The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14
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A'Ao' van AoOhS. II was a BOOQ one
on Pliny, you betcher Seemed like
every time Pliny passed Bills house
that nee O. Bills I'D run out yappin'
and snappin' at him, an he got so
mad that he swore he'd kill It,"
I've swore the same thing" said
Sol Baker. Did he kill it?"
You wait" said Parsons, struggling
with mirth. "Pliny'd been over to the
market an bought him a steak for sup.
per. 1t was right prime cut, an
Pliny said to Dick Spence when he
cut 1t that he didn't gredge payin' a
shillin pound for a steak like that
was. I'm a-goin' to have the old wom-
an fix 'er up with inyuns an brown
gravy he says to Spence, an the way
he said 1t. Spence toll me, he couldn't
keep his mouth from waterin'."
u don't blame him." said Washing
ton Hancock. I've tasted them steaks
that Pliny's wife fixes, an wouldn't
want nothin' better. She's got way
O. cookin' steak that beats any I've
ever knowed. 1t don't need to be no
prime cut, nuther. She can take
piece right atwixt the critters horns
an make you think it wus porter.
house."
That's the French in her." said the
storekeeper Then French"
What did Pliny do to the dawg,
Marve? asked Baker, impatiently.
Did he kill him? That's what l want
to know"
20 L I
wouldn't be a-tellin' it around fer a
joke" said the storekeeper, contemptu-
ously. That's fool question to asst.
That amt Bills style"
"Bilrd be chasin' behind Pliny with
doublebarrel shotgun right now il
Pliny'd KEEP up his gait this long.
Pliny ulster be some at runnin' but
Bits a staver, an he's mighty sot up
about his shotgun, an he thinks a
right smart O. that dawg," said Han
cock.
Anyway, this was a pertickler fine
piece O. steak" resumed Parsons.
There was two pounds of it, too,
an ="
Il wusn't disputin' it bein' a fine
piece O. steak, Marve," said Hancock,
mildly. "All l was sayin' wus that
Pliny's wife cd take most any scrag-
ely, tough OF piece O. beef an fix it
up SOS it 'ud seem like a prime cut
You don't need to get miffed."
What did the dog do to Pliny,
Marve?" asked Baker.
''Who said he done anythin'?" de-
manded the storekeeper. why don't
you give Marve a chance to tell it?"
That's what l say" said Hancock
You keep your mouth shet an your
ears open, Sol, an you'll soon find out
about the dawg If you're so deter.
mined to know"
What dawg is that?" asked Henry
from Duck Crook, as he
lounged up to the group and hoisted
his bulky form to a seat on the
Ben Sibley's?"
mo, it's Bill Rileys dawg," said
Parsons. Il was tellin'-"
81 didn't know Bill had a dawg. Is
he any COUNT"
"Jest little fee" said Baker. "One
D them emery little yappin' tarriers, no
ercount fer anythin'. l told Bill was
a-goin' to kill him if he run out at me
again"
Il thought mebbe you was talkin
about Ben Sibleys Tige," said Wester-
man. Jerry Bush says he seen a
1awg that can whip him. It's one of
hose yere sheep dawgs, an a Teller
over in Sassafras township owns him.
He's whipped everythin' over in that
section, an Jerry says Tige wouldn't
asst him five minutes. l thought if l
ieen Sibley I'd tell him about it. It's
yotter to be a pow'ful good dawg to
whip Tige."
Tell us about Pliny's dawg, Marve,"
,ntreated Sol Baker.
Does Bill think he en- fight?"
Isked Westerman.
why, no." said Parsons, hastily.
1t haint fightin' dawg. l was sayin'
hat he'd ben pesterin' Pliny Williams
right smart, an Pliny had ben
round to Dick Spences to get him a
teak for his supper He was a-goin'
o have his wife fix it up with inyuns
n great shape"
one great manu- 10 Tx STEAKS
With injuns," explained Hancock, help
ully. "She can take a piece off the
hank or off the neck of a beef an
ook 1t SOS 1t 'ud melt in your mouth"
shes French" supplemented the
AN them French know
ow to fix vittles. There was an oil
'rench woman down where / was
Ahead WHARF Won oOip, Marva7D
Tell us about Pliny afore you go,
iarve," begged Hancock.
Parsons turned and faced the group
-resolutely. WELL" he said, "Pliny
rus goin' by Bills with the steak an
e seen the dawg nosin' at rosebush
wo yards off an he hadn't got rock,
0 he plugged at him with the steak,
Il l. L. l. l. .--- IL