The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03

mistake. The catfish a gran an ga
anything | chucked in the tub. 30 one da,
I thought I'd find out jest how a catfisl
took the hook when you was tshin' la
EN- hid a hook in a nice piece o n
pork an handed 10 down 10 him ~ ~
end Of line. say! That Rinazin catnsl
! cooked an eye up at me, winked, tnrnet
, his tail az in that nice bit q pork witi
| the hook In IL. an swoshed hook an al
| clean outen tho tub.
We'll. says the Teller. arter that ms
an him got sstch q close undsrstandin
| that In less than q week | wa afeard
To bet anybody g. he couldn't fish that
I catfish oIitsn that tub on n hook or y
! that he could. either way he wanted "a
/ bet IL anybody bet me he could iish
that stupid lookin' hnkhsad OF a catfish
Outen the pIb Id give the catty the wink,
and he'd snif an scowl at the nice fat
halt with hook in il stuck under his
nosa To tOmpt him an never fetch Il.
But IL anybody took the bet that he
couldn't iizh the catfish out. an - put IN
bare hook or a bad bait. the catfish d
60 for IL like a hawk fer a chicken an be
hoppin' on the ground fore the chap
that took the bet knowed what had
happened. Then the catfish ii spit the
hook ont an I'd dump him back in the
tub.
Why. saw" says the Teller throwin'
away the stick he was Within an putin
his jaCkknifn IA his pocket. me an that
catfish worked together 80 brotherly
an enterprisn' that We paid on the
mortgage on the mule an bought the
best coon dog IN all this bailiwick in less n
three months! Then one day my hired
man was stsndin' by the tub. lookin' at
that anazin' an staTt.in' catfish, an he
took out his plug % black navy. an say.
Cap'n' says the Teller breaktn on like
he mouRht "a thunk % somethin student
like, n chaw offen jest "a common every
day yaller plug a be- sweet balm IN Gilyud
Ia JANUARY p, | know IL would. says he,
an nebbe tide him over. A toler'ble
good sized chawl' saws he.
i told him didn have no yaller plug.
Sprout Hill hear from me. you
kin bet a hen. fer not tallin' you about
anizary Pr SAYS he. Why, you'd "a
handed your terbacker right out without
bein' asst II they only had' says he. an
not wankin' 20 stay an see him feelin 80
bad got up an says must push on.
One minute. Cap'n. says he. Though
Won don't even feel like pas~in' out your
common every day yaller, ! can't hear
To have you go with wrong idees about
january =. GrogRn. jest a minute.
Cap'n" saws he. an sot down on the
stump ag'in.
The hired man cut a chaw oifen his
black navy plug an piece * it fell down
IN the water says he. The cattis h come
when h. showed his noss aG'in IT, He
paused an pondered lie W ant so sure
about that terbackeT. He skinned one
ev" up AT me. hut ! never said a word.
Then he concluded 10 resk II, an he took
the piece in
He give a couple 81 chaws on IT,
scow ed some. cooked his head first to one
side and then 10 t'oth.r, sorty considarin'
what moughi happen. Then he chawed an
chawed an Ivy an by zwall,red that bit
@ black navy plug.
-''Twa'n't long. Cap'n. SAYS the Teller.
fore the catfish moved slow an solemn
over TO one side - the tub. shivered some
an then rolled over on his side an turned
up the whites ~ his eyes an looked pale
around the gills felt il way down in
my boots that he was "A gOn-r an | was all
broke up went To- the house an but
say, Cap'n. says the Teller. breakin in
az in, a handful - that fine cut chawin'
. YOUR while faint NANNY in the viii
dern"ss like black navy plug or even
common every day ysller, mought lift JAM
zary y. outen the dumps an mehle We
could pull him through says he
Then ! got up an started fer sartin,
but the Teller held up his hand an SAYS:
Ons minute. Cap'B.' says he. an aot
down ag'iu I went 10 the HOUSE. saws
he. jest a-wailin'. fer felt It way down
in my boots that the amazln' catfish was
a goner. N was an hour fore ! had the
heart to go out TO git him an take hun
outsn my boots fer joy when | ~" he had
turned over on his belly an was wiggin'.
though II wasa pooty sick lookin' eye that
he skinned up at me, an he shuck his head
like he didn't keer whether school KEEP
or not. But n2Nt mornin' he was lively
rs a cricket. ar eat a pound an a half o.
liver an three flannel cakes fer bis break
fast
SeeI that his health was fair To mid
din after his first chaw o terhaCker, |
thought Id have som" fun watChIn him
edge 81 an scowl an spit an spmtter
a. ] offered him another cEaw O. black
navy plug. Con@ekently ] most fell in the /
tub my own self when he come up an
took that Chaw e'zac'ly as II Il was jest
the thing he was lonkin' fer He 'saun- !
tered to one side % the tub an Oh . wed an
chh wed, shown M plain as his whiskers |
an his horns he was enjoyin' hlsself.
" An go he larnf Ia Chaw an he begged /
all o that plug o black navy plug away .
from me fore night II was a sight that |
dra we'd people fer miles to see him lying |
back an Chawin' terba cker.
Except that my Uncle january i. /
Grogan had a trihe deeper cut o. mouth, .
An split more tcrbacker juice. my ol' .
woman come along AT says a. that cat
fish was eittin' away with that plug a.
black navy o mine. he's the dead image .
n Uncle Janiznry p. says sh. Only
says She, I've an id's, that ncle january
could Civ" him consider bic p'ints a. To ,
begg1n terhecker. says shs.
An sss,in' that she sort % took to that
AmaZin' catfish fer favorin thar relation
y bern. JANUARY p. GTogan he was oalleSi,
an January =. GroRan he Is to-day /
But It didn't sa-sm 10 mo that u was jest /
The proper thing fer a catfish 20 Chaw .
isrhacker. ! sot out to break january y. .
" tho habit. hut Great Dog Hopple I
hadn't counted on his views a. tho matter
When I quit handin' him down his reg lar
haw u upset his nerves Tremendous
10 ripped an tore round in tho tub like
! mad dog. an his Dyes laid way out on his
'h~,kS. II. shuCk that he stopped
he water clean over the top o. the tub.
Then he tuck 10 buttin his head ag'in the
'de- o the tub, an SEQ that unlo-s he
rot case pooty durn quick he'd have the
ub rInnin' over with tho brains he d
mock outen hisself.
So I passed him down q chaw He
grabbed IL to wunst. an In less n half q
minute he was a. calm A. Sunday mornin
N 'contented as a COW stAndin in the creek.
EVER sence then january p. has had 70
AVE his ChAw o black navy plug regular
m the dot or keel over an give M the
yhost. We run outen black navy plug
o-dAy. an can't lay in none this side
) Sprout Hill. Unless january p. gifts a
haw afore long he'll !
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