Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-07
Now What Do You
 Think of This.

Resartusn which literally translated means the tailor patched, or memded i but he used it as the subject of a | on clothes. Had he ever at tended fancy ball by the Four Hun | dred, no doubt he would have found 1 little material to write about, since in such cases diamond necklace is considered proper and sufficient ap- parel This custom also prevails among the Hottentots. except they wear brass rings around their legs No well bred Hottentot would dream of going to a deccolete function with less raimament on than a string, Of beads around her neck and brace. let of snail shells around her ankles
 But Thomas Tatum when the corn was in the yellow, often discharged all his wearing apparel except one shirt which was good enough to work in, and since he lived alone and ex- pected no callers, it was so far as Tatum was concerned nobody's busi- ness. Now on the day i'll question Thomas was so attired that it would have been very squeamish to have been suddenly thrown in the midst an old maids quilting bee, even by accident But the unexpected may always be relied on to happen, if it does happen, and on this day Miss Susan, as was her custom about this time of the day and year, taking her finger work with her, retired to the shady grove near her belongings tc dream and to crochet-in the shadow of the mighty oaks and elms, far from the maddening crowd. About this time of the same day MT. Thomas Tatum attired as aforesaid, was mak ing active preparation toward break ing his dog "Bulger' from the devil ish habit of running forty miles minute whenever noise like gur shot was heard in the land. So, coax ing Bulger into patient attitude. he proceeded with minute care to adjust a stout blow line around Rutgers neck and tie the same in many strong and secure knots. It became an easy matter to tie the other end around his own waist Thomas idea was ar old one and good one. The scheme was to teach Bulger that there was no harm in gun unless harm was made out of it, by shooting the gun and honeying Bulger at the same time
 This method is highly recommendee when the dog is noa over we gift. A genuine gun shy dog to be benefited by this method should not weigh more than ten pounds. while Bul9er Welgh- ed in running weight about one hum dred But Thomas was determined and the conspiracy was nearing the end. Nothing remained but to repai to the bushes where he had secfetec his douhle-barreled shot gun. lnch hy inch and foot by foot, until behold this terrible engine of destruction Ru}aer saw it. Slowly but surely ne began to buckle up in the middle
 his hind feet to slip along until they were away out in front of his fore feeis where they finally rested wita the claws some two inches firmly lmbed- sed in good old mother earth. Where there had been a dog TWO feet high and four feet long there now was
 dog two feet long and four feet high
 Thomas had his misgivings but Il was too late to retrace his folly. Il was loaded with black powder and Il
 went eff with a mighty roar. There was one mighty heave on the part O.
 the dog and Thomas heaved also. Ou' of the smoke and noise Bulger and Thomas split the air like a torpedo
 boat splits the foam In that mighty
 leap in some way the other barre
 went off and that settled it
 Down the road straight to Miss
 Susan's went Thomas and Bulger and the neither end Of Thomas one-pieee garment was popping in the wind like whole fired packages of small fire
 crackers Neither was saving any
 thing. Neither one could talk under
 the circumstances. Bulger spytns Miss Susan made for the spot Arouno and around that innocent figure went Bulger and Thomas. Seat, scat yoe one eyed rat. You imp of Satan, seat
 I tell you. Help, murder. burglars. fire screamed Miss Susan. Sease me, Miss sickles. scuse me, and ever and anon as the trio passed she would
 swat Thomas over the bean with her parasol. Whether her screams or Bulgers own idea changed the situa-
 tion we do not know. but at any rate
 Bulger led out for the old door steps
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