Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-30
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Marvin Parsons "It Nas q FOOD Ops
90 pilny. y0u bstshsf Seemed Iiks
gvsry time Piiny passed Biii's house
that nee q Hllfs ud run Oui yaDpin'
sad snsppin' u him. an bs got %
mad that he swOfs he'd kiIi a."
I've sv0fe the same thing." said
goI Baker. "Did he Kill hG'
"YOu walt" said Parsons. stFuasiinE
with mifih. "PIlny'd been over 10 the
market an bought him . steak for sup
per. II was q right prime cut. an
Pilny said 10 Dick spence whsn he
cut II that he didn't Efedse payin' .
shillin' q pound for q steak like that
was. I'm agoin 10 have the old WON
an fix 'er ~ with inyuns an brown
gravy he says 10 Spence. an the way
he said II. Spence toll me. he couldn't
keep his mouth from waterin'"
II don't blame him." said Washing
ton Hancock. i've tasted them steaks
that Pllny's wife fixes. an wouldn't
want nothln' better. She's got a way
o. cookin' steak that beats any I've
ever knowed. II don't need TO be no
prime cut. nuther. She can take
piece right atwixt the critters horns
an make you think II 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 | want
to know"
IF he'd "a killed him reckon Bill
wouldn't be a-tellin' 1t around fer
joke" said the storekeeper, contemptu-
ously. That's fool question to asst.
That amt BilYs style"
"Bill'd be chasin' behind Pliny with
a double-barrel shotgun right now II
Pliny'd KEEP up his gait this long.
Pliny ulster be some at runnin', but
Bills 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
Piiny's wife cd take most any scrag-
gly, tough OIL piece O beef an nix 1t
up SOS 1t nd 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 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'"
mo, it's Bill Riley's dawg," said
Parsons. 81 was tellin'-"
81 didn't know Bill had dawg. Is
he any 'count?"
"Jest little fice," said Baker "One
o. them emery little yappin' tarriers, no
ercount fer anythin'. | told Bill l was
a-goin' to kill him If he run out at me
again"
Il thought mebbe you was talkin'
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 Teller
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 If |
seen Sibley I'd tell him about it. 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 fightin' dawg. was sayin'
that he'd ben pesterin' Pliny Williams
right smart. an Pliny had ben
around to Dick Spence's to get him a
steak for his supper. He was a-goin'
to have his wife fix 1t up with inyuns
in great shape"
shes great hand to fix steaks
with injuns," explained Hancock, help
fully. "She can take piece of the
shank or off the neck of beef an
cook It SOS it 'ud melt in your mouth
"Shes French" supplemented the
storekeeper, IAN them French know
how to fix vittles. There was an oil
French woman down where | was
raised Where you goin', Marve?"
Tell us about Pliny afore you go,
Marve." begged Hancock.
Parsons turned and faced the group
irresolutely. We'll" he said, ''Pliny
wus goin' by Bills with the steak an
he seen the dawg nosjn at rosebush
two yards off an he hadn't got rock,
so he plugged at him with the steak,
an the steak hit tree an the paper
busted an the dawg got the steak an
run under the house with 1t afore
Pliny cd git around to him, an when
him an Bill did git the steak 1t was SO
mauled It, want fitten for nawthin'.
an that's. all there wus to it, dog