The sun., 1908-05-03

her that We had s'peoted Basboe Skies
wrongful, an abe pOndered en- pondered.
"she was ponderin' yit when Joe Jeaers
come bangin' up with the carp We had
ohucke1 In his wagon an hour before,
Joe had druv clear down 10 the Corners on
an errand fore he come 10 Uncle Davtd's
with the carp, an We had fergot all about
IL. Joe chucked the big fish out In the yard,
an Aunt Sally see II as she was ponderin'.
"What haa that oritter been stufin' itsslf
WITH says she. Looks as II Il had sWal-
Tered tiirnip or somethin',' says she.
-She lugged II In on the back stoop an
ripped II open. | never will fergit the look
on Aunt Sally's face when she turned TO
Uncle David an says
David Beokendarterl says she. Jest
look a-herer
4Uncle David he went an looked.
well by the great horned catflsh' says
he. Amt that CTitter fatl' says he.
"Fstl' says Aunt Sally, Fat your grand
pound Of II an It's the fat thatn settle
Busbee Sikess hashv says she. Git your
eyes onto him in that pastur lot tomorrow
says She an git EN- onto him rightP says
she, git 'em onto him right
The upshot was that me an Uncle
David hid az in nigh the pond next aTter-
noon. The cows went In to chaw an drink
an swish. an what we see next was enough
70 show how tricky q neighboT Busbee
Skies aot'ally was.
carp was pokin' their snoots up wherever
they could git chance at the cows, an
was milkin' 'em as tidy as could a done
IL, an stuffln' their maws with the milk
An there sot Busbee with his spear. watohin'
'em doin' Of II; an when they got the cows
all MIXED an the COWS had by an by
started fer home, he went 10 spearin' the
fish that had filled theirselfs.
1Spearin' all he wanted, he dumped 'em in
the wagon an went bangih' an dancin' an
ioltin' 'em over that thumpy old road,
homeward bound
al wouldn't believed mortal man could
a done i'll saws Uncle David. gazin' arter
Busbee.
we follered Busbee, an got to his place
jest as him an Samanthy was outtin' open
the carp an takih' out the Jumps o. butter
that was In EN-, gittin ready TO work 'em
over. No patent churn could "a bring
butter 10 finer shape than the joltin' an
the jouncin' o the carp over that road into
Busbee's had ohurned from the milk they
MIXED from Uncle Davids COWS, an which
Busbee had been profitin' by 30 onneigh-
borly, an that's sure.
Him an SamAnthy was all took back TO
find they was diskvered Uncle David Jest
give 'em both one witherin' glare, an then
takin' the ten pound o. butter that churnln'
o. carp had turned out, we left 'em to ponder
on their lot, an rid back home,
1T was painful 10 Uncle David, Of course,
TO have to fence the COWS away from that
pond but to find q dishonest neighbor was
painfuler yit There amt nothin' pain
fuller than that, said the Pochuok chroni-
cer, with perceptible husk in his throat,
unless it, disposition in folks not to know
that the moisture Of a hundred carp ponds
amt wuth half as much fer puckerin
throat as even as little as two fingers Of old
Jersey il, said he
Farmer Bill Leonard, who lives down op-
posite Goose Pond Mountain remarking to
Farmer Seely Hunter Of Hardsorabble that
while there might be carp big and easy 70
catch over PochuCk way, suckers we're few
and skittish over here, the man alleging
domioie over that way didn't seem TO like It
and he got up and departed.