave an was then workin'
fer Abel. Now he had been wantin' TO
marry Betty jest as much as Hank or the
head sawyer had. but she sent him of with
a flea in his ear when he mentioned setch
a thing to her, an thai hea hadn't never
quit bitin' 'Lijer.
Zone day after OF Dave had found out
that sneakin' game of Abel an Mays
an helm sick he got Lijer in his roora. an
handin' him his tin tobacker box told him
TO keep it a secret till he had passed away
an then to take an give it to Hank or Betty,
an not TO no one else
Uncle Jase took his tobacker box outen
his pocket. gazed at it lovin' like as he
turned an twisted it around in his hands,
an then put it bach in his pocket aE'in,
Simon bein' still settin' up ag'in the pail
o. loose chawin an the city Teller still bein'
sort O. dazed
Nov Lijer had an idee O. what was
In the boz says he. He says to hisself
that his idee was that the box would fetch
him q better deal from OF Dawes Abel than
1t would from Hank or Betty. an, anyhow.
now he could have his little revenge on
that peppery Betty.
$50 he took the box an hid It in a holler
stump in the woods. where nobody but
him would ever find it, to leave IL there till
the time come fer him to make his dicker
with Abel That time want long a-comin'.
fer twas only the next week that OF
Dave up an died.
His will left everything TO Abel, an
while Abel an Mag was gloatin' over how
their schemes had worked 'Lijer done q
little glostin' hisself over the way he could
change their rejoioin'. psrvidin' they didn't
come to terms as to that tobacker box he
had layin' in the hollow stump.
He went to the stump to git the box
an close his little scheme, but when he got
there he found that q swarm o. Wild bees
had took possession O. the stump an wa
a. busy as bees could be layin' up their
honey fer winter. This disoombobberlted
Lijer the wust way. but he done the best
thing he could. n that was to leave it
there till the bees shet themselves In when
GOLD weather come. Anyhow. he says to
hisseif. then he wouldn't only git the box.
but a nice crop O. honey besides.
-'So when GOLD weather come he went out
to start In with his scheme. but when he
got 70 the stump he most fell in q At, fer
the stump want therei No. sir. The
stump wants there.
w here was It? Nowheres, cause IL
was ali Tore to pieces. an Of Dawes to-
hacker box, with its disturbin' secrets in
It. an the bees an the honey was all gone.
not q sign OF any Of 'em to be seen.
.'Somethin' like a year after OF Dave
died poor Hank up an left Betty q wilder.
She was Jest as rood lookin' an snappy
az ever. an in course o. time the head saw
yer begun to see some Joy in life ag'in.
an hope took to autterin' gently In
his bosom wunst more.
"a p'tio'ly aggervatin' bear had been
prowlin' round the h~eadwaters fer quite
q spell. IL got 10 pesky that Abel an
'Lijer went out, m Abel put the bullet in
the bear that ended his prowlin'.
But Abel ripped an tore amazin' fer
wastin' powder an ball on TO the bear
when he sss how painful thin the critter
was an how petohy an short haired an
on color the skin turned u to DO. The
bear was setch ar all p~ervadin' miserable
an worthless speculation that Absl says
to 'Lijel that he guessed he'd make q present
Of u to Betty, n he told Liter TO take It
over to Retty's.
Betty she want TO cuttin' up tho bear.
an by an by her knife struck aS'in some
thin harder than meat an bous. an when
shs looked = little higher to ~ What 4 va.