Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-19
Good Storv
But 1t Took Some Time
to Tell II

- my, you DetCher. Seemed like
eVery time Pliny passed Bills house
mat ice o Bits nd run out yappin'
ana snappin' at him, an he got so
inad 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 right prime cut. an
Fllny said to Dick Spence when he
cut 1t that he didn't gredge payin
shlllln a 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
ne said it. Spence tot me, he couldn't
keep his mouth from watern'."
i 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 a way
o cookin' 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 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 want
to know"
IF he'd "a killed him I reckon Bill
wouldn't be a-tellin' it around fer
Joke said the storekeeper, contemptu-
ously. That's fool question to asst.
That amt Bills style"
"Billd be chasin' behind Pliny with
double-barrel shotgun right now if
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
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
81 wusn't disputin' it bein fine
piece O. steak, Marve," said Hancock
mildly. "AIl l was sayin wus that
Plny's wife cd take most any scrag-
ely, tough oil 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 anytime" de-
manded the storekeeper. why don't
civ oh In Toll
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 a seat on the
counter Ben Sibley's?"
mo, it's Bill Riley's dawg," said
Parsons. Il was tellin'-"
81 didn't know Bill had dawg. Is
he any COUNT"
"Jest a little fee" said Baker. Zone
O. them emery little yappin carriers, no
ercount fer anythin'. l told Bill l was
again
81 thought mebbe yor 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 a Teller
over in Sassafras township owns him.
He's whipped everythin' over in that
frro IV,Sf
last him five minutes. l 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- f1ght?"
asked Westerman.
why, no." said Parsons, hastily.
st hain't flghtin dawg. l was sayin'
that he'd ben pesterin' Pliny Williams
a right smart, an Pliny had ben
around to Dick Spences to get him a
steak for his supper. He was a-goin
to have his wife fix 1t up with inyuns
in great shape"
She's a great hand to fix steaks
with inJunS, explained hancock, heIp-
fully. she can take a piece off the
shank or off the neck of beef an
cook 1t SOS it 'ud melt in your mouth"
She's French" supplemented the
storekeeper IAN them French know
how to fix vittles. There was an oil
French woman down where l was
raised Where you goin', Marve?"
Tell US about Pliny afore you go,
Marve," begged Hancock.
Parsons turned and faced the group
irresolutely. Well" he said, "Pliny
wus goin' by Bills with the steak an
he seen the dawg nosin 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 it was so
mauled it want fifteen for nawthin',
an that's all there wus to it, dog
gone every last one O you!"