The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28
UNCLE JASE AND ZEB'S WIDOW
TRE RONtNCE or ms lOIN0
LIFF MtDE PFBLIC
Wud Pond. Err REEVES the story of
How He Nas Holed M a Rear The
rear Vas Tame and BeIonEed tn
IneIe .Iase inc Latter Denies o..

e.
.ouniry -Nhen Mud Pond f,rv com" IN
~ simon store over ~ IA" fdtv Du
-, AeyE
Well Uncle JaSe Savs no. lncl"
Iase bein seemin Nv the one thar h'' wanted
N give some information 10. I"rson'lv
an p'urly hear that Ioh's wdd'r
goin - - mlrr~d az N saws h'
B,I' - course voI'vs heert about ~
40 savs he. an got an inyrt" 20 IN"
w~ddin morr n likely avs hs
4 didn' know lest 'hrn wha' -"
reason fer y mow' ~ but ~c"n rEh'
awav that the pcrc~~dlns A. the stor'
vas promisin - ~ lnt"-c-tn fer Tnci"
tasc narcd NJ hk" al ross"ss.i az b"
suaps out ~ Mud Pond t1ry
You an Zehs wtdd"- Nur ho'n l."
clustered. fer al - mo savS n"
Mud Pond Fry h. only .r-a'ch0l
ne heed aornn an ~ortV SuNIl"d for -p"l
an thcn h" saw
Oh. yes saws he nNc seo Why
want thcv -omcthin sortv aEGervatln
hetwiNt her N Won wuusi mel" Jas
says he Pore her az Deb vas D.. rh@d
saws he
Jest "a VOL aS.vou SNOW that loot 'us
Two i. four. saws Uncle lase srill Alarm
Won know that II II hadn't boon f"r
contrary an persistin Near aided an
b4-ted nv tho wuSt kind o. lvIr saws he
she'd a h,tched ., mo au wouldn'i
Ia Zeb's widder now say. ne whether
she's goin' to he married az IN ~ VII IN
she ANT Won know IL lest as wall ~
vau know tootems two 'o,i' a. DON t
~ou set there an Nv 30 n'e'enI Won don T..
says Jase
Well. Gays Mud Pond Errv arter,
q while. srnilin duCnr ~ Ur~l" 1Ass.
come 10 think on A. lase savs no" seems
10 mo I do: but Dan here uHbb" haln''
cot no inklin, ~ II an hadn = ! Eett"r
Stop right where YOU be- boilers
Uncle Jase in a way TO give the idee that
q Ezry didn't stop right where he was
ned he took nv the neck an Choked 80
he'd have 10 Consarn you stop right
where YOU be- saws J1se m turnin' 20
ne he saws
Now Dan l. he says. lest as II was
edge an jury IN the case. II anyr hing
has got 10 be raked up here pertainin 20
ne an Zeb's wilder. savS he. III rake II
~ nv ownself There : heen lies enough
nut on record about ~ an there ant
none on an Roin' 10 he sot a-foat'n'
round az in not II kan helm IT,. says hc
An Mud Pond EZry 10 Teller citizen as
kin set EN- foa'ln n ANYBODY kin saws
he
III
all over 70 hear Uncle Ia-e Aare up an
hitch into him 20 fierce. an fore h. could
git rid . what wAs on his mind Uncle
Isse waved him down positive. IN saws
Jest keep your trap shet saws he. ar
rurnin 10 me az in an lawn the C1S@
afore me. he saws Dan saws 10, III
'ell Won now u was There was Coin -
~ = harvest home picnic an dance down
~ the Falls. saws he. forrv ve'~ ago ~
come about now. an ! was '0unun
-
s-vs JAse ! was holdin 10 irsId" q the
k'ce With Zebs vidd~r her no. helm
IfnE wilder then. n coI-s" h''' old Sol .
