The sun., 1910-07-17


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|aufs uaIu fnrra mug no tf ss'rh q
tfIrs ta ~ ItElu saudsrssi that wU
nn 80 ..f." H.rInnin ~h~u q h'"r'i
~ bat ,iII.,i S-rkv ,hr-, rm--
H Is.I I.. VS. 80 sU.id-utly lfsr Do. feat
.. fHfr...ti .ssr uu fH tt= nn-- k.'hufnI',
l'' .|f.f..t 10 -as.-rf-r q Z h. h.td s.s'n
. sr..a a.. I.rnss-d Hru,Ind stth his
yes ."..s-f I"rfIn uuf"n his heal
.r eN.f IH vuu -Iss-- 70 49, thA' -
seem %. a fuu.H.s,t hun Cousin MarvvlliIs'
-. .s trta. o.. ...t snihp' - him - sweet
... ru.HIgr. -In l''i at my gal
r.u..uu Nlry-lhI- I"-' st there un
t." .H.uyfu block an -husk he head
a. couldn't -ay 70 word an - the qu~s.
fiuu NHiu bs"u pat - me - course ]
ltlu IrfuIsrut-.' myself hv maxim
q gu.--. put tncl- DAVID Sa- all ready
AIth ~" answer. an ~ vs. astoundtn'
Miat mv brother Puk" S--u when
h- 1T lp IN looked around =k--Tt that
v,v. - y-Uu,,- David. vas IN. ,l,miuin. {.
,-' Dli r..''..~nak- that anybody had
ever dr,'dut It IA o was lutnpin round
IN ~" ground like u was craEier than
a loon
stood th.r. like dried mummy IA Egypt
b.. WA kpuCNed so aabher gasted. hut
then h.' com" - hi.-slt an sized up uhs
-lrtiwuUuu fer all u Was worth The
FHfIlssE. =.lfN Y utlF lta lus was hNFllf7l
ullt in IN. middle 40 hig round as a hO--'s
neck an Was As hImpy an huinpy as n
uul road IN a frosty mOrnin'.
Most - the rattlsrs hvshne~-. SAYS
Unrl- David was IN the centre uf HIM
',,,pt Iu hts tail. an that was swIngin'
an ~ -hln' an rattlin' out -stch "A tattno
~ Ia gtucr'l traInIn day ever h''rrd th"
music uf Ny brother Poke had been
-tandin an tn" snak. says Uncle David.
never notlcin' u want "A log, AN he
n 10. AZ W. ~.
neither II h. hadn't II opT-d ther" an
called the rniSsln lambs name. The
snake Lad the lamb slowed away inside
& itself but S"okv want dead UT an
-hr he RI Puk" calm ~ her.
Natur'ly -av- incl" David. 'hein
pet that knowed things IN" ri2 up quick
when IN" heerd tbs. call, an that's what
sent my brother Poke over on his head
kpluuk Cousin MarCrllus, say- Cncl"
David
OF course you've got some good Old
apple lAyIu back amungs' your -tor" -
Creatur' comforts landlur. the P"chuCk
narrator tiverg"d - inQuEIr
The landlord -ald h. hgi some ot IN"
cholcrst Old appl'' thai ever made a h.-e
hive, pui - rnan's head. and the self
all. grd puchuC ksT NJ oddrd again al Farmer
R'l ls.,uapi unmistakably a. a SlgEal
20 hin that h" must - CaTiul and not
l,t IN" landlords .SsuranCe A. To that
important point esCaI@ hl- mind. hen
Ns' TOOK NJ Inc InIfNl 'h w" aiiaNN'
again and -aid
that's what sent my brother Poke
over on hI- head kplunk. Cousin Mar
C,lluS gays | ncle David, COUSIN Mar
cellus havin' riI up from ~" chopin
block muppin' hisseif sofue more. That
what Il was says Uncle David beaInin'
an -mIhn But my brother F'ke
d-opv.d a twenty pound stone IN top .
thar haudICapl+' ed rattlers head -ays
NJ" an Patterned u out like slapjack.
quicker n auv ,ainb ever l"rk"d 10 iail
An there didn't much grass grow
tor,, h. mad 'A' lamb ripped uutcn that
snak, an was spuEin' Of II IN the creek
lu ''trHu minutes. says tnch DAVID.
