The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25

Which Is What Ras Slocomh Done
While Saving on a Limb Often q
Tree IT'S Bad Enuff as II Is,
but II Might Of Been M0lss---
Thrilling Particulars Below

Ras Slocunb had GURUS thing %
oeiSur. to him last Monday morning ana
as result Ras Is at present confined
to his bed with a sprained ankle, q
broozed hip and skun eyebrow to say
nothing of the general soreness and
other small bumps and eontushions too
numerous to mentchion. Ras eckspeckts
to be able to set in rocking chair per-
viding it has 8 or cushions on it in a
week or 2 and If he has good luck he
may be able to hobble around town on
crutehes in few weeks.
Right back of Ras's house stands q
big oak, tree which Ras's father planted
10 these many years agone when Ras's
father was not moren knee high to q
duck. The tree has grew and grew and
branched out to such existent that for
the past cupple of years one long limb
growing lords the house has almost be-
gan to come through one of the winders
Of Ras's bedroom. -
Ras says that at nights when the wind
blows that limb win sckrape and rake
against the outside of the house and tap
on the winder until he most thinks they
must be spirits around in spite of the
fackt that he knows there amt no SIGH
thing. However, these noises has been
making Ras loose so much sleep lately
that he desided that limb must come off.
So bright and carly last Monday MORN
ing Ras he desided to do the Job. So
he got out his old rusty saw and filed It
until he set his wife's teeth on edge and
she left home and went away visiting
among the MAJORS. After Ras got the
saw fled he elm up the tree by means
of a ladder and got straddle of the
limb where it leaves the trunk of the
tree. Ras he set there and started to
saw through the limb on the outside of
it. The limb was perhaps nearly 9
inches through.
Well, Ras sawed and sawed and then
sawed some more until he was all outen
breath and a blister wore on his thumb
but he didn't seem to have the limb
moren | quarter sawed through. Then
Ras would saw a while and rest while
longer than he sawed, and then started
in and sawed again. Bye and bye he
got the limb nearly half sawed off when
he happened to think that if he was on
the other side of the saw he could work
with a freer hand not being cramped
up SO ClOSS near ttlC tIuilh VI LllC dSCs
so Ras he took the saw outen the cut
and moved over past where he had been
saving and managed to turn around on
the limb so as to face the trunk of the
tree without losing his balance, falling
off and breking his fool neck. Then
he started in on the limb again to saw
it off betwixt him and the trunk.
After about hours work he had
sawed nearly through; then all of a
student the limb broke off and down
went Ras with it nearly Is feet lighting
kersplash in the rain water bari at the
corner of the house all snarled up in
the branches OF the limb. The only por-
shions of Ras which was sticking outen
the bari was his head and heels. Ras
was sort of stunned with surprise at
first, but after he realized what had
happened to him he hollered for help
as loud as he could boiler but he was
all so crainped up and rammed up in
the bari that he couldn't boiler very
loud.
Seth Dewberry, our lion hearted town
constable happened to be passing the
house about then and heard Ras's pitt
full appeals for help. With great pres
ents of mind Seth run around behind