The sun., 1908-07-26
THE SUN, SUNDAY. JULY s26. 1903.

The way he found out that bait. no said.
was that he was down In Arkansas or
some'rs round there last fans With gome
folks that wa. huntin' beRru. He had nj!
that he had up hare when got that rankin.
says Uncle Jase-'an' he Thought one day
that he'd 60 out an try the black bass.
which they told him was plenty an fierce
In then hem waters %. a.. ia.
his tackle. an he % fisSed AMI an iishsd he but but never
got bass nowhere nigh TO 1t. An Of darky
man came along by an by. an stood an,
looked at the fshefman that wasn't gittin'
no bites. an pooty soon the Of darky cut
hisself 2 pole. tied q line to It. put bait on %
4 bass bigger'n any the fisherman had ever
seen. An the darky throwed In ag'in an
landed another big bass. Then the young
Teller went up to the darky and asked him
what under the blue canopy @ the skies
S ssl s' ss sSs to the ySsnG teller .s g the yesn 2
TO him:
s'sBear.-
..-Bsari' says the New York Teller to
shs daSy s9s It, way back 70 To- hear si. !.
Then the young felIsr he inquired
furder, an diskiyered that the darky's
bait was strip o. bear with the fur ehaved
OF. an the akin an fat left on. That's
what the feller told me, an he tried 1t. he
said, an ketohed more big bass than any
me- says Uncle Jase, that we had plenty O.
that bait In the Knob country, didn't we2
An o. course said We did.
-'AHow long will II take you to GIT me
some Of Il, out to the pond9s says he.
1.-I kin GIT You some out there, says
He says that d do first rate, cause It'd
give him time to rest up an rig his pole an
Line arter We ct there an then he'd show
-Unole Jase stopped to grin some moro
agin, an ] says TO him:
Jason. I says. stern an positive,
didn't you know that bear was---'
'Dann. says Jase, cuttin' In on me,
4. to s mere a oen
cit him some O. that bait In twenty minutes
after we got to the pond. an 90 we went
we got to the pond, but in goin' there
I thought I'd show the young feller little.
took him round by the Holler road, three
miles furder'n tother way an somethin'
joltisr. He was pooty we'll tuckered when
We got there, but he says:
You kin git me some o. that bait In
sittin' it. he says, I'm rest up fistie.s
AN then. DanI,' says Uncle. Jase,
spreadin' his grin all but to the danger
pint, I happened to think. an slsppin'
my hand on 70 my knee says to the young
feller:
s.iconsarn my fergitful noidlel' says
/ aIktn git you some o. that bait In twenty
minutes, says, but here I've went an
sergot about the Legislatir'i' I says. The
Legislatur' has passed q law that II any
body kills q bear or 10 aocees'ry TO the
killfn' Of bear In this here bailiwiok it'll
cost EN- s25 apiece an as like as not git
'em slapped in jaili' says. -We dassent
do it, /" says, sconsarn my fergitful noddlel'
I says. sArtcr our drivin' all the way in
here, tool says. But sayl' says. ave
gether you In q ooon,' ! says. .Mebbe
he mowt do fer some O. tho little fellers In
the pond, anyhow says.
But the New York Teller didn't
'Eyander,' ssys I, shuttin.' Uncle Jase
up right there, 4 told you 90! An Jason,
says I, 1t amt Jest my idee o. giniwine
Knob country hospitality fer you TO 60
an do what you done, even II you did have
a rankin In your boosum,' says. An
seems TO me, Jason, that you aint jest
the out O. feller oitizen that one orto travel
Not even 10 fur 40 Mose's. DAMP says
Uncle Jase, turnin' on considerable Of his
grin. -
sMose's bein' only a little ways up the
road, says TO Jase that mebbe mowt
resk 10 a. FUR - that. An 90 did,