.ti.r Lf't' crltr" Was tz good as ever an
was Ilar'.u' an sklgIIu' round an klCkin
har ,'.- Ike All pos-. --s'd IN that
CIy.utI. -trUnt that h.d ~tol" IA AN
k.du.uT-.l X hnr 80 ou;rL .cous an g"hbl"a
u n. down. an which was stlll a-wI gghn
of IT. JIuEhu taIl
-EattL'rs don't git 10 - moro n three
foot ton round d .se en- says my brother
Poke. gl,ltIn' - kiS-slf I'm show ein
wnatn"r they don't or not SAYS 10
Poke took N" snske.- skin homo al
hung % on thH t'nc. % dry siyS Uncle
DAVID. SOS a. could have II fer per
uct'h witness when h started IA 10
spris. folks With It. but tho NEXT moruin
II was gune tie s'arch warranted HIT-.
E-tt l.,iru-n.S PROMISES but Couldu { hnd
uo - -. o. tn skin. hu' from IN" heaps an
haaIs - new rt'tler skin moCcstslnS tla'
Hiur's folks Wu.r fer wear or two a-'sr-
vi Pok" always h'd a p"oty -tih ID.
- ~. S'arch warrant hadn't sarch-d
liiI. yul;' d,cp enough
80 s.ys Gnck. David h.' dIdn dasi
toll fpi.s about the tlg RATHER that stole
~ lub Soukv fer u" kuOwed they
make life mis- ahl. ter han H." rest O rs
days IN a. Ike as not maze him NOV"
.Wav from fH. sivsnes - hiz merry child
hood roo fellrr" saws UncIs DAVID
- toHSIn MarCslluz lays he. a.
most ra'''u' COUSIN Marreilus on the has X
H.. s..u - 80 ,I'k cd with him, thi- here
.nake % your'u | could most swear was
the sarr. ny yOor brother POk" Beck
rudartsr h led hat time. says he, an
had - carry th" burden OF 10 his dyin
day. u yu.r'u WIs only consider hl" hIg-
yer all .ad NOR" h@ik 10 - tai humps
saws IucI.. DAVID Twisht Poke had lived
,Y 80 fhi- Iay. II = want FER more n
I.r'a4r MINUTES Hello" says Uncle
David 70. amt suln'. tr you. Mar
calrs.
Fer Cousin NaroclhIs had g-thersd
up hi- snak. an was pikiu' on To rds
SIrout Hill ~ fast a. y" could step "
1 was ~orty e1gin away from lncl- David
nv ownsalf bIt he TUNED round an
saws
pHcitv' says h- III Earn hum 20 come
over here with his thr"" last years rattle
snake skins sewed together an 81 f-d
with saNdust. their rattie- ali glued on
m o... set ar him ready Ia pour in on
W how hard a ight he had with the p'i-on
fore h.. laid ~ low. ar how hun an his
Uncle Soc Tink lepaugh used to kill en-
twice as big an ten times a. ugly mp along
N. Old Pas-adanky' says Tucle David
IN Earn him. with his cOnsarned duplic-
ity' saws h"
An - nov you kun 500 what duphcity
- an that i's name ~ Cousin Marcrllus
Narr. weather BIt taint tho kind that
vpu snow Farmer Bill. an you needn iry
10 make me think u - No sir No.
s!r., \ "a kin -pue~2s ~ an rorty Joggle
NJ thorn lemon, with that diSHolvin' sugar
an few fingers % the old apple an
unglu ~ 80 80 49, to decoct pl.arin
swall.r or 'Wp a. what they call appl.
, toddy cant Won. laHdlord,-
IN" landlord -aii that ne certainly
could Tho man with the shadow on his
citlZeu-hip Nodded a. Farmer Bill Leonard
again. and auy un" could interpret u Ia
mean that such h-inE the "a-e thsr" Was
nothing laCsrng 90 elimination but the
order from Faru"r Rll But Farmer
Saalv Hunter had long sine" Withdrawn
his dreamy gaze from 'he onion meadows
and Farmer Bill was bu-y saying To him
that things had com" ~ q pretty pass when
4 felIcr opuldn even hot two shillin' on a
-. H.rat.y ta,, nd