The sun., 1909-02-28
NO POOLING UNCLE JASB
TIE MAN FROM KNOB COUNTY
.. GRASPS THAT FAOf

GRASPs THAF FAOT
And Demonstrates II by Telling Of I'm
expected Arrival ef tho Barrel si
Cider Coupled with Uncle Jase'I
Own story sf the Pickerei Spoon
LAczAwAxEN. Pa, Feb. 2s.-'wher
Uncle Jase misses any tricks said the
man from the Knob country. -it'll bt
when he's got so old that he's deef an
can't see an don't feel well hisself gen.
er'ly. i was settin' In the kitchen t'otheI
day. tallin' comfort in the rockin' cheer
that's got the sheep skin on the seat, an
smokin' my pipe. when looked outez
the winder an seen Uncle Jase comm
cross lots on such stiff sort Of gait thai
II struck me right away that he hadn't
heered yit that l had drawed the last
swaller o. cider outen that bar'l o. mins
an hadn't rolled another bar'l in the
| cellar yit.
81 been kiokin' like steer says, az
I see Uncle Jase hurryiR' in. victim his
lips to keep 'em from craokin' till he go'
a snifter o. what could nee he was count
in on. I been skickin' like a steer
says. cause Els Sam let his wagon break
down an hain't got nothin' to bring along
that barl o. cider on till he gifts the wagon
fixed says. but now I'm ding glad il
happened. says. fer Uncle Jase In set
tin his face this way leete too durn
eager to suit me-
Uncle Jase come in an sot down
an while Samenthy was askin' him
how Perkiomen was he was sweepin'
the kitchen table with his eye an SEEM
in'iy was disapp'inted 30 says 10 him
TO come In the settin' room, an we went
in the settin' room an sot down. an
the big white ohany pitcher that fetch
the cider up outer the cellar In bein'
there on the table Uncle Jase cheered up
consider BILE an he says:
-'Dan'l.' says he. I'm tickled all but
to DEATH says he. I never 'spected fer
TO see II az in says he.
-Thinkin he was referencin' to the
pitcher was on the pint o. gettin' huify
an askin' him IL he thought was goin'
to take TO hidin' Of IL In the haymow or
some'rs like that when he says:
YES. Dan'l,' he says. I got 1t back
III ttChfCt out W utoih tCf
never 'spected to see it ag'in. an sot
setoh great store by It., says he. turnin'
on that grin o. his'n clear acrosst his
face. Yes, sir. Danl.' says he. that
patent trailin' picker'l spoon hook o,
mine has come back, an KNOWN how
glad you'd be to know IL. says he. L
trotted right over with the news an
but mebbe never thunk to tell you how
come to lose It. Danl. says he. Did ~
he says.
This was the first | had heerd about
Uncle Jase ever havin' patent trailin
picker spoon hook. but l says;
Seems to me I mind somethin' or
other about your tellin' me how you come
to lose it, ! says. 'Ketcht d it on a snag
on the bottom o. the pond. didn't your
says
Uncle Jase locke up surprised like an
kind o pondered as II he was wonderin'
whether he actu'ly didn't have a patent
trailin' pickerl spoon hook some time or
other after all. an then by an by he
says;
well, Dan1. he says. IL told you that
I lost 1t by snaggin' it on tho bottom o.
the pond ,he says. I must a been mis-
took regardin' the facts in the case, he
:. says; So Ter that w''n,t'A' way lost it,
Then Uncle Jase. he stretched his
neck this way an that way SOS he could
see better outen the winder an up the
road Then arter while he says;
The way come to lose IL was. says
kn Aohips nth 10 In ShA ..~t
was yankin 'em out the primest kind,
that patent trailin' pickerl spoon hook
was so KILN to EN-. when jest as ! was
landin an oil dodwalloper OF a picker'l
In the boat down swooped the impu-
dentest an biggest fish hawk that ever
seen swoop. II grabbed that tremen-
dous picker'l o. mine an sailed UP an away
with it. snappin' my line like it had been
shipped by a pair OF scissors, with the
patent ira in spoon hook fast in the
pickerl's jaw an it's two trailers sailin'
behind it as the hawk riz and riz in the
air an went out O. sight. Is there water
In that pitcher. DAMP says Jsse, noddin'
to ards the pitcher on the table.
-'No. there amt, Uncle Jase,' / says.
but I'll go an git some in it, says.
gittin' up TO take the pitcher an beginnin'
aTNo, no, NOT says Uncle Jase. Not by
no means II you're gittin' II fer me. he
says. I was jest only thinkin' that
mebbe-'
sUncle Jase kind o. shet on at that
pint an thought looked little hintin'
lords the cellar door. Then I Jest did
feel good cause that bar'l was empty down
there. an glad that Ellis Sam had broke
his wagon down an couldn't git there
that day with the new bar'L Uncle
Jase's eagerness to'rds what it seemed
like he was countin' on was so all peri
vadin' aggervatin'
.The fact is, Jason says l. settin'
down az in an doin' my best TO keep in
from chncklin', I drswed the last swaller
outen my cider bar' Yesterday, says.
"Uncle Jase heaved sigh an says.
That's the unfortnit thing about
cider. p'tic'iy II it's extry good, says he
The bari somehow is bound to run dry
on feller.' says he. 80 your'n has gone
an done IL, has it. Dan'l?' says he.
Yes I says. an then ] thought I'd
rub 1t In on him a leetle more 30 / says,
but I'm s'pectin' another bar'l in long
o'rds the end o. next week, says.
Not. afore then, hey? says Uncle
Jase. Socks, DanI' says he, 1t must