The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-08


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8 Il shan Be IN dressed and ready half
81 hear ahead of time Did vou get
tAem ven down - front z, {, a
Gone 10 think q 4. 4 heaieye there
s11s sometlling raid about tickets .and
fka theater. hut i met Green on the
caS; and the thing parsed completely.
opt e ny mind. S
Ard what did neettng Green hare
tD do With III ss.5.
yFhy, Green = q great sportsman,
& 1uu know. He catches more Hsh md
sfaooh more snipe than any other man
1 s. town He wanted 10 know Il I
dldnt know that the snipe shooting
sasen opened tonosruws and was sure
pri6ed flat / Ind forgotten H e
sssVslly'
III he has sot . game knee and
!. .senf 50 out shooting bats I'm going
81 myseif. You know n 90 every TALL.
i've BEEN tasting snfpe IA inaagination
sll days We can 90 TO- the theater any.
sisht this fan or winter ne can goa
Hundred night but must SO s1ipe
{ shooting tomorrow, I want TO. get
aMay at daylight ana I've got to bor-
ypw i gun this eEeninR and make
Is Is true that Mr. Bowser went
anipe hunting last year and tie yedr
before It Is also true that he didn't
even zee snipe; also that he had trou-
4 Bile with farmers on both occasions
and on the last earne home with a
black eye and his coat ripped from tail
4 O. collar. He had then said that he
Was through with snipe forever; that
nillions OF them might come and Light
On the hoasetop and no wouldn't
sttretch forth Ills hand ! reminded
him now OF his words, and he replied:
.sNever, Mrs. Bowser never said
anythlng that could be possibly twist
& I'd to mean any such thing! ! couldn't
have had any fuss With farmers, and
if I came home with q black eye tt
was caused by kick from the gun.
You have got things all mixed up. This
puts OF our going TO the theater for
enIy night q two, and ! hope you
won,t BE q BOBBY about It 80
4t0h, I'm not going to complain" /
said. sIf q husband cares more abort
snipe than he does about bis vile she
must put up with it J.
ss1t isn't that, and you know II isn't.
care mora about you than I do about
Eve snipe, but want you to see this,
thing In the same light that do. go
out to Shoot snipe. ! get the day In
the country The walking Is good for
my rheumatism. get the exhilaration
Of shooting gamy bird I talk with
The farmers about their crops I drink
more or less buttermilk. meet other
Epdtsmen, and we compare notes and
ret acquainted. / shoot and bring
home four dozen snipe, and we have
snipe pie for q week. I feel rejuve-
mated, am completely restored to
health. and during the rest Of the fall
& 60 around whistling and singing. 1
!; hope you won't be selfish In the mat
s ter.
on, Whats the uss7
OF course / told him that didn't
want to be and that should be glad
to see him go out and enjoy himself.
What was the use In saying anything
60 the contrary7 he would have gone
anyhow. AS soon as dinner was over
he went OF somewhere and borrowed
gun and a game bag and ammuni-
u -.
cleaning that gun. It was gun q rod
long. I can't remember what bore he
said It was nor how many snipe it
would shoot to the minute, but the
figures were very liberal. All you had
to do was to put in anywhere from
dozen to bushel Of cartridges and
aim and pull the trigger. / asked Mr.
Bowser if the gun wasn't made six
teen feet long so that the nuzzlc could