rAl Hersv ~ I v1s holdlu 'r" inside %
the fence with her q IN all 1'hc- fallerS
savs he. an vel they all know"' n
saws he
The dav fore tho harvest nome saws
he I VA ,o0gin from Hepsv- folr- or
NV wav 20 Eh's folks. fNur -l,l"s from
Hspsv's carrvin' % haSket n 'I~nIr ''ass-
ms that Eh'- folks was goir - ~nit with
their'n 70 tho harvest No'r" Bl' Tor" ]
started Danl saws ilse fore s'a tied
ssvs he I N A. sstS He p-v n ~" vas
Coin' "a sheer that learn Oh MIN" with
me Nv helm Ms Iase o. Whether she
want roin 70. an shn savs 80 49," that
she'd give me nv answer a. ~" harvest
home m Dan savs tn"l" Vas" 'a"in
~ down - mo firm m NOsIt'"s Ike ~
was n pficlv strong rlr' Ir ~" ".,s'
Hepav rive me - understands plain
enough. nv cats fhaf her 1rsweT ~ ~
goin ~ he no" saws he Plain - h""a
a-huZzin ssvs Ia-~. she gave N" 70
understand " vas T0in 20 no ye-' saws ho
80 AVS he I lur~oi rna' nasFe' o.
nicric rassin's 1l0nr through the woods
feel,n l9ht an chipper Hal ~ -
Fhs Was the hig .pring. aN' ] - down bv
= - tlke a rect r't drink an think I'd.
HsoSy ~ s-t there sava tucl" la-P
What should ! see but bic hear comm
through 80 woods m a load run. an
-.
v~et homo an not = Shootin match that
I was goin - 7 hadn't hrinC nv Gun
along but a; amy other me- that wouldn''
= made M difference saws IaSa tor
~ a buckled right in an rassalnt fh"
tie nails oTen the bear avs 70 hut
~ this ptic lar occasion ~ wolldn ID
fer me - pit~h IN an ~ all Clawei an
pawed an chawei an hlrodei NJ mot 10
ne ~ pectln - meet NJ IN" harvest homo
the gal as was Rot' = saw v"= D me 60
I grabbed the basket n pi"utc U1=siu =
=, a. - save err. an due fer h0l" in
tho rocks handy nv tumhlei ir'N y an
nuiled = chunk = wood acroHst N" hole
The aEgervatin hear com" =niNIn
an snur'n AZ IN" hole" saws Jasn mt
ne couldn't even git his ncsn IN 'Nor'
n courre ihat arter he found 'hat thnra
want No Usa II his soect'n - have
anne clawin an chAvin' ar Daw.n 0u'
~ me nor - sit none - N" picnic p7Ss'r's
fer his dinner bod give up an take ris.
Dan savs iass that ~onsarne n, . .
trarv critfar le-' sot thers al
just wait 2 minute Uncle lasa s1vs
Mud Pond Fyrv cuttin "a ont HIM
YOU m fsrRitfIn' - Sav ANYTHING about
that tame boar n your n-ths tame ma
th.' usetv he - CrAZv ~ rrt loose -
foller Won all over " vow u ONLY lo' Nirn
savs Ezrv You've forgot tp.-.
Uncle 1asA riz Tp an =huo- hi- fs'
close under EzrvS nos" that | snsr'ssi
as much a. could be that hloot 4 ne
sph but a. FZrva Aril@ k"p Vl-''0
wider an wider I'll n got - wide vpu
c,ould hear ~ ace that 10 want -n-C' o.
much ~ = snill Then kind ~ felt thar
rrebbe Uncle Jasa hadn't laii all the
p'ints n the case afora me lie sot down
re0otv soon. though. an brInC en IN
That warn about the tam" hear DAM
savs he IL all made M Quito the hull
cloth" sav- he II was St7r'si by Ioh
HE nwnsen - bust me an with Hepsv an
he done u" Says Jase II II HADN'T boon
ter that ave IaS~ ahe'd a ki'ch~i -
me an she wouldn't b" Ieb.- wi,id"r De-
dav An we'll this her" con -arnei Mud
POND Ezrv +nowS n" Savz ha
Whether he seen IA N" sveS % the
~nurf an Jury what he thor m0w' h" =
r~aGonable doubt or vhsthav he didn't !