The daily tribune., 1908-12-31
A Good S4nyv
0ut II Took Some Time
to Tell II

every time Pliny passed Bill's house
that nee o. Bits nd 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 steak for sup
per. 1t was a 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 It, Spence tol' me. he couldn't
keep his mouth from waterin'"
II 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' a steak that beats any I've
ever knowed. 1t don't need to be no
prime cut. nuther. She can take a
piece right atwixt the critters horns
an make you think 1t 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 I want
to know"
"If he'd "a killed him | reckon Bill
wouldn't be a-tellin' 1t around fer a
joke" said the storekeeper. contemptu-
ously. That's fool question to asst.
That amt Bills style"
"Bill'd be chasin' behind Pliny with
a double-barrel shotgun right now II
Pliny'd KEEP up his gait this long.
Pliny uster be some at runnin', but
BIlTs 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 1t. too,
an"
II wusn't disputin' 1t bein' a fine
piece O. steak. Marve," said Hancock.
mildly. "All l was sayin' wus that
Pliny's wife cd take most any scrag-
gly, tough OIL piece O. beef an fix 1t
up SOS 1t 'ud seem like 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 chance to tell it?'
That's what | 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
Westerman from Duck Crook as he
lounged up to the group and hoisted
his bulky form to seat on the
counter. Ben Sibley's?"
No. it's Bill Riley's dawg," said
Parsons. 81 was tellin-"
81 didn't know Bill had dawg. Is
he any 'count?"
Jest little fee" said Baker. "One
O. them onery little yappin tarriers, no
ercount fer anythin'. / told Bin | was
a.goin' to kill him II he run out at me
again."
about Ben Sibley's Tige." said Wester.
man. Jerry Bush says he seen a
dawg that can whip him. It's one OF
those yere sheep dawgs. an feller
over in Sassafras township owns him,
He's whipped everythin' over in that
section, an Jerry says Tige wouldn't
last him five minutes. ! thought II
seen Slbley I'd tell him about 1t. It's
gotter to be a pow'ful good dawg to
whip Tige.'
Tell us about Pliny's dawg. Marve.
entreated Sol Baker.
Does Bill think he en- fight?'
asked Westerman.
why. no. said Parsons. hastily
1T hain't fightln dawg. was sayin
that he'd ben pesterin' Pliny Williams
right smart. an Pliny had be'r
around to Dick Spence's to get him O
steak for his supper. He was a-goin
to have his wife fix It up with inyuns
In great shape"
She's great hand to fix steaks
with injuns." explained Hancock. help
fully. "She can take piece OFF tn,
shank or on the neck of n beef an
cook It SOS II 'ud melt In your mouth.
She's French supplemented tn,
storekeeper. "an them French know
how to fix vittles. There was an oil
French woman down where I wal
raised Where you goin'. Marve?"
Tell us about Pliny afore you go
Marve." begged Hancock.
Parsons turned and faced the groui
irresolutely. We'll" he said, "Plin!
wus goin' by Bill's with the steak an
| he seen the dawg nosin' at n rosebusl
two yards of an he hadn't got n rock
so he plugged at him with the steak
an the steak hit tree nm the papo
busted an the dawg got the steak an
run under the house with II afor'
rliny cd git around 10 him, an whei
| him an Bill did git the steak It was 81
mauled It want fitten for nawthln
| an that's all there wus TO II, dog
gone every last one o. youl"
Whats Mnrve mad about" salt