Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-02-18
A Good Story
But 1t Took Some Time
to Tell III

every Time GllHy passed Bill mousse |
that flee o Bills I'D 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 a steak for sup
per. 1t was a right prime cut, an (
Pliny said to Dick Spence when he
cut it that he didn't gredge payin' a
shillin' pound for a steak like that
was. I'm a-goin' to have the old Won
an fix er up with inyuns an brown
gravy he says to Spence, an the way
he said it. Spence toll me, he couldn't
keep his mouth from waterin."
81 don't blame him. said Washing
ton Hancock. I've tasted them steaks
that Pliny's wife fixes, an l wouldn't
want nothin' better. She's got q way
o cookin' steak that beats any I've
ever lnowed. 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 a
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.
| Plny ulster be some at runnin', but
Bills 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 perticSler fine
piece O. steak" resumed Parsons.
"rhere was two pounds of it, too,
| an"
81 wusnt disputin' it bein' fine
piece O steak Marve," said Hancock,
mildly. sAll | was sayin WIS that
Pliny's wife cd take most any scrag-
ely, tough OF 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,
Marye?" asked Baker
"Who said he done anytime" de-
manded the storekeeper. why don't
you give Marve chance to tell it?s
That's what l 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 hoistet
his bulky form to a seat on the
Z counter. Ben Sibley's?"
mo, it's Bill Riley's dawg," sale
Parsons. Il was tellin'--"
81 didn't know Bill had a dawg. Is
he any 'count?'
Jest little fee" said Baker. Zone
q o. them onery little yappin tarriers, NJ
ercount fer anythin'. told Bill wa
a-goin to kill him if he run out at m,
a again
q thought mebbe you was talkin
about Ben Sibley's Tige, said Westel
man Jerry Bush says he seen
81 dawg that can whip him. It's one G
~ those we're sheep dawgs, an a felle
over in Sassafras township owns him
b. He's Whipped everythin' over in tina
~ section, an Jerry says Tige woudn
IS last him five minutes. ! thought if
f. seen Sibley I'd tell him about it. 1t
gotter to be a pow'ful good dawg t
= whip Tige."
r Tell us about Pliny's dawg, Marve,
"A entreated Sol Baker.
& Does Bill think he en- fight?
h asked Westerman.
u Why, no." said Parsons, hastil,
" 1T hain't tightin dawg. | was sayil
: that he'd ben pesterin' Pliny William
@ a right smart, am Pliny had be-
around to Dick Spence's to get him
= steak for his supper He was a-goii
z to have his wife fix it up with inyun
in great shape"
9 She's great hand to fix steak
r with inilns," explained Hancock hell
z fully She can take a piece off tn
shank or off the neck OF beef al
y cook it SOS it nd melt in your mouth
She's French" supplemented tn
9 storekeeper AN them French ino'
3 how 40 fix vittles. There was an o
9 French woman down where | wa
q raised Where you goin', Marve?"
Z Tell us about 2liny afore you g
= Marve," begged Hancock
Parsons turned and faced the grou
irresoutely. WELL, he said, "Plin
wus goin' by Bills with the steak al
. he seen the dawg nosin' at rosebus
ID two yards off an he hadn't got a rocl
. so he plugged at him with the steal
an the steak hit tree an the pape
If busted an the dawg got the steak al
run under the house with it afol
i. Pliny cd git around to him, an whe
T. him an Bill did git the steak it was S
, mauled it want fifteen for nawthir
an that's all there WIS to it, do
ar gone every last one o you."